The Green Monster

I suspect the trans was swapped sometime in the past. I am just curious to know what vehicle it came from.
Comet Fever, what do you mean by "Have you checked the cowl on this car?" Are you asking if it is stolen ?
The vin number on the clear title matches what is under the windshield and the door jamb.

 

OH, I get ya, The pics of the plywood on the rusted out floors are on the 75 4 door donor car.

 

Check the cowl on the 70 Then...In order to pull the instrument panel out of the car...You will need to remove the windshield to get to the fasteners at the top front edge of the inst. panel. Just in case you werent' aware of that little tid bit. Coming along well man!!!

 

The 8 is 1968(vehicle year), A is Atlanta assembly, last six are consecutive unit of car it was installed originally...

Sooo since Atlanta built intermediates and full size models, it could have came from a Fairlane/Torino or just a easily from a Galaxie/LTD... It is without a doubt from 1968 and probably after Jan 1 as the stamps became Fed law Jan 1(stamps are not on '67 & earlier models)... Looks like they restamped the last digit, probably was a 9... Such is common, I know a guy with '68 Shelby that engine and trans are stamped 10000 from the the actual number and not corrected..

BTW great pictures, nice clarity...

 

I get good pics when I use my camera instead of my phone. My phone has 3.2 megapixel camera and my Kodak is a 12 megapixel. I just don't always have my camera with me when we work on the project.

 

I am removing the whole dash as an assembly, not just the instrument panel because I need the A/C vents. Do you think the windshield will still need to be removed?
My younger son has a friend who's dad owns an auto glass company and will remove it for me for cheap, if I need to.
The windshield has scratches from years of bad wipers. can scratches be polished out , or do I have to replace it?

 

The whole dash is the instrument panel as I was referring to it....Yes the windshield has to come out to remove it. Its easy to remove the glass once you get the trim off... You have access to a glass guy, def tap him for the job.

I dont referr to "Dashboards" as such because thats not what it is in a car... A Dashboard is the board you put your feet on if you are rideing on a conestoga wagon or such. You know what its purpose is??? It's to keep the horse sht and other crud on the ground from getting kicked up by the horse onto the wagon/ operator/passenger... No biggie though, thats what everyone calls it. Sorry if I sound preachy, just putting it out there, and hey!!! As my dad sayes "ya learn somthin new every day!!!"
You can get new windshields for mavericks, talk to the glass guy he can hook you up. As for polishing the scratches,especially if they are wide/deep...Think bi-focals, thats what the glass will be like afterward where the scratch was from the wiper..

 

If you plan to keep the car and put any miles on it, "Get a new windshield". I got one last year, mine was nowhere as bad as, u say ur's is. The new windshield has more and better tint. My windshield just had a thousand tiny specks, as if it had been exposed to someone grinding metal chips/specks near the car, damaged the glass. This was one of the things I don't regret doings, should have done it sooner. If u have a contact to get a discount on the install -- only way to go!

 

Agreed replace it...

Every piece of glass in my Comet is new, makes a world of difference...

 

Did you use NOS or is there aftermarket glass available?

 

Project update wth some new pics.

I have been very busy with school lately and have only helped out a little bit in the last couple of weeks. Dad made some real progress on the Monster.

This is a close up of the radiator core support near the battery. Many areas of the core support looked like this area...RUST!!! The lower center section under the radiator where the air dam mounts had a hole 2" wide and about 10" long. That Core support's gotta go!



Dad pulled the front clip off and cleaned, and painted the inside of both fenders.



Ospho drying in the sun after descaling.



Front end parts stacked up after cleaning and inside of fenders painted.




Dad got the core supports cut out of both cars this past week. He cut the front of ours and cut the sides off the 75 to leave us the most metal to work with for reattachment purposes.



Call me picky, but there doesn't seem to be enough metal there for a battery tray to mount on.

And here's the core support from the 75 after descaling, sanding, and washing. ready for ospho and then on to paint. Its in great shape compared to our original.



And then the good news got better, it fits like a glove without any pushing or pounding.



Differences between the 70 and the 75 noticed in the past couple of weeks:
The eyeball sockets on the front of the fenders behind the headlight trim rings have completely different mounting hardware and different size light bulb cups. here's a shot of the headlight cups side by side (70 on right, 75 on left):



Then there was the brake pedal assemblies:
The 70 manual brake pedal is on the left and the 75 power disc pedal is on the right.
I was surprised that something that looked so different bolted in so easily. ( except for drilling a 1 1/2" hole in the firewall for the plunger to go through in a different spot. This was no job for a battery drill!!)

We might get started on pulling the motor next weekend.

 

I found out that if you are doing a manual drum to power disc conversion on a Maverick, you don't have a choice about changing the pedal assembly. The booster mounts require the power disc pedal assembly.
I was really surprised at how easy it was to do the swap.
All of the mounting bolts/holes matched up with no problems. the only modification required was drilling a 1-1/2" hole in the firewall with a hole saw for the brake plunger to go through in a different place.

Where the manual brakes had studs, the power brakes had bolts that come in from the opposite direction mounted to the booster bracket.

 

WOO HOO!!! Santa arrived early!!!

I am as excited as a 10 year old on Christmas eve.
I went and picked this up today....


We'll start on this tomorrow...

 

99 Explorer 5.0 with 109K miles.

 

Those are great engines, but you're gonna need to get creative if you plan on running the p heads.