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black88coupe — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 17:44:31 MDT

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Undercoated

black88coupe — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 17:38:35 MDT

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Undercoated - underside004.jpg

I'm not doing all of the rear just yet. I still have a little more welding to do.

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black88coupe — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 17:37:04 MDT

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More POR-15. This stuff is great. Just don't get any on you.

Side view of the underside.

black88coupe — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 17:33:18 MDT

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Side view of the underside. - underside002.jpg

I welded up the torque boxes while i was underneath. I POR-15-d any areas that had rust. The rest i just left alone since it will be getting a mist coat of undercoating.

The bottom after being wire wheeled and POR-15'd.

black88coupe — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 17:31:38 MDT

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The bottom after being wire wheeled and POR-15'd. - underside001.jpg

Donathen racing tube bumper mockup

black88coupe — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 14:30:10 MDT

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Donathen racing tube bumper mockup - tubebumpermockup.jpg

This thing is well made and very light. It's chrome moly.

Drivers side front framerail

black88coupe — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 08:04:22 MDT

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Drivers side front framerail - Framerail1-1.jpg

I finally completed the frame rail repair. Overall it turned out pretty nice.

smoothed the cowl

black88coupe — Thu, 9 Jul 2009 15:59:19 MDT

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smoothed the cowl - firewall.jpg

Passenger side floorpan

black88coupe — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 15:20:42 MST

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Passenger side floorpan - Passsidefloor.jpg

here's a pic of the passenger side all welded up. In this picture you can also see the direction i'm going with the main hoop mount for my roll bar.

Drivers side replacement panel

black88coupe — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 15:18:40 MST

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Drivers side replacement panel - driverssidefloor-1.jpg

Here's a shot of the new floorpan just kinda mocked up. Not much left to do before it can be welded in. I need to fab up a toe board for the front and then everything can be welded.

Donor roof

black88coupe — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 15:15:25 MST

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Donor roof - scan0001.jpg

In the beginning

black88coupe — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 15:08:19 MST

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In the beginning - scan0003.jpg

Just another pic of the beginning of the teardown.

Why HPM's SUCK!!

black88coupe — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 15:06:42 MST

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Why HPM's SUCK!! - scan0002.jpg

I always knew this would be a problem when i put these on my car. They were rusting from the inside out.

Drivers side floor

black88coupe — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 12:36:48 MST

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Drivers side floor - driverssidefloor.jpg

Here's a pic of the floor with the front seat support removed. Only thing left to do now is to start cutting out the rusted pan.

Trans tunnel pic

black88coupe — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 17:48:53 MST

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Trans tunnel pic - transtunnelpic.jpg

At one time i had my B&M shifter mounted to the floor. I have since removed it and am going to re- mount it a different way. I cut out the sheetmetal where i had the holes drilled for it and made some patch panels to replace the swiss cheese that was there. It's not too fancy looking since it'll be covered by the seat support that runs the full width of the floorpan. At least it'll keep water out of the interior if i happen to get caught in the rain. It'll also help to keep smoke and fumes out of the car as well.

Charlies Mopar

black88coupe — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 19:33:25 MST

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Charlies Mopar - CharliesMopar.jpg

This beast is sportin' 500 cubes of big block MOPAR. Charlie drives this to the strip and busts off mid 12's with it like it's nothing. He's not even hardly leaning on it! Look out if he decided to drive it like he hated it. It would absolutely fly!!!

Tubular front bumper

black88coupe — Tue, 4 Nov 2008 13:04:58 MST

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Tubular front bumper - tubularbumper.jpg

Donathen Racing front bumper. This thing is very light. It's made of chrome moly and only weighs about 5lbs. It will replace my stock bumper assembly.

Patch panel

black88coupe — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 21:40:11 MDT

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Patch panel - 100_1054.jpg

Here's a shot of the patch panel i made. I'm about 3/4 of the way from having it completely tacked in. I'll have to grind down the welds after that. This is actually the first of two layers as the factory overlapped several layers of sheetmetal in this area. Bad idea on their part.

Drivers side shock tower.

black88coupe — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 13:50:05 MDT

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Drivers side shock tower. - 100_1046.jpg

It gets pretty nasty underneath this. Keep in mind that this is an area where you have multiple layers of sheetmetal overlapping each other. This is a breeding ground for rust. As you'll see in the next couple of pic's.

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black88coupe — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 13:48:00 MDT

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This is basically what i started repairing. One little rust spot. Yeah right!!! This is the second Mustang i've owned that rusted like this.

Pretty nasty inside.

black88coupe — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 13:45:27 MDT

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Pretty nasty inside. - 100_1048.jpg

Keep in mind my car has only seen one winter!

Heres a shot of the inside of the frame rail . This area was full of rusty crap. It's an excellent place for dirt and water to collect.

black88coupe — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 13:43:34 MDT

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Heres a shot of the inside of the frame rail . This area was full of rusty crap. It's an excellent place for dirt and water to collect. - 100_1049.jpg

Frame rail

black88coupe — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 13:38:38 MDT

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Frame rail - 100_1052.jpg

In this picture you can see where i installed some supports for the inside of the frame rail. The factory did the same thing with some sheetmetal. It was too rusted to save so i went this route. The pieces on the ends are where the k- member bolts pass through.

Team Z tubular K and a- arms

black88coupe — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 10:35:52 MDT

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Team Z tubular K and a- arms - TeamZ-K.jpg

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black88coupe — Wed, 8 Oct 2008 05:41:56 MDT

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black88coupe — Wed, 8 Oct 2008 05:41:13 MDT

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Disassembling the dash.

black88coupe — Wed, 8 Oct 2008 05:37:58 MDT

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Disassembling the dash. - mustang_dash_1_500x375.jpg

Slowly coming apart for rebuild.

black88coupe — Mon, 6 Oct 2008 19:40:56 MDT

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Slowly coming apart for rebuild. - rollingchassis.jpg

roofinside.jpg

black88coupe — Sun, 5 Oct 2008 18:35:44 MDT

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roofinside.jpg

If you look, you can see where some shit for brains cut out the roof support to install a sunroof. What a dickhead!

Little bit of rust in the drivers floor.

black88coupe — Sun, 5 Oct 2008 18:30:54 MDT

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Little bit of rust in the drivers floor. - driverssidefloorpan.jpg

Mocking up the trunk mounted battery box.

black88coupe — Sun, 5 Oct 2008 18:29:37 MDT

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Mocking up the trunk mounted battery box. - batteryboxtrunk.jpg

Passenger side floor

black88coupe — Sat, 4 Oct 2008 04:59:27 MDT

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Passenger side floor - floorpanpic2.jpg

Trimming the pan for the replacement panel.

Passenger floorpan

black88coupe — Sat, 4 Oct 2008 04:57:30 MDT

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Passenger floorpan - floorpanpic1.jpg

Fabbing and fitting a pattern for a replacement piece.

Engine bay

black88coupe — Sat, 4 Oct 2008 04:55:09 MDT

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Engine bay - enginebay.jpg

Almost ready for final cleanup and repaint.

shell

black88coupe — Sat, 4 Oct 2008 04:51:40 MDT

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shell - shell.jpg

The 88 with the front suspension removed. Ready for the coil-overs and the Team Z stuff to go on.