Another good day

I got to spend pretty much the entire day working on the car.  First up was installing the front coil springs and shock absorbers.  The install went fairly well with the bottom shock fit being the only issue worth mentioning.  The shocks are a stock Mustang II/Pinto design and use a tube at the bottom that inserts between two smaller tubes in the lower control arm.  Well, that's how they are SUPPOSED to fit. After struggling for several minutes to get the shock base into the control arm, I decided to measure the opening and the shock base.  No way those shocks were going to fit.  The shock base was over .100" longer than the opening it needed to fit!  Removing some metal with the bench grinder solved the fit problem.   Here's a pic with the front suspension completed.

 
As you can see the car is back on the ground again.  Here's a side view.

     With the interior removed and the trunk emptied, the back end is sitting a little higher.  The front end, on the other hand, is sitting noticeably lower.  The top of the frame horns are just over 15" off the floor and there's a lot of weight to be added yet!

     The brake bleeding and preliminary alignment didn't happen as planned as Tom's "social director" (aka - his wife) made other plans for him tonight.  There's a chance he may make it over tomorrow evening.  I picked up the gauge panel from Scott Signs today and spent some time getting the speedometer and gauges mounted in the dash.

    
     Since I still had some more time available, I decided to add a few items in the engine compartment.  The starter is installed as is the battery box, fuel pump, and pcv hose.  The fuel line is connected to the inlet side of the fuel pump too.

I still don't have a steering wheel so I'm going to get inventive tomorrow to make steering possible for trailering out to LA Trim on Wednesday.  Dan has confirmed the trailer and Dale confirmed the appointment so we are good to go.