69 mach 1 restore

[Rocketman]

Hi from canada, I have a 69 mustang I am doing complete rotisserie restore. I have discovered many little problems along the way. I have built a very nice 393 stroker, C6 with 2500 stall, and a 325 posi rear end. I have the numbers matching motor and trans on pallet all stored for future . The car was restored poorly, so I decided to rebuild it. It was a sport roof 1 of 53 mach 1 clone. looked great until you got close to details was featured in mustang monthly by the last owner.

Now the front end was hit and poorly repaired, so i removed the rad support and the 2 front aprons. The shock towers were repaired with a 4 inch piece of 1/4 inch steel support another poor quality job ..but worked well, has brand new front end and camber is perfect. So i cleaned it all up and was going to leave the towers as all would be hid by motor anyway.
Tonight I put the motor in to dry fit before i painted engine compartment and install new aprons and rad support. low and behold i do not have the clearance for my headers with these welded plates over the shock towers.....SO here is my question. how difficult is it to replace the whole side apron? Tony D Branda has them for about $600 per side. The worry I have is getting everything lined up right. I do not have a frame rack and am not a body man. Is it easy to get the motor mounts and the front end to all line up. is there a link that gives step by step? how major is this? Thanks for any help.

[Steven Harris]

Welcome.

What you are contemplating will be a in-depth task. It sounds to me as though you have the mentality to pull it off. There are frame charts available that will give you the exact dimensions.

If you decide to tackle the job you should "make" your own frame rack as a constant to pull your dimension off of. With a constant set you will be able to put everything right back to specifications.

[Rare Pony]

Welcome to the site from Virginia! I have no specific advice for you, but sounds like your doing a great job on the restoration. We all enjoy pics so load some up. Good luck with your project.

[1969jimmach]

found these hope its not too late.



       






Sorry so big unsure how to add as a file to open on your end.

[Rocketman]

WOW thats a life saver thank you i will post on my progress

[Rocketman]

some pics before to now. The now is tore down. The motor is my 393 stroked going in. Sorry can't figure out how to add pics

[Rare Pony]

If you image files are too large for this site here is a thread on how to reduce them for posting:

http://mach1club.com/showthread.php?tid=...t+pictures

I prefer uploading my pics to Photobucket.com. It is free and the pics stay there for coping to any website. Once you upload your pictures then all you have to do is click on the "IMG code" under the picture and come back to your thread and right click on your mouse to paste the picture.