Mid July: Mustang's down to Bare Metal

With summer in full swing, including a job and an internship, I was always waiting for the phone call to see the Mustang. My patience paid off when I finally got the call.

It wasn't exactly good news... apparently a part of the body was all kinds of messed. I really couldn't picture what kind of damage he was describing but I had to go see it.

 I went up there later that week with my dad and Steve. We met up with Carlos and he showed us the car. I was quite shocked to find the car like this...

IT'S NAKED!
I kept looking at the car as if I had never seen it before.

Now back to car business...
The driver's side (left) of the car is in good shape but the passenger side was a different story.
(I'll describe the two biggest problems)
The front right fender was rusted along the bottom and would need to be replaced.
The BIG problem was the right rear quarter panel...

See all those white spots that are next to the trunk and run along the rest of the body?

OK so here is the best hypothesis of what happened.

Sometime in 80s or early 90s the car got hit pretty hard and it needed some parts replaced. The body guys back then replaced the "fastback" quarter panel with a "coupe" quarter panel. This is a HUGE problem because the sheet metal between the body styles has a completely different shape. Those white spots are the weld marks needed to make the 'coupe' quarter panel "fit". There were 3 rows of weld lines on the quarter panel!! AND the tail light panel and lower valence were messed up too.
In short it all needs to be replaced.

It was a pleasant meeting with Carlos and I left with a rather large shopping list.
New Hood
Hood Scoop (actually I want that)
Right Fender (has to made by original Ford tooling. Reproductions don't match up nicely)
Right Quarter Panel
Front Lower Valance
Rear Lower Valance
Tail Light Panel
Door Hinges

Where's my catalog?!