Well, I am pretty far behind on photo so here is a major update. 

New wheels and tires are on and ready to go. 

New chrome handles are in place and working nicely. 

Inner fenders are painted black and front clip is ready to go on. 

Sheet metal is on and aligned, as good as it could be. There are some issues I've still not figured out. Drivers side has an odd gap that doesn't seem to be adjustable. Oh well, its a work truck right. 

Gauge panel is painted and new gauges are installed. 

New upholstered seat is done and ready for install. I'm very happy with this seat, best $300. I've spent on the truck I think.

Door glass and new felts etc. are in place, new wing window rubber as well. These doors were a challenge. Wow, but they came out nice. 

Back glass is in with new rubber. Had to put this one in twice as I installed the rubber backwards the first time. 

Inside shot of the door glass. The door glass and the back glass are all original to the truck and have the cool little Ford stamp on them. I used vinegar to clean them along with steel wool. Took all the nasty hard water spots off.

As it sits today. Mechanically is all done, I'll finish the paint this summer when it warms up. Looking at a 5 speed swap, if anyone out there has some advice on that I'd love to hear it. Also want to upgrade to discs up front and add AC eventually. 
Thats it for now, I am working on the race car now. Check out that build thread on the Canned Monster. 

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Nice to see you back, I was wondering where the projects were. I’ve got a TKO500 behind a truck bell housing in my 32. Send me a PM, I’ll tell you the story.

miker
55 bird, 32 cabrio F code
Kent, WA
Tucson, AZ

Nice work on the Unibody. In response to a 5 speed install, I'll try to post a few pics of what I did in another send. It's a modified T5 from a 1990 Mustang GT.  My goal was NOT to modify the bell housing by boring/welding in place, threaded bushings. My truck's bell had the close/narrow trans bolt pattern so therefore, there was an off-the-shelf adapter available from Modern Drive Line and other vendors. Compensating for the additional inch of the adapter, I used an input shaft and retainer from a 95 Mustang T5. (The 95 Mustang has a deeper bell to move the shifter further rearward.) Since the Mustang T5 puts the shifter to where it's almost touching the seat, Modern Drive Line also produces a very nice quality tail housing for the Ford T5 with the shifter positioned about 3"? forward. The flywheel is from Mummert so it was drilled for the Ford clutch and also the Mustang clutch. John also produces a bearing hub for the occasion. I'm trying to remember all this as best I can recall. I did have to search for the thowout bearing, however.  If you wish, send me a PM.  Hope this helps, JEFF...........................   I tried to post all the pics in one envelope but for some reason I couldn't.


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Hey Miker,
I would love to talk more about this with you.
I'll shoot you a message. 

Lance




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