Vulcan 1968 SOHC 427 Mustang

[Flash68]

Both of those engines are different around these parts.

Glad it's back on the burner.

[GPR]

The owner decided he didn't what the Shelby/Eleanor taillight panel that was installed before he bought the car. Brian had the fun job of cutting off the fiberglass taillight panel and end caps.



We bought another taillight panel to cut out the stock taillights.





After a lot of measuring and Brian standing back looking at them to make sure they were straight he welded them in place.





Since we have a side gas filler we decided to do away with the original one.



Brian cut out a section of the new taillight panel and welded it in place.





After a little grinding





Stay tuned for more modifications to the rear in the future.

[GPR]

Brian finished grinding the right side.



Carriage bolts were welded to the taillight panel and ground down to hold the taillights





He still has to finish the right side. He bolted it together and tack welded the carriage bolts removed the taillights and finished welding both sides. This is how they look before he grinds them down and weld them one more time before the final grinding.

[jarhead]

Rusty,
Nice work you and Brian are doing!

What will be the process you use for finishing off the undercarriage? Will it be primed, painted, undercoated?

Thanks, Joe

[GPR]

Originally Posted by jarhead

Rusty,
Nice work you and Brian are doing!

What will be the process you use for finishing off the undercarriage? Will it be primed, painted, undercoated?

Thanks, Joe

Whatever the owner wants.

[GPR]

Brian finished welding and grinding on the taillight panel

[WSSix]

Very clean! Love the way the taillights are just there without a bezel to clutter up the area.

[GPR]

We decided to install a roll bar and I bought a kit from S & W for a 1968 Mustang









We wanted to do something different so we cut about 1" off the end caps and spoiler.





As you can see in this photo the bumper needs to be narrowed



I cut the center out of the bumper and lined up both ends with the end caps.



I will have to add fiberglass to get a tight gap



Bumper fits better now but still needs a lot of work to look right



The gap was larger in the middle so I added fiberglass



We also added fiberglass to the bottom of the bumper

[GPR]

The end caps were bolted and bonded to the quarter panel



I also added a little fiberglass



Bodywork ruffed in



We now have a nice tight gap around the rear bumper



Epoxy primed





Next step is to finish the bodywork on the taillight panel and rear valance

[waynieZ]

I love when they bring the rear bumper in tight like that, it looks so clean. Nice work.