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I used a master cylinder from an SVO Turbo Mustang; mid 80's. They had a manual disc/disc system with no booster because of the turbo. Another one is an early 70's Vette' disc/disc master. Also 4 wheel manual disc because the cam was too radical to make any low rpm vacuum.

My carpet and windlace came in, just waiting on the headliner and vinyl before we start putting the interior together. I finished my seat risers and got them painted along with putting some off brand dynamat on the roof. Still need to insulate the floor and firewall.

Thank you for sharing the info for free!

This is a great setup for the old Mopars couldn't get any easier or more budget friendly. I've done three cars with this setup.

I installed mine with the eccentric adjuster on the front but I cant see why it would make a difference which side it's on.

Got all my door panels cut out of masonite, trial fit, and trimmed today. Still some holes to cut for front speakers but they should work pretty good. My wife and I are going shopping for seat foam, then I'm hitting the recliner for the rest of the day.

More wiring done; console and sound system wires lined out along with other misc wiring. Built some rear speaker mounts that go where the rear window regulators used to be. I put in new tack strip for the windlace and new grommets for the headliner bows. Also got the front seats stripped to get recovered; should have my rear seat springs back from the sandblaster/powdercoat guy this week. I took a box of plastic body plugs and went around plugging several factory holes in the floorpan. Also bought two sheets of masonite and started working on door panels. One more day off tomorrow, we'll see how far we get.

Very slick! Love that color, too.

Thanks! It sure is motivating to see the end in sight.

Yeah, I bought my window seals from Steele Rubber and ordered them without the chrome trim. The car was apart when I got it so not sure if it had it or not. I've been working on doors the last few weeks; got my window fuzzies and channel put in, power window mechanisms put it and all the associated wiring tidied up, speaker wires ran, dome and courtesy lights wired; plus several other door related misc items finished. We just got some upholstery samples in the mail so we'll be ordering a headliner and stuff to make seat covers and door panels soon. I've got a four day weekend so hopefully lots will get accomplished over the next few days.

Nice patchwork! Looks like it's really coming along.

Thanks; its a 1999 Porsche white. I would go with stock bumpers but I need to trim costs where I can. Still have interior to do and I want to be on the road this spring. My original bumpers are pretty rough and new ones are about $600 ea.

Finished up polishing and putting on the last of the stainless today. That is one hideous job I'm glad to have finished. If I ever build another car of this era, I'm welding up all the trim holes.

True; but some times "worth it" is in the enjoyment of giving it a go as much as results. You always learn something, even if the lesson is not to try that one again.

If you own a good welder, a sawzall, and an angle grinder with plenty of cut off wheels, anything is doable.

Welcome and great looking P15! I have the same car in the same color.

Hope you all had a Merry Christmas! I got a lot of little stuff done plus finished up the console and got some more trim polished and put on. I'm hoping to have all the trim on the car except the bumpers and rockers trim by the end of the week. One of the rocker moldings needs a lot of straightening and I've decided to order a set of Briz aluminum ribbed bumpers. They look pretty cool and are 1/2 the price of re-chromed stock ones.

Hit it hard this weekend; I finished the mounts for the rear seat and made some final alterations to the base. Now it's ready to go to the sandblaster. I also built mounts for the console along with making a shifter trim plate from some aluminum scrap and mounted a Plymouth emblem to it. Now its ready for a skim coat of filler and some primer to get it ready for color. I also dug out all the grill pieces and put the grill together. That was a bear; had to sort through a big box of extra grill pieces for the best ones, fix multiple broken studs, and polish each piece. There's about 20 separate pieces to this grill; glad I have some spares just in case.

The way I've always done them when swapping a full drivetrain is to set a 3 degree downward angle on the trans output and a 3 degree upward angle on the pinion when fully loaded (sitting on the wheels with all the weight of the car on it.) Never had vibe issues going this route.

That's a thought, I'm going to use red vinyl on the package tray so I could just carry it down.

Made this to go between the back seat; basically a spacer that will get painted dash color.

I bought this T-bird backseat several years ago and narrowed it to fit; I dug it out today and built a base for it to sit on and snap into. Now I just need to build some brackets to mount the back pieces, make a couple of curved filler pieces for the backs, and make a center piece to go between the backs. Once that's done I'm sending the springs up to the sandblaster. Also test fit my console; needs a little tweaking but looks pretty good.

Cool project; nice to see people saving the old four door cars.

I'm on a 5 day off stretch from work so I've been hitting this pretty hard. The front end was together loose without cotter pins so I went through it with my caster/camber/toe gauge, got everything aligned, tightened down, and put in all the pins. I finished up the trunk latch and now it closes, locks, and all the lights work. I needed a center console for the radio and some cup holders so I took a couple of old metal shelves I saved and build that, just need to do a little bondo and paint on it. I also had bought a polishing wheel for all the stainless trim and needed to build a stand for it so that's done. Today I'm taking a break, tomorrow I have one more day off to get a little more done.

Look up an old thread of mine called "51 Moredoor". On page 5 you can see how I modified mine.