mustangstofear 608 Report post Posted October 29, 2019 Left outer wheelhouse also installed. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mustangstofear 608 Report post Posted October 31, 2019 Front end is coming along. We made a separate jig that bolts to our subframe jig that aligns the radiator support and the top rails perfectly. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mustangstofear 608 Report post Posted November 2, 2019 Getting closer 1 Grabber70Mach reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sixt9stang 36 Report post Posted November 4, 2019 Love seeing the build pics. Thanks for posting! 1 RPM reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mustangstofear 608 Report post Posted November 5, 2019 Making more headway. Our new fixture that bolts to our subframe jig works excellent for perfect alignment. The jig sets the rear hinge panels, the top rails and the radiator support exactly where they need to be. 2 Grabber70Mach and RPM reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mustangstofear 608 Report post Posted November 7, 2019 Engine panels getting installed 3 Grabber70Mach, RPM and Caseyrhe reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mustangstofear 608 Report post Posted November 8, 2019 Finishing up the engine panels and starting on our frame stiffner's. 2 mikee and sixt9stang reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Machspeed 219 Report post Posted November 10, 2019 On 10/28/2019 at 6:23 PM, Kris said: That’s actually very reasonable. There is a shop not to far from me that only does mustangs and they charge $150 an hr. I’ve heard a lot of bad things about them from multiple people. If you guys were closer to me I would have had you do work on my car. Nice to know there are honest companies out there doing this kind of work and not charging two arms and two legs for their rate. Especially for the quality of work you are doing. A+ I've looked through your build thread and it looks like you're getting along just fine on your own, Kris. I'm curious, what is that shop you speak of. We live in the same part of the state. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kris 90 Report post Posted November 10, 2019 Mustang one in sapulpa. I have purchased a few small parts from then quite a while back. I’ve met quite a few people in the area over the last few yrs that had work done there and have been told by everyone that they are a bunch of crooks. Charging for work that wasn’t done or even completed and parts that were never installed or received. One guy told me when he dropped his car off he left them will all new high end coil over front and rear suspensions and they installed used stuff that wasn’t even the same brand he had left them. When he went to pick his 2 cars up because they weren’t doing anything with them they could even find half of his original parts because they just pile everything from all their customers up and his stuff had apparently been used on other people’s cars. He had to take them to court and had prepaid a large deposit to have his cars built. After I learned of their very poor business practices I avoid them like the plague. I’m in industrial maintenance by trade so I’ve done everything on my car by myself since trustworthy shops are hard to find. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Machspeed 219 Report post Posted November 10, 2019 Heard the same thing. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mustangstofear 608 Report post Posted November 10, 2019 That's very interesting, he called me once regarding some parts. He's been working on a car for a customer of ours for a few years now. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mustangstofear 608 Report post Posted November 15, 2019 Everything is in Epoxy primer. The rear valance as usual fit on the right, but was a mile off on the left. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mustangstofear 608 Report post Posted November 15, 2019 Tried out a two part self leveling Epoxy seam sealer, worked fantastic. Dries in fifteen minutes 2 mikee and Machspeed reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mike65 475 Report post Posted November 16, 2019 MTF, nice work. What did you have to do to get the rear valance to fit properly?. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mustangstofear 608 Report post Posted November 16, 2019 First you have to shorten their mounting brackets, there to tall and won't let the valance lay flat. Next we trimmed the left side of the valance to get the same angle as the qtr panel. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Machspeed 219 Report post Posted November 16, 2019 Rich, love watching your builds come together. It's an energizer for guys like me. Wish sometimes there was a little more descriptive but know you have long days. If may ask, what specific product did you use for that self leveling epoxy seam sealer? And, did you use outside of just the drip rail area? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mustangstofear 608 Report post Posted November 16, 2019 This is what we used from Finishmaster, it's their Smart Line. When you have 10 builds going on at time, plus now developing and Building Broncos, I just don't have the time :( Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ridge Runner 1,113 Report post Posted November 16, 2019 What is the price on this sealer ? I used to use E6000. ,it is self leveling also but i cant get it here anymore . We rolled the race truck one season and i had to relpace the back of the cab ,at the bottom there was no way to weld because of the cage work so i flooded it with E6000,very next race it rolled again ,i like to never got the back of the cab off ,had to burn it off Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mustangstofear 608 Report post Posted November 16, 2019 I can find out Monday on the price. I'm doing a complete roof skin on a Bronco and will be using 3M 8115 to bond it on, then I'll use this seam sealer. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mustangstofear 608 Report post Posted November 18, 2019 Would you believe the aftermarket cowl is a full 1/4 inch narrower than the OEM . Had to slice it open a bring it out. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Midlife 814 Report post Posted November 19, 2019 Damn OEM parts just don't fit the aftermarket stuff. 1 mustangstofear reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ridge Runner 1,113 Report post Posted November 19, 2019 That is strange ,the last conversion i did ,the front of the roof ,the lip ,was 1/4 inch short . The roof fit but the front lip didnt reach all the way to the front of the front roof brace ,usually dont have this problem . Just got all the mrtal for a nother conversion ,i will have to check it Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mustangstofear 608 Report post Posted November 19, 2019 We have two perfect 67 Fastback's we got our measurements off of. I new there was a problem when we bolted our hood on and it was wider than the cowl :( Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mustangstofear 608 Report post Posted November 21, 2019 This is another build that we are doing for Panera Bread. This one has better pictures of the fixture we use to align the engine panels and our radiator support. We're also doing a one off and installing the customer's Griggs front suspension in our subframe with our MTF Watt's link. It's a good thing we have highly qualified suspension engineers to make this happen. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mustangstofear 608 Report post Posted November 28, 2019 Started to install our Shelby nose. In order to get the top of the left fender to fit we had to cut it off and reweld it. We also found out it's better to let the customer weld the bump stops on our radiator support, because there can be a huge difference between a fiberglass hood and a steel hood. We recommend screwing the bump stop down half then close the hood until it touches, then you can weld them in place. .com.google.Chrome.1frM8n 1 mikee reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites