Getting my 1965 Ford Mustang Body Lined Up for Body work Almost Paint time!!!

what's going on guys welcome back to the channel in today's video we are back to work on the ford mustang trying to finish up this engine bay we got a lot of progress done in the previous episode as you can see we got everything nice and welded up and now i want to focus on the smaller aspects of this engine bay like getting everything ground down and basically get it ready for primer in today's video because as soon as we get this thing in primer we can pretty much paint it uh we have a couple of things we need to finish up as you can see there's a couple holes right there and that is where the gas pedal was actually mounted to the car so what we're going to do is actually grab a bolt and stick it in there and then i'm going to cut the back of the bolt off and just weld it right there so it's like a permanent mounting point for the gas pedal and then same thing we're gonna do here i'll show you guys how we're gonna do that in a second but the first thing i want to do is go ahead and knock out these hood hinges as you can see here is our hood hinges remember we have to make custom hood hinges because uh the placement of these hinges was a little bit off but it turned out pretty good and these hood hinges are good they are just a little bit rusty and i do also want to add let me see if i can find the uh shock yes i want to add the shocks right here as you can see we got some shocks instead of using the old janky springs that came with it i think we are going to install this shock probably somehow like this right here onto this bracket so that we don't have the giant spring right here that's super ugly we can cut that off get the hood hinges mounted get the hood mounted on this car and then i think we will go to the junkyard i'm gonna grab a hood latch probably from either a mustang or something like that because i don't really want to run hood pins they're kind of ugly so i might as well just do a hood watch with a cable and it'll be pretty cool and it won't be like the factory one because the factory one you can actually just open without anything so you can just go up to any random mustang and pop the hood and we don't really want that because we're gonna have a coyote engine inside there so let's get straight to work let's get these hood hinges mounted on here and start figuring out how we're going to put these absorbers on [Music] so guys check it out we got both hinges mounted on the car and we also threw on these shock absorbers and check out how well this thing works it goes all the way down right there and it's gonna be nice and hidden one of the engines in you're not gonna be able to see it it doesn't give it a nice clean look now we're gonna do is go ahead and throw on the hood and see if it works as it should [Music] so check it out guys we got the hood on the cart and unfortunately these hood shocks are just not strong enough to hold the hood or lift the hood up they are trying to have to hold the hood up though once it's up it will stay up but it tends to fall down i think these shocks are just they need to be a little bit stronger i bought them off amazon i mean the attaching brackets are nice so now that we have those we can just go ahead and order some other ones i did just realize we don't have any uh fender brackets or any other brackets for like the front grille and stuff like that and i do want to get everything fully welded every little bracket and every little thing that we're going to need to get this front end back together what i'm going to do right now is go ahead and start putting this front and back together i'm going to put the fenders on and then start working with the front fascia piece because we do have to make a couple more tabs just to bolt everything on because as you guys know we did build all this custom right here and i just didn't have the time before to build the fender brackets that go here and then i have the lower valance that i bought brand new so we're gonna go ahead and unbox that and start assembling this entire front end so here we have our giant parts from cj pony parts this is actually the front valance right here as you guys know mine was absolutely destroyed and we kind of did straighten it out and the reason why i didn't make brackets then was because that balance was pretty destroyed and then i wanted to buy a new one and if i bought a new one with those brackets probably wouldn't line up so we're gonna go ahead and open up this box see what we have and then we're gonna throw on both fenders and start working this entire area because we have a couple of taps to build [Music] so check it out we got the lower valance on and everything lines up pretty good we went ahead and spaced it evenly so this valance is perfectly in the center of the car and then we are about to start putting on the top balance but as you can see this is the original valance and you can see i kind of cut a section off of it right there and i kind of cut it pretty quick i didn't really line it up because we were going to get a new one you can see this one's all destroyed all through up in there so we picked up this new one right here and now we have to do a little bit of trimming and adding it up as you can see where we added our uh radiator support brackets right here you can see that it bumps into there so we're gonna do right now is i'm gonna do some nice clean cuts and weld everything up and make it look original so let's get straight to