No problem, just send me a PM of any pics you need. I'm out of town right now, but I'll be back home Sunday evening.
No problem, just send me a PM of any pics you need. I'm out of town right now, but I'll be back home Sunday evening.
1979 Indy Pace Car Mustang 302 / 5spd
1982 Mustang GT T-Top 302 / 4spd
1986 SVO Mustang - 1C
well, I've been doing a little work on the RS. Stripped all of the major body modings off, removed some of the stripes and all of the emblems, started sanding.
Sometime in the past a form of clear coat was applied and it's turned gummy so the sanding is a biotch (clogging the paper). So for the hood and driver side I decided to use chemical paint stripper. Using chemical stripper is a crappy job, but definetly easier than sanding at this point. Here's the hood progress:
Worked on the car this past weekend, removed the rear bumper cover and started to fix some small dings in the rear quarter and fender:
Since the above pic was taken, I also stripped the driver's side quarter and front fender and re-primed. I should have some more time this weekend to make more progress on the body work - so I'll post up some more pics.
1979 Indy Pace Car Mustang 302 / 5spd
1982 Mustang GT T-Top 302 / 4spd
1986 SVO Mustang - 1C
nice work, cant wait to see it with the new paint, ill have a twin, i can get you brand new stripes if you need
1998 SVT Contour Daily Driver- K1 Racing Wheels CAI
1985 Mustang GT T-top Black
Freshened/Blueprinted 302-Heavily Worked GT40 Heads SS valves and Heavy Duty springs-1.6r Crane Cams RR-Custom Grind Comp Cam-Wieand Intake-Edelbrock Carb-MSD-King Cobra Clutch-World Class T5-Cobra 4whl Disc-31spl 4:10 rear-Longtubes-Strange 10Ways-Mac Exhaust with 3" Rolled tips-
1984 RS Turbo Capri 100% Show car
1982 Mustang GT
Yes, I will need to get the lower stripes so if you have any info on this I would appreciate it.
Thanks!
1979 Indy Pace Car Mustang 302 / 5spd
1982 Mustang GT T-Top 302 / 4spd
1986 SVO Mustang - 1C
Worked on the RS this past week, here are more progress shots. The passenger side is mainly complete of all the major work except for final sanding:
Driver side - chemically stripped both the front fender and rear quarter on the driver side (strange gooey clear coat appleid that couldn't be sanded) and applied a coat of primer. Need to sand down the driver door and then fix all the dings on this side.
More to follow - stay tuned!
1979 Indy Pace Car Mustang 302 / 5spd
1982 Mustang GT T-Top 302 / 4spd
1986 SVO Mustang - 1C
Looking great!
Keep up the good work...and make it quick. You have my Anny to do next.
Thanks Jeff. All your anny needs is some JeffClean - it'll buff right out! Seriously, your anny would be easier than this RS (dark Gray vs white). White hides a lot!
Maybe next summer we can trade cars for a while I've always wanted an anny....
1979 Indy Pace Car Mustang 302 / 5spd
1982 Mustang GT T-Top 302 / 4spd
1986 SVO Mustang - 1C
ha...If jeffclean could fix the anny's outside she so would have been done...lol
Just needs paint....and there are a good share of small dings that need hiding.
I just don't have that kind of talent or place to do that much body work.
joe i'll trade ya the 79 notch after the RS is painted
Looks great i'm glad the car went into the right hands!
Louie Vonton has nothing on you
-RICH-
84 CAPRI RS FOR SALE
i'm a car junkie - i love junkie cars
looking good.
PM replied
1998 SVT Contour Daily Driver- K1 Racing Wheels CAI
1985 Mustang GT T-top Black
Freshened/Blueprinted 302-Heavily Worked GT40 Heads SS valves and Heavy Duty springs-1.6r Crane Cams RR-Custom Grind Comp Cam-Wieand Intake-Edelbrock Carb-MSD-King Cobra Clutch-World Class T5-Cobra 4whl Disc-31spl 4:10 rear-Longtubes-Strange 10Ways-Mac Exhaust with 3" Rolled tips-
1984 RS Turbo Capri 100% Show car
1982 Mustang GT
looking good!
