71 Torino project

[capjr]

Nice work LOOKIN GOOD. Great BUILD gotta love them old FORDS

[XTRMEASURES]

wow looking good

[MZ 500]

More patching

This one was only about 2"x2"

This one took a little more time

[Motown 454]

Keep plugging at it ,it looks good

[Bad Bird]

Gosh I love this car!

[MZ 500]

Here are some pics of the carnage, I can see this is going to take some beer to get me started!

This could be a problem! did a little blasting to see whats left.

[MZ 500]

Updates: I have started patching this thing

I was able to save this from the original blasted it at work today.

Made this patch, I squared it off some from the original cuz there wasn't much left to work with and so I could make it from one pice.

I will be blasting all the surface rust off just didn't take the time yet

[MZ 500]

Started an the other side not as bad as I thought it would be after I got going.




Anyone know what this bracket is for it's on the back of the uper half and has two rubber plugs in it.

[MZ 500]

I think I am throught the worst of it. :D
and it still fits in the car too.



The bench looks like this

I started to tack in the last patch in this area (on the right where the clamp is) but thats it for tonight.

[MZ 500]

Here is todays updates the major metal work is done on the lower half I just need to add the round "top hat" things then clean it up and get it coated.



templates I made for the driver side.

[GHOSTDANCER]

Great looking job, keep at it.

[MZ 500]

Thinks GOSTDANCER

Todays update, Hinge brackets I got sick of working on the thin stuff so I moved onto these, I even impressed myself on this there wasn't much to work with on the RH side.
Before

after

[Motown 454]

Very nice ! you do some nice work, its looking great...

[MZ 500]

Sheetmetal work is done on the cowl I am going to sand blast and get it coated soon man does it ever seem like a big turning point.

[MZ 500]

Here are some updates I did get the cowl finished up and moved on to the trunk pans and fuel cell mount.








battery box I picked up for $10 it's new.

[Motown 454]

You must have ESP . Last night I was looking through my old post and was going to PM you to see how you were doing. But I guess this answers my question . You did an excelent job fixing that cowl area it looks stronger than factory. Nice job on the fuel cell area too. Glad to see your making some nice progress.

[Bad Bird]

I don't remember if you posted your plans for the suspension for this car...

[MZ 500]

Here are a few pics of how I finished the cowl. I sand blasted both the upper and lower panels and coated them with chassis saver paint before I welded it back in.





Bad Bird

I have not got into the suspension much on this car yet but I am sticking with leaf springs in the back but I will be adding a sway bar and Cal-tracs. Up front I want to do away with the stock power stearing setup and put a rack in but other than that I have not got into the front much yet.

[55ChevDelray]

AWesome JOB!! Loved those 70-71 Torinos. Lazer stripe!!

[MZ 500]

Wow long time no update... I havn't been doing much with the car this summer but I did get a start on my rotisserie.