Documenting the restoration of my growing collection of classic Mustangs
When I visited Barry from Jo Daddy’s Garage, he suggested doing a one piece floor, which I opted to do. The problem was that they were not readily available and I was about to get out of Arizona for the hot summer. Well, time passed, the floor arrived just as I got back and ready to work again.
Continue reading “Starting at the Ground Up”
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”
Princess has been blasted. While it is waiting for the booth to be primed, I went and took a look to see how many surprises there were. Fortunately, most of them are on the panels I already plan on replacing. Some just need some cleaning up of questionable looking welds. Over all, it is about as expected when I bought it.
Continue reading “Uncovering the Carnage”
While I have been fine tuning the 67 and getting my son’s car into a solid, safe place, the fastback has been slowly moving forward. Now that all the big parts are in place, the details are easy to miss since you have to look closer. Of course, when it’s done, these details are going to be what really makes it shine, but going from huge visible progress to tuning feels like things suddenly slowed down.
Continue reading “Forever Body Construction”
I wanted to try to salvage the hood and trunk lids from the original since they look pretty good. Any of the original sheet metal I can keep, I will. So long as keeping it doesn’t mean spending more to repair it than it would cost to replace.
Continue reading “New Year Fastback Update”
Most of the sheet metal removal is done at this point, and a good bit of work has been done to re-assemble a fresh body. It seems a new surprise was around every corner, but in the end, I guess I will have a brand new 65 fastback with zero rust. It just won’t have much sheet metal from 1965.
Continue reading “Body Construction”
While I have been away, Randy has been fitting replacement sheet metal. With so much being replaced, he needs to set it into a good starting point before he welds. I think he is going to need more clamps for this project. Continue reading “Bottoms Up”
The new firewall replacement came in. I ordered the Dynacorn, which appears to be sold everywhere. I saw that Jo Daddy’s Garage used the same one in weld through primer, so I reached out to him to see how it fits and got a positive response. In the end, I opted to order it from Mustangs Unlimited due to the free shipping. I expected some damage courtesy UPS, and I was not disappointed, but it was only minor and easily corrected. The alternative of $250 in freight shipping for at $240 part wasn’t easily reconcilable here. In the end, the gamble payed off. Continue reading “New Firewall Comparison”
Core work has started on the fastback. As I really dig into it, I found some significant issues that have caused me to be a little more drastic than I would have hoped. The value in this car really is all the good parts it came with, and the fastback C code VIN. When done, there won’t be much of the original body left, but it will be like new. Better in some ways. Continue reading “Making a Metalwork Plan”