fvike 173 Report post Posted April 5, 2013 The taillight panel has come off. Some "non-proffesional" work was discovered. The panel was not welded on the bottom for example. These tabs were "welded to death" as Frank put it. Some rust was found and replaced with new metal. The rusted out part. Another rust hole. Another one in the making. Shelby-style antenna hole was welded shut. The same hole from the inside. An amount of bondo has been used on this corner of the car. First excessive use of bondo that has been discovered on the car. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fvike 173 Report post Posted April 5, 2013 Panel ready for welding. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fvike 173 Report post Posted April 9, 2013 Put the suspension back on to transport the car back to my garage yesterday. Will transport get the car back tomorrow. The Dynacorn LCA mounts was to narrow, so a hydraulic press had to be used to get them installed. Picture of me drilling out a UCA bolt hole that was a bit tight. Inner and outer metalplates didn't line up perfectly in the tower. This was the only hole that had that problem. Suspension mounted. New metal Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fvike 173 Report post Posted April 10, 2013 First got the VIN stamped on the new sheetmetal. The last pieces was welded together. A picture of me just before we rolled the car out of the shop. On our way back. The guy to the left is Frank, who has done all of the work on the car. A true proffesional. The guy in the middle is the painter. He will see this car again later. Back at the garage! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pakrat 1,043 Report post Posted April 10, 2013 Very motivating seeing constant progress being made on your car! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fvike 173 Report post Posted April 10, 2013 Thanks. It's also very motivating that I no longer have a '69 Mustang wreck, but a '69 Mustang Project! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Grabber70Mach 107 Report post Posted April 10, 2013 Very motivating seeing constant progress being made on your car! Wow +1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Total Control Products 24 Report post Posted April 11, 2013 Frode! Glad to see you're making progress on the car. I joined this site so I can keep track of your progress. (Just kidding.) When are you going to let me put pictures of the rebuild on our Facebook page? ~Carl Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fredfordguy 16 Report post Posted April 11, 2013 Your car is coming along very nicely. Great to share the progress with us. I'm taking next week off, ours is finally out of the booth, gonna try to get some "careful" assembly work going Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fvike 173 Report post Posted April 11, 2013 Frode! Glad to see you're making progress on the car. I joined this site so I can keep track of your progress. (Just kidding.) When are you going to let me put pictures of the rebuild on our Facebook page? ~Carl That would be cool. What did you have in mind? :001_cool: Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Total Control Products 24 Report post Posted April 11, 2013 That would be cool. What did you have in mind? :001_cool: Looking through your Flickr I was thinking about some before, during, after pictures. Kind of like I did with Brandon's yellow '67. Your car was beautiful before 'all the evil' and I'm sure it's going to be once again. Shoot me an email and we can go into more detail. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Restomod69 10 Report post Posted April 11, 2013 Very nice build, looking forward to seeing the end product Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fvike 173 Report post Posted April 15, 2013 Thanks Restomod69, me too ;) Yesterday I removed the doors and trunk latch, and the car was moved to the place it will be worked on the next year or so. And I starded scraping old noisedeadener today. Outside the garage. This is where the car will stay. The '68 Firebird is being restored by the guy in the red sweater. Found some rust today in front of the passenger side rear wheelhouse. It was under the old noisedeadener. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mike65 475 Report post Posted April 15, 2013 I found some rot in the front section of the passenger side rear wheel house on my 69 Coupe where the inner & outer join together. I got a repo inner wheel house & cut a patch piece which will weld in. Mike. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fvike 173 Report post Posted April 30, 2013 Some small progress today! Haven't worked on the car in almost 2 or 3 weeks, because I've been preparing to sell my apartment (moved to a house just before easter), and work in general. Anyway, tested out some POR-Strip paint stripper on the passenger door. It did take the paint off easily, but the bondo stuck. Probably need to put more layers of stripper on and scrape it off. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fvike 173 Report post Posted May 27, 2013 I've been removing the old sound deadener and cleaning up (grinding) the trunk. Just got started on it, so still some hours left on those jobs. I've also been working more on the door. I need to concentrate on 1 job at the time :smartass: Some rust cancer, but nothing serious. Virgin metal behind the sound deadener. The door has a lot of filler on it. Hope the rest of the car isn't like that, but I suspect it is.. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fvike 173 Report post Posted June 17, 2013 I've been grinding away in the trunk (still) and behind the wheel wells. Not The fun part of any project. Hero stance. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TexasEd 188 Report post Posted June 18, 2013 I need to take a picture of what it looks like in the trunk wells on my car too. I'm a little afraid. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fvike 173 Report post Posted November 13, 2013 I finally got up in the saddle again, started to do some work after doin' nothing all summer. Washing old dirt, applying anti-rust and rust converter stuff and primer. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RPM 1,190 Report post Posted November 13, 2013 Any progress is good. Dang, you be a young buck. Bob Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fvike 173 Report post Posted November 13, 2013 I'm 32. Just doesn't look like it. :D My dad had to show ID to buy liquor until he was in his mid 30s hehe. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mustangstofear 608 Report post Posted November 13, 2013 Nice looking car, Are you going to leave it black ? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fvike 173 Report post Posted November 14, 2013 I'm gonna use the same color, but it ain't black ;) It's a dark red/plum color. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Total Control Products 24 Report post Posted November 21, 2013 Great to see you making progress! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Alan_Mac 48 Report post Posted November 21, 2013 Frode, Just saw this thread for the first time. Wow, it will be a head turner! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
