One of many projects with the car I have been working on is
getting the car ready for a painter to take over and get the sheet metal
straight and shot with color. My part in this endeavor includes making all the
custom changes I want such as side marker deletions, antennae delete, side
“Mustang” emblem delete. Included in the
sheet metal fab work I have done is installing both new rear quarters,
installing 2” oversized inner wheel houses, removing and squaring up the outer
wheel houses to facilitate larger tires being tucked up inside the
fenders. Tailoring the rear panel with
key-hole delete and also to accommodate an aftermarket gas cap instead of the
original pop open gas cap. Fabbing up a
cable and mechanism to remotely pop open the trunk from the cockpit. Custom fitting the hood with the 2012 Mustang
hood scoop, and also smoothing or shaving the engine bay to remove unsightly
holes and seams. These are most of the
cosmetic sheet metal changes that will be apparent to the casual observer, but
there are several other changes I have made and will be making over the course
of this build.
Another part of the sheet metal work I am doing is to remove
all the rust and I have been working steady on that as well, fixing small areas
with patches. Besides the floor pans and
lower quarters, there was not too much rust on this old car considering how
long it had been sitting outside in the elements. After I remove all the paint
which includes two repaints of red and the original white, I have been prepping
the metal and shooting it with an epoxy primer to seal it so no new rust
forms. While removing the paint layers I
have also been removing any and all sloppy body work. Actually there was not much bodywork to
remove as there was really not much previous damage to the vehicle. The car had been hit once on the left quarter
and I cut this panel off to replace with a new one so there was no bodywork to
remove there. Also all the loose body
parts were clean and free of any bodywork or repairs so it was only a matter of
sanding off the three paint layers to get to the bare metal. They have a few minor dents and dings from
over 40 years of life. Once bare, they
are coated with epoxy primer as well to stifle any new rust growth.
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