it [Music] so we got the upper valance fitted on and we do have a little bit of issues with the fitment as you can see right here on the side it doesn't really fit up too good and i know this is because it's an aftermarket piece because if we do look at the original one it's a lot cleaner and smoother right there but that's okay that actually gets covered up by the bumper so i think we're gonna just do a little bit of modification just to line up these two body lines right here i have to get a little sheet metal and put it on there and then this side over here is a little bit more jacked up it's a little janky i don't know if you guys can really notice it but i do really love how this pa driver side fender fits on this car this is an oem one and i'm glad this one was good you can see all the gaps here are literally perfect lines up perfectly on the hole and then if we go to the passenger side this is an aftermarket fender and it's just terrible i don't know why it doesn't want to fit up there and then this hole right here just completely does not line up but i think what we're going to do is try to find another original driver or passenger side fender instead of trying to use this one because it's kind of janky but now what we're going to do is we're going to go ahead and build the brackets for the fenders as you can see we are missing a bracket that goes here so we're going to build off of here and build it under there and i did have to actually trim the passenger side fender just like that right there because as you can see the driver's side fender actually extended like all the way out to here and then the factory passenger side fender kind of just stopped right there so i just trimmed it down both to size so now what we're going to do is grab some paper and create a template that's going to come off of here and basically go to here and then we can just put some bolts in because i want to make this front end as strong as possible i don't want anything being flimsy or just like hanging off because you guys know once you whenever you hang around old classic cars you can always see that the gaps are always off and it's not necessary that they were just put together like that as they were put together good and then just down the road the vibrations and stuff kind of just loosen everything up so we're gonna try to build as much brackets as possible make sure everything is bolted on as good as possible just so we have a super tight front end so let's get straight to it [Music] so we got both side fender brackets all built up and they lined up perfectly and we're not going to weld it just yet we're going to actually move on to the next task which is going to be fixing these headlight buckets as you can see they're a little jacked up in some spots this one's even cracked so we are going to weld that up this is i think these are made out of aluminum i'm not too sure on that we'll have to check here in a second but you can see it's kind of messed up you can see it's all like uh falling apart and stuff and i don't really like it and then this is the original one off that old mustang and you can see i did cut it a little bit right there but good thing is we do have a new one that we purchased for our fastback which is now gone but that's all good so we're actually going to swap that out and what i want to do right now is basically what i want to do right now is basically disassemble these headlight buckets take the headlights out and start fixing them because there is a little bit of a damage right here you can see it's kind of like bent up i guess they weren't fitting properly and they just ran those bolts in so let's get these things fixed up because they are pretty expensive these right here oem ones are probably like 500 a piece and you can get the reproduction ones for 200 a piece so i think it's just worth it to spend some time and get them all fixed up so let's get this entire uh grill section and everything off of it let's go ahead and disassemble it [Music] so we got both headlight pockets off and they're not as bad as i thought they would be and the cool thing is these are actually oem you can see right there it actually has the ford emblem hopefully they're both oem because we don't want no aftermarket junk and i'm pretty sure these things are made out of aluminum so now what we're gonna do is we're gonna go ahead and start repairing all these spots right here as you can see it's kind of bent up right there and it doesn't really fit in too good on the actual fender you can see it's all a little bit jacked up so we're gonna have to start repairing all that so let's get straight to it so we went ahead and brought our nice workbench over here from borrows these things are freaking awesome if you don't have one of these workbenches in your shop you are missing out now we have all the uh headlight bezels and buckets and we are also gonna start repairing this uh headlight insert also it's gonna need a little bit of adjustment here and there but unfortunately i do not have a torch for my propane so i'm actually gonna have to go to ace hardware right now and pick it up because aluminum when you're working with aluminum you definitely want to heat it a little bit as you can see these are bent pretty bad i would rather not risk breaking it or cracking it anymore so we're gonna have to ace hardware real quick and grab a torch so guys let's head over to ace hardware and i actually want to show you guys something unfortunate that happened the other