Build Thread '83 T-top Coupe - Welding Holes in My Rear

[Davedacarpainter]

I got to the yard today and only had time to get the hood. My wife is keeping me on a tight leash, not sure why, she might be a lunatic.

I got a picture of the rear bumper i'm getting, I even got the bottom two bolts off.

Anyhow, pictures. I'll drop the hood off with the blaster tomorrow (Yes, they're open on saturday).

Notice the downed small tree on the left side of the bumper? That had grown up against the bumper and it was pretty heavily dented on that side. It seems to have popped back out on its own over the past couple weeks.

Yay! Though i think the top of the mouldings area will need some pretty devout attention to look good again. Not too bad though, all in all.

BTW @90sickfox , notice how straight and pretty my rear bumper is?

 

[Mustang5L5]

So what's keeping anyone else from picking parts off this car if you haven't taken it home yet?


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[mikestang63]

So what's keeping anyone else from picking parts off this car if you haven't taken it home yet?


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Dave has ninja stealth security on the job

 

[Davedacarpainter]

So what's keeping anyone else from picking parts off this car if you haven't taken it home yet?


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It's not an active yard. The guy that owns it all sold the car to me. We have developed a decent acquaintance, if not a friendship. These are his cars and he sold me this one because he knows I'll return it to the road.

It was left in his father's will to him and he understands that these are his personal cars. He's a fireman by trade, but loves tinkering with cars.

I found him through a series of people and i honestly don't think any of his mustangs have even been touched by someone else in the months i've been there.

Now, i guess he could be someone that could screw me if he wanted. I don't think he will. I really spend more time talking to him about fox bodies when i'm there than i do actually getting parts from my car.

I trust this guy, i think he's good people. If i'm wrong, i'll lose all remaining faith in humanity. Then i'll have to move to some government land in montana with a tent and a gun and retire......

 

[Davedacarpainter]

Dave has ninja stealth security on the job

Oooohhhhh THAT is too funny!

Mike? @madmike1157 ?

Probably one of the best pictures i took of mike!

 

[CarMichael Angelo]

Oooohhhhh THAT is too funny!

Mike? @madmike1157 ?

Probably one of the best pictures i took of mike!

Laugh it up fuzzball.

I'm just glad that I knew you'd try and take a pic while I had my finger in that 220v hole, and had the forethought to protect my anonymity with my "box of invisibility"

 

[RaggedGT]

These are some of my favorite fox tail lights

Any major damage on the hood Dave?

 

[Davedacarpainter]

These are some of my favorite fox tail lights

Any major damage on the hood Dave?

First, i love the original tail lights too. Almost to the point of putting them on Robby!

The hood actually looks pretty straight, though it's hard to tell with the sht paint on it.

 

[Mstng93SSP]

When it's time to take home the rear quarters to paint what is the plan? Drill out the spot welds?

 

[Davedacarpainter]

When it's time to take home the rear quarters to paint what is the plan? Drill out the spot welds?

Lol

Uhm....no.

When I get the last two panels done, that's when I finally pick up the body. I'll strip it, primer it, fix up the interior, get it running, paint the jambs, put all those panels back on, drive it.

 

[Mstng93SSP]

A likely story......

 

[Davedacarpainter]

There's the hood in the back of my truck. I didn't get it dropped off with the blasters today. Just too much college football to watch, huh @madmike1157 ? BTW, a good view of what a bra will do to a hood!

Luckily i'm stocked up with beer, king's hawaiian dinner rolls and some bbq pulled pork.

 

[Mstng93SSP]

Not a fan or bra's personally.... .

 

[CarMichael Angelo]

There's the hood in the back of my truck. I didn't get it dropped off with the blasters today. Just too much college football to watch, huh @madmike1157 ? BTW, a good view of what a bra will do to a hood!

Luckily i'm stocked up with beer, king's hawaiian dinner rolls and some bbq pulled pork.

You aren't serious right? About the football? Cause you know I could give 5 French fried dog turds about watching football game.

 

[Davedacarpainter]

You aren't serious right? About the football? Cause you know I could give 5 French fried dog turds about watching football game.

So you fry them then?

 

[stykthyn]

There's the hood in the back of my truck. I didn't get it dropped off with the blasters today. Just too much college football to watch, huh @madmike1157 ? BTW, a good view of what a bra will do to a hood!

Luckily i'm stocked up with beer, king's hawaiian dinner rolls and some bbq pulled pork.

Like any red blooded male bras just get between me and the goods

 

[Moosee1955]

Yeah but if your girls got nice headlights, you want to support her! Car that is, yeah!


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[Davedacarpainter]

So i ground out the seam sealer before taking the hood to the media blaster today. While i was at it i thought i would use my die grinder to explorer what i thought might be bodywork. I was right, it had just been paved.

I also thought i would sand down an area with my more aggressive da using 80 grit to just see how many paint jobs were on it. So it's not the original hood. The original color of this hood was a light blue metallic. Is that some fugly crazing or what?

Good news though! There IS metal beneath that crap. I don't know how much more bondo i'll find. This is kind of exciting for me. That hood looks like absolute sht! Tell me it doesn't! I can already see it that pretty kona blue in the sunlight just gleaming like a jewel! There's something really excellent about doing this with my own hands. Damn! I love this sht y'all!

So, the front bumper almost got it's two tone today. I was optimistic about sanding down the light buckets and grille and throwing it in the booth and shooting it. Why do i seem to forget what a pain in the ass that grille area is to sand. My fingers hurt (Again). Tomorrow i'll have the grey on it. I started the masking prior to finishing the sanding. Some SOB decided he wanted to go home and shut the lights off on me again though.

There's a reason for the masking,I want to sand right up to the edge of the masking tape. This helps when removing the blue fine line tape. The paint will have the scoring it needs for it's mechanical bond right up to the tape, so when i remove the fine line, it should come off with a nice sharp line.

I need to finish the bumper and the right fender. It'll probably be wednesday before i can get my hood back, it would be really nice to have the rest done by then.

Back to the yard this week to get the rear bumper. That will take more work than most might think. The top of the mouldings area needs serious attention. It has corroded enough that i'll need to use polyflex across the entire top side of it.

What does this mean campers? Fckin' A right! i'll pick up the door next week for the last of the take off panels to repair and paint! Woo-freaking-hoo!

Like.....OMG!....I may be driving an actual "M-U-S-T-A-N-G" soon!!!! Then i will be badass like y'all! Sure, with a V6, but badass nonetheless, right!

 

[stykthyn]

Compound boosted v6. You keep saying it wrong.

 

[Davedacarpainter]

Compound boosted v6. You keep saying it wrong.

Sorry Clay, you're right.