Started working on the Coupe.

Mike65

Mike65

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Today was a day off from Home Depot today & it was a wonderful day so I started workin on the 69 Coupe today. Stripped the very poor dark blue paint off the trunk lid & the tops of the quater panels & removed both rear quater windows. Next week I start stripping the paint on the quater panels.:awesomework: It is great to have a garage again to work in.
 
Mike65

Mike65

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Just an update if anyone but Julie is reading, I was out in the garage working on the 69 Coupe this evening, so far I have the trunk, l/s roof to quater panel, & most of the l/s rear quater panel stripped of the nasty old blue paint. Found some rust through in front of both rear wheels, & the lower r/s rear quater panel. Sunday I hope to finish stripping the lower l/s quater panel, & the panel between the rear window & the trunk. I should be able to take some pics on Sunday.
 
ponyboy289

ponyboy289

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Hey Mike,
Glad to hear you're working on your Mustang again. I'm sure it must be tough after a long hiatus but I'm sure you'll be back in the groove in no time. Keep chipping away and keep us posted on your findings/progress.
 
jmiller

jmiller

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Mike65 said:
Just an update if anyone but Julie is reading, I was out in the garage working on the 69 Coupe this evening, so far I have the trunk, l/s roof to quater panel, & most of the l/s rear quater panel stripped of the nasty old blue paint. Found some rust through in front of both rear wheels, & the lower r/s rear quater panel. Sunday I hope to finish stripping the lower l/s quater panel, & the panel between the rear window & the trunk. I should be able to take some pics on Sunday.
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You make that sound like I'm stalking you! Which might be sort of true... LOL Soon we can compare coupe progress threads. :D It must be great though to finally get working on her though.
 
Mike65

Mike65

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jmiller said:
You make that sound like I'm stalking you! Which might be sort of true... LOL Soon we can compare coupe progress threads. :D It must be great though to finally get working on her though.
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:DStalk away, LOL. Yea it is a real good feeling after 8 months to be able to go out in the garage & work on the Coupe again. We should start our own individual progress threads. Since last post I removed the l/s drip rail moulding, weatherstripping & the metal piece that holds the weatherstripping & have started stripping the paint on the roof. I am off from work for the next 2 days so I WILL be out in the garage working on the Coupe. If the sun is out tomorrow I will take some progress pics to share. What do you have planned to do on your Coupe Julie?.
 
jmiller

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Mike65 said:
:DStalk away, LOL. Yea it is a real good feeling after 8 months to be able to go out in the garage & work on the Coupe again. We should start our own individual progress threads. Since last post I removed the l/s drip rail moulding, weatherstripping & the metal piece that holds the weatherstripping & have started stripping the paint on the roof. I am off from work for the next 2 days so I WILL be out in the garage working on the Coupe. If the sun is out tomorrow I will take some progress pics to share. What do you have planned to do on your Coupe Julie?.
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That's great work! And, yes, it would be nice to see some sun!! This weather is so depressing.

My plans are top secret. :evil: LOL jk I am going to re-do/re-build the most of the car. I like the green paint but it was a pretty shoddy paint job, is peeling off big time and green just isn't my color. Re-build the engine, tranny, clutch, most everything, pretty up the interior (new dash, run new electrical, etc.), body needs some love. Mine has issues with the weather stripping as well around the windshield. So, a lot of replacing of stuff that's just shot. I guess my goal is kind of show quality result but I wanna be able to jump in it and take off for a LOOONNNGGGG drive. It'll take some time to strip her down and build her back up but it's going to be great. :D

Are you doing the paint yourself? I'm going to look into Rod Tech in Hall (just south of Geneva). I've driven by there so many times and have seen some good things come out of the garage doors.
 
Mike65

Mike65

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My 69 I got as a shell, I am redoing the body myself then it is off to a body shop to have it painted. I want it painted yellow from a new Ford Ranger with the 1970 Mach-1 hood stripe. I have a Mach-1 hood scoop, it will get a front & rear spoiler. Either a 302 or 351 stroker for the engine a 5 speed trans, & a 9" rear with 3.70 rear gears. It will get the Mach-1 door panels, I have a center console for the car already, I have the r/s Mach-1 dash panel with the round clock, needs a new dash top as they ALL do, & I am going with a JME Enterprises wood grain dash panel with the white faced gauges, & 1970 Mustang high back bucket seats which I have but need to recover. The interior will be black. It will need all new wiring, I havent decided whether I will use factory original wiring or go with one of the custom wiring kits made for a Mustang. I already purchased the glass from a 1970 Mustang that is bolt in instead of the bond in glass of 69. ALL new chrome, & to finish it off I always liked the aluminum slotted wheels with a set of wide RWL tires. I finished stripping the l/s rear lower quater panel & found some rot in the lower front quater panel just behind the rear wheel under body filler. I took a pic today but I need my wife to post it, maybe over the weekend.
 
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Mike65

Mike65

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Well I am off from work tomorrow so after a DR's apt & a trip to town hall for a license for our new Siberian Husky it is off to the garage to work on the 69 Coupe.:awesomework: We will see what I can get done, maybe strip more paint & drill out some spot welds on the l/s of the tail light panel.:awesomework:
 
Mike65

Mike65

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I was only able to get a couple hours of stripping paint off the upper half of the r/s rear quater panel & r/s sail panel. From the looks of it the r/s lower quater seems to have a lot of bondo. I am off work Fridaty & it is supposed to be a nice day so I should get it down to bare metal & see what needs to be done there. That is it until Friday. Pics to come.
 
Mike65

Mike65

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OK everyone I am terrible with the computer I rely on my wife to post the pics. I promise I will take some more pics of the Coupe & see if I can get her to post them, how do we post them here?.
 
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