I've been going through some tough times in my personal life lately and so today is the first day I actually started the Mustang. I thought it would be good therapy to do a restoration project, I'm in for a lot of therapy. This might be more a fix up than a restore.
The entire underside is coated with roofing tar, luckily it doesn't stick to rust, especially rust layers that thick. There are small pieces of sheet metal welded in wherever a hole used to be. Almost the entire passenger side floor is a piece of sheet metal. I found a mouse nest in each collector of each header, I don't want to guess why the mufflers are so heavy. The gas tank is out and it contains about 50% jelly gasoline, and it's absolutely perforated. The only perfect spot on the underside of the car is right above the gas tank. I'm not exactly sure if the front bumper assy. is what it's supposed to be, it just doesn't look right.
I'm lucky I guess, a local supplier has the floor panels from the front to the back, pricing TBA. The tunnel is solid, and the rockers are solid. The other body panels seem to be in excellent shape, there's a new drive shaft, new steering box, and the steering linkages are tight. Could be worse, I suppose.
How many times have you had high hopes in a resto, and then have them killed off by reality?
The entire underside is coated with roofing tar, luckily it doesn't stick to rust, especially rust layers that thick. There are small pieces of sheet metal welded in wherever a hole used to be. Almost the entire passenger side floor is a piece of sheet metal. I found a mouse nest in each collector of each header, I don't want to guess why the mufflers are so heavy. The gas tank is out and it contains about 50% jelly gasoline, and it's absolutely perforated. The only perfect spot on the underside of the car is right above the gas tank. I'm not exactly sure if the front bumper assy. is what it's supposed to be, it just doesn't look right.
I'm lucky I guess, a local supplier has the floor panels from the front to the back, pricing TBA. The tunnel is solid, and the rockers are solid. The other body panels seem to be in excellent shape, there's a new drive shaft, new steering box, and the steering linkages are tight. Could be worse, I suppose.
How many times have you had high hopes in a resto, and then have them killed off by reality?