Build Thread Vulcan 1968 Sohc Mustang

rusty428cj

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Oct 4, 2016

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• Oct 4, 2016

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The owner decided he didn't what the Shelby/Eleanor taillight panel that was installed before he bought the car. Brian had the fun job of cutting off the fiberglass taillight panel and end caps.



We bought another taillight panel to cut out the stock taillights.





After a lot of measuring and Brian standing back looking at them to make sure they were straight he welded them in place.





Since we have a side gas filler we decided to do away with the original one.



Brian cut out a section of the new taillight panel and welded it in place.





After a little grinding





Stay tuned for more modifications to the rear in the future.

 

Edbert

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Oct 5, 2016

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Glad to see the project is back on the front burner!

As awesome as the SOHC is/was it is not the most appropriate choice in a street car. All aloominum FE will be a beast, will be hard to paint it corporate blue though. Planning on a vintage upper-half or something aftermarket with EFI?

I'm still expecting to see a lot of 5.0 Coyote transplants into classics.

 

rusty428cj

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Oct 5, 2016

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Brian finished grinding the right side.



Carriage bolts were welded to the taillight panel and ground down to hold the taillights





He still has to finish the right side. He bolted it together and tack welded the carriage bolts removed the taillights and finished welding both sides. This is how they look before he grinds them down and weld them one more time before the final grinding.

 

rusty428cj

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Oct 5, 2016

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Edbert said:

Glad to see the project is back on the front burner!

As awesome as the SOHC is/was it is not the most appropriate choice in a street car. All aloominum FE will be a beast, will be hard to paint it corporate blue though. Planning on a vintage upper-half or something aftermarket with EFI?

I'm still expecting to see a lot of 5.0 Coyote transplants into classics.

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EFI

 

rusty428cj

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Oct 6, 2016

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Brian finished welding and grinding on the taillight panel

 

rusty428cj

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Feb 25, 2017

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We decided to install a roll bar and I bought a kit from S & W for a 1968 Mustang









We wanted to do something different so we cut about 1" off the end caps and spoiler.





As you can see in this photo the bumper needs to be narrowed



I cut the center out of the bumper and lined up both ends with the end caps.



I will have to add fiberglass to get a tight gap



Bumper fits better now but still needs a lot of work to look right



The gap was larger in the middle so I added fiberglass



We also added fiberglass to the bottom of the bumper

 

rusty428cj

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Feb 25, 2017

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The end caps were bolted and bonded to the quarter panel



I also added a little fiberglass



Bodywork ruffed in



We now have a nice tight gap around the rear bumper



Epoxy primed





Next step is to finish the bodywork on the taillight panel and rear valance

 

rusty428cj

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Mar 11, 2017

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Quarter scoops were bolted and bonded with 3m8115 panel adhesive.



Major bodywork finished on the rear of the body yesterday





Today I sprayed two coats of SPI epoxy primer

 

rusty428cj

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Mar 11, 2017

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Quarter scoops were bolted and bonded with 3m8115 panel adhesive.



Major bodywork finished on the rear of the body yesterday





Today I sprayed two coats of SPI epoxy primer

 

rusty428cj

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Apr 3, 2017

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We had to add fiberglass to the side exhaust skirts to give us something to bond to the pinch weld.





Bonded to the rockers



Started the bodywork



Headlight bucket was bolted, bonded and fiberglassed to the fender



Front fender flares installed



Bodywork getting everything to line up





Ready for a couple coats of SPI epoxy primer

 

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rusty428cj

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Jun 27, 2017

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Starting to fit the front apron





The shape was wrong under the headlight buckets so we cut it apart and glassed it back together





The spoiler was cut down and the front lip bonded back on.



After sanding





Bodywork to match the fender to the front apron



After a lot of sanding and priming



SPI black epoxy to seal the bodywork



Two coats of SPI Turbo primer

 

Ryan Miller

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Jun 28, 2017

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Looks good! Can't wait to see it in paint.

 

Rusty67

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Jul 16, 2017

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Now I feel bad about my 67 just sitting and rotting....

Really nice work, I'm excited to see where it ends up.