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Build Thread 1978 Mustang I I

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  • Start date Start date May 14, 2014
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StadEMS3

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Absolutely beautiful! (said same in Mustang II.net
 

rusty428cj

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Brian wet sanding

 
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rusty428cj

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Yesterday I sprayed two coats of SPI white epoxy and this morning three coats of SPI Orange followed with three coats of SPI Universal clear late this afternoon.



 
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rusty428cj

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Brian finished wet sanding and buffing the body and hatch.



 

rusty428cj

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Off the rotisserie and the assembly begins

 
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rusty428cj

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Today we lined up the rear hatch and bumper



 
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1990Coupe

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Loving the color and the project!
 

rusty428cj

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Test fitting the Corbeau seats.



The seats are hitting the door bar and the brackets don't line up with the holes in the floor. We need to drill new holes 1 1/2" toward the transmission tunnel in the seat brackets.



It's a tight fit but with the new holes in the brackets they fit.





We were going to use this Flaming River steering wheel in a 1967 Fairlane race car with a quick release Flaming River column but it was to close to the dash board. A couple of years ago Brian gave me a Momo steering wheel for my 1968 restomod Coupe for Christmas and the adapter would not work with the Ididit steering column. They both work great on the Mustang II steering column and I had some left over Dynamat from the 1968 Coupe.

 
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rusty428cj

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Brian finished buffing and we installed the drivers door getting ready to install the right door today.



 
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rusty428cj

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Right door installed


 
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rusty428cj

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Outside you can see it is orange







Moved to the storage/assembly shop.

 
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1990Coupe

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Keep it up! Looking beautiful!
 

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Looks great, can't wait to see it finished
 

rusty428cj

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Brian finished wet sanding the fenders next week time for buffing.

 
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skyline247

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Very nice color. It's looking great!
 

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Hi rusty428cj, I really like your thread! Your restoration is really interesting, I can't wait to see the project done!
 

rusty428cj

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Brian finished buffing the fenders and hood and has them on the car. Waiting to finish the grille panel and front bumper.






 
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Adieu

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If I ever win the lottery, you guys are doing the resto on my car... That thing is just gorgeous.
 

rusty428cj

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We were moving cars around and I thought it was a good time for a couple of photos while it was outside.



 
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rusty428cj

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I made a little progress on the Mustang II project. I have the gas tank installed





I modified fuel filler tubes from an Eleanor project that we didn't use to fit the II



Epoxy primed







Front sway bar installed



Rear brakes left over from a Wilwood upgrade on another project



Gas cap

 
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