Author Topic: skemmdur ´65 fastback (Read 43128 times)

70 olds JR. · « **Reply #20 on:** December 26, 2010, 22:46:20 »

merry christmas and good luck with the car hope it will be as fun driving it as all the other classic mustangs

Infected Mushroom · « **Reply #21 on:** June 12, 2011, 21:24:58 »

Both rear frame rails are in, and the rear shock crossmember and transition floor are being prepared for welding. I am going to box the frame rails and crossmember before welding on the floor, to make it stronger.

429Cobra · « **Reply #22 on:** June 12, 2011, 21:42:45 »

Sælir félagar.

Hi Jan.
Grate to se the ol' pony get this restoration.

Hálfdán.

Infected Mushroom · « **Reply #23 on:** October 07, 2011, 23:38:21 »

Didn't get to do as much work on the FB this summer as planned, but a little is better than nothing

The shock crossmember has been boxed for strength. Next is boxing the rear framerails.

429Cobra · « **Reply #24 on:** October 11, 2011, 17:41:15 »

Hi Jan.

Grate to see that everything is koming along.

Hálfdán.

Hr.Cummins · « **Reply #25 on:** October 11, 2011, 22:16:11 »

Great to be able to see how this project is going along after the car has left the country...

Yellow · « **Reply #26 on:** October 17, 2011, 01:46:26 »

Nice work man,

keep it up!

Is it gonna be a Drag or just a sunday cruiser car?

Infected Mushroom · « **Reply #27 on:** November 06, 2011, 19:56:08 »

Quote from: DodgeCharger1969 on October 17, 2011, 01:46:26

Nice work man,

keep it up!

Is it gonna be a Drag or just a sunday cruiser car?

I will probably build it more like a Pro-Touring car. Time will tell

Infected Mushroom · « **Reply #28 on:** April 27, 2012, 00:58:40 »

Finally got around to do some work on the FB again, after a long time installing a complete TCP suspension setup on a friends '70 Mustang.

I removed the rest of the main floor, boxed the frame rails where the transition pan will sit, did some rust repair on the LH rear window corner support, removed the LH wheelhouse and quarter panel. The inner wheelhouse will be widened by about 1-3/4" to accommodate wider wheels.

I initially wanted to keep the original quarter panels, although they have quite a lot of small dents in them, but after test-fitting the new quarter panel skin from AP, I found it to be a near perfect fit, so I have decided to replace them.

Moli · « **Reply #29 on:** April 27, 2012, 07:19:29 »

Looks great!

Infected Mushroom · « **Reply #30 on:** October 17, 2012, 16:49:13 »

Driver side rear wheelhouse have been widened, but not yet installed. I replaced the driver side B-pillar with new ones from Dynacorn. These are for coupe/conv. only, but can be used on fastbacks with minor modifications. I chose to replace this one as the original were heavily rusted. While waiting for the new parts to come in, I removed the firewall too, as this was rusted and in bad shape. It had also been repaired in the past but not to my standards. So I will replace this for a new one from Dynacorn. Before installing the new wall, I wanted to have torque boxes upfront.

ltd70 · « **Reply #31 on:** October 17, 2012, 18:46:03 »

good work and well done.

SceneQueen · « **Reply #32 on:** October 19, 2012, 15:13:19 »

Really nice

keep up the good work bro

Infected Mushroom · « **Reply #33 on:** January 20, 2013, 00:16:31 »

Rust keeps appearing here and there, and I don't like having lots of rust in between panels, so the panels will have to come off and be repaired, and welded back to the car. I also removed the cowl to have it stripped for rust and paint inside out. I removed the dashpanel at the same time to better gain access to the firewall and cowl side area.

I had the cowl in a mixture of water and a rust removing agent which are expensive, but popular here in Norway, it was soaking in there for two weeks almost, but it didn't do much for the rust, and I have had much better luck with molasses and water (the cheap, smelly way), so the panels will be soaked into that for another week.

With the cowl and dash away, I was able to remove the driver side cowl side panel and replace it with a new one. I also had to remove the rear lower window panel due to rust, repaired a new section to the panel and welded it back to the car.

Yellow · « **Reply #34 on:** January 20, 2013, 02:38:30 »

This is magnificent work my friend

70 olds JR. · « **Reply #35 on:** January 20, 2013, 19:51:30 »

Well done on this restoreation keep the progress up like that and you will have a classy mustang in few years

Infected Mushroom · « **Reply #36 on:** February 02, 2013, 23:01:29 »

Some updated photos of the lower cowl. I drilled out all of the spotwelds and removed all the parts, some of the parts as well as the cowl panel needed some TLC before priming. After the repair and a bath in the molasses and water, I used a wire wheel on the grinder to prepare it for paint. The grey stuff is self-etching primer, then the black epoxy primer is sprayed on.

Infected Mushroom · « **Reply #37 on:** December 25, 2013, 20:41:48 »

Still Rollin'.

Had to get into the thinking box about what I should do with the frontend. Unfortunately there were a few issues with it, one of them being the inner fenders were overlapping the shock towers on the outside, and not the inside like original.

I have always thought the 65-66 shock towers look bulky, and I really wanted to have more engine compartment space like the 67-70 Mustangs, so I made a desiscion to replace the shock towers with the ones from 1970. This way I also solved the issue with the fender/shock tower overlapping.

Then came another issue; the frame rails were to narrow for the new shock towers. After a long time of thinking and measuring, I ended up with replacing both frame rails for the Dynacorn version. They are made for '69-70 models, but will fit 65-68 too. Inner fenders were also replaced for the new 1-piece from Dynacorn, and made to fit around the new shock towers.

Moli · « **Reply #38 on:** December 25, 2013, 23:12:29 »

Excellent work, what motor/trans is going in it?

meistari · « **Reply #39 on:** December 26, 2013, 01:53:07 »

Quote from: Moli on December 25, 2013, 23:12:29

Excellent work, what motor/trans is going in it?

var þessi bíll svona illa farinn reindar er hann heill meðað við aldur var hann ekki sammt búin að standa inni skúr í uppgerð i 20 eða 30 ár var hann kanski bara i geymslu

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