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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With all the repairs completed to the back half of the car. I want to protect the area from any future rust. It’s time to paint the back half of the car with a rust encapsulating paint. The boring part of all this is what seems like endless hours of wire wheeling to remove any loose rust, scale and old […]
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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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Despite looking like swiss cheese, this is one of the drip pans on my car. On a mustang this pan sits under the quarter panel and deck filler panel seam. I guess that ford was worried about the seam leaking and the pan was supposed to catch any water and channel it away from the trunk. Based on […]
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If you have been following along, you may remember (Unless your memory is like mine and you have CRS, “Can’t Remember Sh!t” ) I repaired this wheel well back in August 2012. The good news is I’m now replacing the whole outer portion with new metal. But first I wanted to clean out the rocker panels, since I have good […]
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