Ugh.

I guess you can consider it a lap joint. Wouldn't have needed nearly so much bondo if they had stepped the panel's edge.

 That's not good. Directly over the leaf spring shackle.

 Oh yea, it looks the same inside and under neath too!

 Formerly known as front floor pan.

Shoot me now.
The only bit of bright lining is that all of the panels that are mangled, rusted through, or hacked up are the panels that are different between a fastback and coupe. I'm considering doing a very bad, bad thing.

Stripped to the frame.

More of the same.












Bondo depth test. I have a lot of work ahead.

A fully stripped frame. No bolts, brackets, lines, wires, just welded sheet metal... excluding the rust, bondo, and fiberglass.

Rocker panels without trim clips.











Those better acquainted with Mustangs will notice the dash looks odd. I drilled out the spot welds and removed the dash pad extension/support. Underneath there's a nice smooth rounded dash. It will end up painted flat black.