In my last post I talked about making the tail panel corners. but i did not cover how I got the tail panel placed correctly on the car. In this post I’ll go over the procedure I used to set the position, height, and depth for the tail panel. Way back in May 2013 before I cut out the original […]
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After many months since I first discovered rust in the rear quarters, way back in November 2012. I finally have the rear of the car in good shape, and can finally install the new quarter panels! This is a big step, as everything has to be in correct alignment or the add up of errors will lead to the trunk […]
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Repairing the trunk drop offs is a standard part of Mustang repair. If you look at modern cars, they use plastic for the front and rear drop off area, also newer cars do not seal this area off, effectively trapping moisture and debris. As you can see in the picture on left, my mustang is pretty typical, the lower […]
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When I was cleaning up the surface rust inside the rear quarter area, I found some rust through holes in the Door jamb area on both sides. I had repaired the drivers side jamb back in July but I did not notice the rust through at that time. The holes on both the drivers, and passenger side were in the bend […]
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I started removing the under coating and 44 years of crud from the underside of the trunk area. I found a few small areas of rust, and a muffler bracket that someone had tried to weld to side of the trunk, but really managed to burn holes through. as you can see from the photos below the four areas of […]
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A while ago I posted on removing inner fender wall on the passenger side. I you recall I talked about how thin the aftermarket panel that was installed when I got the car, and how the new Dynacorn panel was much better quality. In this post I’ll cover installing the fenderwell, and the radiator support. To begin I had to mark where all the […]
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The Passenger frame rail was in much better shape than that drivers side, If you recall I completely replaced the drivers side frame rail. This side only required a new section part to just replace the really bad area. The front most part of the frame has damage from battery acid dripping on it, and from someone drilling holes to access the bumper brace bolts. I started […]
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