did you reproduce the "X" many of spot welds the cowl originally had or you just went with your gut on was was deemed as a sufficient amount. I have this as my next project and im really curious how you went about it. Also did you not seam seal around the hats of the cowl prior to welding the top layer back on? other than that great turn out on the project its coming along damn good
I went with putting the spot welds back were they came from. I didn’t seam seal and then weld as the seam sealer would have failed in areas I welded. I will seam seal once I paint the cowl again after I sandblast the engine bay. I will paint it all at the same time.
@@SteffsGarage okay nice nice, was the cowl portion of your project safe to say a weekend job? from drilling out the holes to primer prepping and lastly the top half of the cowl primer prep and weld. cant wait to see your net video man highly anticipating it.
I don't know 100% but I have read from some sites on the internet that an AC car would have the fresh air vent holes sealed up and a non AC car has the open holes for fresh air. I can neither confirm nor deny this claim. My car is an AC car and had the holes.
I really enjoyed this. I've seen a bunch of cowl repair/replacement videos for the 71-73 Mustangs (I own a 71 in need of a cowl repair). The other videos all use plug welds for the top and bottom. I've always wondered why people plug weld the top when spot welders are relatively inexpensive (HFT has them), are super simple to get a good solid weld, and are the way the factory did it in the first place. Also, good to see how the non-AC cowl set gets modified for an AC car. My car is an AC car so I've been wondering about this for a long time. What did you do (or plan to do) about the vent hole on the driver's side? AC cars didn't have this and it opens to the outside air (making it chilly in the winter). Did you plug it?
I really appreciate the comments Nick, you taking the time to let me know what you liked in the video really helps me keep going with this. I’ve called a few Mustang specialist shops here in Florida and they’ve all told me that they’ve seen them with the vent hole closed off on the driver side and have seen cars that had AC without the vent hole closed off. I found out halfway through doing this that my car never came with factory I see that it was installed afterwards later in its life. I found this out through the Marti report. With this new information found I ended up leaving the whole there
It’s funny you mention the harbor freight spot welder, that’s exactly what are used in the 110 voltage version. It made the job a breeze. But there were some modifications I had to make in order to do the spot welds like the factory. If you check out my channel I have a video on modifying the tips of the spot welder in order to get those fatter factory spot welds that have the dimpling affect.
NICE JOB ------ Nice greetings from Germany . My mach 1 1973 is still rusty but still great work. do you have a tip which shop manual is the best for Mach 1 71-73. Your taste in music is also really good. Happy Christmas to you and your family.
Thank you very much and glad to hear you too are enjoying a mustang. I downloaded a manual online and supplement it with the Haynes, chiton, and Facebook groups as resources. I appreciate the kind words and support, I write most the music and record it myself here at home. I wish metal music was as big in America as in Europe. For some reason “pop” is the music of choice here in the states. Merry Christmas to you and your.
