This is a "cliff notes" version of the full thread. It just contains the pictures of when I actually did something without all the bs-ing me and the guys do as I go along with building Booger.
If you post on this thread, I WILL delete your comments, this is just for y'all to catch up on the full thread without going through all the extras.
To give you an idea how much this cuts back on the page count, the first twenty five pages of the full thread fit into just slightly more than two here!
Here's a link to the full thread if you're interested or want to comment on what's going on. I'd love to here from you! https://www.stangnet.com/mustang-forums/threads/83-t-top-coupe-a-little-support-here.892774/
Ok, I think it's time to start my progress thread on Robby.
Where to start.... Pictures to refresh our memories.
Robby (Rusty Old Blue Bastard) as he sits right now in the salvage yard still.
First purchase. Two "new" doors. I'm only going to work on the passenger door for now and put the driver's door into storage in case it's needed. This is the door after tear down, obviously. Notice the mouldings, they're in great condition. These mouldings are just about impossible to come by, it's like gold. Nice mouldings.......my precious.......my precious....
BTW, this is the second set of hinges that I've had to take apart. Both times I've had the door off. I will drink one tonight for you guys that have done this on the vehicle. I don't even want to know what a pita this is doing it on the car. That hinge pin must be a monster to remove in that tight crevice!
I will drop the door off with a good media blaster here in Broken Arrow (suburb of Tulsa). I'll have the front side blasted with ground up walnut shells and the back with sand. I will be using this company quite a bit in the next month, they are very reasonable in their pricing ($50 for the door).
Next Monday I'm going to pull out all of the door dings prior to taking it to being blasted. I'll get a couple pictures of the equipment I'll be using to pull those dents. If one is patient enough, one could do all of one's bodywork without bondo. This one will try to be that patient, One shall self medicate in effort to increase one's virtue in this area! Though I'm just going to glaze the bottom of the door to get rid of that factory wave that seems to be on all fox doors.
I'll actually pick up the car in about two weeks and have it towed to a storage unit where I can do the work.
Final note. Robby will be painted Kona Blue (sorry Allen). It's close to the original color, just modernized with pearls and cleaner blue toners. I will go ahead and paint these panels I'm getting blasted. Hopefully the door will be shot by next Friday. Obviously, pictures are to come as I progress or get new boxes on my doorstep.
I almost forgot, the engine bay:
If you post on this thread, I WILL delete your comments, this is just for y'all to catch up on the full thread without going through all the extras.
To give you an idea how much this cuts back on the page count, the first twenty five pages of the full thread fit into just slightly more than two here!
Here's a link to the full thread if you're interested or want to comment on what's going on. I'd love to here from you! https://www.stangnet.com/mustang-forums/threads/83-t-top-coupe-a-little-support-here.892774/
Ok, I think it's time to start my progress thread on Robby.
Where to start.... Pictures to refresh our memories.
Robby (Rusty Old Blue Bastard) as he sits right now in the salvage yard still.
First purchase. Two "new" doors. I'm only going to work on the passenger door for now and put the driver's door into storage in case it's needed. This is the door after tear down, obviously. Notice the mouldings, they're in great condition. These mouldings are just about impossible to come by, it's like gold. Nice mouldings.......my precious.......my precious....
BTW, this is the second set of hinges that I've had to take apart. Both times I've had the door off. I will drink one tonight for you guys that have done this on the vehicle. I don't even want to know what a pita this is doing it on the car. That hinge pin must be a monster to remove in that tight crevice!
I will drop the door off with a good media blaster here in Broken Arrow (suburb of Tulsa). I'll have the front side blasted with ground up walnut shells and the back with sand. I will be using this company quite a bit in the next month, they are very reasonable in their pricing ($50 for the door).
Next Monday I'm going to pull out all of the door dings prior to taking it to being blasted. I'll get a couple pictures of the equipment I'll be using to pull those dents. If one is patient enough, one could do all of one's bodywork without bondo. This one will try to be that patient, One shall self medicate in effort to increase one's virtue in this area! Though I'm just going to glaze the bottom of the door to get rid of that factory wave that seems to be on all fox doors.
I'll actually pick up the car in about two weeks and have it towed to a storage unit where I can do the work.
Final note. Robby will be painted Kona Blue (sorry Allen). It's close to the original color, just modernized with pearls and cleaner blue toners. I will go ahead and paint these panels I'm getting blasted. Hopefully the door will be shot by next Friday. Obviously, pictures are to come as I progress or get new boxes on my doorstep.
I almost forgot, the engine bay:
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