My 71 Build thread

[revsitup]

 

[bdennis]

Looks great...

 

[timachone]

Wow, that is some really awesome work - it looks fantastic and detailed very good. Congratz to your your actual state! You are right - assembling now is the fun part - I am at too  :thumb:

 

[Kilgon]

Really great looking.  You hard work will definitely show in the finish.  The nice thing about reassembling is that each part that you put back on seems to drive you more to put on the next part after that and so on as  you see your car coming together.     

 

[cwalker509]

Very nice!

 

[Carolina_Mountain_Mustangs]

You are running me crazy. My Q vert should be in color right now and I have all the bolt on pieces ready to go back and also the interior. Torn rota-tor cuff and crushed disc have me shut down maybe done even.
Your car is going to be a show winner for sure.

 

[turtle5353]

Wow!!! That grabber blue is gorgeous!!  

 

[72Mach168Cam]

Fantastic!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[revsitup]

Found some time to work on the 71 the last couple weeks. Did the final alignment on front sheet metal ( needed to install hood /front bumper /headlight supports etc.) so I could install the side stripes and paint the lower argent.  I still need to mask off the lower area to do the argent yet.. Then  I can final sand the hood and front bumper for paint.  I installed all the pre bent fuel/brake lines.  Also started doing the front suspension and prepping the rear end housing/backing plates etc for paint and assembly.        Still have a lot of work to do and hopefully I can find some more free time to work on it.

 

[revsitup]

Few more pics

 

[turtle5353]

Loving the color. Keep up the good work. Keep plugging away. 

 

[c9zx]

You have great skills, thanks for sharing. Are you going to put stripes on it ? Chuck

 

[mjseakan]

Looking good!

Mike

 

[Fabrice]

Awesome!
Wish I could have 1/2 this kind of space to work...

 

[Bentworker]

Looking great.  If I wasn't 2,500 miles away I'd be trying to hire you to prep and paint my car!

 

[mach71351c]

Amazing job! Thanks for posting.

 

[timachone]

Wow, nice progress and good body lines - keep up the good work  :thumb:

 

[Stanglover]

It's looking amazing, so not to be too critical, I notice that some of the headlight bucket area brackets are not in "slop grey", or is that just the light not showing it in the picture? 

Not to say mine is perfect, but I have pics of my 71 if it helps in that regard.

 

[Kilgon]

What  can I say except "wow".  It's always neat to see a car go through the restoration process.  The best part is when you have it completed and get to step back and admire your work and the beauty of the car.   

 

[revsitup]

It's looking amazing, so not to be too critical, I notice that some of the headlight bucket area brackets are not in "slop grey", or is that just the light not showing it in the picture? 

Not to say mine is perfect, but I have pics of my 71 if it helps in that regard.

No I wasn’t sure on correct finish on those brackets so I did them black. I did the gray on some of the hood latch support brackets .

Geoff could you post the pics that you have of those brackets from your car?

im not trying to build a 100% correct mustang but I’d like  it detailed and close to original as I can get it with in reason .

thanks, Brent