Nice job. Looks like a solid car to start with.
Funny you said that...I actually found more than I thought there was last night when I started really poking around under the cowl. Overall it is a pretty clean car though, all the rot consisted of was a few small spots in the trunk floor, the cowl, a few small spots under the rear glass & taillight panel, and the battery tray (which didn't matter because of what I did to the engine bay). This body was acually out of Arizona, the body I started with (which was my 1st car when I got my license) was unfortunately too far gone to do much with. It needed wheelhouses, quarters, full cowl, both full length floors, rad support, taillight panel, door bottoms, the list goes on... I felt bad getting rid of my first body for sentimental reasons, but by the time I was done with it, it would have all been pretty much new sheet metal anyway except for the roof. So I figured it was best suited to dump it in favor of a rust free shell and keep whatever I could from the first one. A handfull of parts will carry over, sometimes you just gotta know when to hold 'em, and when to fold'em. I still consider it my first car, because it was identical in every way except for the rot. In fact, beleive it or not, the ignition keys were even identical! Each one worked in the other car, and when held up to each other the cut was exactly the same, talk about meant to be! I checked through the VIN's, one started in CA, and the other in NJ, so apparently Ford only had so many key cut cominations, but they were smart enough to send the twins to different sides of the country. I consider them seperated at birth...
Anyway, here's some pics of the cowl.
BTW...anyone ever try to scrape the seam sealer out from inside the cowl? What a friggin' PITA!!! had to use a mirror to see some spots to make sure I got it all and kept getting screwed up working in the mirror because every move I made was backwards! Don't know how the dentist does it!
