My 71 Maverick Grabber Build.....

Worked on the pass side repair panel today..... It probably about 75% welded in, what a pita..... Some of the factory cowl metal is like paper thin, I think I put about 9000 tacks on that thing to create a weld..... Oh well, it's almost in.....

Here's what it looks like so far.....

 

Which Mustang parts house did you get the cowl repair panels from and could you give me the part numbers from when you ordered them? :Handshake

My cowl rings are bad and I was going to take the easy way out with some fiberglass but seeing your progress photos has convinced me to do it the right way.

Thanks, Bob

 

I dont have the part numbers here but I got everything from CJ Pony Parts..... I got stuff from them because they have had a free shipping deal going on lately..... The panels are for 65-68 Stangs.....

 

should be something like M136RH & M136LH from mustangsunlimited or similar. diameter and height of the 'hats' are roughly the same on all early ford cars...

 

Funny you should mention CJ Pony Parts - I just checked my latest email flyer from them and found 10% off plus free shipping up until tonight. I found L & R repair panels for 65 through 68 Stangs for 44.00 each. Were the panels, you recieved from CJ, much larger and you just cut them down to what you needed? If so, I believe I found the right ones. :bananaman

 

I believe you're right, Thomas.

The ones that I was looking at, from CJ Pony Parts, are numbered M136R & M136 L.

Now I know I'm on the right track - thanks everyone

 

Yes, actually the driver side I just took the ring off and put on my car..... The pass side I cut better the half off and tweaked it around to fit the Mav, I only want to replace the damaged area's since I had to make it fit.....

 

I Finished welding in the pass side cowl repair today..... Then I got the first coat of POR15 on the cowl area.....

 

That is some really nice looking welding - do you use tig or mig? If mig what do you shoot for on your heat and wire speed settings?

 

I am using a Miller XL130 Mig..... On this machine I set the heat on 2 an use a wire speed around 30-35 for sheet metal like this..... I basically make tachs 1 after another to create a weld, on this thin stuff it will get too hot and blow holes if you try to run a continous weld.....

 

That's some nice close tacks - makes it look like a continous narrow tig type weld

 

Thanks again.....




Got a second coat of POR15 on the inner cowl area this morning..... I also cleaned up the upper cowl panel and coated the underside and ends with POR15..... I think I'll go down tomorrow night and put some blue epoxy on the center of the inner cowl where you can see through whe the upper panel is on, and get a little seam sealer on the welded areas so I can get the upper panel back on next weekend..... I didn't take any pic's today cause there wasn't much too see.....

 

if you put back on the upper cover, do yourself a favor and mount the wiper arms to line everything up before you weld anything together. ask me how i know

 

I just received my two repair panels from CJ Pony Parts yesterday and was going to start removing my cowl cover today when I wound up baby sitting my grandson. I don't mind baby sitting but I really hate having no notice at all when I have plans

 

Put some brushable seam sealer on the welds of the cowl repairs..... Also put a coat of blue epoxy primer on the center areas of the inner cowl..... After the set up up I clamped the upper cowl panel in place..... It's ready to start welding the cover back on now.....