1967 mustang fastback

[NextGen Classics]

I rebuilt the rear end,pulled the leaf springs apart and blasted/epoxy and paint. Then started welding up the door gaps.
Passenger side was original so not much was needed but driver door was a different story

 

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So the hood never fit right. It was humped up along the cowl and the middle of both fenders. So I flipped it over an made about 30 cuts in the bracing in those areas,flattened it and reglassed it. Now it is flush with those areas.
I also had to cut the nose cone in half to get it to fit properly.
The hood was also about a half inch too short so I added to that too.

 

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Yesterday I started fitting the rear glass. When I first built the car I used 68 taillights because I thought I liked the more symmetrical look.
This time I am using the correct 67 (cougar style) lights. I measured those suckers about 10 times cause they look off but they are right on. LOL

Now I am up to speed on the build and will post as progress is made...

 

['68 Coronet R/T]

Very nice. I have always wanted to do either a '67 fastback or '69 Mach 1. Just never had the perfect storm of finances and opportunity.

 

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Progress of straightening up the driver's door gaps.

 

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Here is a pic of the hood after I got the bows out of the sides and back. You can see for it to line up properly it is short.?

 

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So I glassed the rear of the hood adding about a half inch to it then ground it and epoxy

 

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I worked my way to the front nose cone. To get it fit right I narrowed it about a half inch.

Then I got it where I wanted it and clamped it together using aluminum plates on the backside glued on with 3m panel bond adhesive. I went over that with a couple layers of glass.

On the top I veed it out real wide and used VPA followed by epoxy and filler

 

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I started working the passenger fender and door and noticed the door had a funny bulge in it.I used the spline contouring gauge (thanks MP&C) and found it was off from the driver's side door.

The bond let loose from the reinforcement bar in the door which was once apparently dented.

I gave up on that and bought another Dynacorn door. It fit well with some welding and grinding to adjust the gaps.

Then I got it in epoxy.

 

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The side scoops needed some attention so I added some glass to those to get them to fit better

 

[EddieF]

Enjoying the show

 

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So I need your input on what color I should paint this. Here are some examples. My wife wants black with gunmetal stripes and I am leaning towards the white supersnake replica. It was red for 17 years so that is out......

 

[Raymond_B]

I dunno, that blue looks pretty awesome.

 

[dhutton01]

SPI black.

 

[sprint_9]

Tough choice, Im partial to blue myself. But after seeing some pictures of SPI Black Id really consider that too, the two Camaro's Don has shared come to mind.

The only thing I dont like about black is any dirt/dust shows easier, but when its clean its hard to top.

 

[EddieF]

I'm with her & dh. Something about black & chrome at car show night that attracts.
Do you want pretty or mean looking...

 

[NextGen Classics]

You guys are killing me with the black LOL. I'm a little worried about the fiberglass showing mapping/ghosting with the black easier. I do like the blue also.

 

[EddieF]

How does it look wet? Lay a few more coats on, block it (again) & spray again till perfection if not in rush.
Any color even white shows imperfections when buffed out.

 

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I agree but white is more forgiving. I am not in the final stages of blocking just yet so we will see

 

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So after blocking out the body,I put it in epoxy followed by slicksand.