1994 Mustang Budget 302 Build

[BrettNorton]

April 2015,

Damn. I found out from my grandpa that his air compressor does not keep up with his sandblaster very well. So in order to prevent long periods of waiting on said compressor to fill up, wire wheel to small parts it is. I cleaned up a few:

Fuel filler neck and bracket. Pinion snubber bracket

Fuel filter bracket (probably the rustiest small part of all)

After a few hours of working in the humid weather, I eventually got tired of constantly going through periods of waiting for primer and paint to dry. I called it quits for the day. Expect further updates on the small parts cleaning...

Not any time soon though. Supposed to be raining out the ass for the next few days here in Lawrence.

 

[BrettNorton]

I am truly blessed to have other people helping me with this project. Today, I got to do some sandblasting since my uncle Ed brought over his much larger air compressor to work with my grandpa John's sandblaster.

I cleaned up the transmission cross member and both sway bars.

I would have done more, but the sandblaster hose kept getting clogged up, no matter how much it was cleaned out. I also ran out of sandblasting sand, so the tank needs to be filled back up.

Stay tuned for another update soon...

 

[BrettNorton]

More sandblasting done today. I got many more parts cleaned up since the sandblaster had a bigger hose to work with and did not clog as much. I cleaned:

Front sway bar brackets

Fuel tank straps

Spindles / Wheel hubs, front brake hose brackets, steering shaft, and power brake booster

I only ended up painting the sway bar brackets due to running out of daylight. I will clean up the rest of the parts as soon as I can.

 

[VA-Mach1]

Very cool build. I'm glad to see you bringing this thing back to life.