Uploaded March 2026 | Updated September 2026, 11 hours ago
Fixing a Faded Engine Bay on a Classic Ford? This video walks you through the first steps to bring that tired Ford Corporate Blue back to life—without tearing the whole car apart.
After 24 years, this engine has seen better days… so we’re diving in to freshen it up the right way. How far do you actually need to tear things down to repaint an engine properly? We’re about to find out.
In this episode we cover: clearing the engine for paint prep, using NPD’s Ford Corporate Blue (AP-EB), shock tower removal, and the early stages of stripping the engine down to its bare essentials.
If you’ve ever wondered where to stop—or keep going—during an engine repaint, this is where it starts.
It’s not a Problem, It’s a Project!
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Contact: Jford@autorestomod.com
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#FordRestoration #EngineRebuild #ClassicMustang #AutoRestomod #FordEngine
Fixing a Faded Engine Bay on a Classic Ford? This video walks you through the first steps to bring that tired Ford Corporate Blue back to life—without tearing the whole car apart.
After 24 years, this engine has seen better days… so we’re diving in to freshen it up the right way. How far do you actually need to tear things down to repaint an engine properly? We’re about to find out.
In this episode we cover: clearing the engine for paint prep, using NPD’s Ford Corporate Blue (AP-EB), shock tower removal, and the early stages of stripping the engine down to its bare essentials.
If you’ve ever wondered where to stop—or keep going—during an engine repaint, this is where it starts.
It’s not a Problem, It’s a Project!
Sponsors: nationalpartsdepot.com
eatondetroitspring.com
Contact: Jford@autorestomod.com
Insta: @autorestomod
patreon.com/gasolinemedia
#FordRestoration #EngineRebuild #ClassicMustang #AutoRestomod #FordEngine





![Make a Clean Looking Mustang Charging & Starting System
Every wiring job teaches you something — and on Kylies 1967 Mustang, it taught me a few things the hard way. In this episode we tackle the charging and battery cable system for a CVF serpentine setup running a 100-amp alternator and a front-mounted Group 24F battery, and I walk through the mistakes I made so you dont have to repeat them.
We get into lug sizing — why 5/16 and 3/8 matter and where each one belongs — adding a fusible link close to the battery with a 125-amp Maxi fuse, why a proper block-to-firewall ground is non-negotiable on a Ford, and how to crimp clean, marine-grade welding-wire cables that wont corrode down the road. At the end, I lay out every cable length and lug size we used so you can build the same system in your own 67–68 Mustang or Cougar.
Final cable notes include:
Positive battery cable to starter solenoid: 24 inches
Starter solenoid to Maxi fuse: 12 inches
Maxi fuse to alternator: 7 feet 3 inches
Negative battery cable to engine block: 36 inches
Starter solenoid to starter: 30-32 inches
Cables and welding wire from the folks at Fast and Quiet. Serpentine system and 100-amp alternator by CVF.
▶ Starter solenoid & Mustang restoration parts — National Parts Depot: [https://www.npdlink.com/]
▶ Charging system & 100-amp alternator — CVF: [https://cvfracing.com/]
▶ Battery cables & welding wire — Fast and Quiet: [https://www.fastandquiet.com/]
Its not a problem, its a project.
Parts:
Starter Solenoid Relay Switch, Black Case, C4AF11450A, FoMoCo, REPCO, coarse threads
https://www.npdlink.com/product/starter-solenoid-relay-switch-black-case-c4af11450a-fomoco-repco-coarse-threads/101239?backurl=search%2Fproducts%3Fcompany_name%3D%26search_started_at%3D1781909244920%26search_terms%3Dstarter%252Bsolenoid%26top_parent%3D0%26year%3D&search_started_at=1781909244920
Autorestomod Episode: 746
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