Mustang Project while owner serving in Iraq
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rusty428cj
Rusty Gillis
More rust repair
Filling the factory lead joint
Filling the factory lead joint
rusty428cj
Rusty Gillis
The last patch needed on the roof
Brian cut out the rust than epoxy primed
Next he made a few patches
Brian at work grinding the welds
Finished grinding
Brian cut out the rust than epoxy primed
Next he made a few patches
Brian at work grinding the welds
Finished grinding
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Deleted member 7
Thats good stuff Rusty.. All of your threads are great teaching threads..Thanks for posting it and teaching/showing how quality work is done!
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C10chas
Bondoking;19414 said:
X2!
That young man has talent!
rusty428cj
Rusty Gillis
I finished most of the body work and now ready for epoxy primer
I sprayed 2 coats of SPI black epoxy
I sprayed 2 coats of SPI black epoxy
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Senile Old Fart
Is the owner still in Iraq? Does he know about the project?
rusty428cj
Rusty Gillis
Senile Old Fart;19542 said:
He was in Iraq for a year and is now stationed in California. I have sent him pictures the whole time we have been working on it.
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Senile Old Fart
rusty428cj;19546 said:
Just curious if it was a surprise or not. I bet he is excited to see it coming back to life.
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Desertdave
Might have been cheaper, but any Mustang is worth doing all this fab work. Too many stangs have been sent to the crusher instead of someone putting a little love into them.
[QUOTE='68 Coronet R/T;6899]Might have been cheaper to buy a better car. Does this one have sentimental value?[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE='68 Coronet R/T;6899]Might have been cheaper to buy a better car. Does this one have sentimental value?[/QUOTE]
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Desertdave
Rusty, I noticed you filled in the cowl with plugs and welded them in. What purpose did this serve? Does it affect how the heater and a/c work? Just curious
rusty428cj
Rusty Gillis
Desertdave;20021 said:Rusty, I noticed you filled in the cowl with plugs and welded them in. What purpose did this serve? Does it affect how the heater and a/c work? Just curious
I used panel adhesive to fill in the cowl vents. When you buy an aftermarket AC it come with a cover to block off the fresh air vent in the cowl so I do not see any purpose of having the cowl open to collect leaves and other trash and rust out again. I see you are in Az so you don't know what rust is!!!
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Desertdave
rusty428cj;20036 said:
This is very interesting to me. I like the clean look of it filled in. I was just curious as to the effects with a/c. I have factory a/c in my Mustang so would it affect me to fill mine in?
And yes, rust is a rare thing here in Tucson, although my Stang was born in San Jose and spent some time in the snow country of Cali. It has very minimum rust on it.
rusty428cj
Rusty Gillis
Desertdave;20061 said:
I don't know that much about AC but when I had factory AC I would have the setting on recirculate not fresh air.
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Senile Old Fart
The 65 mustang cowls have a small opening on each end which will allow "some" air to enter. A person could enlarge those openings if they so desired.
The openings are located in the lower left and right corners of the cowl in this photo.
The openings are located in the lower left and right corners of the cowl in this photo.
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Desertdave
Great info, thanks guys.
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BONESTOCK
Sooo just read through this thread!! Rusty, what's that guys name that did all that metal work?! LOL! Just kidding! Amazing stuff and thanks a ton for the pics!! Any update on this project?
rusty428cj
Rusty Gillis
BONESTOCK;24431 said:
The owner had us put it on hold for a few months should start back on it soon.
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BONESTOCK
Cool! Looking forward to more updates!