Documenting the restoration of my growing collection of classic Mustangs
I am slowly making progress cleaning up the rot in the engine bay. There are a lot of little things, and some bigger things that need tending to, so this may take a while. Slowing things down is my lack of experience with metal work. I am gaining new skills and experience and trying to do my best job, which means things are slow going. But, I’m happy with the end result when I get there.
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I started in the front. I know when I’m building, I should start from the back, but since I plan on using the front with a new floor, I wanted to solidify it first before I take it off. I also don’t have the floor yet, so this is what I can do. My goal is to replace the battery apron and radiator support while cleaning up anything else I find. That means the passenger frame rail mess.
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The body is off to get blasted so I am here in the shop looking for things to do. I have the blast cabinet and air compressor online in the new shop, so I figured I could start cleaning some things up for later. I like rebuilding the hinges, so I started there.
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As I continue my dismantling, I have found a theme from the previous owner who clearly slapped it together to unload on to some unsuspecting sucker: Hand Tight. I didn’t find many parts that needed convincing to be removed. In some cases, like the shocks, one bolt was tight, the other was half on. This takes dedication to do it that poorly as they are lock nuts and the harder of the two to reach was done right.
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