1969 Ford Mustang
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Well we've done quite a bit in the last 2 weeks. I've finally gotten caught up in my finances after graduating from college and time is becoming available. The front clip is complete and ready to roll. This weekend I'll clean up and weld in my new strut rod brackets to finish up the welding part. If I'm lucky I'll also get to clean all the dirt and paint off, patch any holes from the welding and then spray a good coat of black paint on the sucker. After that its back together with the front end so that maybe I'll get to do some driving again. Here are a couple of pictures of the new clip:
Classic 69 Mustang with new parts on:   November 2003: With the front clip now free from damage I've moved on to the doors and began evaluating the quarters a little more. Stripping paint is NOT fun when its 5 coats thick. December 2003: Haven't been working on the car due to lack of workspace. Will continue early in the year when I get my place situated. A fellow from Australia was kind enough to write and offer to send me a picture of a pewter grey 1969 Mustang Mach 1 he owns. I'm quite jealous of this car but much appreciate the picture. Check it out.(click for larger pic) 
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January 2005:
We haven't been able to work on the poor old car any in 2004. I'm not abandoning the project at all but a lack of tools and work environment has made it difficult. Fortunately I'll be looking at buying a house in 2005 which means I'll have my own place and my own tools. So perhaps the old Mustang will finally be on the road again.
August 2005:
Well things straightened with the work environment here in August. I've been able to work out all the problems with the front end and now I'm about to paint the metal and put the front suspension back on. Should be neat.
November 2005:
Man no sooner than I'd posted the Auguest entry to this Mustang blog big bad Hurricane Katrina came through and tore up the whole state. So since then I haven't been back to work on my car so much. Thats too bad because I had alot of momentum built up and finally looked to be making great progress on my old car. Well it isn't going anywhere and hopefully I'll be able to work on it more in December/January. I may finally be able to move it to a work environment thats not 20 miles away which would be great. Probably the biggest reason I haven't got my Mustang back in one piece is having to drive over to my dads to do it. I also have to prey tools are there and that I can even get to what I'm doing. Such is life!
December 2005:
| 1969 Mustang Related Ads: | December brings fair outside weather to Louisiana so I've managed to get back on the job with my car. I got everything in the front sanded down and have to do some seem filling with 3M seem filler then I'm priming it and ordering a front end rebuild kit to put the tires back on. This is imperative because a big part of why its been so hard to work on my car is its immobile. I've decided its best to get that front clip totally done and then worry about everything else. I'll probably get the 302 engine I have back in it so I can at least move it around. I also wrote about my respect for people who do classic car restorations. |