1969 Mach 1

stangnet33;34769 said:
Only 10% looks like the right amount of flat. Started tear down a month ago and finding all kinds of surprises. I new the last job I had done was bad, but finding even more than what I knew about :disgust: I'll start a thread soon, but you need to give me a little more motivation ;) JK
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I don't reduce it when I spray engine compartments.
 
rusty428cj;34777 said:
I don't reduce it when I spray engine compartments.
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Is this just a personal choice or is there a reason why?

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Ash;34771 said:
I too have started up again on mine, Stangnet. Only took a couple of years but the wife's projects are now finished and it's my turn for the 69. Be great to see everyone else's come along at the same time. :encouragement:
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Ash, great to hear from you mate! Great to hear you got things fired up again. Look forward to your updates.
 
Rusty has the ability to lay epoxy unlike anything you've ever seen. If you see it in person you'll mistake it for ecoat it's so slick. Us weekend warriors have to fight to get it to lay that flat! We've found reducing 10-15% helps.

Lauren

P.S. Rusty I'm still waiting for my glovebox door. Don't make me fly down there to get it!!!
 
P.S. Rusty I'm still waiting for my glovebox door. Don't make me fly down there to get it!!![/QUOTE]

I figured it would be a good excuse for you to get out of the cold and come down here and go to the beach!!
 
I was in Florida a couple days last month on a family hiatus - no vacation really. I could have only dreamed of getting up to Port Richey. Next time!

Lauren
 
K here's your little motivation! I started blocking this fender yesterday, and today I might even put on some filler! :highly_amused:

Lauren

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Haha, that a boy ! See it worked, headed out to the garage and started to disassemble the back end. Ran into a problem with the front spring shackles, the bolts seized in the metal bushing sleeve :nightmare:, but thanks :encouragement: Keep yours going
 
No progress. But, I did think about working on her today. What's this but...all about?

L
 
82firebird;36662 said:
No progress. But, I did think about working on her today.
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Ok no making fun of me and that's my line :rolleyes: I have actually pulled a few more things of mine. I sure would like to have a coffee with who worked on mine last :mad-new: Ash good to hear from you mate, don't make me pull out your thread on the "other" site, actually I was looking for it the other day. Hope all is well.
 
Hey Stangnet, I think I'm the king of thinking about my car and doing nothing as I too have lots of buts, as well as hang on what about this other thing and lets go do this instead. As soon as I got everything done and thought it was 69 time again, a boat as well as a truck to turn into a campervan both found their way into my driveway. :cower:
I think it is going on two years now since I pulled it down. It's still a shell with no floor that is welded to a dolly. I did get an email on Friday though saying my pistons were in and the Fast EZ-EFI 2.0 that I ordered should be in next week too.

It is a little embarrassing seeing how much everyone here gets done each week and all that happens to mine is the layer of dust gets thicker. I can at least live vicariously by watching the others build theirs on here, it does make me feel like I'm doing something Mustang related. :D
 
Ash, don't worry. I just realized it's been over a year since we've done anything to this car. :( By the way I (Lauren) am 82firebird's wife. I guess I could make my own name ha. Ash, we can relate to your frustrations on these projects. It's hard getting much of anything accomplished when you only have a few hours a week and you know what you need to do takes a lot of thought, strategy and patience. I think Aaron spent 2 hours yesterday trying to figure out how to pull a 46 year old piece of glass out of the frame without damaging anything. It's no wonder it takes us hobbyist what seems like a lifetime to get anything done.

Anyway, I (Lauren) had the urge to block sand yesterday. It's therapy to me, and I needed it. I finished up the bodywork on this fender and sprayed a nice 3 coats of epoxy on her. I have to do one and a time because I get overwhelmed with the small amount of time and energy we have these days. Next up, the other fender. Hey it's not much but it's something. I can't believe it's been over a year since I've sprayed anything. Oh how I've missed that smell:eek:

Lauren

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Great to see, Lauren! And wow, a year already? That's shocked me as well, didn't think it had been that long since the Mach found its way into your possession let alone since you both have had some time to spend some time on her. I realised the other day that I'm coming up to 4 years of owning mine and still a long way off driving her.

I've had a moment here and there lately to have some Mustang time myself. An hour here and there is good therapy. Even if it is just organising a box full of parts. Still great fun!

Is that you spraying and taking a photo at the same time? Awesome :encouragement:
 
Yep, its been a year. Going on 5 Years for Eleanor :( Glad to hear you've gotten a few hours in lately! A little here and there is always better than nothing. I've come to learn that it's really hard to stop working on something but the second you do stop, it's harder to start back up again. Going to cruise ins, being on the forums, etc. helps with inspiration. Keep at it!

No that is not a spraying selfie but it does look like it, lol. I just realized it also looks like I'm not wearing any clothes. I am! But hey, that'd be one way of keeping lint off a paint job! Hahaha.

Lauren
 
I can see you have some shoes on so at least you are concerned about your toes if your not too worried about everything else. haha! :D
 
Nice job. Worked on my 88 coupe yesterday for the first time in a while. Felt good to get back out there.
 
Hope I can make you all feel better. I stripped the paint off my 72 Corvette in 1983 or 4. The year before I rebuilt the engine and swapped in a TCI automatic. Figured a paint job might take a few months. I made great progress the first year, glassing the seams and putting on a couple of coats of lacquer primer. Since then I take one step forward and two steps back. Some damage to the stock grille led to a custom grille and surround. Custom front grille led to custom side grilles. Rusty rear bumpers led to custom rear bumpers. Sagging front coil springs led to a front coilover conversion. Bad rear bearings led to trailing arm rebuilds. Stock rear leaf spring came out for cleanup and paint but ended up in storage when a rear coilover and offset trailing arms showed up on my doorstep. While the suspension is out, it would be easy to convert the power piston steering to rack & pinion. As long as the suspension is all out, may as well strip and epoxy the frame. The ordinary Magnaflow stainless exhaust has most of the pieces to fabricate a unique custom setup.... And so it goes for more than 30 years! I just turned 70 and my wife reminded me it was time to get on with it.
 
Oh my!! Sounds like us with Eleanor, but maybe even worse! Our 68 went from mild to wild every step of the way. A lot of, "Well, we could do this...but for only $____ more, we can do this!" There must be some medication out there for this... (Wait, there is one. It's called a budget lol) In all seriousness though, at least for us it's always been about the journey, not the destination. So keep at it, and remember the reason you still have the car and haven't given up is because you've enjoyed the ride. :)

Lauren
 
I feel like my '85 C10 is the same way. I need to buy a daily so I have a "cool car" to drive every now and then between, but then I'm sure I'd want to trick that out and I'd have 2 laid up projects.
 
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