What a great resource

[Mr Mach1]

I just found this site off a Google search for 1971 Mustang cowl repair. What a great resource. Being a big guy I've always prefered the big Mustangs and absolutely love the fastback design. I've got a 71 429SCJ Mach I'm gearing up to restore this fall. Every so often I search the web for info. I've restored several Fords in the past but my Mach was rusty when I bought it in 1987 and is even rustier now from sitting in a leaky garage since 1988. It needs a cowl & some firewall in the front and the full monty in the rear, inner outter wheel houses, trunk floor, 1/4 panels & valance. I've been putting this off for 25 years as I wanted to do this car right. I saw it when I was 11 and bought it when I was 24. I've done lots of big jobs before including a full frame race car but this will be my first resto of a car this rusty. I'm looking forward to all the info I can get on how others have done their repairs and advice. I've been buying and storing parts for twenty years now and with the release of a new cowl and firewall seems like it's time to get started. I plan to pick up a rotisserie at the All Ford Nationals in Carlise Pa this June so I can weld in some kind of comfort. I'm too old and fat to lie on my back any more.

God Bless

Leon

 

[caspianwendell]

Welcome from Arkansas

 

[73vertproject]

Welcome to the the club from northern Nevada! You are definitely in the right place. There are many threads here about rotisserie restorations, and plenty of help available for your questions and updates.

We love pics here, so when you get a chance, please post some up so we can see what you're starting with. Glad to have you here!

 

[Mr Mach1]

Welcome to the the club from northern Nevada! You are definitely in the right place. There are many threads here about rotisserie restorations, and plenty of help available for your questions and updates.

We love pics here, so when you get a chance, please post some up so we can see what you're starting with. Glad to have you here!

Here's a vintage pic circa 1988. The car is currently burried in Mom's garage with opossums in the trunk and a dead cat on the hood.

 

[Tnfastbk]

::welcome:: from EAst Tn. They make the cowl (complete) now sold by Don @Ohio Mustang Supply. Good luck with the build

 

[Boss1Ray]

Welcome from Oklahoma.

Great site - great folks - great info.

Ray

 

[mweeps]

Welcome from Chesapeake VA! Good Luck!

 

[OLE PONY]

Welcome from Virginia. Great to hear another one is being saved. I guess the dead cat and the opossums are great security devices to keep your car safe.

 

[luxstang]

HI Leon and ::welcome:: from Luxembourg / Europe.

Nice Centerlines on that pic.

 

[marks73]

Welcome from North Carolina.

 

[DragonKnight]

::welcome:: from Lynnwood, WA.

I forgot how I found this place, but most likely from searching cowl repair as well. So glad that a replacement cowl is now available from Dynacorn (via Don @ OMS).

http://www.dynacorn.com/ShowItem.aspx?item=3648KA

Best of luck on your build.

Rich

 

[mach71351c]

::welcome:: From San Diego. Congrats you found the best forum for your Mach 1 Project.

 

[ponypastor]

Possums and dead cats. You support wild life with a sitting stang. When the 429 SCJ is back on the road again--per willie nelson--there will be additional wild life in New York! welkum from west central FL.

 

[droptop73]

Welcome from west Michigan!

 

[goodnigh]

Welcome from northern California.

mike

 

[Don65Stang]

Welcome from coastal Alabama!

 

[TheJ]

Welcome aboard from Wisconsin.

 

[Kermit 460]

::welcome:: from Maine! That 429cj is so worth saving,I've seen some of the guys here fix cars I would'nt think could be saved,there are a lot of knowledgeable guys here to help you along.