Dammmm !!! Very nice work !!:thumbsup:

 

Rusty and Brian, every time I see your work, I'm speechless. I've said it before, I'd love to live near you guys, just so I could work for free and learn from the masters. What an inspiration you are !!!!! :thumbsup::thumbsup:

Bossed

 

Rusty - you do quality work--

for the rest of you-- i would assume the "supplement" that was mentioned in the start of the thread is the owner topping it up-- not Hagertys.. more than half of the work isnt related to the claim. ive dealt with other insurance companies but i would guess hagertys gave a fixed amount and wrote the car off-- the customer decided to fix it? ..
the total repair likely exceeds 50k .. as i speculate..

this car was beyond "economical" repair- easy to see after but would have been better off with a virgin metal car then swap driveline -- i doubt rustys "parts car" was in any worse shape overall.. and he wouldnt put that back together --

it is a car again but thats a lot of labor put into a car that isnt worth it (is it? ) i have that much time in my vert but i didnt pay someone $50hr or whatever the shop rate is there.
-- i know where a Duesenberg is getting restored and its about this effort but its worth 20x the mustang ..

 

Brian had the floor in and out a few times getting it to fit and drilled the holes for the plug welds



Floor in for the last time and welded



Sanded to bare metal



I sprayed two coats of SPI black epoxy





Starting to line up the sheetmetal

 

I'm kinda wondering the same thing on the insurance thing. Are they paying for the restoration or just the damage from the wreck. What percentage is what ?

 

wow! Thats crazy! If i was the owner i would be turning it into a FB if i knew the rear was going to be chopped like that...Holy moly

 

This was damaged beyond repair so we got one off of my convertible.

 

This was damaged beyond repair so we got one off of my convertible.

Wish i could find this part mine are shot.

Love the work you do!!!

 

I'm impressed with the work, but also VERY impressed with Hagerty if they are covering the cost for a more or less total restoration for a rear-ender.
Is this still insurance or is the owner picking up some of the cost?

 

I know most of my friends and family think I'm nuts for doing what I'm doing. I think I'll make a copy of this to hang on my garage wall. As usual, 2nd to none. :thumbsup:

 

You are the Mustang God !

 

I've never seen welds clean up like that what's his secret!

 

It's not hard, just tedious. Rusty may have a better method, but I grind carefully with a hard wheel, then use a sanding disc to finish up, just make sure not to dig into the good metal.

 

nice work you got skills

 

Wow, there's almost no original metal left ! At least you'll know there's no old rust lurking anywhere.

 

We are back working on this project. Brian replaced the damaged A pillar







Replaced the lower cowl



Ground the welds on the A pillar



Upper cowl installed

 

Amazing work. You inspire me.

 

The A pillar was damaged in the accident and that is when we found the rust







We used the other 1966 convertible we are restoring to make the jig needed for this project.

Test fitting the rear frame rails



Fitting the trunk floor pan



Fitting the floor pan



The frame rails have been welded but everything else is just screwed together at this point.

 

Once the cowl was removed Brian found rust in the A pillars

 

The cowl is bad

 

Everything was stripped to bare metal and epoxy primed











New parts epoxy primed

 

Guess it's a little late for a hilarious, "that should buff right out!" comment. But great work. Get as many of these cars back on the road as possible.

 

Absolutely fantastic. I'm glad there are people as talented as you guys to save some of these cars that may not have made it otherwise. Top notch work!

 

Almost makes me want to get hit and send my car down your way.

Just out of curiosity, how does it work when during the course of your repair you find old damage such as rust that require repair in the process of fixing accident related repairs?

 

Last patch on the right rocker

Now he is making the last patch on the left side. Everything is epoxy primed first

 

No one brings em back to life like Brian and Rusty!

 

Rusty ,
Totally Awsome work !
keep us updated .