COMET CENTRAL

No, my car was an automatic. I've used a TKX previously; I'm hoping the forward shifter location will clear the tunnel support. Floor first, of course. Here's the last I installed; the square plate with the sticker is for the forward shifter location. Thanks for looking- Dan https://i.postimg.cc/0Q...

My plan is to run a TKX manual, so I'll have to pick one up fairly soon to verify shifter location - good thing is American Powertrain is right up the road! I ran a TKO500 in my 65 Falcon, but that needed extensive floor work. I'm running a TKX in my 53 Ch#vy truck - way smoother shifting than the ...

Looks like you are making some progress. I am getting ready to cut up my freshly installed floor pans and make a bigger tunnel to clear the C-6 transmission I am going to use. Since I only used a small strip of the original tunnel. My new pans will have to be trimmed. Sounds good! I'm almost ready ...

Thanks fellas. Yes, Chris, a heat gun helps in some instances - kind of a combination of needle gun- screwdriver- scraper- heat gun- etc. It's definitely not a "one size fits all" solution! Kind of therapeutic though. Johno- I agree, most of the seam sealer and undercoating scrapes of fairly easily....

Jims65cyclone wrote: ↑

Sun Apr 07, 2024 10:41 pm

Keep posting, Dan. Looking forward to following your build.

Jim

Thanks Jim! I hope my neighbors are ready. It's almost time to break out the needle gun and remove this gobbed on undercoating - my favorite! Of course, I listen to their dogs all hours, so we'll call it even

Dan

Still making progress. Car is up in the air getting stripped down prepping for the floor install, and still happy at what I'm finding (or not finding, to be clearer). I think I have an overall plan together, but no need in final decisions yet. But - went to meet the gentleman I got the car from to p...

Thanks for the info, fellas. 👍 Johno- for the toe boards, if it's that much hassle I'll just save the $ and fab myself. Thanks for the heads up. As for it being a nice car, Lou - that's what I'm digging into to find out 😆. Floor pans are about a given at this point, of course, so no surprise there. ...

Finally getting started. Plan is to get the body stripped down and cleaned up first, of course. Like my last project, I'll stitch all the body seams just in case and replace the floor. At that point, I'll probably go to a rotisserie for the rest of the rust repair. Biggest surprise thus far is the f...

Thanks for the input fellas. I don't know if I'll remove the lead, but the quarter issue will be fixed correctly for sure. Hung upside down to get a pic- just bad dent repair; I don't think the two are related now. Either way - with sub frame connectors it ought to stiffen up a bit; maybe a cage as ...

Slowly building up steam to get started on the 65. Finished the few shop projects that were distracting me and made a little room to work on the old girl... So, before I attack the floor I wanted to do a little digging first. There are 2 areas of concern on the passenger c- pillar i need to investig...

Have you checked Holston Gas for 75/25? We use Airgas at work and I've noticed quite a bit of difference between them and Holston. Looks like you're making good progress though.

Dan

Dan keep in mind caliente wheel well trim is a tad shorter than cyclones because of the different lower rocker trim. I thought I saw a few tailights on a table in your pics? Poboy - Yes, I have taillights, but they're SUPER rough. If need be I'll try to make them work, but I'm hoping a decent (not ...

I'll do it. Thanks!

Dan

All - I'm on the hunt for 65 parts (65 Cyclone) and figured I'd put a list on here in hopes someone has extras or could help. Shoot me a message if you can help. Parts don't have to be perfect, driver quality is fine. Thanks! Need: 1. Hood stainless trim (including the short pieces at the headlights...

Still putting a plan together, getting the shop organized and rounding up parts. Braved the Atlanta traffic and picked up a floor pan from Melvin's; excited to see how the "all in one piece" works out. Still looking for a few little odds and ends - trim pieces between the trunk and back glass, small...