That's great advice on the mouse proofing steps on the cowl. With my car being a 20 year garage find, my heater blower box was home to mice at one time. My cowl and blower had a pretty good collection of acorn shells and nesting. My biggest fear is them chewing on the wiring. They'll chew into anything. I keep plenty of glue traps down and even keep one in my car on the floor.
I've been reading back through a lot of the old post and seen mentions of Daniel Carpenter parts, but wasn't aware of the website or the availability. I just pulled up their website. Again, thanks for the info. I've been relying on Ohio Mustang, CJPony parts, Dallas Mustang (now gone), and of course Ebay. Awesome to have good parts sources.
My confidence on successfully rebuilding my car has developed considerably, not having to fear tackling different project issues. You guys make it all too easy.
In correcting my cars issues, especially the body work, I'm trying to stick with my original parts as best I can, but you do reach a point where you just have to utilize replacement parts, and thank goodness, they are available, and decent quality.
So far I've straightened damage to my radiator support and driver's side front fender apron, replaced the passenger side apron, and battery tray.
I had to replace my driver side bumper bracket, as mine was bent up considerably and cracked. Now working on the headlight assemblies and grille supports.
I've already begun to shift my thinking to my tail light panel, as mine, like so many others has some rust holes around the lights, and pretty good rust along the bottom. Up to this point there was no way I would consider replacing the whole panel, and intended to try and salvage and repair. But again, after reading, watching the video's, and doing a major body panel replacement up front,... I can do this, and it will turn out very good.
