70 Mustang Convertible Restomod

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Getting some primer before block sanding.

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Primer, guide coat, sand/block, rinse and repeat…

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Finally the paint is going on. Love the color. Ford Kona Blue. The door handles were off.

[chunger]

Nice color!

[i1gasts0]

Thanks, I'm rather fond of it.

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Dropped by my painter today. Small parts getting painted. Hood strip getting done. Color sanding being done. Okay he said it would be done in two weeks but reality is he spent two weeks just block sanding the car. I have no problem with the time he is taking on the car. It's all time well spent.

[compos mentis]

Great color

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Color sanding is done and polishing begins this afternoon.

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Final polishing being completed. Hopefully back to shop for final assembly this Friday.

[jaybee]

Absolutely gorgeous.

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Went by painter today and they are starting to get the car finished so it can be sent back to shop for final assembly. Hopefully Monday or Tuesday.

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Roll Bar is getting painted black. Was thinking of painting it the same color as the car but decided that would be overkill.

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Just a little more work on the paint and hopefully it will move to shop tomorrow. They surprised me and ended up painting the roll bar the same color as the car. They said that they had run out of the blue, so it would be black. I'm good with that. I would have liked it either way.

[Pedigry]

Wow, that's a pretty color. Nicely done.

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Out under the sun and ready to go to the shop for assembly.

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Well come to find out the shop that is building the car doesn't have space for her at the moment, so she is coming home. I'm going to get some of the easily installable parts and install them myself. Tail lights, side markers, hood twist downs, probably the front bumper and turn signals. Probably get the rear side panels and rear seat back and take them to the upholstery shop to be fixed because of the roll bar. Going to find my Ford body assembly manual and see what else I can do. Most likely the grill and surrounding bright work. Depending on how long before the shop can take the car, I may also try and do some of the interior.

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Small victory yesterday. Got the tail lights in and the rubber seals behind the end caps. Lots of sweaty finger prints on the end cap. Today was side markers. It's damn hot and humid in NC. So this is going slowly. Passenger side was a hassle due to battery moved to trunk.

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Added gas cap and hold down for twist locks.

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Okay I hate to admit this but took me ten minutes to install one twist down and about six hours over three days to get the other one on. Part of the problem is the hood does not open enough with the billet hinges and the other part is the holes are not exactly where they should be. I don't think will be too much of a issue as there is a lot of adjustment in the plates that they go into. That's the next thing I have to do.

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Today I decided to do something easy. I installed the Shaker Ring. So of course I dropped one of the nuts and it disappeared into the garage floor. I swear it eats nuts and bolts. Off to Lowes tomorrow to get a replacement.