COMET CENTRAL

A few people have said of my rust ,gee that's a lot of work, but really I do feel lucky , It could have been a lot lot worse

I can't access the photos on that topic but comments of timber posts in sills sends shivers up the spine

Have had a bit of time for some more fabrication work LHR cut away 1.jpg For extra strength in LHR tourqe box just added more layers with thicker LHR under seat 3 with seat belt mounts.jpg For interest sake put a dial indicator in a few different places and lightly jack car form front tourqe box . S...

Have got a bit of time now so have started a few more rust repairs
Have been thinking about the under seat pans and came up with this
66 mustang rear floor ,turned it upside down ,cut a bit off here and there and shaped a few bends good as gold

Ok this is not directly related to a falcon/Comet but could be relevant. My t bucket 351w with c4 will puke about 1 oz of trans oil in between inspection plate and bell housing on start up after sitting for a couple of days . I'm thinking weak converter/pump seal. have rechecked again today. hasn't ...

When I built the 351W in my T Bucket put in a 408 stroker kit and asked for it to be balanced with flex plat and harmonic balancer .It all went together well but seemed to have a slight vibration from off idle up which I sort of thought could have been stiff poly engine mounts until a friend come ov...

Yea that's what I thought

Good idea about poster paper

Its time to tackle the rust First up spot under battery tray ,start off with the easy one . Modified a mustang battery tray and support 20170826_135153.jpg Battery tray.jpg This ones a bit harder , a few areas all linked together, torque box is good ,inner sill is good but the inner wheel well bit h...

thats the spot ,rear trunk panel/rear glass

good idea about the aluminium epoxy that will be perfect

added a photo that should explain better the area I am talking about

http://i1156.photobucket.com/albums/p57 ... dts2h8.jpg

Grant

Hi all started a few rust repairs on the 64 vert and came across this area on join of rear quarter and trunk upper panel. No rust here just filled with bog Now my question is best way to repair - fill with gorilla glass or weld patch http://i1156.photobucket.com/albums/p576/cairns64comet/Trunk%20upp...

Fantastic ,that just what I wanted to here

Hi all Have just order a full seat cover kit in white vinyl from this company http://www.falconcometinteriors.com .After a lot of searching this seems my only option for a supplied kit other that a custom one here in Aussie .$800 US plus freight vs around $4000 + aus .I know I should've asked before...

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I have a comp 268h in my 390 ranchero ,FPA headers, alloy heads . Nice cam very streetable but a little bit tame 250hp at the wheels,I would go a 270 if I had to do it again

on rolling dyno so HP is at the wheels , the engine is is a bit of an unknown ,just did a compression test and oil presure test ,pulled heads ,a couple of new exhaust valves and re lapped seats ,new valve stem seals ,comp 268 cam lifters manifold and Edelbrock carb and 187Hp now if I can sort this b...

Had been thinking about the problem of the different taillight lenses on the 64 ,one all red ,one with clear centre reverse light .Decided after seeing a 63 galaxie lens assemble cheap on ebay to modify one taillight. cut out the clear lense and removed the red centre lens with a hole saw ,a bit of ...

Started rust repairs on front header bow

http://s1156.photobucket.com/user/cairn ... p.jpg.html