restoring a 1965 Mustang
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 […]
The rear seat support brackets both sported rust damage near the bottom where they attached to the floor. Rather than recreate the sections by hand I decided to attempt drafting them up in CAD and then having an online laser cutting shop cut the steel and ship it to me. The company that I ordered […]
I was pretty conflicted about what to do with the B pillars. While they appeared largely solid, each side showed rust pitting and damage on the outside flange where they met the quarter panel. Since the damage was isolated I didn’t want to replace the entire assembly and have to deal with making sure to […]
While I was working on replacing the filler panel I noticed that there was some rust damage along the passenger side of the rear window channel. I’m telling myself I hadn’t noticed it because the rust hole was a dead ringer for the size and shape of the screw-in trim clips. I started the surgery […]
During the work I had been doing on the back half of the car I got to spend a lot of time looking at the rust damage lining the bottom of the rear window channel. Unfortunately it spread almost the entire length of the channel and was severe enough to result in occasional pin holes. […]
Though I had put it off as long as possible, it was finally time to cut off the lower rear section of the driver’s side quarterpanel. There were small rust spots along the seam where the section had been replaced previously, as well as some damage inside the lip of the wheelwell. I taped it […]
To start things off I sanded down the mess inside the rear portion of the driver’s side quarter panel, it was irritating me. With it sanded down to metal it became clear that the lower portion of the quarter panel had been replaced in the past, you can see the horizontal line of stitch welds […]
The primary reason for this entire restoration finally arrived – addressing the rust. I decided to start with the trunk since it was both the most severely afflicted and the least likely to be visible at the end of the project, the perfect place to make inevitable mistakes as I learn how to do this […]