I finally got the brake system together and working nice. Took her for a drive and ohhhh how sweet! 20 years of sitting and 2 solid weeks of wrenching and here we go! All i'm lacking to make her road worthy is a heater core, plug wires, and a windshield the price of which is nuts! But here is a sneaky peek of the beginning.

 

nice and again i say love those tail lights

 

Thanks i just wish there was more daylight I'm having a blast working on it. Once I get the heatercore in it i'll be able to bring it to my house (its at my brothers) i can put her in the garage and have some real fun.

 

whats your plans caps or rims? what color are you thinking? keeping bench or going to buckets

 

I'm not to sure on wheels just yet I may just stick with caps I don't want the car to look to gawdy. I may go with buckets but my daughter likes having a bench so she can mess with the radio while her old man drives. I just sold one of my bikes so hopefully after my Christmas shopping is done I can send the ol girl out for an interior makeover while I wait for my odds and ends to get her purring right to come in. I want to keep the paint and interior as close to original as possible.

 

how is your headliner mine is completly destroyed and have yet to find the long trim pieces that hold it up. ive bean doing alot of the same project as you. trying to get a car that has set for a while safe to drive. you fix one piece and find three more.

 

lol yep thats the way it's been. The headliner is totally gone but the trim and ribs are still there. there is a few local shops out here that can do headliners without a kit of anything so once i decide on the seat colors the headliner will just follow suit. Hopefully today i can find a heatercore without having to wait so i can get the car home and start pulling and cleaning stuff up. What is your project looking like?

 

my car is a 62 starfire that belonged to granny so it was taken pretty good car of for most its life. had some extended barn time though so the leather is dry and the headliner is gone Ive replaced all the brake lines working on fuel lines and power steering lines now. lots of vacuum lines totally dried out and leaking so that will be next. when i get back home ill try to post some pictures. looks real good as i drive bye though keep me posted on your 88. none of my family or buddies are car guys so its nice to talk to someone with similar project/addiction.

 

Sounds nice, i wish the old girl was a starfire but i'm just happy to have one. i actually just picked up a windshield for $150 bucks so now I'm really excited, man you would go nuts with my family my brother has a 66 gmc truck ratted out with air bags, a 64 chevy truck sitting on a blazer frame, a 64 fairlane that i will talk him out of one day and a 64 thunderbird. My pop has a 69 Z28 that he is doing a frame off restoration on, and an 85 vette with 30k miles. If i was to tell you about my uncles cars i could start another forum. let me know what you need and i can see what extras or resources i have, my entire family are gearheads.

 

Looking good.You don't see those every day, that's for sure.

 

What would that be like. the only family i get to help out is my kids. but that's a start. ill definitely want to hear what you come up with for your headliner Ive seen a lot on ebay but have not seen one installed I hate to spend money on stuff i cant see. you have kids so you know money can get tight hate to waste it.

 

Yeah with money and kiddos they are always first but on top of them learning some skills and how to work for themselves we get a chance to hang out and have some fun. One thing that i am always doing with some of the smaller shops is barter some work they need for work i need. Hopefully the windshield and heater core will get done this week sometime i can run it by the upholstery shop, but i will take pics of all the progress most definitely. After a run of building about 5 mustangs i am really really excited to build something that you never see running around.

 

I picked up my valve cover gaskets yesterday and i'll be getting the windshield and heater core on monday, then she comes home WOOHOO!!!!!! I'll post up spme better pics when she gets home.

 

cant wait to see them.

 

Any new up dates or has the holidays had you tide up also

 

Actually i have been working on it slowly, i was trying to decide on a wheel tire combo. Being that its not going stock i'm going with just some stock steel wheels with bullet caps and bullet lugs. She's running real good right now i got some fuel and charging issues worked out so (with fingers crossed) she she should be ready to hit the road once i slap some new tires and my lugs come in.

 

You thought of a color for the wheels? blacked out ,body color,red
how about the tires the coker tire web page has a 62 starfire and its got wide whites that looks so good.

 

I may just go black till i get the car painted then strip the wheels back down and get em shot at the same time so it doesnt look to off. I'm going to go check out that starfire right now

 

the car on coker isn't the same one I seen on there before.
maybe I am starting to show signs of alzheimer's