72HCODE
"My World is Fire and Blood"
This is one way of dealing with a rotted front end, covering rails/aprons/shock tower replacement.
car was originally thought to need minor patch work.
rails were found to be rotted away under upper suspension arm.
this in turn revealed more rott, and also damage to the engine cradle from a previous accident, and the shock towers were also found to be damaged beyond repair.
the engine cradle and shock tower was taken from a 73 vert and installed into a 72. reproduction engine bay aprons were used. car was taken to bare metal where needed, metal work completed, then covered in etch primer, and semi black top coat, later more work was done to complete the engine bay clean up, striping the firewall and cowl area and repainting.
http://s1031.photobucket.com/albums/y377/72hcode/towers%20and%20rails/
more can be seen here:
http://s1031.photobucket.com/home/72hcode/allalbums
car was originally thought to need minor patch work.
rails were found to be rotted away under upper suspension arm.
this in turn revealed more rott, and also damage to the engine cradle from a previous accident, and the shock towers were also found to be damaged beyond repair.
the engine cradle and shock tower was taken from a 73 vert and installed into a 72. reproduction engine bay aprons were used. car was taken to bare metal where needed, metal work completed, then covered in etch primer, and semi black top coat, later more work was done to complete the engine bay clean up, striping the firewall and cowl area and repainting.
http://s1031.photobucket.com/albums/y377/72hcode/towers%20and%20rails/
more can be seen here:
http://s1031.photobucket.com/home/72hcode/allalbums