Mustang Project while owner serving in Iraq

We have a new rear panel so Brian removed the old one. This will save a lot of time.

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After the panel was removed he had to make a patch for the front trunk floor

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After Brian cleaned up the plug welds

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Fitting the trunk floor and gas tank

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Next step was to test fit the quarters, taillight panel and deck lid. Once everything is lined up the trunk floor will be drilled and plug welded.

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Now that the rear panels fit it is time to prep the frame rails. As Brian was cleaning the front trunk floor he found a few rust pin holes. He cut out the bad area and made three patches one at a time to keep it from warping the edge that hangs down.

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Brian ground all the welds on the patch than brushed a heavy coat of epoxy in the frame rails

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Left side trunk floor welded to the rear frame rail

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New rear panel with package tray test fitted and also the quarters and taillight panel installed before the rear crossmember is welded. We wanted to make sure everything lines up in the rear before the rear crossmember is installed.

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Rear crossmember welded to the trunk floor and rear frame rail

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Rear trunk floor prepped for epoxy primer

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Epoxy primed

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Wow Rusty,

I am always amazed of the work you do and at the pace of it all. That is just some beautiful work you do.
 
Brian started patching the right quarter and roof inner structure

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The outer structure was removed so he can repair the rust under it.

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Brian made the first patch

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I like how you brush your epoxy on the frame rails before installing the floor, it seems to work so much better than any of the weld thru's I have used.
 
Holy Cow - You are basically redoing the entire frame! It seems like it would be easier to get a car thats in far better condition than to spend all of that cash on man hours to redo whats left of this one! Does it have some sentimental meaning to the owner or something like that?
I would consider this a RUSToration than a restoration. You guys do some good work. It looks great
 
It's nice to see a car get saved like this! We have to thank the aftermarket for supplying all the parts available now or there wouldn't be many rebuilds like this taking place.
 
I agree.. I find myself sometimes laughing when people complain about the poor fitment on some of these parts because they need to trim or modify a little. i'd like to see them do a project that doesn't have any parts available.. Have to be thankful that they are reproducing what they are.
 
Chad.S;10118 said:
I agree.. I find myself sometimes laughing when people complain about the poor fitment on some of these parts because they need to trim or modify a little. i'd like to see them do a project that doesn't have any parts available.. Have to be thankful that they are reproducing what they are.
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They need to make the inner structure for the fastbacks and coupes. There is so much work involved trying to make these parts that you will never see.
 
I emailed them to ask about DATA and VIN tags. We see what they say. My guess is the cars have to be registered as custom built.

I would like to restore a 69 Mach 1 but finding a real one in decent shape is getting tough to do without spending huge $$$.
 
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