The trunk

A couple more patches needed to be made before finishing the trunk for primering. The right (R) hand side rear transition...

... and the left (L) hand side. This patch was made of the leftover part of the door skin repair panel. It had a suitable flange on it. Thus the patch is bigger than the one on the right (R) side, this one fits better. Maybe the size does matter...

No, it does not ! It's how you use it ! Then grinding down the spot welds. Note that I welded the stupid looking extra pieces of sheet metal to the front corners of the gas tank opening. My car had similar stiffeners when I got it. I am not sure if they were originally installed at the Ford plant, but I tried and succeeded to refabricate them.

I removed the trunk lid hinges and found something which amused me a lot. Now, think about being a new employee at Dearborn assembly line in the sixties. There was a massive demand for Mustangs and prpably no time to train the new personnel. So the Ford engineers solved the problem creatively. They designed a trunk lid hinge support brace which educates the employee by itself. There was a big "R" pressed on the right hand brace and "L" on the left hand brace.

After grinding there was some sanding to be done. Excellent therapy after a frustrating day's job at the office. Can be recommended to anyone.

Same treatment for the outer side of the rear quarter.

And finally some primer to cover the cleared area. I'm not too happy with the result of the paint job. My spray gun needs a thorough cleaning prior to the next use.

After the first coat of primer there are still a few areas which have to be brush painted before applying the next coat of sprayed primer.

Little by little the Mustang is turning black.

There is no way using the spray gun to enter the cross-member area behind the backrest of the rear seat. It has to be finished manually.