April 21- Dan’s Disassembly, Parts Continued
In addition to the rest of Dan’s parts inspection, we’ve been doing a little painting of some of his parts, since we prefer large patches of metal to paint at any one time to minimize overall prep-time, along with other people’s parts, such as Dave’s or Cathy’s. There are also some photos in here of Dan’s floorpans, the ones that will be going in in place of his originals, which have heavy Alabama rust and should be replaced, since we’re aiming for a high-quality RestoMod.
April 20- Dan’s Disassembly, Parts
Here’s a big inspection of all the parts we’ve taken off of Dan’s Fastback, and we’re doing a thorough photographing and labelling of everything before we put it away for storage while we finish up the last of the metalwork and do the blasting of the body. After we finish the body-work, we’ll go back through all the components we’ve taken off, and will either restore them or replace them or upgrade them. We know Dan wants to do a lot of comfort and performance upgrades, so we’ll be consulting him as we go. There’s another part to this inspection that’s coming soon–so keep an eye out!
April 19- Dan’s Disassembly in the Shop
We’ve got Dan’s Fastback in our shop in Florida finally, and are getting it up on jackstands and disassembled from its partially-assembly that it had to get brought down here. From there we’ll pick up where Randy left off.
February 16- Dan’s Last Day with Randy
We have picked Dan’s Restomod up from Randy’s shop in Alabama–it’s no big deal, Randy is still working hard and does a good job, but he’s been very busy and so the restoration has been going a little too slow. So, we’ve brought it to our own shop in Florida to baby it back into great health, as we’re sure Dan is anxious to get his Mustang back so he can hit the road in style.
2010_07_19 Off for the Blasting
November 17- Dan’s Frontend Metalwork
Randy just sent us an update of the work he’s done on Dan’s fastback. He has replaced both the front and rear shock tower aprons on both sides, as well as the full radiator support, and has installed reinforcement/repair panels onto the shock towers. He has primed over the weld lines and will paint it all the match during the painting phase in the future. He does great work! His welds are clean and look great. Next up, he’ll be installing new floorpans inside the Mustang, both on driver’s and passenger’s sides.
October 7- Dan’s Metal Work
Randy’s going at it with Dan’s Mustang! Here, Randy is cutting away all the metal that is too rusted or damaged and should be replaced. As you can see, the metal that he’s leaving is in good condition and we should be able to grind out or convert the rust that’s there.
October 1- Dan’s Mustang Cleaning
Here’s some in-depth inspection photos of Dan’s Resto-mod, after Randy has chemical cleaned it to remove all the forty years’ worth of road grime and dust. As you can see, it is now easy to tell rust from good metal, so Randy can get to work on the body and getting it solid and rust-free. We also have numerous pics of the new sheetmetal for this Mustang on Dan’s Restoration Page, so check that out!
August 28- Disassembly and Inspection
Dale went by Randy’s Mustang shop the other day and photographed the work he has done so far on Dan’s 1968 Restomod Mustang. As you can see, the disassembly is virtually complete, and now Randy is going to start doing the metalwork, dealing with any rust and damage that exists.
