Project Jay-Spec MX-326GS

[Ace]

Goo work. I can't wait to see what this will look like finished.

[Mazda_Powered]

nice man! tedious work sucks eh haha

[IMACHU2]

Thanks for the compliments guys. I gathered the parts to have a working horn today. I pray the rear wiper motor wiring is the same, have to dig out the hatch from under the work bench.

On the not sure if I care / Laziness list:
-Rear washer (motor rusted off the bottle)
-Dome light. I wired in the dome light but the door switches are toast.
Only $14.00 for a pair of new ones! Done!
-Rear defroster. (Going to drive it in the summer only)

[IMACHU2]

Operation "Have a operational horn" took place today.



Decided this "option i don't have square" would be a good spot for the horn.



Dremeled off the toggle switch box on the back.


Drilled a 3/8" hole in it and dremeled it out to size huge for the horn button


Finished button install


I put a plug on it to ease removal




Horn relay and wiring.




The horn is really loud. I took it off one of my 323 parts car. It looked brand new. Some aftermarket horn with a brand name I have never heard of.

I also washed the coolant and power steering resivoirs. I forgot the "After photo's" Here they are all full of grime. They look like-new now promise.


I bought new door swiches and wired them in. My switchs were long gone, just nasty looking exposed green oxidized wires left LOL. I cut a 2' section of wire off both sides soldered in some new wire and new spade terminals now my dome light and the annoying buzzer are fully operational:p


Spent 5 hours cleaning and organizing the garage for my next mission. (Putting the body panels back of the 326) The MX-326GS and the Mustang will now both fit in the garage fully assembled. I.E with the 326 complete with fenders doors, and bumpers. Used my new 323 daily driver as the template for completed 326 :p My garage is only a car and a half wide so this is quite a feat of organization. You could build two Mustangs and two 323's and likely a running MX-3 from all the spare parts stuffed in there too.

[progt91]

looking good man. coming along

[IMACHU2]

Thanks Guys

Bottles before:

Bottles after a scrub:


Polished the lights. Used a Mothers Buff ball and plastic polish. They have a headlight restoration kit now. (bought the stuff ages ago)


Before:

After: (light closest)

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After:

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After:


Took apart the doors:

No wonder the factory stereo sounded so bad LOL




Boo! Hole

[IMACHU2]

Boo! Another hole



Boo! Yes a hole in the freakin hood

[Mazda_Powered]

nice man, seems there's a bit of welding and stuff, not too much considering its a canadian car lol, what are you using to strip the paint off?

[IMACHU2]

nice man, seems there's a bit of welding and stuff, not too much considering its a canadian car lol, what are you using to strip the paint off?

All my tools are Prime Evil. LOL. I just used a regular sander. For the rust I hit it with my favorite tool (the angle grinder) with a wire brush, then with a 80 grit disc. The angle grinder can also be used as a poor mans: torch, metal cutting band saw, sawsall, plasma cutter, buffer, sander, and more often then not a torture / blood-letting device.

[FE3-323]

that plastic polish does wonders to the turn signals/taillights---- i need to try that

[IMACHU2]

The buff ball is the sheot! I have used the plastic polish before and it works, the elbow grease is intense though. With the buff ball the lights were like new in minutes. Spent more time chasing the lights around the shop (when they flew off the bench) then actually polishing them. Chip Foose made it look really easy. In the end, I have small tool boxes full of misc bolts that I surrounded the lights with, so they could not escape the bench. I think if the lights were in the vise they would have broke.

Warning: I Got plastic polish on everything in a two mile radius.

[FE3-323]

thats a good laugh via mental visual

[white-lightning]

Yeah, that polish sprays every where. I had to wash all 4 cars in the driveway it flew so far.

[IMACHU2]

Today had ups and downs LOL. Well I stashed my old car at my parents house about a half hour away from my house. I was at my parents the other day and I inspected the drivers door. It looked to be in pretty good shape. The bottom lip was in mint condition, and there is no hole in the post like the door on my project car. So it was decided to put the 326's door on my old 323, and steal it's door for the project.

It gets confusing so here is the run down. I have (3) 323's (Now) Have had (4)
1)The flat black one I just took off the road. (going to use it for parts).
2)The grey one (my new daily driver)
3)My project car (To be KLZE powered)
4)Had a shiny black parts car 323 also. Many of the panels are on the V6 car and its engine is in the flat black car

A 323 door actually fits in the hatch of a 323! I thought for sure there would be bungee cords and hope involved.


My door and I on a romantic drive to the country


The door and I saw a beaver! Oh-Canada! (Not something you see everyday-even in Canada)



The door and I finally got to my parents house.


The drivers door looked to be in good shape, which is odd cause everything else is garbage LOL


I decided to remove the fender and take the door with the hinges, then replace it with my hole in the post door. I went to undo the fender bolt that you access when the door is open, when I noticed the door was rotted badly where the upper hinge bolts on. Mission aborted. Other then the hole in the post the other door was mint. Thinking a hole in the post is easier to fix then a hole where the hinge bolts on. Note: this is still the flat black car (it is still green in the jams) LOL.


My door and I drove home. I decided to start body work on the hatch.


The hatch was off my shiny black parts car, it is mint.


Used the box garbage bags came in to make a template for a patch for the third brake light.

Patch made

Patch wedged into place using deep sockets.

Patch welded into place

Hatch sitting on the car

Glamour shot?!, and a reminder of the car I am actually working on. LOL

I have a spoiler like the one on my daily driver with a third brake light in it already. It came off the hatch of the soon to be V6 car. Every panel on that car was / is crap, so I chucked the hatch. Original panels = barely acceptable left fender & door LOL. I am told the spoiler only came on Canadian cars?

[Kris]

that grey 323 is one hot looking bg fah sho.