Two 1966 Mustang Convertibles To Restore

[rusty428cj]

We have two 1966 Convertibles that we are restoring for two different customers.

This one is a 6 and had been sitting in a barn in Michigan for over twenty years. This is how it was dropped off in the middle of the night on the way back from Michigan. He started taking it apart along time ago and brought some of the sheetmetal home before.

The second one is a V8 and has been in the family a long time and was under a house in North Carolina for over 20 years. This one came in on a roll back.

At first they don't look bad but the inner rockers and floors have a lot of rust in both.

 

[rusty428cj]

We have had the Michigan car longer so I will start with this one.

We removed the drive train and mounted it on a cart and had it sand blasted after scraping as much of the undercoat off as we could. This is what we are starting with

 

[rusty428cj]

We finished cleaning up the body and epoxy primed

The body was mounted on our jig

After adding more braces the floor was cut out

 

[rusty428cj]

Rust in the rockers

Very strange the outer rockers are in great shape

This is what was inside the rear torque box

Epoxy prime everything before going back together

Lining up the inner rocker and making sure it is level

Fitting the rear torque box

Test fit the rear floor and marked where the frame rails are to drill for the plug welds

Getting ready to weld

Welded in place and welds ground

Fitting the floor and other pieces

Epoxy primed inside the new torque box

Torque box welded in place and epoxy primed

The floor was sanded and epoxy primed

 

[rusty428cj]

Now comes the fun part lining up new sheetmetal!!

 

[Ryan Miller]

Looking good!

 

[marshall69]

Very impressive, thanks for sharing, I have never seen the inside of a Mustang like you have shown. Also great to see another convertible saved from the junkyard.

 

[Lake Martin John]

Doing it right, gonna be great cars..... again!