Thread: '67 Mustang Convertable build

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Well, i think i can download some pics. maybe.
I have been pecking away at the floors...I got the drivers side toeboard nailed down and fitted the floorpan. They take a bit of trimming for the convertable. I think they drop right in place with a sedan. The quality of these pieces amaze me, i find small fault here and there but i wouldn't be surprised if these pieces are better quality than the ford parts 'back in the day'.
Anyway, the 4 pics show the prepped area for the floor pan, the floorpan nailed down and then there is a pic of the area under the drivers' side passenger seat that was rough. After situating the floor pan i cut the rear out and added a piece back there.

I was looking things over the other day and then realized i had the seatbelt braces on the wrong side of the floor! Isn't that the nuts?
These 5 pics show progess to the seatriser installatiion. Theres a pic that show the amount of welding in just the toebox and it isn't near complete i that pic. Another pic show the riser sitting in place, mockup thing. It was way off and took serious clamping to set it down where it belonged, this was an original piece and had been distressed when it was removed.
Another pic shows some of the work needed on the tunnel itself, pieces had to be cut out and new welded in, nomatter what you do those tunnels from GM are rough as a cobb. I added a lite coat of filler and primed the area to be covered by the riser.
the final pic is the riser in place.

Originally Posted by ojh

The quality of these pieces amaze me, i find small fault here and there but i wouldn't be surprised if these pieces are better quality than the ford parts 'back in the day'.

Originally Posted by ojh

I was looking things over the other day and then realized i had the seatbelt braces on the wrong side of the floor! Isn't that the nuts?

Who's pieces are you welding in? Glad to hear of some quality parts for a change!!

And realizing a mistake after you think your almost finished.. One of Murphy's little "surprises"... ain't it grand!

Most everything is in place and now it comes to just days of welding.
I had the new framerails weldied and everything tyed together so then i pulled the temp bracing of the bottom and unbolted the topside 'K' frame i made. I double checked all measurements and everything is deadnuts perfect.
I had to take those pieces out so i could access all the ares and complete the welding. When we send the car back out i will bolt the 'k' member back into it because it'll still be on the rotisserie and more support is better.
There are 3 pics, 2 topside views - sans seatbelt attechments! - and a bottom view to give a scope of the welding. I have gone thru 8#'s of 1/16 tig rod so far, i have no idea how many pieces that is but there isn't much left of the 10#'s that i bought to start this project with.
I played a little with silicon bronze wire too but without much luck, i thought it'd e easier to fill the odd tiny hole here and there.
One thing i will share, when tigging the new metal to the old the existing metal isn't consistant in thickness, esp in an area like the trans tunnell where the metal is stretched, you just have to keep changing your technique. It is not a straight forward operation.
I am now starting on areas inside the rear fenderwells, not enough to rip everything out but enough that we'll have to form sheetmetal.

Originally Posted by 34_40

Who's pieces are you welding in? Glad to hear of some quality parts for a change!!

And realizing a mistake after you think your almost finished.. One of Murphy's little "surprises"... ain't it grand!

Yeah, a goof up. When we were kids we'd do stupid stuff like this and laugh it off. Now, at our age, people think you're going senile. I think we all do stuff like that and that is what normal people do - at leats i hope so.
Anyway, the sheetmeatl is in a 'Dynacorn' box and it says Tiawan, i do recall some pieces from Canada - i had a horrible battery patchpanel from Canada that came with the car and was quite old, but i had some new Canadian stuff that was very good too.

Good deal and thanks for the reply on the panels...

And I agree about getting caught with a goof up.. I just figured I must be going senile.. how could I have done THAT!..

