Homealone's 62 Ford Country Sedan Build Up

[Shaggin Wagon]

Great Job!

[homealone]

How about some sound and heat insulation? I'm getting too old to put up with with road noise and heat transfer thought the floor, roof and firewall.

I wanted to try a spray on material but like the rest of the build, it had to be done on a budget. Lizard Skin @ $100/gal was out of the question so after a little research, I made my own to the tune of $16/gallon.

So after some prep, some cleaning and some masking, I was ready to spray on some insulation.


We have a lot of ground to cover.






Mask off what we don't want coated.

[homealone]

Break out the handy dandy undercoating gun.




And start spraying. 2 thick coats ought to do it.

Roof first






Then the floor.




And the firewall




And then finish the floor.




And after the second coat.

[Hicompression]

...after a little research, I made my own to the tune of $16/gallon.

Do tell...out of what?

[homealone]

Do tell...out of what?

Exterior latex paint and ceramic microspheres.

[homealone]

While the insulation was curing I went on to the front brakes and suspension.

New bushings, ball joints, springs, etc. While I was at it, I picked up a set of spindles and brakes off a 77 Thunderbird for the disc brake conversion. I just cleaned them up and repacked the bearings for now.










I think the rears needed some work too. Unfortunately this is the only pic I took.




Time to lose the jelly jar single reservoir master cylinder.




And replace it with a hydroboost booster and M/C out of 78 Lincoln Mark V.




Made a sheet metal template to fit it to the firewall. And then fabricated a spacer / adapter plate.






And then mounted it to the firewall.

[Stevo1528]

Thats some fine work your doing. I have a 64 Fairlane Ranch Wagon that Ill be using lots of these tricks on.

[Z06killinsbf]

Is that an explorer motor? I thought you went LS.

Where did you get the microspheres?

[homealone]

Thats some fine work your doing. I have a 64 Fairlane Ranch Wagon that Ill be using lots of these tricks on.

I would have prefered the Fairlane wagon but I plan to use this for a tow vehicle and wanted a full frame.

Is that an explorer motor? I thought you went LS.

Where did you get the microspheres?

Not an explorer motor. (Yet) I'll post up direction changes when I get some time.


I bought the Microspheres from Aircraft Spruce.

http://www.aircraftspruce.com/catalog/cmpages/bubbles.php

[homealone]

Well somewhere in this mess I changed direction. Came to my senses and decided to keep the Ford a Ford.

When I picked up my 55, I felt the 5.3/4l60 would be better suited for it.

Intro thread on it.

http://www.dfwmustangs.net/forums/showthread.php?t=50429&highlight=chevy

And then I traded a SN95 T-5 trans for this. A 91 5.0/AOD Thunderbird.




So I pulled the motor, trans, wiring, computer, fuel system, radiator and anything else I could reuse.




I went ahead and held on to this but I'll talk about that later.




Then sold it for scrap. Heavy ass car still weighed over a ton stripped

[homealone]

Engine, Round 3


Out with the old... again...




So with a little paint, a new oil pan modified to accept a dipstick tube, a set of 94/95 Cobra headers from Clifton, Fox Body vert mounts and a few gaskets, it's ready.










I had cut apart my reworked trans crossmember but decided it wasn't worth rebuilding so I made one from scratch.




TBird radiator and fan shroud mounted.




And a little wiring. The factory harness was dieted and reconfigured to run stand alone and tie into the wagons wiring. Starting, charging, dash lights and gauges.




Computer mounted




And another shot of the motor. Everything from the radiator to the front driveshaft yoke was repurposed from the TBird.

Air box mounted, wiring nearly done, battery relocated to drivers side and kicked it off wire carb cleaner. It runs.

[Scott Mc]

Welcome to the biggest pain in the ass you have ever messed with lol.

[Z06killinsbf]

Man you're making some good headway. Keep it up

[homealone]

Man you're making some good headway. Keep it up

Although I still have a lot to do, the wagon has been on the road since late September. All these pics are just now getting posted.

[Z06killinsbf]

Then why are you spreading this shit out!?!?! Gets to posting!