2008 Mustang GT Convertible Build/Rebuild

[StephenEbling]

Hey guy and girls!

I purchased a wrecked 08 GT Convertible and have been getting it ready.

I wanted to document my process to share with anyone considering it

I have a YouTube Channel in which I am showing the different stages of the build.

Follow along and provide any feedback

While I am not a pro, I am loving this process and cant wait to get it on the road...

Build Reveal

Teardown:

 

[StephenEbling]

New Seats:

DA Rebuild:

Welding Prep:

Welding:

Playlist:

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOLd4xj9_JEFyMET76s2S3GjGOiduauok

 

[StephenEbling]

Parts:


Priming:


First time painting:


Mocked up on car:

 

[StephenEbling]

New paint (orange peel galore) next to old paint (hoping a good wet sanding and buffing session will fix it):


Rear of car:

 

[StephenEbling]

Damage Shots:

Car during delivery:



Front end with bumper romoved:



Radiator support mount:

 

[mrt2you]

you want a convertible rebuild. i rebuilt this very early build, 1st month of production, 07 gt500 convert 2 years ago in my free time and after hours in the body shop i work in.

pics of it in my driveway

 

[mrt2you]

pics during repair on the bench at work.
i had to use the old bench with manual fixed gauges because the drive on rack with electronic measuring system was in use on other jobs.
this was the first time i used this old stuff in about 5 years and haven't used it since.

 

[mrt2you]

couple pics of it in spray booth after painting.

 

[mrt2you]

couple pics when finished and ready to get striped.
job took 3 months to do. i worked on it during my free time between actual paying jobs and working after finishing up at 5 pm when the shop shut down and when the service department was open until 7pm.

 

[StephenEbling]

That's awesome man - your skills and finished product speak for themselves

I hope my build looks similar

Good work!

 

[StephenEbling]

Monkey Business Welding...

 

[StephenEbling]

Hood - pre-paint:

 

[JJDAG]

couple pics when finished and ready to get striped.
job took 3 months to do. i worked on it during my free time between actual paying jobs and working after finishing up at 5 pm when the shop shut down and when the service department was open until 7pm.

Great job man , car looks great!

 

[StephenEbling]

Primering the hood:

 

[StephenEbling]

Paint Job Done...well kind of...

 

[RocketcarX]

This is tech? I pretty much never post in tech because well, because s197forum, honestly mods it might help us to understand the unwritten rules if we ever saw a thread moved to tech vs only moving them out, and randomly at that apparently.

 

[StephenEbling]

This is tech?

Most of this is tech - I am posting the whole build process...

 

[RocketcarX]

Most of this is tech - I am posting the whole build process...

Tech here means "how to" and technical theory info, not build pictures.

 

[StephenEbling]

Moved to the correct forum...

Here's an exhaust video and a link to the build thread:

Straight-piped exhaust:

Build Playlist:

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOLd4xj9_JEFyMET76s2S3GjGOiduauok

 

[StephenEbling]

Mishimoto Performance Aluminum Radiator Install:

View: https://youtu.be/NYLK0osxQuM