Thread: '67 Mustang Convertable build

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Most everything is in place and now it comes to just days of welding.
I had the new framerails weldied and everything tyed together so then i pulled the temp bracing of the bottom and unbolted the topside 'K' frame i made. I double checked all measurements and everything is deadnuts perfect.
I had to take those pieces out so i could access all the ares and complete the welding. When we send the car back out i will bolt the 'k' member back into it because it'll still be on the rotisserie and more support is better.
There are 3 pics, 2 topside views - sans seatbelt attechments! - and a bottom view to give a scope of the welding. I have gone thru 8#'s of 1/16 tig rod so far, i have no idea how many pieces that is but there isn't much left of the 10#'s that i bought to start this project with.
I played a little with silicon bronze wire too but without much luck, i thought it'd e easier to fill the odd tiny hole here and there.
One thing i will share, when tigging the new metal to the old the existing metal isn't consistant in thickness, esp in an area like the trans tunnell where the metal is stretched, you just have to keep changing your technique. It is not a straight forward operation.
I am now starting on areas inside the rear fenderwells, not enough to rip everything out but enough that we'll have to form sheetmetal.