Wow, it seems like forever since I last posted. Had a lot going on including a new job (factory work, but it pays really well for being as insanely easy as it is - 12hr mid shift kind of sucks, though) and potentially a new guy (sorry leg humpers).
I have actually gotten some work done on Murphy, but I've just kept forgetting to take pictures.
Since I replaced the engine, I've managed to also replace nearly everything under the hood (minus the radiator, p/s pump, and a few other minor things). On the plus side, most of it has a warranty now and the car runs pretty well. And within 2 days of starting my new job, it had already gotten around that I'm the girl with the hot mustang (one guy was actually asking around and hunted me down).
I've also managed to get the interior mostly done/color changed. It was originally about 7 different shades of turquoise and will now be black & grey.
I think I last posted about my floor pan rust patching/POR15ing. I also layed down new black carpet, painted the doors, dash, and inside quarter panels black, replaced all the dash panels (actually used a 68 dash bezel because I liked it better). And just for the time being, I painted the headliner black, but it's the crappy old torn headliner so I'll eventually replace it, but for now, it's at least black. I also just ordered some new seat upholstry (I found some that were exactly what I wanted and figured it was worth the convenience to not have to make them myself) and door panels. I'm getting the ones that are black with the grey faux carbon-fiber inserts and so I could get free shipping, I also ordered a new mirror bracket, coat hooks, and sun visor hardware. Some of the stuff is on backorder so who knows when I'll get it, though.
Before pics:
After pics:
I've also found a guy to paint it when I'm ready. He paints for a body shop for a living, but also does it on the side. He's really slow (will probably take about a year), but he does really good work for cheap. A friend of ours had his truck done. He had a ton of rust fixed (actual new metal, not just bondo) including the bed and the roof of the cab and painted and it cost him $2000. It's not show-quality, but unless you seriously examine the car, it looks damn good. It will probably be about a year before I can get it over there, but he's really excited about doing it and depending on my schedule at the time, I might even offer to help him out so I'll learn some too.
And lastly, Murphy has a new baby brother. Since I'm working about 12 miles from my house and Murphy only gets about 15 mpg and I was eventually going to need a car that's not 40 years old to use as a daily driver, I went ahead and got another car.
I went to the local Nissan dealership (dad used to work their so they're all like family and treat me really well). First, I test drove a 4 banger Nissan Sentra. Yeah, after driving Murphy, that 4-banger didn't go over very well. So I test drove a 2006 v6 Hyundai Sonata, fell in love, and bought it. It's 235hp and still gets around 25 - 27 mpg - not too shabby. The only thing I don't like about it is I can't hook my mp3 player up to the radio. Other than that, it's a fantastic little car.
So that's basically what I've been up to lately.
-Chelle
I have actually gotten some work done on Murphy, but I've just kept forgetting to take pictures.
Since I replaced the engine, I've managed to also replace nearly everything under the hood (minus the radiator, p/s pump, and a few other minor things). On the plus side, most of it has a warranty now and the car runs pretty well. And within 2 days of starting my new job, it had already gotten around that I'm the girl with the hot mustang (one guy was actually asking around and hunted me down).
I've also managed to get the interior mostly done/color changed. It was originally about 7 different shades of turquoise and will now be black & grey.
I think I last posted about my floor pan rust patching/POR15ing. I also layed down new black carpet, painted the doors, dash, and inside quarter panels black, replaced all the dash panels (actually used a 68 dash bezel because I liked it better). And just for the time being, I painted the headliner black, but it's the crappy old torn headliner so I'll eventually replace it, but for now, it's at least black. I also just ordered some new seat upholstry (I found some that were exactly what I wanted and figured it was worth the convenience to not have to make them myself) and door panels. I'm getting the ones that are black with the grey faux carbon-fiber inserts and so I could get free shipping, I also ordered a new mirror bracket, coat hooks, and sun visor hardware. Some of the stuff is on backorder so who knows when I'll get it, though.
Before pics:
After pics:
I've also found a guy to paint it when I'm ready. He paints for a body shop for a living, but also does it on the side. He's really slow (will probably take about a year), but he does really good work for cheap. A friend of ours had his truck done. He had a ton of rust fixed (actual new metal, not just bondo) including the bed and the roof of the cab and painted and it cost him $2000. It's not show-quality, but unless you seriously examine the car, it looks damn good. It will probably be about a year before I can get it over there, but he's really excited about doing it and depending on my schedule at the time, I might even offer to help him out so I'll learn some too.
And lastly, Murphy has a new baby brother. Since I'm working about 12 miles from my house and Murphy only gets about 15 mpg and I was eventually going to need a car that's not 40 years old to use as a daily driver, I went ahead and got another car.
I went to the local Nissan dealership (dad used to work their so they're all like family and treat me really well). First, I test drove a 4 banger Nissan Sentra. Yeah, after driving Murphy, that 4-banger didn't go over very well. So I test drove a 2006 v6 Hyundai Sonata, fell in love, and bought it. It's 235hp and still gets around 25 - 27 mpg - not too shabby. The only thing I don't like about it is I can't hook my mp3 player up to the radio. Other than that, it's a fantastic little car.
So that's basically what I've been up to lately.
-Chelle
Brians right, alot has gone down, Most notably (as brian said) is when dan forgot to take his medicine and he went into relapse and bought that olds thing... 