Here are a few more pics.
I have such a hard time posting pics on here, it is frustrating. Many of the ones i selected won't load and the ones that do load won't go into order.
There are a couple showing the inner wheelwell rocker damage and repair, both rockers had to be rebuilt, this is one the right side.
There may or may not be some pics of the right rear lower quarter panel rust, i showed the clamping of a straight edge to use as a fence for the cut and the area that is cut out and the trialfit of the new panel.
there might be a couple pics showing the drivers foot area, one pic showing the welds and another pic with the welds ground and a skim coat.
The work is nearly done. I am taking better pics of the fitting and welding process of the rear patch panel that i started in these pics. I am still tack welding it and will finish it up today. That should be more interesting if i can get the pics to cooperate.

Well it looks like there's just a bit of cancer left in that Mustang. I'll bet you're glad you're on the downhill side of this job! 8-)

Oh, and I know how much of a chore posting pics can be so thanks for making time for us!

I love anything '67 Mustang, especially fastbacks. I like your car too, so good luck with the project.

Originally Posted by patfromjersey

I love anything '67 Mustang, especially fastbacks. I like your car too, so good luck with the project.

Thanks, i been following along on your build...who'da thunk, a Ford engine in a Ford! That is a thumper.

Well, sometimes it just don't pay to experiment.
I welded - i have no idea how or if these pics will come out - the replacement lower quater panel. The metal on this car was so inconsistant i didn't dare to try to fusion weld, i just knew i'd be burning holes everywhere. So i just did the normal weld thing and for some reason it shrank way more than i thought it would. I couldn't get to the back side for proper metalworking. I got the bright idea of using silicon bronze as a filler - what a mess, it shrank twice as much!
I finally cut out the panel behind and went to work. It finished out pretty good, real good if you consider all the abuse i gave it before i could access behind it. I mean i spent a day and a half trying to finish it before cutting the other panel out.
the pics show the steps i went thru. The 2nd from last is the panel after the abuse, the da left swirls and the light reflects it badly - those aren't hills and valleys. I gave it a light skim coat earlier this evening.

I had to relace a piece of the inner fenderwell too. These series show the steps i took making the pieces. The finished piece took 3 individual pieces to make it because of the bends and curves.

I forgot to give credit to Robert (MP&C), i got that skateboard wheel from him that is shown on the beadroller. As you can see, it works really good. I didn't use a tipping wheel as i had to match a generous radius and that bead wheel got pretty close.
These 3 pics (there were 4 but one got kicked out) are the repair of some inner fender rust, the panel had to be curved in 2 directions and fit. I was fresh out of chicken wire and this can of bondo has to last another couple cars, things are tight around here!
Considering the welding inside the fenderwell it wasn't all that hateful, the pics show the rough welding and finshed welding. It just took a light skim coat - the factory metalwork looks much worse. A pic shows the area after some da work...i just love those mini-da's

The last couple pics are the panel that i had to cut out to get to do the metalfinishing on the quaterpanel. I am showing it because of the welding. This is an original panel, it is stretched, rusted, pounded on (i think a tire chain came loose and wailed the dickens out of it) part is epoxied primered - it is a mess! When i clamped it back in place there were gaps everywhere as i cut it out with the plasma cutter and i had to backup and restart a couple times..you know. I looked at tha poor piece and thought 'this will be the new high for worst welding'.
That piece welded like a dream! I buzzed thru it like brand new steel on a welding bench! So here it is, untouched so's you guys can see it.
The last pic is just that. It is a small piece of the passenger door jam that rusted out and we had to make new for it. It has compound curvers in an 's' shape, had to match the existing radius and will have to be properly finished. It is sitting in place, tomorrow it'll get cleaned and a couple extra touches and welded in.
And that, my friends, is that!
Done, and scheduled to leave Monday! That'll give us a couple days to fuss with some welds etc.
btw - the car is upside down on the rotisserie!

WOW, quite a series of "trials & tribulations" in getting her finished. Kinda strange on the welding changing like that no?? Seems weird to me that it would run a bead nicely in one spot then go to crap in another....

But, it's almost over and it's looking great from here! Thanks for all the pics with explanations too!!! Mucho appreciated!!!