Mustang A pillar, kick panels, firewall, and torque boxes. Brooklyn Pony part 10 

Great job sir I just found your channel.

Great job explaining

Great video!

This video was fantastic! Showing and explaining all the steps involved, really took the mystery out of where and how all the unit-body pieces are put together. I really appreciate the time you took. What an excellent tutorial. You are an Artist!

That’s a lot of work to redo cars. You should use welding primer the brown stuff like bridges . Did u ever use phosphoric acid with zinc when it’s still wet, spray, a paper towel with galvanize paint and then wipe that over what you sprayed with the phosphoric acid

I can't over state how much I appreciate how you and others take the time to make these videos. I realize from my own aborted attempt to document the restoration of my 65 fastback that it involves an enormous amount of effort with very little payback. l'm really looking forward to seeing your process of mounting the frame rails. I spent hours on the web reading through debates about which measurements are "correct", the Ford manual vs the various Liskey drawings. Ultimately I couldn't make any of them work. My plan is just to work backwards from the fenders and hood gaps and suspension geometry. Thanks again for sharing your work.

Simply the best video on the sequence of mounting the front elements. Bravo !!

If you wanted perfect they sell a stainless steel primer before you attach those panels to each other and you can weld right over it

That's utterly amazing! You are building the straightest 65 mustang there ever was !

jo your work speaks for itself your commitment to do it right is what makes what your videos great can't say enough about your work.

Excellent videos. Thanks for taking the mystery out of the unibody for me. I can get a little more confident working on my own mustang project now.

Truly phenomenal... I’ve watch many of the videos and have some questions for you-I’ll leave them in the respective segments so the Q&A makes more sense. I see from your other reply you use 5/16” or 3/8” holes. I’d like to know the following as it would be helpful for my project; -which panel pieces did you drill the 3/8” holes. I’believe the torque boxes are...what else....? (A pillar to outer rocker, front frame rail to front floor support) -are you WFS and heat seatings all the same for these heavier metal pieces as they are for the fire wall to floor pan, and like the wheel well to floor pan. Thanks again...awesome work here...!

Got a 66 rag stang in garage for 20 years getting ready to start on it, thanks for information

The torque boxes! Just the thought of them strikes fear into anybody who has restored a Mustang! Possibly the very best rust trap any manufacturer ever designed? The shear amount of work involved in removing,repairing and replacing make them one of the hardest jobs I have ever taken on. Changing them in situ is almost impossible without stripping car this far down? Won't be sad if never have to do job ever again! You making such a neat job of this one.

Your work is truly amazing

Great progress Barry! Great job explaining all of the step and order of events!!!!!

Great videos, I have a '66 coupe in bad shape but your videos really help and make all things look possible, Thank you

Beating that i am a mustang guy I am amazed at what you can do it is a true art form.keep up the great work.👍

Its looking really good

How do you deal with moving the vin tag from the original to the doner dash. Aren't the special star rivets used by the OEM's illegal to have outside the car factories?

Hi JoDaddy. Man you are coming along great. I figured I best leave a comment has it's been a while. Still here and still doing what I can to support your channel. All my best. Bobby

awesome video and progress!

Hi Barry on the frame rails front do you have a preference on the cj Pony complete rails they list the cj classic that appear to be dynacorn and another one that is a m363 r I think

I wish I had your patience!

Hi Barry. Did you get that frame cart from Summit?

Typically what size drill do you use for your weld holes in the floor pans and other sheet metal?

i really enjoy your vids,

Another great video Barry.

Thanks for taking the time to post !

Anybody that inspects anything...you tell them nothing...they are the inspector and if they have a problem they have to prove it, I cant pass this.....because....written response. Then thats when actions take place.

Fantastic Video!

Very nice, beginning to look like a car.

Great Video! what size holes do you drill for the weld?

enjoy your videos, I have a 65 mustang convertible I have been working on, the driver side shock tower and frame rail were rotten, was able to replace with a "Dynacorn" full shock tower assembly, took some work, but I was able to replace with one piece torque box at same time, shock tower fit perfect, I had to modify the 1 pc torque box a bit, but got it to work.

THANK YOU...for sharing.

Very cool! Great progress :-)

What company(s) do you order your body panels/parts from? I've found that shipping from California, etc costs almost as much as the parts.

Taken so long to put together? Man you're flying on it, considering you're building it from the ground up literally. Awesome job! Keep at it!

Great work as usual - keep it up!

excellent , very enjoyable , looking good , starting to look like a car

that sure covered a lot of ground and have to say I like how it is coming along

Another Awesome video from the master lol.. Thank ya sir!!

looking good

Why a thumbs down?? Awesome work!!

hi good work.

