1992 Kansas Highway Patrol SSP

[1988Bullitt]

The Goodyears were delivered this morning and I am very impressed! The tires look great and I am so happy I have a Gatorback I am not scarred to drive on. Rusty was great to do business with and I suggest anyone that is looking at these tires contact him. The Quality of the tires is very good, on par or better than anything that is coming out of the Goodyear plants I have visited. The only Quality items I would note is that there is a little excessive flash around the bead but probably not enough to cause any sealing issues. One of the 4 tires I received was also slightly ground on a section of the tread, very common and an OE approved method to help with balance and RFV.

Well Packaged:






Light grinding on the tread:


As far as the car goes I have been pretty busy so I don’t have the redone rear axle in, but I did a little more work on the engine bay. All the airbag sensors are in, the new booster and master cylinder are in, an new condenser and repainted original SSP A/T oil cooler are back in.



Onto Wheels, so I have a rash free set of what I though was very clean 10 holes, my thinking was to acid dip them to remove the clearcoat, grim, and corrosion. Well it did not hope like I had planed so the wheels will have to be machined or I will have to find a different set. As you can see in my before and after pictures the wheels came back very clean, especially the insides but the dip didn’t phase the corrosion where the clear had peeled away:

Before:


After:

[MOstang]

Sorry to hear about the wheels. Maybe best to just get them re-machined at this point. Not sure what your Keyston/LKQ will charge you there, but I did my second round of some here at $85/each + tax. They turned out great.

[GSPI]

Test the corrosion affected area with some household vinegar on a clean rag and dab and wipe it. Sometimes that cleans certain corrosion spots in my experience. If it's etched down then yes machining is the only way to take it off.

... but I again have to compliment you on your work. Absolutely stellar!

[ImEvil1]

I see your reference to Rusty...and saw his posts over on ORG. What is his pricing like and do you have contact info you can post here for those that aren't on over there? Thanks.

[1988Bullitt]

Sorry Mike though he posted over here, Rusty's Contact # is 816-654-3400, he asked that the pricing not be posted online.

[ImEvil1]

Originally Posted by 1988Bullitt

Sorry Mike though he posted over here, Rusty's Contact # is 816-654-3400, he asked that the pricing not be posted online.

No prob, thanks for posting that up.

[1988Bullitt]

Time to update the pictures, I was out of the country for a few months but now I am back and starting to work on the car again.

9/15/2012





Can’t wait to install these when I get home, NOS Carlite rear glass with Defrost and Carlite front windshield.


12/4/12 I used Dow's Betaprime and Betaseal U-418HV Auto Glass Urethane Adhesive, it was very easy to work with and meets all OE / FMVSS crash and durability requirements. Priming:



Applying a triangle bead of Urethane:



Installing the NOS Carlite rear glass:



Making sure everything is perfect:



Final adjustment and inspection from the boss:



12/26/12 I installed the parking brake, NOS equalizer, new cables, and cleaned all the hardware. I installed the rear Firebeam and the two NOS amber Sho-me halogen lights. I installed new Motorcraft battery cables. The dash is back in the car, I have started running wires for all the equipment and lights. Today I started tearing down the engine and getting ready to send the block, heads, and crank off to the machine shop.







Off to the machine shop! I should have it all back in a couple weeks!



The rear deck lights:



Carpet and headliner showed up: