Mustang #1

[65-408]

I'm sure you guys have seen Mustang #1 before, but incase anyone hasn't, here are some pics from the Ford Museum. The body panel alignment and fit was surprisingly bad...

 

[AzPete]

Cheap cars thrown together and not expected to last all that long.......

 

[RustyRed]

Cheap cars thrown together and not expected to last all that long.......

+1

I've heard they didn't have a good panel fit new out of the factory.

 

[sigtauenus]

I assume that car is unrestored?

 

[Midlife]

I assume that car is unrestored?

No, it has already undergone a partial refurbishment. Whoever put together the panels probably didn't spend a whole lot of time on it.

 

[caspian65]

I've found that a lot of original cars I have seen, the body fit was actually pretty good. Our hobby has been infiltrated for a long time with many ill-fitting repro parts and owners that have no clue what workmanship is. It's almost become the defacto "standard" to say the cars didn't fit well.