From 2 barrel carb to a 4 barrel

 Inlet and carburettor conversion.

Per an earlier post, I sourced a XB GT 4 barrel inlet manifold and then sourced a Motorcraft 4300 carburettor to enable the old girl breath a bit better.

Along the way I have slowly been giving the engine bay a bit of a freshen up.

Here is how it looked before I started.

I then sandblasted the air cleaner and give it a lick of paint.

The 2 pictures of the air cleaners are the same. Just different lighting.

Then I sand blasted and repainted the rocker covers.

Then after a fair bit of procrastination, it was time to do the change over.

I then removed the alternator brackets and power steering pump brackets.

I also cleaned the fan and painted it also.

Then sand blasted and painted along with the bolts.

I then removed the old caby ready for the install.

Rebuilt Motorcraft 4300 ready to go in.

I removed the inlet manifold and it came off very easily.

By the looks of things the inlet manifold has been off as there is silicone on the inlet manifold.

All nice a clean inside..

I installed the end rubbers and the valley cover ready for the inlet to be installed.

Inlet installed and torqued down.

Carby installed

Needed to search for a vacuum leak. Found that the carby was not sealing on the inlet. Also the pipe for the PCV valve was not sealing on the tube from the back of the carby. I made up an adapter to fix that issue.

Then tuned up the idle mixture and idle speed.

Then off for a spin.. Now it breaths much better..

Next step to sort out the painting on the water pump, power steering pump, and the radiator support panel.

Repair / replace / repaint interior trim

 A fresh new look.

Ever since I picked up the Mustang I felt that the rear plastics needed replacing or repairing. Also the crash pad is black and should be ginger like the rest of the trim.

I managed to source original rear plastic trim parts from the US that were from a ginger trim car and in much better condition than those in mine.

The old trim parts are very sun damaged, chalky and pitted and beyond repair but mostly complete. The previous owner had also cut speaker holes in them. Here are the old trim parts now removed.

The new / old panels had some colour fade and some chalky parts but significantly better than the old. I managed to get some paint colour matched to the backs of the new / old panels and asked a good mate who is a car spray painter to paint them for me.

While I was at it, I also striped down the mini centre console that I had previously painted with the wrong paint that was chipping. I also removed the crash pad and asked him to paint that also.

I'm and super happy with the end result.

Here are the parts ready to install.

Here is a comparison from the old to the new.

Here are the parts installed.

I also installed new (repro) sail panels that go from the plastic panels to the roof line.

Here is the new crash pad and centre console installed.

Next step, inlet manifold and carby replacement.

Mustang club run to Winton for the historics

 Mustang Club Run

In August the Mustang club arranged a run to the Winton Historics.

It was a 2 day event, however the forecast weather for Saturday was fairly poor.

I decided I would just go for the day on Sunday.

The run up was fairly uneventful if you dont count the fact that I broke the hand brake / emergency brake cable when I pulled up for fuel at Bunker hill. A quick repair / tie up the lose ends under the car job was done and I was on my way.

I arrived at around 9:30 and parked up with the rest of the club cars. Only a fairly small contingent was there but nice to meet new faces all the same. As I expected mine was the only 71-73 amongst mostly new / modern mustangs.

There were a number of Mustangs and old falcons racing on the day
 

We got to do a number of parade laps of the circuit.

Here are a few pics.

I have some video of the day that I will upload and share at some point.