February 4- Seam Seal
Here are a couple of old photos that didn’t merit a full blog post. They are shots from inside the cowl. No rust anymore!
Here the guys are seam sealing the floor pans and cowl area. This will seal the interior against water leaks and, ultimately, rust damage.
January 18- Dave’s Under-Dash Disassembly
Despite having to devote a lot of our time and resources to finishing up our work with Laurens, we are still making steady headway on Dave’s convertible. The dash and under-dash are almost completely disassembled–we’ve gotten both pedals, the windshield wiper motor and all the wiring pulled out now, so that’s a major part of the disassembly process that’s now done! Hallelujah!
January 15- Dave’s Dash Disassembly
We are taking apart Dave’s dash now, including the dash pads, instrument cluster, steering wheel and steering column.
December 24- Dave’s Rust Conversion
We’ve begun rust converting all the rust that we can find in Dave’s floorpans and cowls. The rust isn’t deep and there’s not a lot of damage, so these should just convert and then we’ll paint them over and be done with it. Good Mustang, Dave!
December 22- Dave’s Floorpans
A couple of things are going on here. One, you can see that the floorpans are very solid, rust-free, they’ll be great and won’t need metalwork. Two, the previous owners installed some kind of insulation with an adhesive spray, so now strings of the old insulation are all over the floorpans (that’s the white-yellow stuff). So what we’re going to do is sand away what’s left of the adhesive and insulation, because this kind of insulation is like a sponge, it just soaks up water and holds it to the metal so it starts to rust often, and eventually replace it with an asphalt-based water-resistant insulation pads, which will stay dry and work a lot better to avoid rust. Under these pads, we’ll convert any surface rust we find and hit all the floorpans with undercoat spray, which is a really thick and hard black paint-like spray that will further help to prevent rust.
December 21- Dave’s Front Floorpan
Here’s a few pics of Dave’s front floorpan, on the passenger side. Something hit it and punch a small hole in it, as you can see, which we hammered down for the time being, but will need metalwork. We’ll probably be replacing the toe pan itself entirely. We’ve got Pat working on Dave’s Mustang, so more pictures are coming!
December 10- Dave’s Inspection/Disassembly
We’re continuing to disassemble Dave’s Mustang and build the project sheet; now we’re getting down to the floorpans and metal to see what kind of work it will all need. We’ve also removed the wheels and have begun inspecting the brakes.
December 8- Dave’s Interior Disassembly/Inspection
We’ve begun the disassembly of Dave’s convertible and are building his project sheet as we go. After this, we’ll have a full project sheet and will be able to begin the restoration of the Mustang.
November 23- Dave’s Disassembly
We have begun disassembling Dave’s convertible, starting with the interior to do a cowl inspection–these old Mustangs are very vulnerable to rust in their cowls! It looks pretty good but we’ll let you know for sure ASAP.
November 20, 21- Dave’s Full Inspection
Some notes to answer a few of Dave’s questions:
- The rust on the rear bumper is surface rust that is caused by the humidity here in Florida. It will require continuous maintenance. To minimize the humidity’s effects, a car cover will help tremendously in absorbing moisture. Also, a dehumidifier placed in the garage with the car is good practice. We have a special rust polish (a preventative coating) that we’ll use on the rust spot(s). The chrome on the car does have to be chrome-polished every so often.
- Rust was discovered in the snaps that secure the convertible top boot. This can be corrected by replacing the snap boot screws with all stainless steel screws. This will be noted on your project sheet. There is rust polish that can help as well.
- Concerning the color of the car, the paint on it now is not the original paint nor matching color. The original color was a light mint green.
- We haven’t determined if the Mustang is numbers matching yet but we will find out pretty soon. We are in the process of a full inspection. From this, we will develop an extensive project sheet. You will have access to the project sheet too and from it, we will plan together the details of what you want to have done.
