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, 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 7- Laurens’s Fender Work
We’ve begun the metalwork on Laurens’s front fenders before we re-install them. So far, they appear to be in very good condition–a bit of old junk and stuff stuck on them, but we’re getting it all off and will do any filling that needs to be done and then will prime them in gray.
October 10- Rich’s New Paint
Here’s Sam and Rob’s work on Rich’s A-Code Coupe! They re-painted the hood and passenger’s front fender, and the paint looks great and matches the older color wonderfully. We’ll be bringing this baby back to our shop very soon, where it will wait to be shipped overseas.
October 1- Rich’s Paint Inspection
Here’s a few close-ups of the paintjob on Rich’s Mustang. As you can see there’s a lot of wear on the hood and front passenger fender. We’ll be getting Sam and Rob to do a touch-up job on this to get this car in nice driver condition.
July 17- Cowl, Hole repair, and Door Removal
The guys disassembled the dash for a good inspection of the cowl. It was definitely rusted and will need repair. There was also some rust, from a leak, on the passenger side of the dash. Rust conversion and paint will fix both of these problems. Tim also repaired the hole from an extra antenna on the back passenger side fender. What a relief that was! Finally, there are some photos of the doors being removed for repair.
July 13-July 15
The door panels were next to come out. They are water damaged and most likely original. We also worked on the exterior of the Mustang. The passenger side fender is off for the battery apron to be replaced. We had to remove the solenoid, fender extension, and headlight to get a clear setup. As you can see, the old battery apron is completely rusted through. Ron included a new apron with the sale of the Mustang and will have the new apron installed soon! We removed the passenger side door and door seals, all of which will be replaced.
All bono’ed areas have been ground down, so that we can start the metalwork. The rear passenger fender will especially need repair. We removed both front and back windshields to replace the headliner. Previously, someone installed a rear antenna. Then, the area was DUCT TAPED (!) under the hole and bono-ed over the hole to hide the evidence. What were they thinking?!?
We also sanded the overhead to prep for headliner. There is a crack that needs to be repaired and we discovered 2 small leaks on each side of the front windshield. These are pretty common problems. They will repair pretty fast!
We will be going over these repair issues with you. Please be considering how much you would like to repair yourself and what you would like us to do. Talk to you soon!
May 22-May 23 Getting Started
Hi Laurens! Welcome to your Mustang’s blog! We will post photos of the latest work and give you brief updates on the status of your Mustang. Please note that you can make comments. Let us know what you think!
They started quickly working in the shop. Both the windshields and headliner have been removed. Tim also worked on the hood alignment, which then lead to a driver’s side fender alignment. We also began sanding those bondo spots. The area behind the rear passenger tire and the area between the driver’s door and rear tire are the worst spots we think. We also began sanding that part of the cowl that has some cracking, again bondo is the likely culprit. Check back soon!