Greg
83 CAPRI GS 5.0
82 CAPRI RS 5.0
Update, haven't had much time to work on the Capri recently (busy buying another project). Here are some shots of the panel smoothing. Hope to get back on it this week after work for a few hours.
1979 Indy Pace Car Mustang 302 / 5spd
1982 Mustang GT T-Top 302 / 4spd
1986 SVO Mustang - 1C
Looks good!
oh and ummmm ahhh busy buying WHAT?
Well, it been a while shice I updated this thread (burned up my single stage compressor, been waiting on replacement parts) so here goes:
Right side is basically done, needs final putty and wet sanding
Hood still needs some TLC:
Left side is basically done, needs final putty and wet sanding
I had to remove the channel run liner on both doors because the rubber was totally shot and extremely brittle:
1979 Indy Pace Car Mustang 302 / 5spd
1982 Mustang GT T-Top 302 / 4spd
1986 SVO Mustang - 1C
Front bumper cover is being wet sanded, still more to do here:
Finally, the roof is getting closer, I need to give this a good wet sanding.
Still left to do include strip the decals off both the front and rear bumper covers and then give them and the hood scoop a good wet sanding.
Enjoy - JT
1979 Indy Pace Car Mustang 302 / 5spd
1982 Mustang GT T-Top 302 / 4spd
1986 SVO Mustang - 1C
I dig threads like these.....the work you all put into your cars is just awe inspiring! Your is looking good!
" If you're not living life on the edge, that means you're taking up too much room."
1979 Mustang Indy Pace 2.3T/4spd (sold on 1/10/16)
1983 GLX vert 3.8/auto (triple black, sold on 10/8/13)
1984 (early) Turbo GT (parts SLOWLY coming together)
1985 Coupe 4.6L DOHC/IRS swapped (sold 9/10/17)
1986 GT TTop 5spd (sold as of 10/8/13)
1988 Thunderbird TurboCoupe (Cobra IRS/Brakes/big turbo project)
Looking good! Your a bit of a pic whore; but I'll forgive you this one time only.......
'89 5.0 5-speed 'vert, seeing rust for the 1st time in it's life as well as 4,500+ elevation....
very nice work ,but then I love Turbo 4s .the whistle when the boost kicks in is the most incredible sound ,as much as I love V8's if I could only have one I must say I would choose the turbo 4 ,luckily I plan to have both
Joe,
two things....1st, great job on the RS and can you put in my extra SVO sailpanels before you paint it...Oh Yeah I'm buying that car back!
2nd....i should be cutting the floor out this weekend for you for the other car.
-RICH-
84 CAPRI RS FOR SALE
i'm a car junkie - i love junkie cars
looking good, cant wait to see the final results
BTW i talked to my friend who did the stripes on mine and he has the equipment to make the stripes(he switched jobs since hes done mine), but ill try and get him some colors to make the stripes
1998 SVT Contour Daily Driver- K1 Racing Wheels CAI
1985 Mustang GT T-top Black
Freshened/Blueprinted 302-Heavily Worked GT40 Heads SS valves and Heavy Duty springs-1.6r Crane Cams RR-Custom Grind Comp Cam-Wieand Intake-Edelbrock Carb-MSD-King Cobra Clutch-World Class T5-Cobra 4whl Disc-31spl 4:10 rear-Longtubes-Strange 10Ways-Mac Exhaust with 3" Rolled tips-
1984 RS Turbo Capri 100% Show car
1982 Mustang GT
OK, here is the car after putty and wet sanding (notice all the red dust on the floor from the putty):
And here are the pics showing the car in final primer:
I've got one spot on the pass fender that didn't turn out to my liking (body work is too low) so I'll fix that next. I also still need to remove the RS stripe from the rear bumper cover then sand both the rear cover and hood scoop. Then seal and paint. This project has been taking longer than I originally planned, but I haven't had a lot of time to put into the car. Planning on having it ready to drive once spring hits. That's it for now!
JT
1979 Indy Pace Car Mustang 302 / 5spd
1982 Mustang GT T-Top 302 / 4spd
1986 SVO Mustang - 1C
Looking good. Makes me want to go out and work on my project that has been sitting stagnant since November.
83 GT Turbo
Looking gooooood!
My anny so needs this treatment...sooon
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