'67 Mustang Renovation Project: Body panel fitting after cowl clamping

Sunday, August 19, 2012

Body panel fitting after cowl clamping

Here are some views of how the car looks after a partial reassembly. Not so bad (so far) for a geologist turned full-time soldier with no previous autobodywork experience!

My daughter decided she was going to continue painting and dying different parts of the car:

Little Jackson paid us a visit

cleaning and degreasing the vinyl

quite a difference! now we've got to find a clean place to store them for a few months...

3 comments:

deo1929August 20, 2012 at 5:38 AM
I figured out why your daughter is helping you so much. She wants that car when it's done...or at least a set of keys. Nice progress.
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A. OlshoveAugust 20, 2012 at 10:22 AM
Looking good Ivan! I love that your daughter is helping. That's just awesome.

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Ivan DelgadoAugust 20, 2012 at 1:38 PM
She is pretty much taking over. Just like her mom; once she learns and understands, she wants to be in charge!
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Introduction

I bough my 1967 Mustang Coupe on 2010, when

I came home on R&R Break from my second

Army Tour of duty in Iraq. The car's third owner,

had it parked in his garage for 5 years.

After I bought it, I got it started, filled up the

tires, bled the brakes, changed the oil,

lubed the car, and drove it home 100 miles away.

It drove well, but a bit hot. Later I had to replace

the water pump and fan clutch.
I was assigned to Tobyhanna Army Depot, PA

on October 2011 and brought the car with me.

When I picked it up at the New Jersey Transport

Facility in Edison I felt tempted to drive to nearby

Metuchen, where the car was born, but I decided

I didn't want to push my luck, and just drove

straight from Edison to Tobyhanna, a 2-hour drive.

The drive went without a hitch.
I drove it around town for a while, stored it for the

entire winter season, drove it around some more

on summer time and decided

it was time for a partial restoration.

I went to a couple of local bodyshops where

quotes always exceeded $10,000, just for

bodywork and paint on the outside, using the

same parts, and same nuts and bolts. So after

careful thought and research (parts, costs,

methods, etc.), I decided to do much of the work myself.

After careful consideration, I decided to farm out the

bodywork and paint, then I would reassemble the car.