I haven't done too much today but as you can see I got the alignment holes drilled and the front holes drilled and the sleeves are in but not yet welded.

 

I got a friend to give me a hand and we go the sleeves drilled and welded, motor mounts in and frame boxed. now I'm going to do some painting before proceeding. for the motor mounts, I drilled the holes for the cv sleeves then I bolted the motor mounts where they were originally riveted then drilled/grinded them to fit around the sleeves. the drivers side may need to be trimmed for the steering later. also, I cut a 1/4" piece of steel for each motor mount to sit on and bolted it to the cv suspension. once I paint ill bolt cv suspension to the truck frame and weld the motor mounts to the steel pieces.



frame boxed pass. side and motor mount cut up a couple inches




frame boxed drivers side and motor mount cut up a couple inches




the two plates bolted




drivers side mount barely had to be cut on the top




passenger side needed a bit more trimmed

 

got some painting done. I used two coats of por15 then when it was dried but still tacky I used krylon suppermaxx satin black spray paint as a top coat.

 

Looking good, your making some quick progress on the swap!

 

Thanks, when I pulled the engine, the trans leaked from the rear, and once its back in, I need to drain and refill it. What kind of fluid do I need and what is the capacity? thanks I have a 360 with 3 speed on the column

 

What year T-bird seats are those? I DIG 'em!!!

 

Don't forget to drill the sway bar mounting holes in the frame....

 

I painted everything, then I bolted the cv sus. in , and I cut the motor mounts on the bottom. I cut a little off at a time until they were just touching the plates I bolted to cv sus. then I cut angle iron and made a bracket for the trailing arms (I think they're called haha).and once those were welded I put the motor into the mounts first before welding them. that way they were lined up perfectly. I then bolted the motor in and touched up the paint where the welds were. next, I put the drive shaft back in, and the speedo cable. I hooked up the linkage, throttle, choke, ect.. next I mounted the sway bar. I ordered a 2000 focus power steering line but its not coming until Friday. I put the brake line from the back to front back in. and I think that's all so far. more to come later.

 

And I'm not sure what year seats I didn't ask the guy

 

I believe those are from a '65 T-Bird. I've always liked how the rear seat wraps around.

 

Cool build thread. Everyone whose doing this type of swap keeps making it look super easy.

 

I got the drive shaft back in, and the brake lines all run, I made a steering shaft with the crown vic one, but idk if I'm happy with it, but its good for now. the exhaust is finished as well, the charcoal canister is on and I made a bracket to mount the brake prop. valve to, originally it bolted to the steering box. also, the brake hoses were almost too short so I made a little bracket to keep them a little away from the frame,

 

 

I did some painting. aslo bleed the brakes. I had the steering working but I wasn't happy with it, so I ordered new steering parts and pulled the old end of the column off which I showed how in the pictures. I found what steering parts were needed from another persons build but ill post it here anyway incase someone needs it

brg-013452 column to shaft u joint
brg-014955 shaft to rack u joint
brg-450024 steering shaft

I ordered on summit racing

 

Looking good! This seems like a very easy swap