Sleazy's Garage
Happy Halloween! Decided to upcycle some junk into something spooky to scare away these hornets. Luckily it doesn't do anything to the bees!
I bought (non-sponsored, with my own money) a DeWalt DCD709B atomic 20v max hammer drill. It arrived in a plastic bag. The included mailer swears it's a brand new item. It works really well, looks brand new and it was decently priced. Nothing on the amazon product page makes it seem like it's refurbished (except some reviews). /shrug
6" Bench Grinder Upgrade and Undercoating the Mustang - Finally got around to doing some upgrades/cleaning to my work area. I got a new bench grinder to replace the old HDC Homier (??) brand one I bought back in the 90s at the National Wholesale Liquidators on Long Island. I also bought a couple of other things and installed some wall organizers on the cement slab.
I've had great luck with the restoration of this mustang so far. Finally hit a speed hole. Uuuuuuuugh!
Firewall Restoration Part 1 - Foxbody Restomod Part 42 - Fixing Some Loose Ends When Tragedy Strikes! - Some of my new parts and tools arrived so I started going back over some of the loose ends I left behind. Including the brake dust shields and the steering rack bellow clamps. Also organized and cleaned my workbench a bit. Then, I tried starting the firewall restoration and things took a terrible turn...
Quick version of installing the 13" Cobra brake kit from foxbodybrakes.com.
Cobra Brake Install - Foxbody Restomod Part 41 - I started off this video not having much time so I thought I'd just clean some parts up and get the rear axle closer to installation. So I painted the rear springs but then ended up installing the front Cobra brake kit from foxbodybrakes.com instead. Unfortunately it turned out that the 2003 Mustang 16" rims I had lying around will not fit, so I'm going to have to figure out what to do about that. Things get super frustrating but we plow through!
Underbody Restoration Part 5 - Foxbody Restomod Part 40 - Swapping Fox Mustang Tie Rods, Painting Upper Torque Box Area, and more - Got a ton of work done over the weekend on my 1989 Ford Mustang GT hatchback restomod project. In this video I painted the southside machine lift bars with a "hammer" finish paint. I also swapped the SN95 inner and outer tie rods out for foxbody Mustang inner and outer tie rods. I cleaned up the upper torque box area under the car and gave it a nice coat of rust reformer. I also sprayed the wheel wells in with Eastwood rubberized undercoating. Then I installed some new bushings in the brake pedal to fix the one I smashed in the last video. Finally, I started cleaning up the rear springs I will be re-using.
Pedal Assembly Restoration Part 2 - Foxbody Restomod Part 39 - Completing Restored Pedal Box for Foxbody Mustang - In this video I put a final coat of paint on the brake pedal assembly parts and setup a new paint hanger I purchased from Amazon. I also installed the Maximum Motorsports hydroboost conversion kit brake pedal.
Pedal Assembly Restoration Part 1 - Foxbody Restomod Part 38 - Foxbody Pedal Assembly Restoration and Hydroboost Conversion - In this video I took apart the brake pedal box in preparation for the hydroboost conversion and the rust made me super sad. So I started restoration on the rusty bits and ended up putting a few coats of rust reformer on it. I did not finish the restoration in this video but it should be complete by the second part.