Hackster's F100 #2 CV Swap 6 speed manual and Coyote

[redmcode]

Fantastic work !!!!!!!!

[mimku1971]

Looking good. What did the gas pedal come out of ? Thanks

[hackster]

Looking good. What did the gas pedal come out of ? Thanks

Thank you, pedal is from the Coyote control pack. It is necessary to run the coyote.

Fantastic work !!!!!!!!

Thank you

Only had a little bit of time tonight so I messed around with the radiator. Probably overly complicated but I know it wont have any issues =)






There is a full length brace on the bottom as well just so it stays straight and flat over time. I have used this method on my buggy for over 10 years with no issues and it is pretty damn clean in my opinion.

Ill probably mess around with the upper mount tomorrow. Thinking some somewhat heavy duty material with a handful of dimple dies across the top to tie in the dimple dies to the engine bay a little bit.




Sean

[michael9218]

Wow, those inner fenders look fantastic!

[hackster]

Thank you!! I am pretty happy with them. I am halfway tempted to add in some dimple dies to them to add a little flare

Only had an hour or so tonight and drug the wife out to help me a little bit.....she is battling some depression so getting her out of her comfort zone and her mind off of it was pretty nice. And the company is great as well. Even made her laugh a little bit.

We did some arts and crafts project and went over tape measure basics. It was pretty fun. To see the look on her face when we had finished the upper radiator mount after starting with a piece of cardboard and a flat piece of sheetmetal was pretty damn cool.

I am pretty happy with how this engine bay is coming together.





I am really struggling with how I am going to finish these. Original plan was just to hit them with some satin black and call it good.....I also did not plan on spending this much time to make it look nice. So do I go back to my original plan of dark brown engine bay and pull the cab all the way off again and shoot the firewall or paint the inner fenders and back of the core support with color matched raptor liner?

Sean

[my79f]

I think raptor liner is the way to go. Dont add any dimple dies to the inner fenders! They show off the engine bay so well, you dont want to detract the eye from all the work put in it.

[michael9218]

Well, if you're still planning to go with the patina look, than you've ventured into interesting territory. Leaving the inner fenders and radiator support raw would give it a rat rod look. I think I would be tempted to give the engine bay a nice coat of paint to really show it all off. Even if you keep the outside of the truck patina, shoot the engine bay with something that pops.

[hackster]

Well, if you're still planning to go with the patina look, than you've ventured into interesting territory. Leaving the inner fenders and radiator support raw would give it a rat rod look. I think I would be tempted to give the engine bay a nice coat of paint to really show it all off. Even if you keep the outside of the truck patina, shoot the engine bay with something that pops.

Things took a turn with the inner fenders being so *****....the problem I am running into right now is that everything is in and the firewall is stock looking with a little rust and some matte clear. So in order to shoot the entire engine bay, it would mean pulling the entire truck back apart and redoing the firewall. I think I am too far past it now to go back, and I really like the look of the firewall.

I think raptor liner is the way to go. Dont add any dimple dies to the inner fenders! They show off the engine bay so well, you dont want to detract the eye from all the work put in it.

They could use something, they are pretty plain but super clean.

So I picked up a raptor liner kit today and some satin pebble beige paint to mix it up. It is pretty close to the stock color although the truck is pretty faded and a shade or so off.

I built the end caps for the radiator top mount and got it all welded up with some additional tabs to mount it. Finished it out with a fair bit of metal work (Still learning this stuff) but super happy with how this turned out.





I am thinking of shooting the inner fenders with etch primer in grey, then dark red like the factory and some satin pebble beige on top of that. If I dont like it and it looks too new, I can hit it with a little bit of paper and polish it out to match the exterior finish. I also dont think I am going to do any additional bodywork on the fenders, they are how they are.

Sean

[hackster]

Well, not a great weekend for work on the truck really but I was able to sell the shell of the mustang today!! And even sold the front brakes off of it yesterday, so I did get some stuff done.

I messed around with the ***** core support some more yesterday Patched up some more rust and welded up the lower radiator mount to the core support. I scuffed it down and hit it with some etch primer.

This morning I had to clean up the shop, it was totally getting out of hand so I spent a couple of hours cleaning up all of my messes and mopping out the side of the shop that I had been working on. I also manage to box up the rest of the mustang parts and just do a nice clean up, it was overdue!!

So with all of that done, I got to building my Paint booth...haha.

As you can see, I am protecting just about everything.



Self etch, then high build grey primer



Here is the brown/red primer laid down. each layer of primer got hit with some 320 before the next coat of paint went on to try and keep things nice and flat. Keep in mind I am no body and paint guy....



Laying down some color







Now this is supposed to be satin, pretty sure the paint shop does not know what satin means cause this **** it shiny.

Anyways, that brings us up to the end of the weekend. If this stuff cures, it would be awesome to get the frontend put together this week and start hooking some stuff up!!

Thanks for following along again.

Sean

[crazyhorse]

Mr Hackster, you are doing amazing work on this truck.

I can't wait to see the next posts.

Looks awesome.

[hackster]

Thanks man!!!

I cannot wait for the next post either....I just need to get out there and do some more work!!

Probably going to be a pretty slow week in the shop, its Christmas week and all.

Sean

[hackster]

Well, I believe my OCD is in full swing. Spent most of the evening cleaning, deburring sanding priming and painting the inner fender to cab mounts. Also picked up some hardware for those and some additional 5/16" button head allens for all the front sheetmetal.

Apparently I forgot to take a pic of them painted before they went on the truck. Anyways, these got a couple of coats of high build primer and then roughed up and hit with the same black as all the other black crap on the truck.



Some parts and pieces bolted back on for a little bit, not sure that they will stay on for good but it was a little rewarding seeing stuff on there and painted.







Trying to figure out what to do with the upper radiator bracket, brush it and clear coat it since it matches the radiator? Black or body color. I am tempted to do wrinkle black so it closely matches the black stuff on the engine.



Oh and I messed up the threads on the tank just trying to test fit the power steering hoses. Stainless Aeroquip fittings and aluminum Moroso tank do not go well together. I just barely screwed them on for mockup....stupid.



Sean

[crazyhorse]

[michael9218]

Looking very nice!

I'm liking the color matched coil cover.

I vote for doing the radiator support in a brushed finish. I like how it ties into the radiator. Plus it just looks so custom. Painting it may mute this effect.

[my79f]

Are the valve covers the same color as the inner fenders? I also vote for brushed on the mount, or inner fender color.