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i bought this car 4 years ago with no knowledge on how to restore cars. now ive finally settled down enough to start working on her. it had a 302 and more rust than i had bargained for at. needed new trunk, floor pans, inner fenders, new fenders, and lots of small spots. time for pics.
removal of trunk and tail light panel.
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i had to cut trunk panel in half to transport it
shock brace welded in
trunk panel welded in and ready to install. I had to go get my masters degree in puzzles to figure out how to get this bad boy in there.
got it in
tail light panel in place
it looks like a mustang again
started cutting out floor pans
test fit of floor pan
thats all i got so far. tell me what you guys think. more pics soon to come
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Looks good. Glad to see another coupe. Yours looks like where I started. I did the trunk in pieces and the floor as a whole....try fitting that in the window. Kep att it. Hope to see more pics.
framerails are good. i got a couple small spots on the lower quarterpanels that need to be patched. i gotta patch both corners of both doors and pull a dent out of one side. cowl might be good i havent got there yet. and then i got a small hole by the rear window. other than that its a pretty good car
Vehicle: 1969 Mustang Grande (modified) Winter Blue Metallic
Location: Santa Monica, Calif.
Posts: 894
If you had a new gas tank attached (you should get one if the car has the orig.), it would insure the correct placement of the trunk. If you didn't use a tank when you welded in the trunk floor, it's a crapshoot for the bolt holes to match up exactly when you drop the tank in, so don't put any gas in the tank until it's bolted home, in case you have to do some drilling.
Check carefully for hairline cracks in the base of the shock towers. I've seen cracked towers on high miles V8 Mustangs. Weld in two small supports at the base while the motor is out, and get an export brace if the car has a two piece stock brace, too. These cars weren't designed to be driven 150k+. Of course, you may all know this stuff, but just my 2˘. Keep postin'.
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Last edited by Carlos Pineiro; 10-11-2009 at 01:42 PM.
i plan on using a fuel cell but i never expected the holes to line up anyways. both of the shock towers had cracks and welds from the previous owner. i plan on putting in lots of braces to stand up to the hp. progress from today:
bottom firewall was rusted thru
homemade patch panel compliments of driveshaft tunnel
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