Friday the 6th.....3-30-14 new pics.....
Reply #158 –
Well, pics tomorrow at some point. I did manage to get a few things done today since we are having our Thanksgiving on Sunday....I got the trunk struts installed. Awesome. I also installed the replacement Mach 1 chin spoiler and the black strip in the side moldings (it replaced the chrome strip when the side moldings were black....now they are body color.). I still need to re-assemble the interior and trunk panels, sequential tail lights, replace the rear package shelf carpety stuff, and then we'll see what happens after that.
The struts took a while. I had thought one would hold the trunk up, but decided that two would be better, and keep everything balanced when the trunk was opening, and especially during closing, so that one side wouldn't want to flex more than the other. Worked great. There were many options of where to mount them, but I decided to mount them on the upper floor of the trunk just inboard of the shock towers. I fabricated the hinge mounts from steel, and will paint them and the trunk hinges later. That's small stuff.