SeaNova – between the hammer and the anvil 

OK, I’ve removed the front suspension from the Stang. Here’s the resulting wheel well…

here is the steering linkage and the bar slung under the engine (whose name escapes me just now)

and here’s a view over the table of the entire front end… I’ll replace much of what’s there but I’ll need some of the bolts, nuts and bits & bobs cleaned to use again.

Man, grease & grime everywhere. I can see a number of days ahead cleaning to get this stuff ready for installation.

I’ve decided to replace the upper and lower arms on the front, in addition to the steering linkage. Here’s the shock tower after removing the coil spring and shock – what did the kid that owned this car before us drive through to get such gunk up there? – with the spindle hanging off the lower arm.

Here’s the left-front coil spring and upper arm. You can see that the boot on the upper ball joint is ripped and the grease in the joint is ‘a bit dark’…

Next I’ll remove the lower arm, the sway bar and the strut. I’ll replace the first two and re-bush the strut..

this last week I’ve been upgrading the shop a bit by building out a black iron compressed air distribution system.

here’s the hose reel I’ve mounted on the ceiling.