What did you do to your Maverick or Comet today

Stared longingly at it after a few weeks off (first kid). Re-aligned P/S pump. Realized I'll probably be removing it 10x times before spring anyway. Replacement heater box on Xmas list.

 

Bought heater hose....Here, in the true wasteland, you know its getting cold when you see the local exhibitionist running up to the ladies, and instead of opening his trench coat he would try to describe himself to the hapless women.....that's cold....oh well..

 

Congrats on the first kid!

 

Painted my interior plastic

 

Searched all over town for Krylon Fusion Spray paint...(mat blue ink), It's a perfect match for interior of my Mav...However, it's also the color of our high schools 'Fighting Colts ' ..Seems they had some projects this week, depleted supplies..This morning my VALVE slammed shut with a vengeance... These cars have taught me a lot about myself...today, how little patience I have....oh well, ..... that's the way it goes...first your money, then your clothes...

 

Today I approach my wiper arm’s bushings that disintegrated call some Maverick parts source and this parts are not available and is not serviceable? So hands on in this problem and solve

 

Put the new project car away for the next several months. Got to really look at the car now and I’m impressed. Solid floors, cowl, decent quarters, and had subframe connectors and notched tower! It will be a fun build.

 

Whats the plan for the new project?

 

302 with t5 3.55 in the rear. Going to make it into a anti establishmint 70 grabber might throw a comet GT hood scoop on it. Going to have a bench seat with black interior. I have 2 parts 70s with every part I should need.

 

Sounds great!

 

"anti establishmint"...good luck with the paint mix. the top of patches was painted that color and this is what I got... it's a dark green .

 

Hmm that’s annoying…

 

Do some research... AFAIK, Anti-Establishment Mint was avail only for 1970...

Ford says formula code is 3182A(from 1970 Shop Manual), while PPG lists 2149.

In right corner PPG chart says over, possibly additional codes for Maverick?

There are two Q paint codes for(medium) Brittany Blue. Neither are same as Ford's code for Brittany Blue on my '69 Fairlane.

 

Picked up the radiator from the shop and getting ready to stick 'er back in

 

one bright side is there will be very little mouse crap