"Taking a car totally apart is easy. Putting it back together takes a little bit more."
The electrical circuits needed a lot of modifications because I decided to make this car a full power car. This is both fun and challenging. Right here I am making the wiring circuit for the power vent window system.
There are lots of vacuum hoses that needs to be connected under the dash. Especially the automatic power door lock system took me some time to get installed. I am also putting in wiring for a hidden modern sound system in the car. The sound deadening mats have also been installed at this stage.
Here you can see the engine and all the parts around it coming back together. If you look closer you will also see that I have installed the windshield and the top bows.
Here is a picture showing the new gas tank installed.
Finally the time has come to start to put the car back together. I like to take the hard part first, which is to install heater and AC, and then hook up all the elctrical circuits and related part. This car will also get a pretty complicated vacuum system that needs to be hooked up now before the dash is installed.
My laptop is a good helper getting things correctly back in place. There is a lot of good useful information in pictures taken of the car before it was disassembled.
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Here all windows are installed and working. convertible top is now working. As you can see the front innner fenders are also in place, and most of the electrical wirings and vacuum systems are hooked up. You should also notie the wheels on the car. These are not original for Mercury, but I love them and they will look awesome when the car is finished.
In this picture you will see that the instrument panel, steering column, console and carpet is mounted in the car. Also a modern sound system is mounted under the dash between sttering olumn and console. You can see more detailed pictures from the interior work on the
"restoring the interior" page.
The rear bumper is rechromed at AIH Chrome in Dubuque, Iowa. This is probalby the nicest chrome money can buy, and while twice as expensive as most chrome shops, they are well worth the money. The exhaust system will be adjusted later and probably get some nice chrome tips.
The engine compartment is finished and the motor has been started. It fired up right away, and it looks and sounds like everything is OK.
