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If you look at Turtle5353’s original photos prior to full disassembly and restoration—Ford was pretty sloppy. They weren’t worried about hard masking lines, overspray in areas that can’t be seen, and having it pretty in the transitions. The underhood and trans tunnel were semi gloss...

Vinnie, my wife told me the hubcaps arrived today. You are amazing! I left a post on the VIP lounge page for you. Thank you for all your help—I am so excited. Dave

The paint system you use is also a factor—waterborne or solvent base. Waterborne tends to have excellent hiding properties and can achieve coverage in 2 to 3 coats (depending on your color). I used PPG Envirobase (Waterborne) on my ‘72. A gallon of color (unreduced) was enough to do the...

bkdunha—here are the two I have. My son has more I am sure. First generation Mustangs don’t do real well in a rear ender. The frame rails bend or kink right over the rear axle. This one had bends in both, but bends can be fixed. Kinks require replacement and would have been too costly to...

Ha, take this HOA! Please go pick on someone else. I know, I know, extreme response…but we were nudged along by the car being rear-ended and an insurance claim.

Back on July 31, I posted to vent some frustration and bad news in another thread. My son’s ‘69 Coupe had been rear ended. I knew there was going to be an insurance fight, and got prepared. By the end of August we learned things were going to turn out OK. We had a healthy check from the...

Agreed, it could be something in the engine, but without load it may not manifest the symptoms.

The top of the cowl is under the windshield so the windshield had to come out to remove the cowl top. AND, the windshield broke coming out as they almost always do. I can’t explain this any differently, sorry.

After pulling out the windshield, I cut the top of the cowl right up to and through the windshield flange and drilled out the spot welds. Then I separated the top from the next layer down of the windshield flange. When it went back together there was minimal seam I had to finish based on where...

I had a terrible connection, it showed that I posted it, but it wasn’t there. Working on this.

Vinnie is amazing!!! The caps are really great for something nearly 100 years old. None of the hubcaps I have are this nice—literally none of them. I love this group! Here is a picture of what they will go on. This is our Woody, shown with my son during his Senior High School pictures. We...

After I confirmed it was the cowl leaking on my ‘72, I approached this very similar to The Heff’s first cut picture. Mine was only leaking on the passenger side. So, I cut further toward center than he did to minimize the area I had to weld/finish. I cut into the right side access hole in...

Wonderful! Those are in really great shape. Kudos for the effort and assistance here!!!!

Message sent. Dave

Very nice work—I have been thinking of doing this myself, but wow, I believe the $12K in time after seeing it done.

I am looking for someone in The Netherlands that can help me. I am looking at these hubcaps: https://www.marktplaats.nl/v/auto-onderdelen/ophanging-en-onderstel/m2155386870-knock-off-wielmoer-centrale-moer-spaakwiel-houten-wiel?correlationId=4a9c1562-1061-46ad-bfdb-7c76930c8c60 I would love...

I read posts like this and it makes me sad, but question what I should do with my life. I almost feel like I should start my own resto-refinish shop. The problem here is peoples expectations vary widely for quality and detail, and that would be hard to gauge in order to deliver to...

There was a small bar called In De Wildeman in Amsterdam (name may not be spelled 100% correctly). It was down an alley across from an old church. I enjoyed a few doubles and triples there (maybe a few too many). It is a short walk from Central Station. Hold on to your wallet and passport...

A bad subject gets worse. Unfortunately my son got rear ended by a kind old lady who had a medical issue. Now there is an insurance company fight for wherever this goes. SIGH…. (Or maybe a set of tears!). This was/is an amazingly solid car, so sad…

Well, thank you for SO MUCH support and amazing responses with great ideas and advice. I really appreciate this group for the creativity and analytical support. I of course started this journey by seeking out the “rules”. At first, they couldn’t even be produced, but the HOA inspector...