Just a touch of makeup...

Working steady all morning, Mike and I were able to place the bumper and left fender on the EV. The look of the body parts are not in the best condition, but it looks more like a car since the new additions. After making adjustments to the components, the body lines of the mustang smoothed out and didn’t look as jagged and bent out of shape. Since the burgundy fender for the right side didn’t fit properly, Mike and I decided, along with Mr. Butler’s approval, to postpone putting on the fender in hopes that this weekend we can procure enough money to buy one that better fits the car. This Saturday, we are planning to take the EV to a mustang car show in Eden to display our hard work. There we plan to ask for donations towards the car in hopes that people will support our cause. Since the school’s budget cut, we are running short on our savings and are finding it hard to buy the little here and there pieces that we need.

After finishing what we could of the body work, Mike and I proceeded in placing the interior back into the car. So far we’ve managed to put in the carpet, console, seat belts, door panels, rear seat, glove box, shifter boot, floor trim near the bottom of the doors, and speaker panels.

Fender no. 1

The fiberglass bumper.

After the front clip is installed.

Looks like a real car now!

Mike displaying Ford's finest with the help from a little piece of tape.

Me working on attaching the speaker covers to the door panels.

Light it up...

Today was another successful step in bringing the EV project to a close. Mike and I worked on running the new loom of wire that is to connect all of the lights on the rear of the car to the fuse box. Mike and Mr. Butler remained after school yesterday for a brief time period where they put the loom together and labeled the wires. This was a huge time saver and I am grateful for their dedication to the car, even when I can’t always be present. That's what teamwork is all about.

After placing the loom in the rear of the car and plugging the bulbs into the receptacles, Mike and I moved towards the front. There we placed the new headlight lenses in the front bumper. In order for the lights to fit, we had to take mounting brackets and rubber-trim off of the old lights and place them on the new.

After placing the light wiring harness into the car.

Labeling each wire helps to prevent confusion when hooking up switches.