mag-racing

Hi guys. I am re-building a 68 coupe. It is not drivable currently. I am getting it ready to go to paint next month. I need some help with a door hinge spring. I can find the bushing and pin rebuild kits, but not a replacement spring. It is the S spring like the one in the picture below. Can these be replaced? Mine is broken in half. Any help would be appreciated. As soon as I get the car finished I plan to drive it to one of the meets and join the club. I also have a (kind of recent) picture of my car below. It is a little further along now. Thanks!

LMan

welcome! car looks good!

Mberglo

Mustang II front end?

1966L6

Cool! What color are you going to paint it?

mag-racing

Yes it is a Mustang II front end. I pieced it together myself. The parts list is below. Of course I have never had it on the road, so it is un-tested.

CUSTOM PARTS
FULL TILT RODS MUSTANG II CROSS MEMBER – QTY1 UNWELDED

BIG BRAKE ADAPTERS FOR GM CALIPERS – QTY2

MODIFIED 68 MUSTANG STRUT RODS – HOME MADE – QTY2

1976 FORD MUSTANG II 8 Cylinders 302 F 5.0L 2BL
BALL JOINT - LOWER DURALAST FA972 – QTY2

BALL JOINT - UPPER DURALAST FA912 – QTY2

UPPER CONTROL ARMS – QTY2

LOWER CONTROL ARMS – QTY2

V6 OR V8 SPRINGS – QTY2

KYB GAS-A-JUST SHOCKS KYB-KG4511 – QTY2

SPINDLES – QTY2

1986 FORD THUNDERBIRD 8 Cylinders 302 F 5.0L FI
TIE ROD END VALUCRAFT VES2150R – QTY2

RACK & PINION ATSCO 6439 – QTY1

1980 FORD GRANADA 8 Cylinders 302 F 5.0L 2BL
WHEEL SEAL - FRONT TIMKEN 6815 – QTY2

WHEEL BEARING - FRONT VALUCRAFT V12 – QTY2

WHEEL BEARING - FRONT VALUCRAFT V13 – QTY2

ROTOR - BRAKE (FRONT) DURALAST 5419 – QTY2

1985 BUICK REGAL 8 Cylinders 350 (I know this is sacrilege)
BRAKE PADS - FRONT DURALAST MKD154 – QTY2

BRAKE CALIPER - FRONT FENCO_REMAN C161 – QTY1

BRAKE CALIPER - FRONT FENCO_REMAN C160 – QTY1

mag-racing

I am leaning towards vapor (silver) metallic clearcoat that is on the 08 mustangs. I have to decide soon. I am open to any suggestions for a nice silver.

BA Mustang

Nice car seems to be in good shape. I haven't ever seen a door hinge with a spring like that. But i found the whole thing on mustangsunlimited.com for 65 bucks. I can't find the spring itself though.

Also found them on cjponyparts for 55. Still no spring.

mag-racing

Thanks BA. It had more rust than I had originally thought, but I have cut it all out and replaced it with new.

I want to buy a new spring for a lot less than what the whole hinge costs. But I may have to buy the whole hinge.

kennyg

Welcome to the club! Good work! That's gonna be a BADAS_ Stang. kennyg

Puter

Welcome! Feel free to post more pics of your progress as you go.

My silver is 1Q, but it's just a normal everyday Mustang silver.

karman

I say go ahead and buy the whole hinge and spring.
I am as cheap as the next guy (actually cheaper),but its not really big money.
Especially if you can't find just the spring.
A new hinge will work best and I think you will find it worth the money.
There is a lot more force on those hinges than you might think.

mgreene

Is that a 351 Cleveland?

mag-racing

Yes it is a 351 cleveland with the 4V CC heads. I went to buy a roller 302 from my buddy that builds ford engines for round track cars. He talked me into this 351C. He promised more HP for the same price. I have read where people say clevelands lack low end torque, but he says that it will have all that I want and more. I guess I will find out. I have a Z-spec T5 and a trac-loc 8.8 (from a 2000 explorer) with 3.73 gears. I think this combo will be fun to drive, and that is all I am looking for right now.

Thanks for the advice on the hinge spring.

KEEP

Dude! Get that fram filter off that engine...

Welcome to the club and a very nice car indeed. Cant wait to see it finished.

Puter

Seriously.

mag-racing

It came with the Fram. It is just plugging a hole right now. I will probably put a purolator on it before I fire it up. What do you guys recommend for an oil filter?

KEEP

I have never been one for overly expensive filters but I do want a good one that works correctly. Based on internet oil filter studies and info on www.bobistheoilguy.com I have been using the following.

Motorcraft
NAPPA/WIX
AC Delco
Purolator
STP

Based on the same info I have avoided the following:

FRAM
Pennzoil
Quaker State

ShowGT

Welcome and nice project you have in the works here. Keep us up to date in the near future.

MustangLuvr4You

Welcome, from one newbie to another.....

Irish

BA Mustang

I use STP.