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How much does everyone worry about mouse nests in their frame rail when patching? I’m doing a couple patches by the front eye bolt hole and when I cut out the bad metal, I could see a mouse nest in the rail where the rail starts to arch over the wheel. I cut a couple holes in this area and...

Hello everyone! My car is now mostly stripped, engine needs to come out and the leaf spring bolt has to be cut, otherwise it is just the shell. I bought the car and shipped it halfway across the world and upon inspection found that indeed it is in a fairly poor state. Some people might suggest...

Hello everyone, This is my first post here. I’m looking to get my first Mustang, and looking to get some dumb questions answered. TIA. I’m exclusively looking for a 67-68 Fastback. I’ve been reading a lot of threads here to learn more about what I should be looking out for. There are not a...

Hi all, Back in May I purchased a 66 Convertible on eBay from MI and shipped it to CA. I trusted what I was buying based on the amount of detail that was in the eBay listing, as well as talking to the PO on the phone and email. I spent months looking a project car with all metal/body work...

Hello. I pulled the engine out of my 66 (converting to v8 from straight 6) and saw much more frame rust than expected. The passenger side doesn’t look too bad, but the drivers side inner rail is pretty much gone from the firewall to the rad support. To replace the frame rail, what will I need to...

I’ve been working on a 1966 Ford Mustang for a few months now, bringing it up to being road legal and just got the plates for the car. Recently I was under the car and noticed some rot in the from frame rail near the front bumper mounts and proceeded to check the rest of the frame rails finding...