I started a thread in the talk section(http://www.stangnet.com/mustang-forums/810808-73-mach-1-build-thread.html) to more or less talk of the work I had ahead of me. Here's the technical part of it. Forgive my welding, it's getting better
I had to fill all the holes in the lower panel from drilling the spot welds, so I used small squares cut from sheet metal and held them from behind with a magnet while I welded the holes shut.
I cut out the clapped out section of the lower cowl and brought it to a local sheet metal shop, Kuehnel Steel and had a nice 3 piece assembly made up that made it easy to lay in and hammer it to the right shape. The new panel consisted of a flat part for the bottom with a hole cut in it with the edges trimmed to the correct angle; a round section with a flanged edge, which allowed the piece to lock into place; the toothy piece, which was bent to the angles that match the flat piece.
not pretty welds, but they did penetrate. I've gotten better since these.
1st coat of POR15 with alot of seam sealer.
3rd coat of POR15.. painted right over the seam sealer. Can't be too safe
Making the upper panel fit nicely. I needed to add a couple patch panels and still need to add a couple more little ones.
Driver's side patch panel.. not done yet.
Tommorow I will do more work on the upper panel. After I patch all the rusty parts and put it all back together, itll get more seam sealer, some duraglass to smooth it out and more por 15.
I had to fill all the holes in the lower panel from drilling the spot welds, so I used small squares cut from sheet metal and held them from behind with a magnet while I welded the holes shut.
I cut out the clapped out section of the lower cowl and brought it to a local sheet metal shop, Kuehnel Steel and had a nice 3 piece assembly made up that made it easy to lay in and hammer it to the right shape. The new panel consisted of a flat part for the bottom with a hole cut in it with the edges trimmed to the correct angle; a round section with a flanged edge, which allowed the piece to lock into place; the toothy piece, which was bent to the angles that match the flat piece.
not pretty welds, but they did penetrate. I've gotten better since these.
1st coat of POR15 with alot of seam sealer.
3rd coat of POR15.. painted right over the seam sealer. Can't be too safe
Making the upper panel fit nicely. I needed to add a couple patch panels and still need to add a couple more little ones.
Driver's side patch panel.. not done yet.
Tommorow I will do more work on the upper panel. After I patch all the rusty parts and put it all back together, itll get more seam sealer, some duraglass to smooth it out and more por 15.