My Project

[shovelhead 93]

I am in the process of removing the 6 in a row and replacing it with an 87 5.0.,an 88 5 speed and 8.8 rearend.Thanks to all the salt they dump on the roads I had to cut out a bunch of rusted sections on the front frame rails and weld in some new steel lots of fun!I also changed the k-member to one from an 88 stang,want to do a 5 lug swap at some point and the original brakes on the 80 were a joke.I am also changing the interior from red/white to black and or black/grey still undecided.In the process I replaced all the wireing from the 80 with a complete harness from the 82 GT donor car,the 80 had air,cruise etc. will not be using anymore so this gets rid of alot of extra wires and such.I hope to have it running by fall but we will see how things go.

Out with the six


MMMM Rust


Cut it out


New steel,both sides the same


Sandblast and paint


Interior before


Interior now






Lots of spare parts


Here is a slideshow
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[TheDutchGun]

It's amazing what lurks under an otherwise clean looking interior. Looks like a nice little project.

[Pro SC]

The interior looks to be in great condition, if it was me and i was going to keep the car red i would just taste it up a bit, black steering wheel, carpet and dashpad would do wonders..

[GT4MT]

Nevers fails to amaze me how folks here aren't scared to dive into a project like this.....hats off to ya shovelhead 93!!! Lot of work ahead, but obviously, you're doing a fine job-congrats. Great job with the pics as well...nice!

[shovelhead 93]

The car will be going black,I love the way they look in black,I almost went white and was going to leave the interior,the car was white from factory but the black won out.
This is what I am looking to achieve.

[Arbour88]

A great colour choice shovelhead93.

Nice work.

Hopefully you'll be posting finished pictures in the coming months with you behind the wheel.

Thanks for posting your detail to date.

John

[notstockstang]

seeing that makes me sad I sent my 82 to the junkyard
looks like a fun project

[lone sailor]

Nice project. Can't wait to see all the progress.

[shovelhead 93]

It actually is alot of fun I enjoy getting out and working on it because Iwant to not because I have to,all that wireing was a bit of a pain but its coming along.

[lone sailor]

Wiring isn't my forte either, but it has to be done.

[shovelhead 93]

Ya I could of left the original wire harness in but it would of left alot of unuesd wires and stuff I don't need.