day so we are out here and here's my beautiful wrx and check out this side right here it got wrecked and honestly guys i did not wreck this it was actually parked i parked it a certain way at the house and a little bro was backing up and he just lightly bumped it with his miata which those things have super bad visibility but i guess he was trying to get to work faster than me and he just bumped it and jacked it up pretty bad but at least the hood is good it didn't really hit the hood too much so we already have all the parts and i'm not sure if i'll probably film this rebuild or not but unfortunately thing happened but you know what we're gonna get it back to running condition and still the headlight still works and stuff like that i've kind of been driving it while we're waiting for parts from the dealership and the crazy thing is i just had this thing detailed and i was gonna get it ready for sale because i have been just daily driving it super awesome car amazing daily driver but unfortunately that happened but unfortunately that happened but mistakes happen he was driving his miata i think has super bad visibility so we're gonna get this thing fixed up soon but we're gonna head to ace get that torch and get those buckets and get those buckets repaired [Music] so we just came back from ace hardware and i actually just went ahead and picked up an entire torch kit because just this little tip right here was 17 and this right here was 20. plus you get a full thing and then i also found this right here this is kind of interesting it's kind of like an 80 grit abrasive but it's like plastic and i think it'll be nice to get all up in all these little cracks right here because you can see all the paints already like peeling off they just sprayed everything on the car at one piece and then we also picked up this wire wheel right here this is supposed to go on a bench grinder but it's gonna go on our grinder down there because we live life dangerously now what we're gonna do is go ahead and repair these buckets right here straighten all this stuff up right here get that straightened back into place and i think we'll go ahead and drop some welds on it make it nice and strong this side i don't think it's cracked anywhere so that's some good news so let's get straight to it [Music] [Music] so we got the entire headlight bucket all straightened out and then i also went ahead and hit it with this wire wheel right here and man let me tell you this thing worked amazing i guess it's because the other one will have is like thicker bristles this is like really super thin and it just really ate all that paint off there was like four or five layers of paint on one of these buckets and then this piece right here did have a lot of filler up here it was probably half an inch which is pretty crazy because look once i sanded off all the filler now it fits on there pretty good it lines up decently it might need a little bit of filler but you guys might be wondering why we're even messing with this right now well this right here is the final stages of prep work once we get this entire front end lined up all these headlight buckets all lined up and all the brackets made this thing is going to the other shop and me and my brothers are gonna hop on it and basically knock out all the bodywork and get it painted and then once we get it painted the engine can officially go back in for good once we get the engine in then we'll start working on the interior i mean pretty much paint is the only thing we're lacking at this point once we paint the dash we can go ahead and put all the electronics in once we hit the whole body we can put all the doors on put the windows on uh put the interior in i do want to get it painted before we mess with any more of the interior i should have waited on this matting right here i should have probably waited a little bit because as you can see i already burned it up a little bit and that's really not that cool but i have to replace some of those pieces or just put more on top which won't hurt it at all because more sound editing you have the better it is and basically after we get all those brackets made everything welded up all the underside painted in bam ready for paint uh the rear axle is coming on its way here soon that should be a pretty easy uh install not too hard since we do have the four link we have all the brackets we have everything and then we'll just need to get a drive shaft and stuff like that but man this thing is coming along so what i'm gonna do right now is go ahead and grab this headlight bucket we're gonna attach it onto here bolt it all down and i think i want to make another bracket that's basically going to be bolted onto the bucket and bolted from the car to this actual bucket right here just to hold everything nice and secure in place because there's really not too much bulk and i think the reason why all this stuff was bent up is because this is only the mounting point and then whenever you put the grille on everything gets mushed and pushed and if you guys remember that old green mustang that thing was actually spot spliced in half which that's probably why i scrapped it so let's go ahead and grab this headlight bucket and get it on there and make another bracket [Music] [Music] so it's the next day here at the shop and we got this uh headlight bucket fitting up pretty good on the driver's side right here as you can see we did some good wire wheeling on there and then we also this morning we stopped by got some