65 Mustang Restoration
Well guess what showed up on Friday,, late in the afternoon? The new right side quarter panel showed up from Laurel Mountain,, in perfect condition,,, and pretty quickly, since it was just shipped on Monday. Well, so much for everything else I had lined up to do,,, but that's alright with me.
As always,,, it took awhile, but to get it fitted,,, but this one went on three times faster,,, and soooo much easier. And just when I didn't think it could have gone any better,,, I felt the wheel well lips,,, OMG,,, they're within a 1/4" of each other! (no wheelhouse modifications,, yippie!). That was a super easy fix,, just a slight bit of persuasion with a hammer & dolly,, and vwo-lah! Sorry about the bad pic, as you can see in the next pic, the lens is clean,, I guess that was just the air quality at that time,, no wonder I was feeling goofier than normal.
We also got the corner brace fitted,, that only took a slight amount of trimming and in about 10 minutes it fit great.
We then fitted & then welded in the New, LR bumper brace & the New trunk latch brace/mount. Both went in very nicely,,, it's really getting sturdy across the rear of the car now,,, bout time!
We finished welling up a few spots that we never got around to doing yet, and then proceeded to prep everything with Eastwood's Rust Encapsulator,, if all goes as planned, this car should never rust again,, lol. We use 2 different colors of the Encapsulator because the trunk area will be black,, and the silver in the window area is to help with seeing when we go to install the rear windows,,, the silver really lights things up!
We also scuffed & coated the inside of the quarter panel, along with drilling the holes for the chrome ornament. All of the spot weld holes have been punched,,, the only thing left to do is to add the Fat Mat, then we can do the final install,, oh great, more welding!
We also got in another shipment of supplies & parts, hopefully I'll have a picture of them soon.
CYA Soon!
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