restoring a 1965 Mustang
I didn’t get a great picture of it, but the reproduction passenger side door wasn’t aligning well with the rocker panel at the front of the door. Namely, the door was protruding out too far, even when adjusted in as far as possible. I initially thought that it could be an issue with the hinge, […]
The doors came in from CJ Pony Parts in a matter of days, largely unscathed by their cross-country excursion. The first order of business before hanging the new doors was to clean up the backing plates that sit on the interior side of the car’s door jams. Never painted, they were looking a little worse […]
With the chassis up on the rotisserie the next step was stripping it bare, starting with the front suspension. I started out by disconnecting the steering linkage and brake lines, then breaking the spindles free from the upper and lower control arm ball joints. With the spindles out of the way everything else came apart […]