76 Maverick Stallion.....

Its just part of the deal......the real ugly part is behind me.....all is good....

100th post.........

 

now for the jigsaw puzzle.......the stamped floors are different in a couple areas.....I will have to tastefully fit in some pcs....all needs to be strong...

 

Got the jigsaw puzzle tacked together.......Its not as pretty as some of the other builds but it will be strong and functional......

 

this looks pretty awesome, actually!

 

looking good

 

Thanks................the quality of the builds on this forum is outstanding....I am just working with what I got.....and trying not to be a Hack....Dave.....

 

i just found this threadan all i can say is WOW... ur doin some major open heart surgery on that puppy...looks great tho..keep it up dude

 

i think this covers most of us too

 

I took it easy tonight...I just tacked the speaker shelf to the new floor.......too hot to weld......

 

I wanted to take a break from welding so I decided to make the inside lens functional...when I started looking at doing this its not just a lens and backing plate swap...I wonder why Ford didnt make the Bobcat lights fully functional anyway????

the lens was cut to length and I milled the sides to clear the screw boss..

turned over the light frame and checked out the fit...the reflectors make for a neat pic........

 

Nice idea with the extra light being added. Might help save you from getting rear-ended some day, and it does seem right that ought to be functional from the start.

I do the same to Comet taillights .... convert the back-up light to another taillight. If they can't hear me backing up, they don't hear so good ... that added light is more important in my mind. The originals are pretty small compared to a lot of modern cars.

 

well I cut the light bucket to fit.....put the foam in and bingo..I have functioning bobcat lights......got the second one done tonight...I have always wanted to do this Mod...it was a good side project...I am going to keep the blue dots in....they look cool and now there are just red lenses too ..maybe the cops wont bother me too much.....

 

I decided to do another side project tonight.....will a strap up tank fit in a drop in tank well,,,,nope...........

after some trim work to the trunk floor we have success.....now all I have to do is to make things pretty.....there is some front and back spacers to be made....and a rubber mounting gasket too..

 

I had bobcat tail lights in the back of my trunk when I bought the car and threw them away. I thought the guy accidently picked up the wrong ones from a junk yard.

 

No good......I have not seen them for years ...