Post #46, 5/20/12 Out of Hibernation

65 Mustang Restoration

This weekend we finally cleaned out the garage & started the preparation to once again get started working on the Mustang. It's amazing how quickly things stack up on, in, and around the car over the winter, but now that's been taken care of & we're ready to get back at it.

 We were planning on just jumping into the bodywork, but I think we'll finish up in a couple of other areas first. We started by getting it up on jack stands & removing the temporary wheels,,, and I think we'll also finally remove the rear frame support(jig) that we built so we can finish up the bottom of the back half of the car. Since the rear jig was in the way, we haven't been able to finish prepping the floor for Eastwood's Rust Encapsulator & paint.

And even before we coat the bottom,, I want to get the new & proper rear brake hose bracket installed & attached to the floor. Nothing wrong with the old one, but it's not the right one or located in the right place for a dual exhaust system that we will be installing,,, and along with that,,, we also need to drill the floor & mount the (2) special brackets that the rear muffler hangers will be mounted to. I case you're new to this blog, this car originally came only with a single exhaust system that we are swapping with a new Stainless Steel dual exhaust system & therefore some mods need to be done,, some already were done clear back when we installed both of the new rear frame rail sections,, you have to plan ahead or cobble,, and I hate to cobble!

We also will be doing another once-over as far as making sure all of the body panels line up as good as possible,, I'd hate to do a bunch of bodywork only to find out something isn't quite right, and then have to redo something. We got a bunch of new parts over the winter, and we decided on a few other mods that we'd like to do, one of which, is that we are not going to run springs on the hood hinges any longer for a couple of reasons, mostly hood fit & alignment,, but also because Scott Drake came out with a nice Hood Prop Rod kit that we purchased,, so now I have to redo the hinges that we already went through(remember what I said about planning ahead).

Memorial Weekend is in a week,, so we should hopefully get a decent start on things then.

See ya soon,,,