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A post from VMF on my 64 Stang tail light panel

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slingslingbinks

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Sence i haven't came up with a fix for my Rad. support,(mine was replaced with a 65-66 Non louverd model and i haven't came up with a donar support and front cross member), I decided to make a jig for the rear of the car so i can pull the back half of the rotisserie out to work on the tail light panel and trunk floor. My tail panel, the trunk floor that is connected to the panel need's replaced (rear cross member)along with the trunk bumper braces and trunk striker bracket that is spot welded to the rear panel need replaced. I also hope i can get away with trunk side floor pans for the damage in the trunk floor from the trunk bumper braces being pushed on from a rear end hit. Don't see any thing bent or rusted on the frame rail's. So i may get off on the easy side. Gonna pull out the rotisserie today and check the damage out and i'll report my finding's tonight. C-ya Scott
 
Of all places on a car, The back has to be prefect. I called my suppler today, Colorado Mustang Specialist and Dan told me there rear tail light panel is made by Dynacorn and it's thicker and a prefect fit for 80$. So i'm off to there shop for that panel, rear cross member and both sides of the trunk floor pan. Here's what i did today. As the car is on a rotisserie and it was in the way, I made this jig to support the back of the car and pulled out the rear rotisserie. As i was cutting out the spot welds between the tail light panel and the rear cross member i noticed alot of brass, The panel had been replaced before and braze spot welded in place and it was also brazed around the quarters. The inner rear trunk bracket's were not spot welded to the tail light panel, But you could see where they once were spot welded once and the spot weld's and reminance of left over panel were not cleaned up. Once these bracket's were removed from the trunk floor pan it was decited to cut out part of the floor to inspect the frame rail's. Thank goodness that with the creased floor pan the rail's were good. Oh and i also noticed that the tail light panel bracket has a date code on it a month before the rest of the sheet metal has. Does any one know the difference in these tail light panel brackets between a 64 and a 65-66. C-ya Scott
 

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