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Black Gold 380R's 65 Mustang Build Thread
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<blockquote data-quote="Black Gold 380R" data-source="post: 16482115" data-attributes="member: 70025"><p>Okay everyone,</p><p></p><p>Made some progress on the car this weekend. A neighbor of mine came over. He rebuilds cars and was giving me some very good constructive criticism and provided good information on some products he uses. He also provided me with a flap disk that he said would smooth out the metal more after an initial grinding. That flap disk worked great. I'm definitely going to the store to get a few more.</p><p></p><p>I was able to get the engine panels in. Next weekend I will mount the MTF frame rail supports and then I'll get back on the body work to smooth out the areas I welded the engine bay panels. Then the next thing I will do is smooth out the radiator support and then it should be time for some epoxy primer...…... </p><p></p><p>Slow and steady seems to be my pace LOL.</p><p></p><p>Passenger side mocked up. You can see the rear of the panel significantly overlaps the rear apron. Have to mark it on the rear, cut it, notch it to give it a lip and then weld it in.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1660277[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p></p><p>Here I got it all tack welded into place. Damn, tack welding takes forever on a piece this size...….</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1660278[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p></p><p>Here the driver's side is all tack welded into place. [ATTACH=full]1660279[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p></p><p>Got the passenger side all grinded down. This "IS" after using that flap disk my neighbor gave me. (Notice the top rear corner of where I welded the panel to the fender rail? My neighbor said it look low and I should pound it out. So, I did. I'll show the result in the next post).[ATTACH=full]1660281[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p></p><p>Driver's side grinded down. [ATTACH=full]1660282[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p></p><p>Here is the backside of the engine panel spot welded to the radiator support.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1660283[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p></p><p>Passenger side. In the factory set up this area is normally kicked out in order to accommodate the battery. That's why there is so much over hang here.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1660284[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p></p><p>Here you can see the radiator support has a form to it at the bottom. So, I had to cut the engine panel and do some bending in order to get it to fit the contour.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1660285[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p></p><p>Then I had to trim the engine panel to align with the radiator support.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1660286[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1660287[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Black Gold 380R, post: 16482115, member: 70025"] Okay everyone, Made some progress on the car this weekend. A neighbor of mine came over. He rebuilds cars and was giving me some very good constructive criticism and provided good information on some products he uses. He also provided me with a flap disk that he said would smooth out the metal more after an initial grinding. That flap disk worked great. I'm definitely going to the store to get a few more. I was able to get the engine panels in. Next weekend I will mount the MTF frame rail supports and then I'll get back on the body work to smooth out the areas I welded the engine bay panels. Then the next thing I will do is smooth out the radiator support and then it should be time for some epoxy primer...…... Slow and steady seems to be my pace LOL. Passenger side mocked up. You can see the rear of the panel significantly overlaps the rear apron. Have to mark it on the rear, cut it, notch it to give it a lip and then weld it in. [ATTACH=full]1660277[/ATTACH] Here I got it all tack welded into place. Damn, tack welding takes forever on a piece this size...…. [ATTACH=full]1660278[/ATTACH] Here the driver's side is all tack welded into place. [ATTACH=full]1660279[/ATTACH] Got the passenger side all grinded down. This "IS" after using that flap disk my neighbor gave me. (Notice the top rear corner of where I welded the panel to the fender rail? My neighbor said it look low and I should pound it out. So, I did. I'll show the result in the next post).[ATTACH=full]1660281[/ATTACH] Driver's side grinded down. [ATTACH=full]1660282[/ATTACH] Here is the backside of the engine panel spot welded to the radiator support. [ATTACH=full]1660283[/ATTACH] Passenger side. In the factory set up this area is normally kicked out in order to accommodate the battery. That's why there is so much over hang here. [ATTACH=full]1660284[/ATTACH] Here you can see the radiator support has a form to it at the bottom. So, I had to cut the engine panel and do some bending in order to get it to fit the contour. [ATTACH=full]1660285[/ATTACH] Then I had to trim the engine panel to align with the radiator support. [ATTACH=full]1660286[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1660287[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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