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87 "coug" resto winter project

Reply #135 –
yeah,, I remember that and it was impressive.

I am going to try something before tossing this trunk lid,, if it doesn't work, its 4 bolts and paint going on a replacement.

I need the body repair practice anyway.


the trunk lid got sand blasted along the interior where the outter and inner skin meet
the outside corrosion was wire wheel and sand blasted off
permatex rust neutralizer is on now and cured,, the metal all looks blackish purple.

I plan to attempt a beed of silicone on the interior of the trunk lid seam,, this will allow the factory drain holes to now be useful. the drain holes are positioned way too high up. 
on the areas where there are holes, I will lay down aluminum tape on the inside to give me a surface to lay down fiberglass on the exterior.
along the shown corroded areas, the primer, paint and a layer of bed liner can go on to help prevent future issues.... we hope.  the real answer here is how to stop the air vortex generated along the rear of the trunk lid.
I have always thought there should be a rubber round seal along the top of the tail lamps positioned so the trunk lid is air tight,, and along the license plant something else could also be thought out...

I am still considering cutting all this out like you did, that will need to be in aluminum sheet stock and rivits as I see it being more sensible.
I suppose I could lay sheet metal over the surface have now also.,, use the existing skin to shape in my new piece that wraps the outter and inner areas about 2'' up.

I cant spend too much time thinking about what I want to do, that stalls things out so I will make a choice in the next couple hours and go with it.
ive noticed that stopping to make a choice takes a lot of time... here the objective was from the beginning to repair all bad parts and hope for the best but do my due diligence in doing the best thought out repair as possible.

I think what I just said is that I am willing to accept the risk in doing the job over again later if it does not work out.
I personally think you are 100% correct though,,,,,,

I am also thinking I am putting a lot of faith in the permatex rust neutralizer stuff as well,, I tried the enviro friendly stuff and its not all its cooked up to be

87 "coug" resto winter project

Reply #136 –
Quote from: jcassity;442659
Trunk lid time

Dumb question but how did it get rusty in the south?
88 Thunderbird LX: 306, Edelbrock Performer heads, Comp 266HR cam, Edelbrock Performer RPM intake, bunch of other stuff.

87 "coug" resto winter project

Reply #137 –
It lived it's life partially in Virginia Beach and then here in West Virginia

So now I have added sticky back aluminum tape to the inside in preparation for adding fiber glass on the outside

87 "coug" resto winter project

Reply #138 –
Actually the car has well over 350,000 miles on it from work road trips I have made in it since 1993 all over the eastern USA

87 "coug" resto winter project

Reply #139 –
Short strand fiber glasses down

Now it's time to drizzle in some tire bead sealer along the interior of the trunk lid where the two sheet-metal parts meet
This bead sealer should dry like rubber

87 "coug" resto winter project

Reply #140 –
Here is a shot inside the trunk where the two seams of metal meet and this is where I let the bead sealer settle

87 "coug" resto winter project

Reply #141 –
Driver-side undercoating is complete

Interior of trunk is painted

87 "coug" resto winter project

Reply #142 –
Wow I must be slow. I just noticed the two sets of tits on the front bumper.
41 Dodge Luxury Liner Sedan
78 F-100 2wd flareside
84Turbo Coupe
84 Thunderbird Élan
85 Thunderbird 3.8
88 Turbo Coupe
88 Mustang GT
90 Stang LX 5.0 5spd
93 F-150 4x4 ext cab
96 Mustang GT
98 Mustang GT
99 SVT Cobra
06 Fusion SEL
14 Fusion Sport

87 "coug" resto winter project

Reply #143 –
yeah,, we played around with the bumper.

that bumper by the way is *NOT FLAT*  !!!

it may look flat but its microns higher in the center,, arched so to speak

87 "coug" resto winter project

Reply #144 –
Door time

Lots of fun trying to figure out how all the trim comes out

87 "coug" resto winter project

Reply #145 –
Looks to be just surface rust

87 "coug" resto winter project

Reply #146 –
Various pictures of the door. The chrome trim on the top and back sides of the window were riveted on as opposed to just using screws. I'd say it was a clearance issue.

87 "coug" resto winter project

Reply #147 –
We found this mystery seam in where the trim goes. What's up with the gap?

87 "coug" resto winter project

Reply #148 –
mine look like that too
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87 "coug" resto winter project

Reply #149 –
well, that's just gotta go,, will figure out a way to s up the gutter work.