07-04-2020, 08:24 PM | #1 |
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My 66 Mustang restoration
I've had this car since 93 and she's done me well. Now I'm trying to do the same.
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The biggest challenge is replacing the entire cowl which had rotted, we then discovered the firewall flange was shot too so I am fabricating one from sheet metal.
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Some thick ass carpet going in and new seatbelts, we considered going to 3 point but the options are clunky and she'll be a weekend warrior at best.
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Some pics from earlier in the project from my other device.
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Disc brake conversion and Early console mock-up and lightpipe test.
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I’ve put about $600 in sound dampening in the car including the dynamat style noico resonance damper, foam noise and heat barriers and mass vinyl.
Fun fact: my trunk carpet is the same material used in x3/x4 wheel arches. My former employer made them and we had a roll of pp carpet that had no center core and couldn’t be loaded in the press so I was able to take some for the project. |
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Some pics of the body kit side skirts not shown but they connect the fender flares.
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07-04-2020, 09:55 PM | #9 |
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Very nice, big Mustang guy here. 289 A-Code?
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The cowl area was always prone to extensive rust. The bane of my existence. GL with your build.
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07-04-2020, 10:59 PM | #12 |
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Yeah, ours was bad in the corners, which rotted into the passenger compartment and backwards into the engine bay. I bought some cowl delete plates from mustangs to fear and will close and blend the center 4, leaving only the far left and right open. It won’t change the shit design but will lower the chance of debris collecting inside and clogging the drains. This new cowl is weld thru primered too so it’s not unprotected like the factory.
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What an awesome project!
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07-23-2020, 08:15 PM | #14 |
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Hypershift pearl is in and when we got home from blue Ridge the dash was on the porch, it fit up nice!
My welder came too so I will try to get the repairs done so I can prime and paint. |
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Very nice!
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Headlights with halos arrived today.
Found out I won’t be getting my carbon fiber louvers I was going to cut into the fenders above the wheel wells. I might try to source some different ones, I think it would be unique and different. |
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The mustang is not a symmetrical vehicle and the trunk has a horrible hump in the middle too which leaves things even more not straight. It’s a real shitshow trying to equalize things. Again, not sure your complaint so elaborate and I’ll either explain or concede my lousy fab skills. |
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Anyway, my apologies for upsetting you. Sometimes it's Ok to have a little humility. Your metal fab skills blow me away, I wouldn't even know where to start with that cowl repair. |
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07-25-2020, 12:01 AM | #22 |
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Naw, not upset at all. Vent is to JLs specs and my experience with them over the years shows they know what they are doing. The only time that was wrong in my experience is when they told me it wasn’t possible to build a band pass for 8w6s. They changed their mind after we showed them the design we built that hit 133db a weighted on half of a PPI 50x4 amp.
No, I don’t have a router or a whole bunch of tools, would love to but the garage barely fits the car so it’s not worth building a big shop yet. Sensitive? Naw, just not a prick. I’m well aware it’s not top notch, I have not installed audio gear since 1996 but hey, if it makes ya feel better just wait until I learn how to weld and do body work, that should be a hoot. |
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