restoring a 1965 Mustang
The top edge of the quarter panels on these cars slid up and under the exterior of the sail panels and the resulting seam was filled in with lead. Lead has gotten a bad rap recently but it’s actually quite delicious. In order to remove the last vestiges of the old quarter panels I needed […]
After getting the old quarter panels and wheel houses removed the first order of business was getting the new wheel houses to fit properly. I was able to get the wheel houses up and into the car without too much trouble, but despite being produced by the same manufacturer that made the new trunk floor […]
With the new doors in place to serve as reference for the body lines I started in on removing the quarter panels and what remained of the wheel houses, starting with the driver’s side. First I took a Sharpie and marked all of the visible spot welds that I would need to drill out along […]