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Photos of my original end caps just for reference.

Is that in reference to the Ford assembly line worker slopping on the paint?

I'm admittedly being weird about the restoration question. I definitely am not going for concours and don't ever plan to attend shows where the car is judged for points. But I do like the idea of preserving the history. So I think on the driveshaft I will soak it to get rid of the rust and then...

Just some photos of the driveshaft paint stripes on my '68 HCS as I'm cleaning it off. My green and pink stripes look pretty wide and smeared compared to some of the other photos I've seen people post. And then the big smeared, overlapping mess of colors in photo 3. :rolleyes:

Lucas break-in oil to start, then regular.

Well it's certainly added time to the schedule, but yes, once I saw the plastic chunks off the timing gear and sludge in the t-stat housing, I was glad I rebuilt it. Thanks Neil. I just had that filter sitting on the shelf and it will be replaced within a couple hours of start up as part of the...

And that brings us all up to date. This weekend my son and I will finish assembling the engine accessories, radiator, hoses, battery, carb, etc. And with any luck we'll be able to fire it up! That's the part that always makes me nervous! Lots of sweat, time and money building up that moment of...

Rebuilt C-4 installed to the 289 and that whole monster wrestled into the engine bay. The load leveler is an absolute must when installing both as an assembly. Lots of lowering an inch, pushing the car forward an inch, leveling a few degrees, rinse and repeat.

Doing a dry mockup of the engine accessories to make sure I hadn't lost anything in the last year. My old school zip-lock baggies on the pegboard wall organization system served me well. :)

Engine reassembly, paint and priming the oil pump to confirm all rockers are getting oil. I went with the POR-15 engine enamel and I do not recommend it. I think the color is a good match for Ford Corporate Blue, but this paint is NOT easy to apply. I tried spraying it with the same HVLP...

Engine and heads back from the machine shop. Magnafluxed, baked, cylinders bored .030 over, crank ground .010 under: Valve grinding:

Some problem areas. T-stat housing basically disintegrated upon removal. Timing gear nylon coating had become brittle and pieces that broke off made their way into the oil pump pickup screen.

289-2V and C-4 removal and disassembly:

Epoxy primer after blasting: Engine bay paint:

Battery tray sheet metal replacement: Inner fender top rust replacement:

Some detail shots after blasting:

I've been steadily making progress on my HCS, but have been really bad about posting, so here's a thread to catch everyone up. Before and after photos of disassembly and media blasting. No big surprises on where the rust was. It was obvious before blasting. But it was good to not see any...

Oops! I forgot we were talking about trunk end caps! :(

Ron, would you mind posting a photo of the bolt and epoxy on the repops? It would be good to have a visual comparison to originals.

I wonder which VIN these came from. I'm guessing the car was totaled to get all these parts from it.