Well, I started the restoration of my '65 Mustang this weekend - didn't get as far as I would have liked, but it's moving in the right direction - there is now some lovely new metal in the inner rear arch! At least now I'll have something to attach the replacement piece of floor to.
They seem to have built the car using paper thin metal and lots of multi-layered joints. Blowing holes in thin metal seems to be far too easy, particularly with butt joints, but I'm determined to get to grips with it. I want to use butt joints where I can as I'm paranoid about creating even more moisture traps than have been designed into the car.
If I can, I'll post some before and after (after clean up of the initial dodgy welds/blow throughs and re-doing them after a cup of tea and a chat with a sticking weld gun trigger that is) photos at a later date.
In some areas I need to plug weld to existing metalwork - can anyone suggest a good seam sealer compound to use? I have some 'Dum Dum' that I found a bit tricky to apply (there's a phrase you don't often hear), so any suggestions are welcome.
They seem to have built the car using paper thin metal and lots of multi-layered joints. Blowing holes in thin metal seems to be far too easy, particularly with butt joints, but I'm determined to get to grips with it. I want to use butt joints where I can as I'm paranoid about creating even more moisture traps than have been designed into the car.
If I can, I'll post some before and after (after clean up of the initial dodgy welds/blow throughs and re-doing them after a cup of tea and a chat with a sticking weld gun trigger that is) photos at a later date.
In some areas I need to plug weld to existing metalwork - can anyone suggest a good seam sealer compound to use? I have some 'Dum Dum' that I found a bit tricky to apply (there's a phrase you don't often hear), so any suggestions are welcome.