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1966 Mustang Coupe Restomod

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Mace69

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Great work guys! Anymore updates?
 

rusty428cj

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I have been busy working in the shop and I need to update

I block sanded the fiberglass hood



Sprayed one coat of SPI black epoxy



Two Coats of SPI Turbo primer



Block sanded again



Two coats of SPI epoxy



The fiberglass bumper did not fit our car. The center section did not line up with the lower valance and the bumper was to narrow.
I cut the center out of the bumper and had to modify the holes in the taillight panel to get the bumper lowered.



I used Duraglass to attach the brackets to the bumper. Later I added a couple layers of fiberglass to hold them in place



This shows you have much I need to add to the left side



I added fiberglass to the top to hold it in place



I clamped it to a long piece of angle and added fiberglass on the back side.


I removed the braces and clamps and finished adding fiberglass to both sides and this is how it looks now. I still have to work on the gaps.



 

rusty428cj

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I epoxy primed the bumper and test fit





It still needed a little bodywork



Epoxy primed again

 

rusty428cj

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This project will be on hold for a little while.



 

horse sence

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Ah ! I don't like it when a show is ...To be continued
 

rusty428cj

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We are back working on this project. I had to do a little bodywork on the front of the fenders to get them to line up to the new front valance and epoxy primed.



Front valance and rear bumper block sanded and epoxy primed





Test fitting one more time



 

Edbert

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I see this amount of work done for a "customer" and always wonder what the price is. I understand why you may not want to tell us what he's paying but can you tell us how many hours you've billed at this point?
 
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Anymore updates, she sure looks nice
 

rusty428cj

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We have been working on this doing a lot of little things to make it look right. The hood did not line up with the headlight buckets so I had to add fiberglass to the end of the hood.





Brian test fit all the door glass, vent windows, quarter windows, windshield and back glass moldings

This area needed a little work





I worked on the body lines





As you can see in this photo the front valance was a little high and the fender had a low spot that needed bodywork





In the middle of a lot of block sanding and looking for any imperfections

 

rusty428cj

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The back of the hood was sanded and epoxy primed





Block sanded the body and epoxy primed







The trunk was sanded and epoxy primed





The engine compartment was sanded and epoxy primed



 

rusty428cj

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Test fitting the Stang-Aholics upper and lower grille



 

rusty428cj

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I need to get you caught up on the progress we have made. The body is back on the rotisserie getting ready for paint.





Epoxy primed the fenders and hood





Sanding the interior getting it ready for Lizard Skin



Epoxy primed



Sanded the back of the hood and deck lid, epoxy primed, sprayed 3 coats of Pepper Gray and the next day 3 coats of SPI Universal Clear





I painted the headlight buckets



 
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rusty428cj

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Final taping before paint







Epoxy primed







 

rusty428cj

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After sanding we found a couple of small imperfections I wasn't happy with so I fixed them and epoxy primed again. It will be ready for paint after a little wet sanding with 600.



 

rusty428cj

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Brian covering the engine compartment the other day getting it ready for pepper gray.



Yesterday I sprayed 3 coats of ProSpray pepper gray







 
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rusty428cj

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Today I sprayed a couple of coats of SPI Universal clear. The next step will be to wet sand and lay out the stripes and spray more clear.







 
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skyline247

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Excellent work! It's looking really nice. I'm looking forward to the final product.
 

rusty428cj

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Brian started laying out the stripes on the body



























Five coats of clear wet sanded and buffed







 

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This car and build is sick!!!!!
 

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rusty428cj said:
Brian started laying out the stripes on the body



























Five coats of clear wet sanded and buffed







Click to expand...
I know that is pepper grey ,but a couple of those pics look bronze and i think that would have looked realy good as well with those black stripes ...it is looking great
 
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