Mustang Project while owner serving in Iraq

[rusty428cj]

While Chris is in Iraq we will be working on his Mustang turning it into a restomod. This was on the old forum but we will start working on it again soon so I thought I would show the progress so far.

This was the taken the day I picked it up. It has been hard for Chris to leave his son

He thought he had a good body until it came back from the sandblasters. Somebody had used a lot of fiberglass mat to repair the rust.

 

[rusty428cj]

Someone had replaced the front apron but did not remove all the old metal and weld it properly.

Brian welded the shock tower solid.

Finished welding so it's time for epoxy

 

[rusty428cj]

Brian cutting out the floor pans

We added subframe connectors and tied them into the rockers

 

[rusty428cj]

Floor pans and rear torque box welded in.

 

[C_REX]

Yee haa looks like a lot of panel replacement, I love those cars lookin forward to checkin out the progress pics. Good job on all the restos you post Rusty

 

[rusty428cj]

We epoxy primed the floors and quit working on it for awhile. We should start on it again in a couple of weeks.

 

[rusty428cj]

It has been awhile since we have worked on this project we have been working on a couple of other projects but it is time to start working on the 65 Fastback.

This is what we found under the cowl panel

After the lower cowl panel is removed

The dash also has rust and was removed

 

[rusty428cj]

Brian cut the drip rails off than drilled out the spot welds and removed the roof. Now he can repair the rust and epoxy prime the area that the factory left bare metal.

 

[rusty428cj]

Removed the top layer of the door jamb and this is how it looked

Cut out the rust and started making a patch

 

[rusty428cj]

Brian made a patch for the top of the side cowl panel.

 

['68 Coronet R/T]

That Brian is a pretty handy guy to have around.

 

[Deleted member 7]

Yes he is!!!

 

[AndyK]

Looking good Rusty! Looks like the car is full of surprises.

 

[rusty428cj]

Brian made a few more patches for the right front door jamb.

Brian made patches for the cowl and than I used 3m panel adhesive to bond them

 

[rusty428cj]

Brian repaired the top of the firewall

 

[Joe's Notchback]

Nice work!

You must have some money tied up in metal fab equipment?

 

[rusty428cj]

Nice work!

You must have some money tied up in metal fab equipment?

I wish we had some!
He uses a cut off wheel, angle grinder, hands, knee and work bench. We just got a 30" combo brake, roller and shear last week still learning how to use it.

 

[Joe's Notchback]

Thats awesome metal work done by hand and the little tools you use!

 

[rusty428cj]

The heater holes were filled in.

 

[Chad.S]

You have to make the best with the tools you have.