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Progress Thread “Rising from Ashes 2” 95 Saleen S-351 build
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I really gave this some thought. I have several sets of refinished cobra headlights and they look a lot better but I went with the original headlights that came in the car since it’s an S-351. So I’m going to stick with them.
You should see the welds I did. Or maybe not. You won't sleep for a week.
The body filler on the subframes won't crack? (yes I'm a little behind).
It seems like what you're doing is doing some filler, sanding, priming, sanding and see where it breaks through and repeating. Is that correct? Isn't where you breakthrough a high spot? How do you handle those? I assume it's not by filling all the area around it?
I've seen many people fill holes in the engine bay or weld in the solid panels - why are all of the holes there to begin with?
That paint is amazing.
About your priming - did you move the car into a booth for each coat of primer, or just primed it in place (your dolly setup didn't exactly look mobile
)Now I'm caught up and have to wait like everyone else.
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Thanks for checking it out. The filler on the subframes is an all metal type and with them being as rigid as they are being welded all around, it will not crack.You should see the welds I did. Or maybe not. You won't sleep for a week.
The body filler on the subframes won't crack? (yes I'm a little behind).
It seems like what you're doing is doing some filler, sanding, priming, sanding and see where it breaks through and repeating. Is that correct? Isn't where you breakthrough a high spot? How do you handle those? I assume it's not by filling all the area around it?
I've seen many people fill holes in the engine bay or weld in the solid panels - why are all of the holes there to begin with?
That paint is amazing.
About your priming - did you move the car into a booth for each coat of primer, or just primed it in place (your dolly setup didn't exactly look mobile
Now I'm caught up and have to wait like everyone else.
when doing body work sanding with a block and revealing a high spot. You take a body hammer and knock the high spot down level and continue your body work. Holes in the bay are because ford just stamped them out for every possibility so even if it didn’t use the hole, it's still there. That’s production work built cars. And I prime in the booth. My casters are mobile
Your pictures showed the caster, but the dollys were sitting on cans, so I wasn't sure if you pulled it off those each time.
How do you not scratch the paint all to heck when you're working on the car, particularyl when install the engine? Move slowly, centimeters at a time?
Good thing you're in TN - eventually I'll need my car painted.
How do you not scratch the paint all to heck when you're working on the car, particularyl when install the engine? Move slowly, centimeters at a time?
Good thing you're in TN - eventually I'll need my car painted.
Pretty much one piece at a time, cover things up and be very careful. Practice and patience
That's what I was afraid you'd say - I thought there was an alternative that didn't involve self-control...
I was speaking from my experience with helping install engines/transmissions in classic cars.
Kevin likely has magical powers where he can throw crap into the air and it all falls into place without a scratch, ding or even stirring up the dust!!
Out of curiosity, I assume 95steedamustang does more than Mustangs (I see the FB page has a F100). What other cars have you done? Your attention to detail is outstanding, so I assume you're in demand for other vehicles, too?
I’ve done hundreds of Street rods, hot rods, muscle cars, regular cars, race boats and motorcycles over the last 25 yrs. but my passion has always been mustangs so now that I’m somewhat in demand, I pick and choose what I want to do.
It must be nice to do what you want to do, not what you have to do!!
Im still trying to figure that out!
Awesome work for sure!!
Dude, that is some good looking parts but I must tell ya that first pic is ummmm, how can I say, well I can't say. The reflection in the paint is, umm, maybe take a look for yourself. I'll leave it at that.
When judging how well your doing on a build sometimes you have to look back to the start.
