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Its lunch time at the hot rod shop.

To the house I go.

oh this looks good...

beer brats with sauerkraut, wasabi and yella mustard.

Here I was in the middle of dissecting this bad portion of inner rocker out, just below the rotten B pillar...



In case you are wondering, it is absolutely just as fun as it looks like it would be.

It's off, and so is the pop riveted wheel house patch that it intersected with.

There is the reason for the tree air freshener that still hangs in the car.

I moved the hoist pads inward and braced the A and B pillars to the inner rocker that I am leaving on the car. I'd like to replace the whole inner rocker but the mid section looks solid and I don't want the body to shift on me. I've got this thing so cut up, it would get too floppy if I pulled the entire inner rocker.



I moved to the front of the rocker and cut this junk out.





I will be cutting replacement pieces from a full length inner rocker plate.

the rear chunk:



and the front chunk:

It aint there for looks.

Thanks for the update. I just hope I'm far enough downwind that your lunch residue will dissipate.

Dang, is there ANY part of that thing that isn't held together only by rust and paint?


I think the other guys may be right, hoist up the VIN number and drive another car under it.........

Can't wait to see how this one turns out.

I'm glad you're documenting this so closely, Dave. This one is going to look really good on your resume.

I haven't posted on the stang for a while, but I have an update. I replaced those front and rear sections of the inner rocker plate, it went very well.
Then this afternoon I finished up fitting and welding the LH rear torque box and frame section.

If anybody here has ever done this personally... Wow, ain't it something? Lol.

Fitting was slow, place the TB, clamp in place, measure, measure, measure, then mark, take it down, grind a bit, refit, measure, mark, take down......









Final fitting, inside of old frame rail and new frame rail primed with zinc rich weld through primer, tacked in place.



Notice the 4 holes drilled close to the frame joint on side of frame rail. There is a stiffener plate inside the original frame rail, I was able to salvage it in place and plug weld to the internal plate.



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Sure feels good to have that welded in.

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Sort of a Wisconsin/Japanese thing? Redneck meets Kamo Gari? Immodium needs a fire extinguisher? I don't get it. Must be a Northern Minnesota Renaissance man thing. Oh well, to the Birthday Boy go the spoils. To his family, well, use the other bathroom for a while.

I was thinking kind of a Kamo Gari - Sgt Schultz sort of thing.

I think maybe there was a packers fan involved too.

As always, just outstanding.

Question for you though - is this to be a restoration to stock, or is the owner going to go the restomod/protour route?

Scott

Still somewhat undecided on the direction of the build. We have a little time to decide, I am thinking it will lean heavy to the stock side with some mild upgrades if any.

Meanwhile, there is plenty to rebuild under this car before we really pin down a final direction for the car.

I'll get the structure sound, fix the body and we will see where it goes from there.

That raises a question, Dave. You've shown us repeatedly that you're a heckuva handy guy with some serious skills, so it there are performance tweaks such as getting in to the engine, will you do those, too?

Well yes, I certainly will, I love that stuff.

But I wont be adding any machining equipment. I will be sending cranks, blocks, heads out for cutting, boring etc.

The most I see myself doing in my shop in that regard would be valve jobs maybe, I might keep my eyes open for a used machine.

But as far as bolt it together type of work, yes. Also I'm not opposed to some old fashioned overhaul type work with a cylinder hone, new set of rings, bearings, gaskets, wear parts, lap a set of valves... what ever, the kind of stuff nobody screws with any more. It seems like folks these days think a crate engine is the only option.

(eye roll)

Makes me damn glad I bought my car 50 miles from where it was originally sold in So Cal...

You damn right, Ed.

Cherish that rust free buggy.

You my friend have much more drive and patience than I now posses.

Years ago I to loved to do proper body work but wrenching was my true love.

Wow. All this 'Black Betty' stuff, I was thinking the 'stang was gone, out the door, check cashed!