Thanks guys! I appreciate all the feedback! It’s so much fun!!! Next week I’ll start the cutting and buffing of the body, then some reassembly. Dirty work is done!!!:laugh:

Cheers

Dave

Ok, well...it ain't next week but I started to assemble the body which will make it easier to wetsand and polish. Starting to look like a car! You can see I reattached the body buck tag by the fender, and as I may have mentioned before, my tag is actually a Mercury trim tag. This was part of Ford's recycling process for a few months at the Dearborn plant. My car just happens to have one of those tags! Oh... and I found out that 610 is the second rotation number, and the body buck tag has the first one in the upper right hand corner. A neat thing to see! :cool2:

Now I just need to spend a day and blast a bunch of parts in the cabinet for reassembly. Anyone want to help? :dunno: Mikey? I'm looking in your direction!:worship: I pay good....well...goodly... whatever is half of the hourly rate charged by the proprietor, you get a percentage that's worth half of what the other half is. And while you're thinking of that.... I'm running to the bank! Mmmwwwashahaha.... cough... cough..... of sorry... there I go getting carried away again:grin:

Cheers
Dave

Killer work, as usual. That Mercury tag is pretty crazy and it's hard to believe they did stuff like that.

Impressive - just like the Bee.

Let's see... back from MCACN.... back to work.... back to reality! :thumbsdown: But between all that stuff, time to get back on the Stangatang!:biggthumpup:

Some more front end parts, hood hinges, and shiney bolts installed. The wheel lip moldings getting fitted up and they fit surprisingly well. Once I get the hood on and the front sheet metal aligned, it'll come off the twirler and let the wetsanding games begin! And yes.... that's a run/sag/curtain in the clear on the fender in front of the wheel lip and above the marker light. That's for the hired help (me) to wetsand out. Stay tuned for a tutorial on how to fix fender and cowl dents after a freshly painted hood gets dropped on them, and how to blend paint after wetsanding through the clearcoat! :hmmm: See?
Who needs reality TV when you have my threads to read! :biggthumpup:

Cheers
Dave

Dave
are you restoring the car as a Bullitt clone or as from the factory? Just wondering why you are installing W/O trim?

Paul

Hey Paul,

Yeah.... factory restoration. Of course I do have the second set of wheels which are the TTDs.... well... you know.... for when I chase you! :biggthumpup:

Cheers
Dave

It's about time. I was about to pass out from holding my breath! Glad to see you back on it again. It's beautiful. Keep the pics coming. Details are wonderful.

Breathe, Freddie....Breathe!!!:grin: It was all MCACN's fault! If you PM Bob and tell him to not run such a great show we want to take our cars to, I'd have more time to work on them! :dunno:

Today will be a montabulous occasion! The MuscleStang comes off the rotisserie! :3gears: Meanwhile, while moving stuff around the shop yesterday (actually, I was trying to find my dang ratchet that I JUST HAD IN MY HAND NOT FIVE MINUTES AGO!!!:thumbsdown:) I noticed a few markings on my transmission. Now that the body is done, the drivetrain is next so just think of all the paint blops, daubs, and runs to be found! :cool2:

Cheers
Dave

Sell that fill plug to a Muncie guy and it'll just about pay for your rebuild kit on the trans. :santa: