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Offline Rayatswan

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Re: Rusty 66 Coupe
« Reply #25 on: May 26, 2021, 08:00:04 am »
Fitted plates to the insides of the floor supports to mount the T56 gearbox rear support to







Trial fitting Torque box's



Trial fitting modified 69 Shock Towers




Offline Rayatswan

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Re: Rusty 66 Coupe
« Reply #26 on: May 29, 2021, 10:18:28 am »
Welded in outer Torque box's





Test fit lower cowl





Cleaning up old firewall




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Re: Rusty 66 Coupe
« Reply #27 on: May 30, 2021, 07:03:52 pm »
Dash came out today





removed the Kick panel on the left side for replacement and decided to remove the "A" pillar to clean it up, absolute bastard to get out.






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Re: Rusty 66 Coupe
« Reply #28 on: May 31, 2021, 03:19:59 pm »
Wow!  At this rate you'll end up with a brand new car.  Love you work, looks great!

Offline Rayatswan

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Re: Rusty 66 Coupe
« Reply #29 on: June 02, 2021, 09:16:58 am »
Last post for a few months, going away camping with the missus for a week and then into hospital for an operation, all going well I will not be allowed to lift anything for around 12 weeks.
In the meantime I have decided my next task when I get back to it is to remove the drip rails and roof skin, I checked inside the front pillars and they are rusty enough for me to be worried, also will make it easier to get the A pillars and kick panels back in.



The A pillars are rusty behind the door hinge bracket supports so cut it out for repairs



« Last Edit: June 04, 2021, 06:34:54 am by Rayatswan »

Offline Rayatswan

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Re: Rusty 66 Coupe
« Reply #30 on: August 22, 2021, 10:31:31 pm »
WTB 2 pair of these braces from the bottom of a 69 70 mustang shock tower in good condition,
I need both sides, Cheers




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Re: Rusty 66 Coupe
« Reply #31 on: August 23, 2021, 05:31:02 am »
Hey Ray,
Great progress, your photos are very good for us to see the bones off our cars.
I’m fitting subframe connectors at the moment and these photos help me understand things like the rails and the torque boxes etc.
Cheers Phil.
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Offline Rayatswan

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Re: Rusty 66 Coupe
« Reply #32 on: September 08, 2021, 03:10:13 pm »
Finally well enough to start doing a little work on the car, have built up over the last few days to an hour and a half today.
Decided to check under the front section of drip rail, I think I will rebuild this section at least.







Pretty rusty under the drip rail





Under the roof skin looks reasonable in this small spot



I will cut the outer fold where the drip rail stainless mounts and weld a new section that welds to the pillar






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Re: Rusty 66 Coupe
« Reply #33 on: September 08, 2021, 07:52:11 pm »
Hey Ray,
Hope you’re recuperating well, don’t over do it, glad to see you’re back into working on your Mustang.
It will be worth it in the end, sitting back cruising!
Cheers Phil.
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Re: Rusty 66 Coupe
« Reply #34 on: September 08, 2021, 09:17:03 pm »
Thanks Phil.

Offline Rayatswan

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Re: Rusty 66 Coupe
« Reply #35 on: September 17, 2021, 09:07:31 am »
A bit mor work on the left side A pillar







Painted some epoxy primer






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Re: Rusty 66 Coupe
« Reply #36 on: September 17, 2021, 09:20:20 am »
Ray - can offer nothing but a "holy shit", this is like watching a complete car come together from scratch (I am seeing bits I have never seen before  :lol:)

Much respect, well beyond my abilities

cheers

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Re: Rusty 66 Coupe
« Reply #37 on: September 17, 2021, 11:19:21 am »
Hey Greg, thanks for that. First time for me too!

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Re: Rusty 66 Coupe
« Reply #38 on: September 17, 2021, 03:09:50 pm »
Cleaned up welds to finish for the day






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Re: Rusty 66 Coupe
« Reply #39 on: September 17, 2021, 03:27:55 pm »
Hey Ray,
You should be awarded for bringing back from the dead something that didn’t look so bad from the start.
If a Mustang lasts for fifty years this one will last one hundred years!
You should be awarded or committed! Hahaha.
Cheers Phil.
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Re: Rusty 66 Coupe
« Reply #40 on: September 18, 2021, 01:17:56 am »
Your right Phil, probably should be committed haha.
Looks can be deceiving, it was a lot worse than the photos show especially the floor and frame rails.
The fire wall has a fair bit of rust too.
For the cost of body parts its an easy decision to replace with new metal.

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Re: Rusty 66 Coupe
« Reply #41 on: September 18, 2021, 03:08:32 am »
Hey Ray,
Great to see she’ll have a second life and I’m sure you’ll treat her nice!
Cheers Phil.
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Re: Rusty 66 Coupe
« Reply #42 on: September 24, 2021, 11:22:26 am »
Right side A pillar is worse than left side, especially under the drip rail and inside windscreen post.












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Re: Rusty 66 Coupe
« Reply #43 on: September 26, 2021, 11:20:45 am »
My sandblaster wouldn't remove the rust on the A pillar so I decided to have a go at Electrolysis



This is after 30 minutes

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Re: Rusty 66 Coupe
« Reply #44 on: October 02, 2021, 12:26:15 pm »
Clamped up ready for welding





I used the old cowell and the original witness marks to make sure the firewall will refit when the time comes




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Re: Rusty 66 Coupe
« Reply #45 on: October 02, 2021, 12:33:05 pm »
The firewall will need a fair bit of work to get ready for use


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Re: Rusty 66 Coupe
« Reply #46 on: October 02, 2021, 02:18:44 pm »
Hey Ray,
Once again well done, love the machines in the background!
Cheers Phil.
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Offline Rayatswan

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Re: Rusty 66 Coupe
« Reply #47 on: October 13, 2021, 07:42:04 am »
Welded in top cover of Torque Box's and epoxy primed














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Re: Rusty 66 Coupe
« Reply #48 on: October 13, 2021, 11:41:07 am »
Started Right hand drive conversion on windscreen wipers today, lower cowl first, cut out, tacked and tig welded.










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Re: Rusty 66 Coupe
« Reply #49 on: October 19, 2021, 11:14:36 am »
Wiper conversion finished on bottom part of cowl panel





Deleted fresh air intakes in cowl.