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My Fox(es) In Surgery - Looking Like A Car Again,sort Of

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mikestang63

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Well Merry Christmas and Happy New Year right?
I go to detail the car today and notice a little rust by the battery on the 86. Figure,no problem, brush, sand, primer,, paint and its fixed.
I remove the battery and battery try and ................................. .
my guess is a battery must have leaked or exploded and no one botherd to clean it properly
at least the other side is ok
I cut up some sheet metal and used rust converter and paint as a temp fix so the battery would have some support until my buddy finishes with the red car..

Then he can tackle this

If anyone wants to know.. my favorite is Jack Daniels- feel free to donate
 

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General karthief

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Well that sucks
 

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cars suck
 
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So, I guess there is a silver lining to having your hood fly up. You caught it before the car killed you. Dang, those pics make me sick to my stomach on such a nice car. Soldier on, keep us posted.
 

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back to the 90 ..making progress
 
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Pretty scary to see the passenger side A pillar


https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=1609920675697937
Driver side coming along

 
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GAACK!

Jeez Mike! Imagine how tight you red car will feel once all that crap is repaired.

The silver car? What an opportune time to put in some Scott Rod panels?:zombie:
 
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some more repair of the carnage pics
They are doing some amazing work



 

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I can't believe your windshield even stayed on. That is horrible. Glad you have the funds to fix it, I would probably have to let it rot.

Joe
 
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These pics make me want to throw up....

Can't wait to see some better pics...

That corner seems like a favorite place for rust in convertibles. I've seen it time and time again. If it was my car I'd try to save it, too. Good luck, man
 
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Was the windshield previously replaced?
 

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Didn't you mention something about cowl shake in a previous post? That rotten crap would let it move around a lot. I'm guessing it didn't get down into the door hinge area,
 

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slowly making progress on the 90vert.Most of the rust all gone and new panels fitted. Needs some more pieces fitted, trimmed, sealed, filler, welded, primed then painted.

 
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Blandnuts said:
Was the windshield previously replaced?
Click to expand...

if you can call this "repaired" yes
 

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Ironic (in a sad way) how I thought you might find a little rust around the airhorns when you mentioned the cowel replacement.
 

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Amazing work being done.. A pillars look like.................A pillars
The passenger side turned out to be worse than the driver which was originally what we saw.
There was neay no good metal left on the passenger side.


 
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rust? what rust
 
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I’m still amazed at how bad that rust was. So glad you found it and saved the car. Looks like they are doing excellent work.
 
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