1969 Mach 1 Restoration

rusty428cj

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Sep 29, 2007
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This 1969 Mach 1 was bought new by the current owners Aunt who was a school teacher in West Virginia. It has a 351 with a 3 speed manual transmission. The current owner bought it in 1992.

Looks pretty good in the photo.

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Around 10 years ago he quit driving it when he noticed this rust around the power steering bracket. He did tell me a few years ago he did take it out for a short drive.

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The owner starting taking it apart and had it delivered to us.

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I noticed around the quarter scoop hole that something was going on. It looked like they had put a quarter patch on. This is what we found. They had a quarter skin over the original rusted out quarter panel.

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Brian has the floor cut out

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Needs new torque boxes

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I just had to show this again

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I was told by the owner that this was done at a Ford dealer in a small town in West Virginia.
 

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The inner rocker was removed and the inside of the outer rocker panel was epoxy primed

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The Thoroughbred floor was mounted on our jig and rolled under the body. Jacks were used on both ends. Once everything was level the body was attached with sheetmetal screws to the new floor.

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The old inner wheelhouses were left in place to keep the inner structure together and a reference point to line up the floor.

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We were surprised to find no rust in the cowl

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The cowl was sanded and epoxy primed

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The firewall, one piece wheelhouses and quarter panels were sanded and epoxy primed.

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The old inner wheelhouse was removed

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New one was screwed in place

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Lining up the front end

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Test fitting the quarter panels

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Brian is attaching the taillight panel with screws

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The sheetmetal is lining up great almost ready to start welding.

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WOW! What a lot of work. I hope dipping the newer bodies will avoid a lot of this rust on the back side of panels on newer ones. Speaking of newer ones, how much will this cost compared to a 2013 without the rust, better brakes, more power and AC?