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Such beautiful cars! Thank you all for sharing, and the info :)

Getting ready to buy paint, and was wondering how much to get to paint a 72 Mustang coupe? I will be painting jambs, and both bumpers also. I am using base coat clear coat. I will also need a little extra as I need to play with settings before I spray, as this is my first street car I've...

Just an update, I took a better look at the hood. I took some red Scotchbrite and soapy water, and checked the spots I found. Turns out, it was actually a little bit of something on TOP of the ecoat, not coming from under it. I may still take it down, but I feel much better that there isn't...

This one has been sitting on the same spot for years at an auto repair shop. I don't know anything about it, just know it hasn't moved in a long time. Makes me sad every time I drive by it!

I got a hood (From NPD, I live about an hour and a half from one). The hood fit pretty good, just the arch issue like everyone says, I had to bend it with boards as described by others. My only other issue, I bought it a few years ago and bolted it on to check fit ect as I am re-doing the...

Next will be to put heater box, dash ect back in. But at least this repair is done! I know there are several threads on here about cowl repairs, I wanted to show how it can be done from the bottom, if the whole cowl doesn't need to be replaced. I was lucky that I only had 1 bad section, so this...

Did a little grinding, then used brushable seam sealer everywhere just in case. As this is under the dash, and I'm not worried about making an invisible repair, I didn't spend a lot of effort to make it all smooth. Then a little paint over the sealer. Note, although not pictured, I used the...

Put new panel in place, and welded on. Being awkward position, and not being a pro welder, lol, I did it with a series of tack welds, like doing a quarter panel, ect. Once it looked like it was all welded, I turned off the garage lights, and used a flashlight to find any spots that weren't...

I bought a replacement cowl, marked and cut out what I needed to replace the bad section. I wish the aftermarket would sell just this area of cowl instead of having to buy the whole thing! At least they are available though, as I would guess sourcing a stock panel thats good is probably...

I pulled the heater box, and changed the heater core while it was out, and patched a couple of holes in box. I also unbolted the dash structure to gain access to the area I needed to fix. I am putting a new American Autowire harness in the car, so I had most of the dash apart anyway. I wire...

The dreaded lower cowl rust out... I have this info in my build thread, but thought I would do this thread with just the cowl repair Mine was only bad on the passenger side, so I decided to replace just a portion of it. I didn't want to cut up the top cowl too, so this is what I did

Then some grinding, a liberal amount of brushable seam sealer just in case, and a touch of paint, and all fixed! Being under the dash, and doing it just for me, I wasn't too concerned with making it look too pretty. Just don't want leaks anymore, lol! Ready for some re-assembly, but that will be...

Welded in new piece. Pro tip, when welding upside down, use ear plugs. Cause nobody likes that sizzle when slag gets in your ear!. As I'm not the best welder in strange positions, I did lots of like tack welds. Then back over them. I then checked in the dark garage and a flashlight looking for...

New cowl, marked and cut out a replacement piece with body saw. Hated to cut up a new panel like this, but it was all I really needed

Old cut off part

Finally got the cowl repair done. Went pretty smooth. I already had the heater box off, and pulled the dash structure so I could get to the bad spot from underneth. I really didn't want to have to undo the top of the cowl. In this case, with just the 1 bad section in the lower cowl, this was...

Today, I replaced the tie rods, drag link, ect. The idler arm top mounting hole had to be elongated (Per NPD's website when I ordered it) as the bolt holes are slightly different on the replacement part. I also fixed the broken bolt in the front spindle that holds the clip for the brake pads...

Of course, the cowl on the passenger side is rotted out. Driver side is good. So that will need to be fixed. I am planning on doing it from underneth while dash is out. I'll take pics when I do it

No pics, but I ordered new front fender extension chrome, and they didn't fit well at all. I ended up getting used OEM ones, much better! I ordered an American Autowire complete harness, as the wiring is crusty, 50 year old wiring! So I pulled the dash, heater box, ect. The heater box had some...

I mocked up the front end. Got the bits and pieces all painted, got he fenders and hood all on, and grill, ect. Looked good, then took it all off, so easier to do the motor.