Slow and steady…
Slow but steady progress as we bring the '66 Mustang closer to paint.
Here, the passenger door gets primed with surfacer so it can be sanded for a smooth, 'flat' surface.
Door and truck get primer/surfacer
Austin strips the old interior paint finish from the door. The metal is actually embossed from the factory with a leather grain texture.
Stripping paint from textured door interior
Cracked factory seam sealer in the roof drip rails get repaired with modern two-part epoxy sealer. Tough stuff that's better than the original.
Modern seam sealer iin roof gutter
Austin begins applying a textured coating (bed liner) to areas of the trunk to blend the old with the new.
Textured bed liner in trunk
The texture finish will get some red paint. A vinyl trunk mat, like the original will cover most of the floor and exposed fuel tank.
Trunk with textured bed liner