restoring a 1965 Mustang
With the rear seat support brackets reinstalled there were only a couple small brackets preventing the back half of the interior from being able to be installed. The first set of brackets to install were the rear seat retaining brackets. Thankfully I took pretty good measurements before removing the original floor so locating them properly […]
At the recommendation of seemingly everyone online I decided to add front torque boxes while I was in there. I ordered one piece boxes but immediately realized I was going to need to separate the pieces to have any chance at a successful install. While working on patching the driver’s side of the firewall I […]
The package shelf was pretty clean save for the mounting flange to the driver’s side C pillar which was permeated with rust damage. The first trick was to get the flange separated and cut off the package shelf. This was an exceptionally awkward area to be working in due to the proximity with the wheel […]
The majority of the car’s core structure was solid, unfortunately the primary exception was a section on the inside of the driver’s side C pillar. A highly awkward area that isn’t reproduced, I had no good options other than reproducing the part somehow. Due to the mildly complex curves on the flanges I knew I […]
With the cowl removed I was able to see the rust damage that existed at the base of the A pillars and at several areas of the firewall, concentrated around the upper flanges that mate to the cowl. I started by focusing on the driver’s side A pillar and firewall. The upper lip of the […]