Documenting the restoration of my growing collection of classic Mustangs
With the roof well in place, the next piece is the back seat support. Included with it is the side mounting points for the roof top and power pistons. Before I did that though, I needed to seam seal the areas I wont have access to later. While it was out, I also filled some holes left as part of the removal.
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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 back from blasting and priming. All flaws have been laid bare. I knew it was bad, but its even worse than I thought. I am going to end up replacing more sheet metal than I thought, and I thought I was going to be replacing a lot. First step is to do inventory of all the rot and previous owner debauchery.
Continue reading “The Concept of a Plan”
Most of the external parts are removed, leaving the power train and the suspension. Once I get that removed, I will need to figure out how to get it on the body cart without a lift. It turns out a body cart is kind of tall compared to where the body sits on its own suspension.
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