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Your Project / Re: Project Warhead
« Last post by rob289c on July 23, 2024, 11:29:22 AM »
Glad to see you're on it.  We need to read more than my long, drawn out stories!   :)  I use a pneumatic cut off tool.  It does allow tighter access than a 6" cutting wheel.  You will go through a lot of discs,  You'll be an expert metal worker by the time you have completed your project!  Keep going...
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Your Project / Re: Project Warhead
« Last post by warhead2 on July 22, 2024, 08:33:08 PM »
Small update bought me this Ryobi cut off tool. It works really great. Also great option if you don't have an air compressor that can feed heavy air tools, also easier to control than a grinder with a 6in cutting wheel.
Was able to get into a few tighter areas that I couldn't get with the grinder.  First pick is just forward of the battery tray near the horn. Need to remove horn and finish my cut. 2nd picture i cut out the spot drivers side trans hump. Hopefully have more updates soon

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Your Project / Re: Pinto Powered Mustang Roadster
« Last post by rob289c on July 21, 2024, 06:38:32 PM »
Sprayed urethane today.  Next will be to sand it smooth, then color.  I got good coverage, but have tiger stripes.  I will have to widen the fan and open the fluid when I spray color.  The pics look similar to the previous posts, but it is a different product on the car now.  I may sand it next weekend but don't think I will spray color yet.  I need to take my time.  I have my HS reunion next weekend and have to look at a siding repair at my Mom's house.  I need to clean out the garage (sweep, leaf blower, power wash) to get and dust/debris out so I can spray in a clean environment.  I think waiting another week for color will be better in the long run.  Anyway, I made progress over the last two weeks.
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Your Project / Re: Pinto Powered Mustang Roadster
« Last post by rob289c on July 20, 2024, 05:35:47 PM »
This afternoon I sanded the truck lid, quarter panel extensions, and side scoop inserts to prepare for urethane.  I then masked the car.  Tomorrow I plan to wipe the body and other parts with solvent, then tack and spray urethane primer surfacer.  I hope to get 4 good coats, or as many as I can spray before I run out of material.  I will let it cure through the week, then sand it smooth next weekend.  At that point I will be able to spray color when my schedule allows.  Getting closer...
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Your Project / Re: Pinto Powered Mustang Roadster
« Last post by rob289c on July 20, 2024, 05:27:49 PM »
We spent T-Fri in San Antonio to watch our son graduate from Air Force Basic Training.  Like when our daughter did it a few years prior, it is a proud experience for parents. 

Project update:  before we left I had sprayed pieces/parts with epoxy.  This AM I sprayed the floor brackets, dash brackets, bumper/headlight brackets and the inside of the interior panels with black tractor enamel. 

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Your Project / Re: Pinto Powered Mustang Roadster
« Last post by rob289c on July 15, 2024, 03:55:17 PM »
This afternoon I sprayed epoxy on various brackets, the dash, glove box door, ash tray, interior panels and a few spots on the body.  I beat the storm that is just arriving.  Everything will have to sit as-is until I get back from TX.  I'm not sure on my next step.  I wasn't going to worry about primer surfacer on the dash but I think it will be better in the long run if I do.  The reconstructive bodywork is visible and the urethane might hide it a little better.  If that's next, I need to prep the body and spray it and the dash at the same time.  Once a product is mixed and in the gun, I don't want to have to mix up another batch down the road.  I want to do it all at once. 
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Your Project / Re: Pinto Powered Mustang Roadster
« Last post by rob289c on July 14, 2024, 04:06:54 PM »
Progress today:  I was out in the garage at 0600 grinding the welds I did yesterday.  Then I put away yesterday's tools, and started picking up shop.  I had to quit at 0700 to get ready to go to the barbershop.  After that and a few errands, then I pushed the car outside, blew off the dust and other debris with compressed air.  I then wiped the body and interior with a damp sponge.  I seam sealed the drip rails and the seam between the bottom of the quarter and the rocker, as well as some other areas that needed it.  I continued to rearrange, sweep, and get the garage ready to spray epoxy.  Tomorrow I start a week off from work.  I plan to shoot epoxy after running morning errands.  I won't make any other progress until next weekend as I will be going to San Antonio to watch my son graduate from Air Force Basic Training.  Next weekend I plan to spray the interior parts black.   
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Your Project / Re: Pinto Powered Mustang Roadster
« Last post by rob289c on July 14, 2024, 03:39:50 AM »
Yesterday I did something that I have thought about a lot but didn't want to do.  I tied the rear of the Pinto transmission hump to the rear floor section/driveshaft tunnel of the Mustang body.  The hump and tunnel are of different shapes and sizes so I knew it was going to be a PITA to fabricate with no special metal working tools and then getting it tacked and welded in place.  The right side was pretty easy as it was just a filler piece that with a little massaging, it went together pretty easily.  The left side was a little more complicated.  I had to fab a sort of a block off panel, then the filler piece.  Neither side is pretty, but with a little grinding, primer, seam sealer, and paint, it will be a functional repair.  It is solid and now the firewall/trans hump are tied to the rear of the body.  Like most parts of the project, it took way more time than I thought it would at the onset.  My plan is that once all together I want to cover the hump and down over the frame rails with diamond plate.  That will give it a more "finished" look.  It is still going to be a "step into" cockpit and will not have full floors.  I'll be sure to post pics when complete.

The other thing I have in work is I have a small metal shop fabricating the 9 windshield clips I will need to hold the windscreen in place at the cowl/firewall.  They are making them out of stainless so I won't have to coat them.  Not sure of ETA, but I don't need them right away anyway.

I will make more progress today and will try to get a progress report posted this evening. 
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Your Project / Re: Pinto Powered Mustang Roadster
« Last post by rob289c on July 10, 2024, 07:52:43 AM »
I love your 'Vair!  A friend in HS had a '66 2-door that we used to tool around in.  Another buddy had a '65.  I like the ones that were like a pick up but you (I) never see any of those.

As for the door jam area, I am planning to just paint it body color.  I am also looking to fabricate a triangulated piece out of round tubing that will be welded to a hinge at the firewall and extend back to where the striker plate would be to function as a door.  Really it will give the illusion of safety so neither driver nor passenger accidentally falls out.  It will just be pinned closed.  As for wood to give it a finished look, I have no talent with wood and limited wood working tools.  I am planning to cover the sides of the firewall with diamond plate to give it a "finished" look and also diamond plate on the floor sections to cover up the raggedy transmission hump and give that a more finished look.

Last night during my "I can't get back to sleep" session, I remembered that I still need to get the clips that will hold my windscreen to the cowl fabricated.  I need them ASAP as they will also need to be epoxy coated and painted.  I would like to not have to do another epoxy session...I want to spray everything at once while I have it mixed and in the spray gun.  Especially the small amount I will need to mix and spray on the clips.  Improper planning on my part...I should have had them fabbed already.  I may opt to have them powder-coated at the sheet metal shop as they perform that service too.  Then I won't have to worry about epoxy and paint.  Anyway, we're getting closer to the weekend so I hope to have more progress to report by Sunday.

Edit: on the inside vertical edge, I am going to install black windlace over the edge to cover it up.  It is the same material that the Mustang had from the factory. 
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Your Project / Re: Pinto Powered Mustang Roadster
« Last post by Wittsend on July 08, 2024, 02:19:18 PM »
You seem to be very happy having the weather to get back at it. it is really coning along. I was curious what the plans for the area circled in red are? It would seem wood might be a good product to make a "finisher" on that end.


BTW (as inspiration) I finally got my Corvair wagon running decent enough to get it to Cars & Coffee last weekend.

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