Project 64.5 Mustang

[Luked 71]

Very nice. I'm jealous. I can't seem to find time for my airplane project, much less my car projects (all of our cars are projects). 

[C5Engineer 1170]

This is kind of dated but I figured I would update this thread a little bit more. The last project I did on the Mustang was restoring the trunk and modernizing it a bit. I sprayed the trunk with the spray in bedliner and redid the lid with paint and new seal. I also installed the insulation from a Ford Taurus junk yard car. Quieted it down a lot.

What I started with. Original color and divider missing

 

The remains of the original seal

First coat on the lid. I just rattle canned everything. Only person that sees the trunk is me.

$15 Junk Yard score

 

 

Finished product

 

 

Edited 10 Oct 2015 by C5Engineer

[EDMO 1078]

Suggestion:   There is a rust conversion coating that you paint on - We used it in the Coast Guard before painting - It turns rust black and stops progress of it.  Looks Good Joey.

EdMO

 

[Av8r3400 1178]

Now that one has my attention...

 

Always loved the Porsche 911.  Is that about a 1970?

[Knuckledragger 135]

Engine porn!  No good forum is complete without it 

 

sweet ride joey!

[Fly-n-Low 181]

It's a '72. I'll start another thread. Again awesome job C5!!!

BTW I restored a '66 'Stang as far as paint inside and out, interior paint, under the hood and assembled all the bumpers etc. Guy paid me just to go that far and not to finish it. It has been sitting in a garage waiting to be finished for over 25 yrs.

Edited 10 Nov 2015 by Fly-n-Low

[gregpro50 64]

Very nice.

I've always been a Mustang guy.

Last fall I bought a wrecked 2010 Mustang and rebuilt it over the winter.  I wanted the newer body style but didn't want to spend the money on one.  I looked around for a while and found this one with 12k miles on it and a very easy hit to the front that didn't even deploy the airbags.  It was a pretty easy fix that got me into a newer one for not a lot of money.  It drives like a brand new one.

[C5Engineer 1170]

Thanks for the kind words guys. If I never wire wheel a part covered in 50 years of crap to repaint ever again in my life I won't be upset. I have the utmost respect for guys who do concurs resto's. I have countless hours into this thing and it's amateur all the way. I can't imagine doing a rotisserie style resto. 

Guys with car projects post a thread so we can see. Anything with an engine or boobs is welcome is here!

[C5Engineer 1170]

Suggestion:   There is a rust conversion coating that you paint on - We used it in the Coast Guard before painting - It turns rust black and stops progress of it.  Looks Good Joey.

EdMO

 

I live in CA Ed...What's this Rust you speak of???

[EDMO 1078]

Suggestion:   There is a rust conversion coating that you paint on - We used it in the Coast Guard before painting - It turns rust black and stops progress of it.  Looks Good Joey.

EdMO

 

I live in CA Ed...What's this Rust you speak of???

Joey,  That's the brown stuff you had in the Tang trunk - Must have been driven out of state or near the ocean!  Maybe back before CA became a desert!

EdMO