1965 Mustang rust repair

rusty428cj · Jun 14, 2011

mustangmutt said:
Has the customer stopped by for the "OH MY GOD!!! IS THAT MY CAR?!?!?!" comment?

She has stopped by and glad to see new parts installed and also follows along with this thread and others I have posted on.

rusty428cj · Jun 20, 2011

There was a lot of rust in the rear torque boxes so Brian added a brace and than will repair one at a time.

Once the torque box was removed he noticed a little rust in the rocker so he made a patch

rusty428cj · Jun 21, 2011

After a lot of measuring, fitting, cutting and measuring again Brian has the torque box installed in the same location as the original right side.

chrisboss429 · Jun 21, 2011

That's sure looks fun!

rusty428cj · Jun 23, 2011

Brian has the right torque box installed

robbz28 · Jun 24, 2011

Thats not "rust repair" thats "new car" LOL

rusty428cj · Jun 27, 2011

Brian brushed a heavy coat of epoxy in the frame rails

There was a little rust on the inner rocker so Brian cut it out and than epoxy primed.

This morning he welded patches on the inner rockers

65fastbackresto · Jun 27, 2011

You guys make this stuff look so easy....

But I know it aint, I been trying, but so far I can tear up more stuff in an hour then I can fix in 2 hours, but I`ll keep trying anyway.

mustangmutt · Jun 27, 2011

Question, would you rather take a car that is rusty but nice and straight and replace cancered out panels, frame sections and bracing with new steel, or take a car that was punched in the ass and shows signs of tweaked frames, shock access holes that are taco'd out and misaligned panels and doors and straighten it out?

rusty428cj · Jun 27, 2011

mustangmutt said:
Question, would you rather take a car that is rusty but nice and straight and replace cancered out panels, frame sections and bracing with new steel, or take a car that was punched in the ass and shows signs of tweaked frames, shock access holes that are taco'd out and misaligned panels and doors and straighten it out?

I would rather fix rust since I have no experience with major collision work or the equipment to straighten bent frames but we could cut out the damaged area and replace it so I guess we could fix it.

mustangmutt · Jun 27, 2011

I was asking because with a straight car you can make a jig out of your dolly to keep things where they go. When stuff is bent it aint as easy because stuff aint where it goes. So it involves a lot more measuring and hammering and bending and forming, even just to get the new replacement parts to go on right.

rusty428cj · Jun 29, 2011

There was a little rust in the front frame rail which is made up of two pieces in that area. Brian cut it out and made a patch

Than he ground it down than added the second patch

Brian ground down the welds

rusty428cj · Jul 1, 2011

Brian had to do the same repair on the drivers side

Brushed a lot of epoxy in the frame rails

rusty428cj · Jul 1, 2011

Today instead of rust repair Brian started making subframe connectors. We used 2x2 box tubing attached to the rear torque box and than welded to the rocker and than back to the front frame rails.

TT670 · Jul 2, 2011

I love my coupes and prefer to see as many survive as possible, but unless that car is something special I think far too much money is going to be spent saving it.

rusty428cj · Jul 4, 2011

Brian installed the left subframe connector. Next he will finish welding it to the rocker.

Fstbk · Jul 4, 2011

So is the plan to use a convertible floor pan to rest on those connectors?

rusty428cj · Jul 5, 2011

Fstbk said:
So is the plan to use a convertible floor pan to rest on those connectors?

Brian will modify the stock floor pans.

Realmongo · Jul 5, 2011

So where is this Coupe going?

Stock Restoration or Resto-Mod?

rusty428cj · Jul 5, 2011

Realmongo said:
So where is this Coupe going?

Stock Restoration or Resto-Mod?

A little of both

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