Hello,
Well, as my car has almost made it into the paint shop, it is time to start thinking about putting it back together. This is where some questions come up.
Because the car is getting a quality respray from bare metal, it is completely stripped. Only the dash area and engine bay were not cleared from their anciliaries. The reason is that the interior paint has already been done, as has the engine bay. Everything else has been taken off the car.
All sheetmetal that could be taken off is off, this means that the car is virtually noseless and that the rear is missing a trunklid, Q.extensions and valence.
Now how should I proceed with the rebuild??
Do I put on all sheetmetal and exterior trim before starting on wiring in the radio and replacing the interior and all of the glass?
Or, do I start with the interior from the headliner, working down to a totally completed interior with glass before putting on the sheetmetal. The wiring will then be the second thing after the headliner is in place.
I'm thinking best approach is starting the interior from the headliner. Then putting in the roof rail metal and weatherstrip. After that I would do the rear quarter windows and then the doors completely. When windows and doors are properly aligned, I'd finish off the interior by putting in the easy to fit stuff.
This would leave me with a closed cabine, which is god because the car has to stay outside under a carport during the rebuild.
I was thinking that after that I could simply build up the exterior.
What do you people think, with all your experience!
TIA
Columbo
First time '66 Mustang rolling restoration, nearing completion.
Well, as my car has almost made it into the paint shop, it is time to start thinking about putting it back together. This is where some questions come up.
Because the car is getting a quality respray from bare metal, it is completely stripped. Only the dash area and engine bay were not cleared from their anciliaries. The reason is that the interior paint has already been done, as has the engine bay. Everything else has been taken off the car.
All sheetmetal that could be taken off is off, this means that the car is virtually noseless and that the rear is missing a trunklid, Q.extensions and valence.
Now how should I proceed with the rebuild??
Do I put on all sheetmetal and exterior trim before starting on wiring in the radio and replacing the interior and all of the glass?
Or, do I start with the interior from the headliner, working down to a totally completed interior with glass before putting on the sheetmetal. The wiring will then be the second thing after the headliner is in place.
I'm thinking best approach is starting the interior from the headliner. Then putting in the roof rail metal and weatherstrip. After that I would do the rear quarter windows and then the doors completely. When windows and doors are properly aligned, I'd finish off the interior by putting in the easy to fit stuff.
This would leave me with a closed cabine, which is god because the car has to stay outside under a carport during the rebuild.
I was thinking that after that I could simply build up the exterior.
What do you people think, with all your experience!
TIA
Columbo
First time '66 Mustang rolling restoration, nearing completion.
