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| #76: August 6th, 2012 - Installing Door Panels, Carpet, Exterior trim, Fuel and Brake lines and Tank... | ||
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start with the exterior trim. As I mentioned in the last update, the
side scoops on the outside of the car have to be installed before the
interior quarter trim can go in. Well, I did not even have them painted yet! So, I stripped off all the old paint from the scoops, filled some imperfections with spot putty, sanded them and gave them a coat of epoxy primer. While they were drying, I gave the rear wing a once-over with a 600 grit sanding sponge to get it ready for painting. 4 coats of paint and a day later, they were ready to go on the car. Or so I thought. I missed some really bad sanding scratches on the top of the wing when I prepped it. Luckily, there was enough paint on the wing that I was able to wet-sand & compound them out! It was also at this point I moved the car back further in the garage and put it up on jackstands to continue working under the car.      | ||
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up was the installation of the fuel and brake lines, along with the
fuel tank and accessories. The feed line was in bad shape on the
outside. I used a angle-grinder with a 3M scuff pad to strip all the
rust and old paint. The other lines just needed some hand cleaning and
all were coated with clear paint before installing them. A lot of new parts were used. The tank, pump, grommets, filter, filler neck seal and gas cap were all new. The only re-used item were filler neck, plastic shield and straps. While under the car, I also ran the NOS Ford parking brake cables and installed a factory Cobra leather handle in the interior.            | ||
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purchased some black OE carpet out of a 2004 Mustang from eBay back in
March. I pulled it out of the box and laid it on the ground to inspect
it and found it was in great shape! However, when I laid it in the car, it was not even close to fitting right. I did some research online and found out it was for a 2005 Mustang, rather than the 2004! I contacted the seller, who ran an upholstery shop outside New Orleans, and he offered to sell me some new ACC carpet for the discounted price of just $300. I told him I would think it over, hung up the phone, and ordered the same ACC carpet from Rock Auto for $120. While waiting for the new carpet to arrive, I installed the parking brake, which was from my other '94 Cobra, and refurbished and installed the door panels, which are original to the car. I replaced the door handles and door pulls with new aftermarket parts, while the door cups behind the handles are some used ones from eBay that I refinished. The speaker grill was missing from the drivers-side panel. I took a beige one off the door panel from the race car and coated it with the black SEM paint. The new carpet install was better than I thought it would be. ACC has a YouTube video of how to install the carpet, which really helped me out. | ||
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| I
pulled my other drivers seat from the attic to put it in the car untill
I get the black leather ones recovered. Yes, you are looking at a
original 1994 Cobra Mustang drivers seat that has no rips or tears! | ||
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