Bruno 11 Report post Posted June 24, 2017 Got the car down to American Stripping in Sacramento so it can be blasted down to metal. I believed the car had a ton of filler, primer and paint and I was honestly a bit nervous to see how much damage was actually there. I got some time to go down and check out the car after the inital plastic blast so I'm gonna post some pics of the bare shell. The blasting was not complete as it still had to go to mineral blast for metal cleaning and then it will go to epoxy. There were clearly some "repairs" that had been done previously. What confuses me is that someone thought it would be a good idea to braze some patch panels in as opposed to welding them...weird. Anyway, check out the pics. I should get the car back in a week or two so I'll post some more pics then. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bruno 11 Report post Posted June 24, 2017 Third pic is upside down for some reason. That is actually a patch on the front bottom corner of the passenger door. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RPM 1,190 Report post Posted June 24, 2017 Cool. Typical Mustang damage. There's nothing wrong with brazing when done correctly, which is also true with welding. There are many tube framed formula race cars which were brazed. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SWPruett 83 Report post Posted June 25, 2017 +1 with RPM. Silicon bronze brazing (some call it welding but it's not) was very common "back in the day" and remains very common in a lot of custom work. The material (silicon bronze) is a critical part of the job as plain-Jane brazing rod is nowhere near as strong. I do a lot of TIG brazing with silicon bronze and really like it to build up panel edges for tight-gap work, etc. It definitely has it's place. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TexasEd 188 Report post Posted August 28, 2017 Really doesn't look bad. Great starting point. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
