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:

2 comments:

Sheet Metal Fabrication said...

Nice Post!!
I would like thank to you for the photographs that you have been shared with us in this blog. Today through this blog i got a chance to see such kind of photographs. It was really very nice to visit this blog.

Anonymous said...

Dave: Where does this project stand? When can we drive it to Penny's Bar and enjoy a six pack together?