1965 Mustang rust repair

[desertdave]

Originally Posted by rusty428cj

We take a lot of measurements before it is taken apart and also compare the measurements to other cars in the shop.

Same here, lots of measurements. But I still get gun shy about getting too far ahead on tear down without getting some new metal back on. Wish I had the advantage of another car there for reference.

[rusty428cj]

Brian replaced the left frame rail section





Lining up the shock tower using the original drilled out spot welds for an alignment guide.

[Franks68coupe]

Rusty, this comes up a lot here... what do you do about the vins on a car like that?

[rusty428cj]

Originally Posted by Franks68coupe

Rusty, this comes up a lot here... what do you do about the vins on a car like that?

The fender apron with the vin I believe we can save if not it would be cut out and attached to the new fender apron. I would take pictures before and afterwards showing the rust repair.

[rusty428cj]

Left side shock tower and frame rail back together

[rusty428cj]

The right front frame rail had a lot of rust





Brian cut it off and repaired it the same way as the left side

[rusty428cj]

I epoxy primed while I was waiting for the front crossmember and left fender apron.

[rusty428cj]

Brian lining up the sheetmetal before welding.





Welded in place

[rusty428cj]

We have not made a lot of progress on this project. Brian fit and welded the strut rod and sway bar brackets





I epoxy primed the engine compartment

[Caper50]

Rusty you run a quality shop, that work is 2nd to none. Brian take a bow...and Rusty give him a raise, ;>)

[rusty428cj]

I sanded the front valance, headlight buckets, and end caps down to bare metal than epoxy primed.





I block sanded than did a little bodywork.





Next another coat of SPI epoxy to seal everything





I sprayed a couple of coats of Slick Sand

[rusty428cj]

Now the fun begins! This has to be made piece by piece and Brian is not happy.

[TTA89]

Do you guys just do the metal repair or will you bring this car all the way back to the point that the customer drives it home?

[rusty428cj]

Originally Posted by TTA89

Do you guys just do the metal repair or will you bring this car all the way back to the point that the customer drives it home?

We do it both ways but on this project the customer will be driving it home when we are finished.

[Mustang Nate]

Looks like fun