Here is a larger tank that is for a 1970 Mustang that I installed.

The trunk area was striped down and painted.

 Rear window channel is now painted and ready for the glass. 

 Black Garnet Pearl Metallic, almost looks black but when the light hits it looks like a dark maroon or burgundy.

A nice new headliner that I installed.

A shot of the interior before I tear it apart to rebuild the heater.

The 289 and C4 are now out and I found a surprise! Well, I knew that it was cracked and repaired once but I didn’t know what the extent of the damage was. Looks like the shock tower is still cracking so I’ll have to replace it.

Ugly isn’t it?

New (used but new to this car) right tower is cleaned and positioned for welding. I used a copper base weld through primer because the paint shop said it would have a higher resistance to corrosion.

I didn’t like the looks of the left support for the left engine mount and lower control arm (it looked tweaked) so I decided to replace that also. Needs a little positioning but otherwise it’s ready to be welded in also.

After two years the rust started to bubble up in the roof.  I had previously striped and treated the roof twice and thought the rust was dead.

I sand blasted the roof with real low pressure but you can see that the metal was way too thin.  Vinyl tops must work like a perfect incubator for rust even in southern California.

 Melted out the lead and drilled out the many spot welds.

The donor roof got the same treatment in order to remove the skin without damaging it.

I just have to hammer the edges for a good fit and on it goes.  First the new skin will be getting two coats of SPI Epoxy primer so there is now rust problem in the future.  I’m going to be welding the corners and the front and back window openings with a mig.  The sides will be glued in to the drip rails with Norton’s Epoxy Panel Bonding Adhesive (636425-06115).  This will rustproof the channels and I will not have to spot weld here.

More to come!