Wednesday, March 18, 2009

Mmmm. Smells Like New Sheet Metal

Last week Chris at Mustang Restorations sent me these progress photos basically showing almost everything ripped down to the bare bones. I showed these pics to my wife and she couldn't even figure out what was what:







I was so anxious to get out there with my camera and snap a whole bunch more, but by the time Saturday morning had rolled around, the rear wheel wells, fenders, and rear light valence had been firmly secured in place.







Below is a new fender and wheel well, new leaf spring, plus the old axle, housing and wheels de-rustified and painted, looking as good as new. The axle is covered with a blanket to prevent any new nicks and scratches. What a concept!



I guess once you have things broken down to the basics, putting the new sheet metal in place is probably pretty easy. I'll bet from here on out, it's just like putting together an old plastic model:

Saturday, February 7, 2009

My Car on 'Skid Row'

Someone just informed me that Chris at Mustang Restorations has posted a video on YouTube about what's going on at his shop and it just so happens that my car is the first one he talks about. He taped it a few weeks ago, so it was before the flooring work was done, but it's definitely a hoot! Check it out:


Saturday, January 17, 2009

Floored

Even when you know it's coming and even if you're paying a lot of money for it (so you should expect it), there's a sense of reward and excitement when you see things like this unfold in front of your eyes for the first time.

I'm not much of a runner, but I'll bet when you're running a marathon, there are a series of feelings that you get as you reach each mile marker. There's so much more to do, and so much more money to be spent, but these milestones are important.

This morning I visited my project, and was delighted to see a completed floor assembly.







Take a look at what it looked like just a couple of months ago...