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Main Hoop

ChuckBoycePictures — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 10:31:08 MDT

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Pass side main hoop mount.

Main Hoop

ChuckBoycePictures — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 10:30:48 MDT

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Driver's side main hoop mount.

Roll Bar

ChuckBoycePictures — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 10:30:24 MDT

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Rear mounting point of rear bars, before finish weld.

Roll bar

ChuckBoycePictures — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 10:30:04 MDT

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Rear view of the roll bar.

shaft1.jpg

ChuckBoycePictures — Mon, 4 May 2009 19:26:55 MDT

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ChuckBoycePictures — Mon, 4 May 2009 19:26:51 MDT

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ChuckBoycePictures — Mon, 4 May 2009 19:26:49 MDT

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Empty engine bay

ChuckBoycePictures — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 17:17:11 MST

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Heres a shot of the car after the engine was pulled.

'84 Mustang Hatchback

ChuckBoycePictures — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 17:17:08 MST

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'84 Mustang Hatchback - justpulled.jpg

Yup, here it is. The car that I decided to start with. Pic was taken in like '01

After

ChuckBoycePictures — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 17:17:04 MST

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This is an after shot, just so we can put the rear end up and keep it a roller.

Studded

ChuckBoycePictures — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 17:17:02 MST

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Heres the short block.

Before

ChuckBoycePictures — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 17:16:59 MST

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Under car shot,before cleaning up and welding.

Before 2

ChuckBoycePictures — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 17:16:57 MST

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Before the rear end was taken out

After

ChuckBoycePictures — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 17:16:54 MST

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After welding up the upper and lower control arm mounting points and subframe connectors, we undercoated the entire underside of the car. Thats my buddy Art Moxley helping me out. He lives in Seattle now.

Crossmember

ChuckBoycePictures — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 15:14:58 MST

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This is a modified crossmember for the transmission. It came out of a late-90's Lincoln Town Car

Crossmember 2

ChuckBoycePictures — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 15:14:53 MST

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Another view.

Left Side

ChuckBoycePictures — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 15:14:49 MST

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Exhaust clearance would have been an issue if I hadn't used my different home-made crossmember. These mounting ears for the stock crossmember were removed.

Right Side

ChuckBoycePictures — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 15:14:44 MST

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The right side would have been okay for clearance of the exhaust. These ears were removed as well.

Pulleys

ChuckBoycePictures — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 15:14:40 MST

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Heres a shot of the pulley arrangement. I reused the stock pulleys by machining off the grooves I didn't need. This way I only have a single groove setup.

Another Angle

ChuckBoycePictures — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 15:14:35 MST

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Heres a shot of the crossmember bolted up to the trans. I used "tal strip" on the part, its a professional paint stripper. Obviously surface rust set in pretty quickly, but it was cleaned up before paint.

Engine

ChuckBoycePictures — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 15:14:31 MST

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A pic of the engine just sitting there.

Pulleys again.

ChuckBoycePictures — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 15:14:21 MST

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A better shot.

Hood Clearance.

ChuckBoycePictures — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 15:14:15 MST

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This is a side shot of the project. I'm using Bob's K-Member spacers, a Performer Intake, and Holcomb Motorsports Motor Mounts. I should be able to use the stock hood without a problem. Can you say sleeper?

Oil Bypass

ChuckBoycePictures — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 15:14:09 MST

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This is an oil bypass modification. The idea is to plumb oil around to the rear oil channels, providing more oil to the rear mains.

Alternator Mockup

ChuckBoycePictures — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 15:14:04 MST

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Yeah folks, its a GM alternator.

Oil Bypass Rear

ChuckBoycePictures — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 15:13:54 MST

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Heres a rear shot of where the oil line comes in. Notice how close the top bellhousing bolts are to the firewall.

Andy's Convertible

ChuckBoycePictures — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 15:13:49 MST

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I inherited this car from my buddy, Andy Willett. He died on Nov 4th, 1996 in a car accident in which I was driving. Gone but not forgotten.

'89 LX Convertible

ChuckBoycePictures — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 15:13:45 MST

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1 of 75 with this color combination.

Empty Bay

ChuckBoycePictures — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 15:13:42 MST

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Fresh paint. I used Toyota's "satin black metallic" in the engine bay. Also pictured is the useless Ford Motorsport trans crossmember that will not work on this car.

Hack job right.

ChuckBoycePictures — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 15:13:38 MST

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This is what happens when you do things a little different. I scratched the hell out of the header in the process. Sucks but thats the way it goes. Its all fixed now anyway.

Hack job left.

ChuckBoycePictures — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 15:13:34 MST

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Again, you do what you have to to make it fit. I still havent figured out the steering shaft issue. One step at a time I guess.

New K-Member.

ChuckBoycePictures — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 15:13:31 MST

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This is a pic of the K-Member before the engine went in, obviously.

Da beast

ChuckBoycePictures — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 15:13:27 MST

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Heres the beast 473" engine for the car. Aint it pretty?

Motor Mount

ChuckBoycePictures — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 15:13:22 MST

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This is after me working and working with the Ford Motorsport motor mounts. The Ford ones were nowhere as good as these for fitment and engine location. These mounts have been discontinued from Holcomb Motorsports.

Steering rack

ChuckBoycePictures — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 15:13:19 MST

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A shot of the steering rack. I have since decided to go with manual steering.

Poor car...

ChuckBoycePictures — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 15:13:15 MST

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Used as a shelf and storage area for crap....

Left clearance

ChuckBoycePictures — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 15:13:09 MST

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A shot of the left side header clearance. Its tight but theres about 1/2" in there. I hope thats enough.

Right suspension

ChuckBoycePictures — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 15:13:03 MST

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Stock '96 GT springs. You can see the K-member spacers in there. I need to take it all back apart anyway, because I forgot the upper rubber spring seat on this side. DOH!

Nicer shot.

ChuckBoycePictures — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 15:12:57 MST

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A better shot of the engine and carb. The carb is a chokeless Holley 850 double pumper. I hope its enough. (I'm told it won't be)

Alternator

ChuckBoycePictures — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 15:12:48 MST

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The AC Delco CS130 alternator is a very reliable and powerful unit. Used on millions of cars. The mounting is all done by me, at a very low cost. I think I have about $25 in materials for all the rod ends, threaded rod and aluminum stock.

Ground clearance

ChuckBoycePictures — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 15:12:43 MST

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Not much, but I'm hoping it will be enough. The two bolts are for the trans crossmember. I had to extend the subframe connectors to have something to bolt them to.

Trans crossmember again

ChuckBoycePictures — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 15:12:39 MST

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Trans crossmember again - FinishedXmember-1.jpg

All finished. Hard to see, but its there.

Front end.

ChuckBoycePictures — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 15:12:35 MST

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Front end. - FrontSide-1.jpg

I have space savers on there because I dont have any 5 lug wheels yet.

Fuel Cell

ChuckBoycePictures — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 15:12:31 MST

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My RCI 12 gal fuel cell, with the sender. This is the second one I got from them, the first one got sent back. It was junk, like they didnt let the plastic cool before they took it out of the mold. This one sucks too, but I'm using it. Its better than then 1st one I got.