more gas for the welder and some more aluminum right there because we are gonna be reinforcing this headlight bucket and i think what i'm gonna do is actually gonna uh create a one-piece grille here in the front i'll show you guys that here in a little bit but now what we're going to do is go ahead and get this right side bucket prepped up it still needs to be wired well as you can see there's bondo and stuff on this bucket and we also need a wire wheel the spots that we are going to be welding up so let's go ahead and get this thing wire wheeled up then we can put it on this side right here and start building our custom grille [Music] so guys we got both side bezels on we also threw on the center bar right there bolted everything together and it's looking pretty good the only issue i see on this bezel right here fitting up to this aftermarket fender is just this little bit of a gap there so what i think we'll do is we'll probably slice it bend it up a little bit and then weld it up because we do have our hdp aluminum welder over there but this side beautiful even right here this is a little bit too far forward which we did try to move the hood forward but we honestly couldn't get it because check that out that gap's already getting pretty big i know there's supposed to be a seal there so i'm pretty sure the gap is supposed to be pretty big from the factory but as you can see it's still a little bit off so what i'm thinking we're going to do is simply just sand it down perfectly and then weld it back up i mean it shouldn't be too hard to do that and then same thing over here this gap is a little bit too big like this and this bezel is too far forward so what i'm thinking we're going to add a little bit of material on the side right here because i don't want to bondo it i'd rather just weld it up and then just sand that down instead of putting a lot of filler and you guys remember there was a lot of filler on this piece right here and you can kind of see right there and kind of see why there was so much filler on this piece so what i think we'll do we'll probably just slice it right there uh maybe slice it right here move it up because i want to put as little filler as possible and this right here is literally the most important part of the entire build because i mean underneath engine bay you can't see that when it's closed so i mean you can only you want to see that whenever it's popped but this right here is what has to be a hundred percent perfect and man do i just hate these old cars just trying to get these headlight bezels into place is just ridiculous you gotta tweak and adjust everything on them and i'm pretty sure these cars probably didn't look too good even from the factory stuff was probably still misaligned if you look at today's cars gaps are still off and they have freaking millions of dollars of machinery and stuff so now what i want to go ahead and do is actually build some brackets for this top grille right here you can see this area is a little bit weak and same thing with this side this side's a little bit weaker because the bracket on this thing is broken so what i want to do is build some tabs that are going to come off of the actual radiator support and then this will slide onto it and get bolted on because we want this thing secured we don't want nothing moving around so let's get straight to it [Music] [Music] so [Music] so guys check it out we got the entire front end together and man that bracket right there turned out perfect so what i did was basically cut it out and it slides all the way into here so once we remove everything it'll be super easy to install because this bracket just slides onto this bracket gets bolted on with the grille now this grille is absolutely stout it's not gonna be moving around or anything like that i'm super glad i added that because on the factory mustang there's no really support between both grille sides right there it's really just that bottom brace and then this top grille right there but i am starting to like this uh this original grille off that old 66 that we used to have but check it out we also threw in the max speeding rods uh jeep headlights in there and man that's crazy uh 50 60 years later they still make headlights for these cars that line up beautifully but man the front end is starting to come together awesomely i'm super glad we made all the brackets and we didn't simply just do it how the oem was and then bam once you close the hood everything is lining up pretty good especially even right here look at that gap right there literally perfect and then this gap right here is going down so check it out all the gaps are literally perfect man i'm loving how this front end is turning out even though the fact that we did build everything custom on this front end everything is coming together it's still gonna take a lot of body work to get everything a hundred percent but i think that's what we're gonna leave off this video we got the hood on there we got the struts on there we built all the brackets the front end is coming together so now all we're going to do on this car is just go ahead and do all the body work on the car oh finishing touches on the front end we have to do a little bit more aluminum welding on it but once we do that we can literally just start the body work process take it over to the other shop get it painted and start assembling it so if you 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Length: 22min 19sec (1339 seconds)

Published: Tue Sep 20 2022