Here Are Some Pictures of Stuff I Made

Here's a couple pictures of the easy fill gas tank cover I made out of a 55 gallon drum and scrap hardware.
There's no need to remove the cover to fill the tank, just use the trap door.
I like to use ratching nylon straps to get the tank tied down tight.
Underneath the drum, the tank is wrapped in fiberglass insulation (the pink stuff)

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Here's a picture of the stacks I made out of a stock exhaust manifold.
I welded a steel plate over the stock exhaust port. I used my angle grinder to cut a 2" hole in the top
of the stock exhaust manifold. I shaped and welded on a 2.5" pipe. My welding skills are kind of poor,
so it took me several tries to get a good weld. It leaked a little due to some burn though.
I tried putting JB Weld on it, but the stuff burned up. I'm going to try some Permatex Copper silcone stuff next.

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Here's a picture of my homemade leaf spring clamps I made out of 1/8" steel plate.
Jack the car up on the bumper, so the wheels hang down. Cutoff the stock clamps and bolt on the new ones.
This raises the car up and makes the rear suspension real solid.

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Here's a couple pictures of how I'm using threaded rod on my 72 Imperial.
I have a bunch of 4"x6" steel plates that I use as washers in the back.
I have steel plates on the floor of the trunk, under the trunk lid and on top of the trunk too.

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Before I got my new welder, I used wire to hold everything together.
Here's a couple shots of my wired up Mercury

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I am currently trying to wire up my 74 LTD wagon, using the stock electonic ignition.
I think it would really be easier to use a points distributor and coil.

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Here's a picture of my easily removable toggle switch setup. It just sits on the passenger seat.
All the wires are about a foot long and have sodderless connectors on them.

The one in my 74 LTD wagon (not pictured), also has the starter solenoid and electronic ignition module on it.
I also mounted a 2nd solenoid on it (not hooked up). If the 1st one fails,
I can easily move the wires to the 2nd one in the pits.

Also seen in the picture is my threaded rod shifter. You can't see the bottom, though.
I removed all the linkage and drilled out the hole to fit my 3/8" , 3' long piece of rod.
Above and below the shift lever on the tranny are 2 nuts with a lock washer between them.
To make a handle on the other end, I wrapped a 4" bolt to the threaded rod using electric tape.
I still have to take an old piece of innertube, cut a slot in it and screw it to the hole in the floor.

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