I think Ford uses those Torque boxes on '70 & '71 Torino's ,and Ranchero's. Very informative,Thanks

Yes makes sense your good

Yeah it looks like I have the same torque boxes, I wish I would have taken mine apart it would have been a lot easier. Nice work on the shell, looks like everything is fitting up nicely.

Remember the Angle of the Dangle is very important!

beautiful

wow just wow

you mentioned that you checked the fitment of the reproduction door, make sure that the passenger side door latch is cut out in the correct location. I have had to move the latch hole down on the door shell on two different occasions. Original is always best! Thanks for you great videos!

Awesome thanks! I recently found out that there are no heater boxes sold for a 1970 mustang (stock not classic air) have to fiberglass mine back together

Great work Barry! Not sure if it's the same on Dynacorn, but when I replaced my firewall, the holes for the parking brake are incorrect. Might be easier to fix(if you have to) prior to putting the rest of the front end together.

Like a kit car you replaced a lot😅 they sell a welder for pinch welds at harbor freight I'm not to sure about that china crap

It will really be a new car when your through .

i have not finished watching this video, you might mention later, not sure, if not it may be worth mentioning much of this "fitment" is rag top speciffic .also i really enjoy your vids, keep it up friend, great job

👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 bravo!! Are you planning to visit Uruguay? I have a cowl replacement pending!! 😂😂 keep on the nice work! 👍🏻👍🏻

You mention taking the torque boxes apart to get them in, sense you are building the car from scratch, how did the factory get the torque boxes in

Eagerly binge watching your videos. Will be starting my own 66 GT soon, though it's body is in pretty solid condition. I'm curious why you don't have a "Air Punch and Flange Tool" for creating holes for your spot/plug welds. I saw it on Elin Yakovs channel on his Triumph GT project. Seems like they would save you a whole lot of time and it looks to cost less than $100. I know it can't be used everywhere but when it can...

Hi JoDaddy. One question if I may. Are you planing to treat the fresh air tubes inside the cowl ?. Has these are the biggest problem with rust at least in my mind. I did treat mine and no rust or leaks yet. It's a shame Ford didn't put proper drains in that section of the Mustang. All my best. Bobby

Awsome video again... As many here I am impatient to see part 11... Regarding the firewall cuttout to adapt it for a convertible, wasn't it easier to use the upper part of the torque box (the one welded at the end of the video) as a template, as long as you have to separate them? I still don't understand why Dynacorn keeps selling the one part torque box as they also offer the 2 parts one (reference 3652wt and 3653wt).

Hey I’m glad I stumbled upon this. Thank you for posting and showing in detail what you’ve done. I’ve been working on a ‘68 Mustang Coupe and need to replace the rusted a-pillar to roofing rail. I’m fairly new at welding and doing this type of work. My car sits outdoors at the moment in Southern Cali. I had a few questions. 1) does the car need to be on a body jig for this type of work? 2) can this be done using a flux core welder (Lincoln Electric Weldpak 125)? 3) what recommendations do you have for me to get started with this type of project?

Barry ..I am up to episode 10 yeayyyy...LOL. Man, in all your videos I see you replace your trunk panels...I am restoring mine and it is NO FUN. Only one spot that needs a piece and weld, but man, removing the factory seam sealer and sanding the trunk is a NIGHMARE even with an angle grinder. Do you ever keep the trunks or do you usually replace ?

so when it comes time to get your 'tags" , do you tell the inspector that you built this whole car? or ... by the way, great videos :)

I was looking at the repairs you did at the base of the windshield pillars (@ about the 1:53 mark) and the rough texture and I assume holes where it was filled in with weld, looks somewhat like an issue I have with the frame of my 70 convertible where the frame meets the top of the windshield frame. Frame has that same roughness like it rusted and some is missing/ pitted and I was wondering how to fix that. I assume the convertible top frame is steel and can be welded to fill it in then ground and smoothed, but would something like a JB Weld work for that too since it is not so much structural but cosmetic?

I love the videos they are very helpful as I’m restoring a 1967 coupe and I got to replace a few body panels . I was wondering did u ever put on a quarter panel skin on a mustang or do u reccomend not doing that thanks

Will you rebuild the donor car or, is it worth the money ?

Do you know where I can find (BIW) body in white and pillar blueprints? I want to get into 3d modeling to work in an automobile industry running the assembly line with 3d printing. oh also, if a vehicle is a 2 door it doesn't have a C pillar correct? That would be the B Pillar at the end for a 2 door car

I was thinking you should start up a tv series . If mark worman can do it with a dodge I’m sure u can (I’ll probably get blasted by dodge lovers now but no pun intended)

how long did it take you to finish this car?

this video is super helpful.. pretty much exactly what I'm working on right now. if you have time, i do have some questions I'd love to get your input on. I'll send you a PM with my email address.

Dinacorn (sp?) should watch your videos and learn how they can improve their products.