January 22- Laurens’s Reassembly Con’t
We’re working on re-installing the interior to Laurens’s Fastback, and we’ve also begun installing the door and window mechanics. Tim also put a final layer of etch-prime and gray-prime on the rear quarter panel.
January 21- Laurens’s Reassembly
We’re working on reassembling Laurens’s Fastback here, putting in the rear windshield, installing stuff into the engine compartment, etc. The weld work on his rear quarter panel also needed a little more touching up before we consider it done, so Tim is working on that as well.
January 20- Laurens’s Windshield Installation
Need to catch up on these blog updates! Here is an old one from when we were re-installing Laurens’s windshields. It’s a very meticulous process, getting the rubber seals set just right and glued down, and then we’ll have to test them for leaking, and THEN, if no water gets in, the windshields are good! Phew. Fortunately, every windshield we install goes in smoother than the one before it.
January 18, 19- Biff’s Rotisserie Installation
Well, today’s the day! Biff’s Shelby is ready to go up onto the rotisserie, and we’ll start sand-blasting it and getting rid of all the old paint and grime (though probably not much rust!) to get this baby down to the good stuff, the pure, solid steel.
January 15- Laurens’s Carpetting and Fender
Sorry about the delay on updates! Things have been hectic here–we’re working really hard to get Laurens’s Fastback done in time and I’ve been busy dealing with a lot of emails that have been coming in from people interested in all the new Mustangs we’ve been putting up on our website.
We’re laying the carpet now, and finishing up the metalwork on the front fender–you can see where we etch-primed and then grey-primed the finished fender for re-assembly. The rear quarter panel is nearing completion, you can see close-ups here.
January 13- Robin’s Inspection Pics
Now that we have Robin’s Mustang significantly disassembled, we could take a bunch of inspection photos to show Robin the condition of his Mustang, such as the condition of the body metal and the chrome, etc. The Mustang is, overall, solid, and most of the body metal and trim will probably be re-usable, though there is some surface rust and deeper rust that will need to be ground out–and may require some metalwork to fill in the holes afterward.
January 13, 14- Laurens’s Doors, Front Fenders, Rear Qtr
We’re grinding the rust off of the doors and front fenders. As you can see, some holes are appearing where the metal was rusted all the way through, so we’ll need to do some repairs there, though we think that, on the whole, the body parts are usable. We’ve also welded the right rear quarter panel on, so now there just needs to be some smoothing out done there.
January 8- More of Robin’s Parts
January 7- Robin’s Disassembly, Parts
We’ve begun the disassembly of Robin’s Fastback, and have taken photos of the parts as we organize them and create the project sheet, which will let Robin know which parts are good, which need replacing or restoration, etc.
January 9- Laurens’s Fenders and Rear Quarter
We’re continuing to clean up the front fenders, and Tim has etch primed and started welding the repair panel on. When he is finished we will smooth everything out and gray prime everything over.
