Bill Eisinger
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Today, the process officially begins for my Series I restomod project. We loaded the car up for a trip to the blaster and then on to my body/paint guy. I thought I would document the project in this thread as its going to be a "soup to nuts" build and may be of interest to some here.
Many here on the forum have been extremely helpful with questions, advice, and securing parts. I'm pretty sure the fun has just begun in terms of help I will need from this group as the project progresses.
As a starting point here are the general design parameters for the project:
Base Platform - 1960 Series I
Engine - 2.8 liter Ford V6
Offenhouser 4 bbl intake
Fitech fuel injection
Custom aluminum radiator
Electric fan
Dan R engine mounts and headers
Transmission - Ford A4LD automatic
Steering - Dan R Electric Power Steering
Suspension - Upgrade to Series V suspension front and rear
Electrical
Complete new wiring - Rebel Wire Harness
Custom gauges - Speed Hut
Fuel System - Fuel Cell with in tank fuel pump
Climate Control - Old Air Products Hurricane Heat and AC
Interior
Custom Walnut Burl Dash
Mazda Miata Seats
Console
Touch Screen Stereo and GPS
Leather Upholstery
There are a lot of other little details that are still being worked out (wheels as example) but these are the broad brush strokes. I imagine to some of the purists this will be a bit blasphemous (automatic transmission ,etc) but, to me, its going to be a very cool little car. With the hardtop and climate control system that we are planning on it will be at least a 3 season car if not all year around (at least on days that aren't snowy).
The car is kind of a rusty mess so there will be a lot of repair work in addition to the modifications required to accommodate the changes...it's going to need front floors and rust repair to the wheel wells and rockers as well as some repair of damage to the front and rear valence and trunk floor. It won't be too long before we'll be wondering what we got ourselves into! I suspect one of those moments will be when I get the bill back for all the chrome and stainless that is being re-done!
As the project proceeds I'll up date with photos and status. Here it is on the trailer heading to the blaster today.

Many here on the forum have been extremely helpful with questions, advice, and securing parts. I'm pretty sure the fun has just begun in terms of help I will need from this group as the project progresses.
As a starting point here are the general design parameters for the project:
Base Platform - 1960 Series I
Engine - 2.8 liter Ford V6
Offenhouser 4 bbl intake
Fitech fuel injection
Custom aluminum radiator
Electric fan
Dan R engine mounts and headers
Transmission - Ford A4LD automatic
Steering - Dan R Electric Power Steering
Suspension - Upgrade to Series V suspension front and rear
Electrical
Complete new wiring - Rebel Wire Harness
Custom gauges - Speed Hut
Fuel System - Fuel Cell with in tank fuel pump
Climate Control - Old Air Products Hurricane Heat and AC
Interior
Custom Walnut Burl Dash
Mazda Miata Seats
Console
Touch Screen Stereo and GPS
Leather Upholstery
There are a lot of other little details that are still being worked out (wheels as example) but these are the broad brush strokes. I imagine to some of the purists this will be a bit blasphemous (automatic transmission ,etc) but, to me, its going to be a very cool little car. With the hardtop and climate control system that we are planning on it will be at least a 3 season car if not all year around (at least on days that aren't snowy).
The car is kind of a rusty mess so there will be a lot of repair work in addition to the modifications required to accommodate the changes...it's going to need front floors and rust repair to the wheel wells and rockers as well as some repair of damage to the front and rear valence and trunk floor. It won't be too long before we'll be wondering what we got ourselves into! I suspect one of those moments will be when I get the bill back for all the chrome and stainless that is being re-done!
As the project proceeds I'll up date with photos and status. Here it is on the trailer heading to the blaster today.
