One Side At A Time...

Quiz: How many fenders to make one good one?  In this case two.  In the top photo you can see where the rust was cut away from my original date coded fender.  Then my painter took a wrecked fender as a donor, butt jointed the two and wahoo - you can see the results above!  I was a little worried at first, but my painter said he has seen much worse and this was a fairly simple fix.  It is curious to note that the date codes between the drivers and passenger side fenders are three days apart.  Maybe FoMoCo took off early for the weekend before stamping the next one? I guess it's not that unusual and I'm glad we didn't go with any aftermarket fenders.  There's still a lot of fit and finish, but the mustang is coming along nicely - at least it's looking like a car again!

Happy Anniversary Mustang!

Well just over a year ago with the help of some of my good friends, we stripped the Mustang down to a rolling shell with engine and wheels.  In that year there have been a lot changes.  It may be slow going, but the work is solid.  Above are a few update photos as the body shop moves into the engine bay. In the past year the body shop has replaced the right rear quarter, full length floor pan, toe boards, both rocker panels, drivers side A pillar, radiator core support and has begun the epoxy primer coat.  All pieces were replaced with original sheet metal where I could.  More to come!