1966 Mustang Needs A Little Work

rusty428cj · Aug 21, 2012

This project came in the other day for us to repair.

horse sence · Aug 21, 2012

oh ouch, did one for a ford rep. in san louis with almost the same dammage
was not fun the rockers were bent in the middle ,frame straightener just barely straightend them had to replace from the rear of the doors back, that was the easy part . but i think you guys can handle it

Fstbk · Aug 21, 2012

Watchin this one!

rbohm · Aug 21, 2012

that will buff out.

enferno · Aug 21, 2012

geeze how fast were they driving backwards?!

horseballz · Aug 22, 2012

Rusty,
Is that car as much of a "Bondo Box"/"Former Rust Bucket" as it appears in the pics?
Gene

rusty428cj · Aug 22, 2012

horseballz said:
Rusty,
Is that car as much of a "Bondo Box"/"Former Rust Bucket" as it appears in the pics?
Gene

The owner cut out the rust and used fiberglass mat and bondo and painted it back in 1985 and it looked good until the wreck

rusty428cj · Aug 23, 2012

One of the things that helped is he had a gas tank shield made for it and it also has subframe connectors.

rusty428cj · Nov 3, 2012

We have not had a lot of time to work on this because of other projects. The parts came in.

The engine was removed

We moved it to the shop and started removing the suspension

65wildstang · Nov 3, 2012

This looks to be the same car in Modified Mustangs & Fords magazine Tuned Up article.

rusty428cj · Nov 3, 2012

65wildstang said:
This looks to be the same car in Modified Mustangs & Fords magazine Tuned Up article.

Yes it is the same car that was in Steve's editorial.

rusty428cj · Nov 7, 2012

Because the subframe connectors were welded to the rear torque box the frame rail and rear floorboard was damaged but it stopped here.

You never know what is inside your rocker panels

The floors had been patched with fiberglass a long time ago.

StreetsideStig · Nov 8, 2012

rusty428cj said:
You never know what is inside your rocker panels

ROCKer panels?

Well, I'm glad it's getting (got) fixed. I can stop crying now.

rusty428cj · Nov 8, 2012

Brian has all the damaged sheetmetal removed

rusty428cj · Dec 30, 2012

The rear torque boxes had to be removed because there are rust holes in the inner rocker

rusty428cj · Dec 30, 2012

The toe boards had to come off and also the top of the torque box because of rust.

This is what was inside the torque box

The first patch

rusty428cj · Dec 30, 2012

More sand and rust

Brian has the top of the torque box welded back together after epoxy priming the back side.

rusty428cj · Dec 30, 2012

Brian patched a few more places in the left inner rocker

StreetsideStig · Jan 3, 2013

So much work! I'm glad you guys are saving it.

CPR · Jan 4, 2013

holly , now thats some work.... dont they replicate those body's already? maybe its just the lazy part of me but i would have just bought a new one
GOOD WORK THOUGH!!

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