Camila the 68' Cougar

5 minute(s) of a 170 minute read

I wanted to end the night with sharing the progress on shaving the seam at the bottom and repairing the corner section as seen in the first photo. Man was it mangled as they previously tack welded the whole passenger side panel leaving lots of errors. Check out the next few pictures in primer after further body work ? I think it looks phenomenal now. My body guy is legit, I just can’t beeline how great this turned out. What do you think? I’m going to remove that screw there but I have to weld a bolt to it to remove it and it’s done for now. #protouring#mercurycougarxr7 #hotrod#classiccougar #68mercurycougar#ford #mercury #racecar #fastback
#camilathe68cougar #mustang

7-12-2020

Well let’s finish what we started! Measure a crap ton of times and now prepped the panel. For fitting and tack welding, stay tuned for the next posts! #protouring#mercurycougarxr7 #hotrod#classiccougar #68mercurycougar#ford #mercury #racecar #fastback
#camilathe68cougar #mustang#westcoastcougar #classicmustang#mediablasted #welding #rebuild#shavemykitty #builtnotbought#fenders #garagebuild #budgetbuild#willwoodbrakes #rotisseriebuild#soundshield #bodywork
#golikehell #shelby #transamracing#rollcage #irs

7-13-2020

Just go slow she said... #protouring #mercurycougarxr7#hotrod #classiccougar#68mercurycougar #ford #mercury#racecar #fastback
#camilathe68cougar #mustang#westcoastcougar #classicmustang#mediablasted #welding #rebuild#shavemykitty #builtnotbought#fenders #garagebuild #budgetbuild#willwoodbrakes #rotisseriebuild

7-16-2020

Finally got this welded in place and ground down. The only thing left is to weld the bottom. This turned out much better than I thought I could do. It just takes a lot of patience and measuring before cutting. How’s your transplants coming along? #protouring#mercurycougarxr7  #hotrod#classiccougar #68mercurycougar#ford #mercury #racecar #fastback
#camilathe68cougar #mustang#westcoastcougar #classicmustang#mediablasted #welding #rebuild#shavemykitty #builtnotbought#fenders #garagebuild #budgetbuild#willwoodbrakes #rotisseriebuild#soundshield #bodywork
#golikehell #shelby #transamracing#rollcage #irs

Remember that patch we did earlier? Waalllaa! Like nothing ever happened, body work is a beautiful thing for Camila... #protouring  #mercurycougarxr7#hotrod #classiccougar#68mercurycougar #ford #mercury#racecar #fastback
#camilathe68cougar #mustang#westcoastcougar #classicmustang#mediablasted #welding #rebuild

7-20-2020

Here’s an update for this phase of the body work. I’m amazed how well this is going to come out after all. The filler does a fantastic job of making this implant look like nothing was done. A little more to go in this section plus more along with this side of the car.  #protouring#mercurycougarxr7 #hotrod#classiccougar #68mercurycougar#ford #mercury #racecar #fastback
#camilathe68cougar #mustang#westcoastcougar #classicmustang#mediablasted #welding #rebuild

7-22-2020

I’m working on cutting down the outside lip of the @heidtssuspensions IRS saddle a little down so it’s more consistent with the inner wheel tub then I’m going to get this welded using the skills from my buddy @rudy_67 #protouring#mercurycougarxr7 #hotrod#classiccougar #68mercurycougar#ford #mercury #racecar #fastback
#camilathe68cougar #mustang

7-24-2020

IRS saddles are ready for welding to the rear rails along with the subframe connectors permanently tomorrow morning! ? #weinthisforlife #protouring#mercurycougarxr7 #hotrod#classiccougar #68mercurycougar#ford #mercury #racecar #fastback
#camilathe68cougar #mustang#westcoastcougar #classicmustang#mediablasted #welding #rebuild#shavemykitty #builtnotbought#fenders #garagebuild #budgetbuild#rotisseriebuild #soundshield#bodywork