1965 Mustang rust repair

[horse sence]

i counted the spot welds ,just in removing the cowl it was somthing like 180
spot welds that i had to drill .i think thats why my shoulder pops and cracks the way it does,an ice pack helps a little, its not to good on the hands either .i know the pain

 

[dennis112]

i counted the spot welds ,just in removing the cowl it was somthing like 180
spot welds that i had to drill .i think thats why my shoulder pops and cracks the way it does,an ice pack helps a little, its not to good on the hands either .i know the pain

167 on mine-and it only took one $5 harbor freight spot weld tool to get the job done.

 

[horse sence]

looks like you got off lucky , the last couple i did the spot welds were stacked 2 -3 times overlaped making one long weld,they must have been bored or just playing around with the welder

 

[horse sence]

rusty the work you guys are doing just blows a us away, speaking of blowing away
you guys be safe in that storm over there

 

[robert912005]

any progress on this one?

 

[rusty428cj]

We have not made a lot of progress on this project. Brian fit and welded the strut rod and sway bar brackets

I epoxy primed the engine compartment

 

[Realmongo]

All right, an update. Looking really good Rusty!

 

[rusty428cj]

I sanded the front valance, headlight buckets, and end caps down to bare metal than epoxy primed.

I block sanded than did a little bodywork.

Next another coat of SPI epoxy to seal everything

I sprayed a couple of coats of Slick Sand

 

[rusty428cj]

Now the fun begins! This has to be made piece by piece and Brian is not happy.

 

[other_shoe]

Now the fun begins! This has to be made piece by piece and Brian is not happy.

Brian may not be happy, but I'm always impressed with his skills.

 

[rusty428cj]

Now Brian has to fabricate the windshield post

 

[horse sence]

wish i knew you needed that post, had it left over from the coupe to fast back
conversion .it was 67 but its pretymuch the same thing .

 

[rusty428cj]

Brian replaced the inner and outer cowl

 

[rusty428cj]

At one time somebody had drilled extra holes in the dash for a radio. We had an old dash that was replaced on another car so Brian cut it out and installed in this car.

 

[Realmongo]

The world needs more Brians!

 

[rusty428cj]

Brian welded the roof back on.

Now the rust repair begins on the roof.

 

[rusty428cj]

More rust repair on the roof

 

[65fastbackresto]

Wow, obviously Brian being happy or not has no effect on the quality of his work, that is just amazing work.

 

[rusty428cj]

Brian finished the last rust repair now he has a lot of grinding to do.

 

[rusty428cj]

Brian ground the welds than I went over the area with Duraglas than epoxy primed