OK - the time has arrived. The wife is sick of seeing the Lincoln in the driveway. It won't start when its cold out, so I pulled it into the garage after tucking the Mustang into the back corner of the shop. Its time to start dismantling this beast of a car.
First came the bumpers and front fenders. For some reason I thought I might try to re-sell some of these pieces, then decided to scrap them.
Then came the hood, the doors, the back glass.... Oh- the back glass. Word to the wise, don't pry on it with a screw driver. That pop you hear will be the last thing you hear before you are showered with thousands of pieces of glass. And it gets everywhere.
Here's me and the car getting ready to take our last cruise.
I even took some video with my camera. I still have the AOD if anyone is interested... this proves it works!
That last drive took place while Margery's uncle Tom and aunt Marcia were staying in town for Katherine's baptism. It was neat to see the look on everyone's faces - as I drove the car up and down the street.
Here's a shot of the Mustang in the back of the garage. The Mark VIII seat is used to act as the source of truth to tell me when I've got the truck in the garage far enough to close the door.
Now that the last drive is done- its time to really get down to tearing the car apart. What to do first? Make it a convertible!
Thank you to the inventors of the Sawzall. Without it, this blog post would not be possible.
So - while I was doing all this dismantling, I knew I needed to cut the car into small enough pieces that I could put it into the back of my truck and haul it to the scrap yard. And - I knew I wanted to keep the wiring harness as intact as possible.
By keeping the harness together, my hope is to lessen any issues that one would have in getting the engine to run correctly when placed into the Mustang.
A few steps further....
And then the rear half the car was gone...
Now its time to start pulling the engine out. The neat thing with the Mark VIII is that the engine can come out from the top and the bottom. I opted for removal from the bottom, so I used the engine hoist to lift the car off the engine.
Here's the start of the process...
And with the engine out of the car! So Nice!
