Vicfreg 771 Report post Posted May 12, 2018 I love that the young guy is learning all these skills. I can see a father/son Mustang restoration business in the future...... nice work! 1 RPM reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RobotMan 264 Report post Posted May 12, 2018 10 hours ago, Vicfreg said: I love that the young guy is learning all these skills. I can see a father/son Mustang restoration business in the future...... nice work! I appreciate that. Don’t think I would want to do this all the time for a living. When hobbies become work then all the fun goes away! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RobotMan 264 Report post Posted July 22, 2018 Mike and I finished putting in the trunk drop pans and transition pan. Making progress 1 mach1cj reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MAC390 327 Report post Posted July 22, 2018 So much fun.lol Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RPM 1,190 Report post Posted July 22, 2018 Cool pic! When did Mike get wiskers? :) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RobotMan 264 Report post Posted July 22, 2018 10 hours ago, RPM said: Cool pic! When did Mike get wiskers? :) Growing up fast. Mike thought he was funny taking that pic of me and said “don’t feed the caged animals!” Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Viperpete 36 Report post Posted August 4, 2018 Can you take some more pictures of that bracing you made while you were installing the floor/trunk pans? I will have to do that too and Ive never seen how its supposed to be done, where to connect, welded or clamped...thanks Great project so far. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RobotMan 264 Report post Posted August 4, 2018 4 hours ago, Viperpete said: Can you take some more pictures of that bracing you made while you were installing the floor/trunk pans? I will have to do that too and Ive never seen how its supposed to be done, where to connect, welded or clamped...thanks Great project so far. I built the bracing because I had to completely replace the rear frame rails which happen to be the connection point for the rotisserie. However I will take more pics and post. I am on vacation until next weekend so it will be week after next before I can get pics. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Viperpete 36 Report post Posted August 5, 2018 51 minutes ago, RobotMan said: I built the bracing because I had to completely replace the rear frame rails which happen to be the connection point for the rotisserie. However I will take more pics and post. I am on vacation until next weekend so it will be week after next before I can get pics. Thankyou. My rear frame rails look ok but everything around them is rusted junk. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RobotMan 264 Report post Posted August 5, 2018 48 minutes ago, Viperpete said: Thankyou. My rear frame rails look ok but everything around them is rusted junk. How are you supporting the car during replacement of rusted parts? Body cart? Rotisserie? Maybe on its own wheels? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Viperpete 36 Report post Posted August 5, 2018 15 hours ago, RobotMan said: How are you supporting the car during replacement of rusted parts? Body cart? Rotisserie? Maybe on its own wheels? I have a lift in my garage. But I was planning on using a rotisserie. The car is driveable and just took it to my first Cars and Coffee! My wife has a 05 GT so it was cool to go together. I have a Max Jax lift as my ceiling is only 10 feet. Works well enough. Here are a couple pics so you can see what I am working with: Front frame rail has a nasty hole You can see that the floor pan is a mish-mosh and just screwed together. Its awful My plan is to use a Mustangs to Fear long subframe with IFS and a watts 4 link rear end. I already have a 9" that needs a rebuild. I have been saving up money for the suspension/frame/brake parts but also trying to get the car driveable. Its a 302 with a 2bbl and non powered drum brakes all around. I completely rewired the car with an AAW kit and also rebuild the C4, and swapped out rear ends so the car would not leave me stranded (for a second time). Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RobotMan 264 Report post Posted August 5, 2018 3 hours ago, Viperpete said: I have a lift in my garage. But I was planning on using a rotisserie. The car is driveable and just took it to my first Cars and Coffee! My wife has a 05 GT so it was cool to go together. I have a Max Jax lift as my ceiling is only 10 feet. Works well enough. Here are a couple pics so you can see what I am working with: Front frame rail has a nasty hole You can see that the floor pan is a mish-mosh and just screwed together. Its awful My plan is to use a Mustangs to Fear long subframe with IFS and a watts 4 link rear end. I already have a 9" that needs a rebuild. I have been saving up money for the suspension/frame/brake parts but also trying to get the car driveable. Its a 302 with a 2bbl and non powered drum brakes all around. I completely rewired the car with an AAW kit and also rebuild the C4, and swapped out rear ends so the car would not leave me stranded (for a second time). Nice looking project. The 2 cars I have worked on were much worse than yours so you should have no problem with it. I do recommend building an extra support frame as I did if you plan on putting it on a rotisserie and cutting rear trunk pans etc. out of it. The rear frame rails will move around without additional support. I will post pics of my frame. As you will see i cut holes in my quarters as they were garbage anyway, to help support the car. I will post pics when I return from vacation. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Thin Lizzy 37 Report post Posted August 5, 2018 Doing a great job on that 69! You're parking next to a nice Riviera too, my mate has a 65 just like that: Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mustangstofear 608 Report post Posted August 6, 2018 You might want to check out our new Watts link rear end, it actually connects to our Subframe:) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Viperpete 36 Report post Posted August 6, 2018 39 minutes ago, mustangstofear said: You might want to check out our new Watts link rear end, it actually connects to our Subframe:) I am planning on getting that and the full subframe from you guys at the same time. Can you please put the watts system on your website? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RobotMan 264 Report post Posted August 13, 2018 On 8/4/2018 at 2:43 PM, Viperpete said: Can you take some more pictures of that bracing you made while you were installing the floor/trunk pans? I will have to do that too and Ive never seen how its supposed to be done, where to connect, welded or clamped...thanks Great project so far. See attached pics of support frame I built so I could replace rear frame rails and components in the back of car. Hope these help 1 Grabber70Mach reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Viperpete 36 Report post Posted August 13, 2018 Man... that's a lot of work... I'll definitely have to replace the trunk floor pan and the rockers are toast too Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RobotMan 264 Report post Posted August 13, 2018 2 hours ago, Viperpete said: Man... that's a lot of work... I'll definitely have to replace the trunk floor pan and the rockers are toast too If you are replacing rockers definitely need to support the car even further as it will sag in my opinion. Also if I had it to do over, I would not put braces thru the gas tank hole as it would have been handy to be able to put the gas tank in while aligning the rear trunk area panels. I had to build a template instead. Just FYI. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RobotMan 264 Report post Posted September 9, 2018 Mike and I got the rear quarter extensions, rear tail light panel, and inner fender well fitted. 1 Grabber70Mach reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RobotMan 264 Report post Posted October 7, 2018 We have successfully removed the first quarter panel. After a good sandblasting session, the old rusty metal is coming back to life. 3 Grabber70Mach, MAC390 and Cantedvalve reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RobotMan 264 Report post Posted November 5, 2018 Disassembled back area and got all parts coated with rust inhibitor. Time to put back together. 2 Grabber70Mach and Ridge Runner reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bigmal 225 Report post Posted November 6, 2018 Looking great Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Grabber70Mach 107 Report post Posted November 6, 2018 Nice progress it's looking very good. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cantedvalve 128 Report post Posted November 7, 2018 Nice work men! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RobotMan 264 Report post Posted November 18, 2018 Got the completely rebuilt motor ready on the stand. Will sit for a while until car is ready. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
