Slow 68 mustang - Big Girl Pearl or "Yellow Fury"

[arcane73]

Hmmm, they all seem like pinholes, nothing structural.



I recall another build on here years ago that had floor in similar condition to yours. He fixed them by using silver Por 15. Claimed the silver color was the only color that had some kinda fibers in it. Seemed to work for him and was alot simpler than cutting out the old and welding in new floors.

The hole in the firewall where the clutch rod goes used to be fairly common. As the plastic bushings failed in the linkage to the Z-bar, the metal-on-metal joints would wear pretty fast and get sloppy, often resulting in people substituting straight rods for the upper link. Many of which resulted in the kind of wear you see on your firewall.

Keep up the good work!

Yeah, I briefly considered just putting down some rust preventative/converter and calling it a day but the plan is to keep this ride. So, I opted for pans. And my other early mustangs had various levels of the failing z-bar linkages like you mentioned. But this is the first time I've seen a tear on the firewall to make room for the clutch rod....so many 'impressive' details about this car.