[Big_B_96]

Hey everyone. new from Georgia. i have a 1969 mustang grande. it has a 351W with an auto trans. and a 9" rearend. Ive had this car since i was 13. I'm 19 now and still havent legally driven it down the road with everything running right. lol its been in a million pieces for the past 4 years. workin on a complete rebuild. the car as it sits right now is just a rolling shell. nothing on it except whats needed for it to roll. engine is pulled and taken apart. trans is out. entire interior is out. trim, fenders, doors, hood, trunk, ect. are off. no glass. its been a super slow build. im doin what i can as money and time allows.
just to give an idea of where im at...
-replaced driver side shock tower
-replaced the sheet metal panel the battery tray mounts to.
-replaced the radiator support.
-replaced a section of the frame under the battery
-replaced sections of sheet metal under the cowl
-cut out what was left of the floors and put new floor in
-cut out and replaced sections of the firewall
-sand blasted and painted all the areas ive finished with and epoxy flat black primer
-cut the skin off the roof (rusted really bad) i'm in the middle of replacing it now with the roof off a '70 coupe. i have it fitted. just need to sandblast and paint the "roof frame" i guess you could call it? then weld the new metal on and smooth the seams.
-cut out both pieces beside the back glass on the top of the quarter panel and have new metal cut to fit off of the '70 donor roof. need to get those welded in and smoothed. I will paint this along with the roof.

im pretty sure Ive left a few things out. i feel like there's more im forgetting about....

body work still needed to be done...
-trunk floor
-bottom of quarter panels
-and what ever other little areas i might find. I'm so sick of body work. I'm ready to start turning wrenches lol

then there's all the grease monkey stuff that i love so much that still needs to be done. rebuild the engine, trans, and rear end. and the interior hasnt even been thought about yet. but hopefully i'll have it drivable in the next few years and again i feel like im forgetting some stuff...

pics are soon to come.

[Baddbullitt]

but welcome to the thread

[Big_B_96]

Originally Posted by Baddbullitt but welcome to the thread

haha yea i know. ive gotta dig around and find some and take some new ones. should have pics up tomorrow or thursday

[XectriK]

to the site.

[kevinski72]

Welcome to the site!

[Big_B_96]

ok pics now. still need to take some new ones.





ugly ass spot welds.... dont worry. they've been grinded down smooth.







rack of little pieces that have been sand blasted and painted


the floors before




cutting the old crap out


sand blasting


some of the floor in. i have the whole floor in now and its painted. again excuse the ugly welds. its really the first thing project ive had to weld this much on. and i've gotten better now. not much but better.


one of the pieces under the cowl i was talkin about i had to replace.

[Big_B_96]

more of the above...


in the pic below you can see one of the pieces i had to make out of flat sheet metal to patch this spot. its the new shiny one lol


finished... no pics of "in progress" for this section. sorry. and yea i know its not perfect but its solid and womt leak and its under the fender and the cowl. its not like anyone's gonna see it anyways. it just has to work in the long run and i belived i accomplished that.


so the previous owner thought it was a good idea to fiberglass over the rusty roof...


you can see my 96 dakota (red & silver truck) and my 85 s10 (blue truck) in the background








get that shit outta here




you can see i have the rest of the floor in and its painted in these next pics




its a taste of what im workin with. more pics are coming

[foursixblurrrr03]

Hello Blake. I am also Blake. Looks like quite the project. Anyway, welcome to the site.

[TheUNZippee!]

Nice project Welcome to MM>

[Big_B_96]

thanks guys.
photo bucket is being retarded and only uploading 2 pictures before it freezes up. so just gonna have to wait on the rest of these. i'm also gonna see if i cant find some of the pictures i took before i tore it apart.