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The trials and tribulations begin. I am really hoping to do a nice job fitting the body panels, sanding properly, and taking the time necessary to make the car look really good once it is finally painted.

The mini tubs have finally been welded up, rust proofed and seam sealed, check them out!

Fitting and Reshaping Thunder's Shelby Fiberglass
Fitting and Reshaping Thunder's Shelby Fiberglass
Reconstructing The Improperly Welded 1/4 Panel on the 67 Ford Mustang
Reconstructing The Improperly Welded 1/4 Panel
Mini Tubs and Stretching the Quarter Panels on the 1967 Fastback
Mini Tubs and Stretching the Quarter Panels
Filling Block Sanding and Primer on The Mustang
Filling Block Sanding and Primer on The Mustang
Thunder Makes A Trip To The Paint Shop - 67 Mustang ready for primer
Thunder Makes A Trip To The Paint Shop

Speedbumps along the way to painting have slowed the project down a lot. The guy I paid thousands of dollars to properly weld in brand new sheet metal, badly screwed up the drivers side quarter panel at the door. (Don't use 'west coast warrenz') Check the pictures on Bondo exposed to see the 3/4" of bondo on the Bondo exposed page to see for yourself! So a lot more work getting the quarter and door fitment was required. I also applied the shrinking disc to the quarter with some great results.

After all that "fun" I decided to mini tub the rear wheelhouses. Check out the progress!

I managed to spend a good deal of time aligning the front fascia and fenders and hood. This involved basically drilling all of the spot welds from the front of the reproduction front fenders (they did not even fit the stock headlight buckets - let alone the shelby fiberglass.) The result is a darn good fit, without doing any sanding or filling at all. I have a bit of tweaking to do, that's it.

Check out the front fascia and hood alignment work. The fascia was twisted somewhat, I am guessing an original Shelby trait, as most of the older cars fit kind of badly. This is not a true replica, so I can make it fit better, than the original without any repercussions! The nose section seems to only go bad at the very front. The portion of the 'glass nearer to the radiator  is almost exactly symmetrical and level. the front outer section is no. The flip side is that the hood fit well, other than gaps, and fender face mating. It was symmetrical and level.

The more difficult of the fiberglass is the trunk. It fits badly. The way that it lines up in the trunk opening looked fine. But that's where it ended check out the first work on the trunk and extensions.

 

 

 

 

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