What did you do to your Maverick or Comet today

got my upper A arms and coil over shock top mounting brackets glass beaded and painted today.

 

Walked by mine today to get to the toolbox so I could do a side job out in the cold.

 

I would bypass those guys and hit a local bolt house so you know exactly what you are getting. I have been burned by these guys a few times. The most recent was with stainless pipe that was supposed to be ASTM312A. When the pipe arrived it was not marked with any of the required data. That creates doubt in my mind that you are actually getting what they say you are. Needles to say, my customer (nuke facility) rejected it and we had to eat the inbound shipping of $165. Sure they have a great return policy but I have to pay shipping back!

 

I would not go to M&C for any of my suspension bolts. I actually went to
http://hcpacific.com/web/ to get the right Grip lengths (shank) as I couldn't find what needed in a regular bolt and ARP was not willing to make them special. I then ended up at http://www.coastfab.com/ and bought my rod ends from http://www.jerrybickel.com/ .
Can't wait to see what $500 worth of bolts and rod ends looks like..........
what happened to day when it took a truck to bring home $500 worth of speed parts................now you can bring it home in a paper bag!!!!!!

 

And shipping didn't cost you more than the parts they were bringing

 

put a rear main, oil pan and timing cover gaskets, along with rod and main bearings, and a early timing chain.

 

Slapped in TOPORANGER's Monte Carlo bar, now I gotta glass bead and paint my shock brackets since they're old and nasty.

 

Started working on door panels, decided I am more than likely gonna make my own, installing an radiator overflow bottle today.

 

I was just trying to help out.......I guess untill i get burnt i'll keep buying from them!

 

I bought all of my 4 link hardware from a local Circle Bolt & Nut outlet - I had to go down there anyway to purchase hardware for work so, while I was there, I made my own purchase - it is nice not to have to pay shipping charges on a really heavy box of hardware

 

I removed the valve cover for a little clearance work on the baffle for my new adjustable rocker shaft. Nothing a hammer can't handle. All quiet on the home front now.

 

Just came in from the garage to check the forum and grab a coffee but I'm actually doing something on the car today - amazing what 42 degrees and sunny feels like in Pennsylvania right now - both garage doors are open

 

It's 54 here today so it was off to the garage i went. Can't do a whole lot untill my rocker panel gets here but i did cut some more floor out and cleaned up around the torque box area.

 

I would like to see this if possible, mine will probably get some floor work next winter.

 

It did finally top out here at 54 today

Transformed my Mustang II top A-frame "hats" that were designed for the stock big coil springs into ones that will now work with my coil overs