Step 48 - Door Latches and Striker Plates

Installed Door Latches and Striker Plates. Latches are original, spent some time with the parts washer and they cleaned up great. The original strikers were a different story. I found a set of NOS ones (thanks Roger...again). Driver's side still needed a little tweaking to get the striker's backing plate in the correct position to preserve the doors lines.
Parts: original door latches, NOS strikers, screws from AMK

Step 47 - Fan and Clutch

Since the Mach is getting some A/C and I live in Florida - I replaced the original 351C-2V flex fan with a 7 bladed clutch fan from a Cougar (part number: C9WE-C).  Clutch is new.  
Parts:  fan, clutch, bolts from AMK.

Step 46 - Carpet

Got the carpet in from Auto Custom Carpets - Wayne did the install - made it look easy. 
I chose to go with ACC's 'Mass Backing' option, which is a thicker backing then their usual 'poly' backing material.

Step 45 - Sail Panels

Time to revisit the interior.  The original Sail Panels had suffered water damage during storage - so I purchased some reproductions but they did not line up correctly on the front edge.  So I called in Wayne (he does more than just carpet).  Wayne recreated the original panels with all new materials.  We lined the area behind the panels with some DynaLiner vs. using jute.  Installed some new reproduction lights to finish it off.

Perfect Install

Step 44 - Fenders

Installed splash shields and fenders.  Both fenders are new reproductions since the originals were beyond repair.  Thanks again to David for some expert panel alignment.  Bolt kits from AMK.

Step 43 - Doors

Hung doors and installed handles.  David (the car-body genius) lined everything up.  These are new reproduction doors from NPD - both doors required some 'adjustment' to the sheet metal during the paint stage to get the panel lines straight.  Handles are new too - the originals were too pitted to use.  Hinge/door bolts from AMK.

Step 42 - Accessorize

Installed the Alternator, Power Steering Pump, and A/C Compressor.  I had all of the brackets powder coated.  Everything bolted right up except the A/C compressor bracket - it needed some work.  It did not have enough room on the bottom to clear the power steering pump and the holes did not line up with the bolt holes in the head - grind, grind, grind...  Be aware that the hoses that Borgeson sells for a '70 will not fit a '70 style pump.

 

Parts:  Brackets - original, Alternator - original (rewound for high current), Power Steering Pump (original - paint from NPD matches the original 1970 color), A/C Compressor (new from Classic Auto Air), all nuts and bolts new from AMK.