Well after moving once, starting a couple businesses (some more successful than others) and planning on another move to a bigger house with smaller payment, bigger garage at the end of the week I''m kinda back. I will be rehosting a bunch of my write-ups from the past as well as participating...
This was a car that I pulled out of a salvage yard several years ago and totally rebuilt it from bare metal upwards. There was a lot of time & effort went into making this car a beautiful example of Ford Muscle. The restoration has been to a medium to high quality with the intent to be able to...
I guess it really depends on if you want to build a custom street machine or a concourse show mustang. Between aftermarket, swap meets, and ebay a person should be able to build a 'brand new' classic mustang. The question & problems occur when you go to register it with the DMV.
I used the generic cheapo power antenna from the local autozone in my 72 for the past couple years alright. I had to do light fabircation of the brackets and the antenna bezel. Took about 30 min. total to fabricate & install. I'll try & grab picts tommorrow if my digital camera works.
I agree... sanding out orang peel... especially on single stage paint, is not fun. Luckily on my 72 I only had a slight hint of orange peel and hardly any foreign objects in the paint sucha as dust (especially since it was painted in a dirt backyard). I agree sanding out runs is a lot easier...
I've used the one that slides into the ashtray on the 65. On my 72 has the original console. I've heard tons of good things about the full hump hugger consoles though and I plan to get one when I finish up my 65.
I only had about 10 kids come by my new house that night. I was actually surprised since this is the nice part of town. I have tons of candy left over...
Just remember like JB1dsl stated, self-etching primer will just prepair the metal and adhere to the metal, but it won't seal the metal from moisture & rust, but it will hold it at bay for a while (especially if you're in a drier climate like AZ)
Here's some articles I've been abel to pull up real quick:
http://www.autobodystore.com/forum/archive/index.php/t-319.html
69 rocker panel repair (Dan's site)
http://mywebpages.comcast.net/classicstang/october_05.html
http://mywebpages.comcast.net/classicstang/november_05.html...
I recall a couple articles in past magazines.... I'm going to have to dig through them when I get home. I have done some rocker panel patching of my own on my 65 (due to an unexpected offroading incident). Are your's totally gone?