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1966 Mustang Coupe Restomod

This is what we are starting with. There is not a lot of rust but since Ford did not prime a lot of the inner structure we will be removing all the sheetmetal do any needed rust repair and epoxy priming. The plans are to install Rod & Custom front and rear suspension, Wilwood brakes, Currie 9", AOD and a 347. The body mods will be fender flares, drip rails removed, cowl vents filled in and maybe a few other things as we go.

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One of the first things we did after bracing the body was to remove the cowl

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The quarter panels were removed

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The roof was also removed and there was only surface rust but in a few years it will get worse if it is not cleaned up now

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I'm sure a lot of you are wondering why do we remove all the sheetmetal. The quarters were replaced at one time and we did not trust the workmanship and once they were removed we found rust in the outer wheelhouse. The roof was removed because Mustangs are known to rust in the inner structure in the front by the top of the A pillar. In this case we were lucky and only had surface rust but over time would became holes. The other area on coupes is the sail panel inner structure and we did find rust. A little rust on the left side but the right side had a few small rust holes starting.

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Will be following.
Keep us posted.

That's a lot of cut and paste work, but I bet will be killer when done

Lower cowl welded in place

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The welds were ground down and epoxy was brushed on

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Upper cowl fit and welded

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Fender apron to cowl extensions welded in place and started to test fit the roof after it was sanded and the back side epoxy primed

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Looks great Rusty, thanks for the step by step pictures!

Whose sheet metal do you use for all the replacement panels?

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Originally Posted by DBasher (Post 604412)

Looks great Rusty, thanks for the step by step pictures!

Whose sheet metal do you use for all the replacement panels?

I'm a dealer for Dynacorn.