Did some minor rust repair and prevention today.
It's just to try and prevent it from getting worse for now as its current sitting outside.
It's just to try and prevent it from getting worse for now as its current sitting outside.
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Snow has hit so has the cold weather. Waiting for the garage space to be open to move the car inside to continue work.
How much more rusted areas do you have to attend to? Sounds like you're 5-10 years away from a full-body paint? You mentioned it would be a few years, and I know this will be a very slow project for you.
Once you get it inside your garage, will it stay there during the whole restoration term?
Once you get it inside your garage, will it stay there during the whole restoration term?
There is actually no deep rust it's all just on the surface like shown. That is one of the reasons I was willing to take on the project is some of the things I would normally have to deal with because I am from the Midwest. This was a California car when it was on the road and then it moved around before sitting in a storage lot north of Tampa, Florida for a while. I need to lift it up but if there is rust it shouldn't be too bad. I do plan to keep it in the garage for most of the time. If not it will be under a weather proof car cover.
Some refinished parts like my cowl and seats are inside the house.
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That is good that is surface rust you dealing. I hope things go well for you as you progress through the project.
Is he trying to rebuild someone's parts car?
The fact of the matter is yes its rough. Most people won't see what I see in this car. Most people think it's to far gone. Underneath the ugliest part is actually a incredibly straight and clean shell. I think once I get a bit more progress on it... by next spring you all may see my point of view. I'm not crazy, I just see what most people can't.
The order that you're doing stuff is mind boggling to me
I wish you luck and really hope you get to your goal.
A little perspective follows...
I bought a roller back in May. It still had interior and a bunch of other Cobra specific parts left on it. I have every part from my old 03 that wasn't destroyed in the theft (driveshaft, heat exchanger, and front bumper were all I couldn't reuse). I paid 5k for the roller.
Financially it would have been smarter to have bought a runner and sold my parts.
A little perspective follows...
I bought a roller back in May. It still had interior and a bunch of other Cobra specific parts left on it. I have every part from my old 03 that wasn't destroyed in the theft (driveshaft, heat exchanger, and front bumper were all I couldn't reuse). I paid 5k for the roller.
Financially it would have been smarter to have bought a runner and sold my parts.
@vr4, you're not the first person to find that out. Sometimes, though, it's not about the money. It can be more about the connection you have with the car, or shell of the car. I think that is the case with @Terminated_cobra_03.
To be honest it's partly self inflicted. ARH headers to replace the kooks that were on it... For ground clearance and starter access... Among other things
The reason is I'm in a accessories class in college and so I'm learning about interior and exterior modifications and so I hope to bring it on to do in my spare time.
I have reasons for everything. This car was just some engine work away from running before the last owner took everything apart. He noticed bondo cracks in the inner fender aprons. Without knowing the true nature of how bad it was and assuming it was far worse then it actually was. He disassembled it and left it in the state it is now.
When I first saw the car I noticed how clean it was from the firewall back. I noticed that there wasn't to much rust and it was all surface. I knew at the worst I was looking at replacing the front clip for around 7k if it was to go back to OEM. I knew a tube front end was also a definite possibility. When I first got there and saw the car on the trailer I opened the doors and the doors opened extremely smoothly, this told me that the body was pretty darn straight and the body was not twisted.
I knew a good amount of parts are just normal mustang and could be found in junkyards.
The bottom line is I had my mind made up that this was possible and I was going to figure out how I could make it all happen.
Under the scatter brain posts and ADHD craziness is actually a lot of time on spreadsheets figuring out how it could all be done.
Yes I may get a lot of people that think I'm crazy or stupid. Over all I am emotionally attached to the car.
I do fully intend to ride this out to the very conclusion of this cars story.
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Spring is 113 days away. Are you talking about spring 2023 or the spring of 2063?
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Straight as an arrow, just out of square by 1/2" or so.
The ½ an inch number wasn't actually true, it was someone's guess, they didn't take a tape measure to it and look, I later did, it may actually be ⅛ off if not actually true. It's mainly the fender aprons as I mentioned above.
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Another day and a bit of an update. After the other car was removed from my garage the Cobra is now inside of the garage. Need to clean the leaves out as well. Just glad it's out of the elements so I can continue work year round.
Gonna start to take everything out and start to sandblast the floors and get rid of some small rust marks that were caused by scratches as the interior was removed years ago.
Gonna start to take everything out and start to sandblast the floors and get rid of some small rust marks that were caused by scratches as the interior was removed years ago.
Are u sure this is a good idea man? I mean... u gotta also figure what YOUR TIME is worth. Plenty of runners out there for decent deals......... unless this is a learning experience its a terrible idea.
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