Dec 30 2006
Mustang Tear-Down
Last night I began the tear-down of the ‘69 Mustang. While Ethan was asleep, I worked in the garage while Phaedrah got most of the Christmas decorations put away.
Being this is my first “Ford project”, I’m having fun noting the differences from General Motors stuff. In some ways, it’s much easier to take apart.
I’m working on my 69 Mustang too and found the undercoating to be an aqua color. Curious what color your’s has.
Under the car is painted roughly the same color as the exterior, a light green color. The interior looks like a dark brown, probably a anti-rust coating.
[...] Crescent City again this weekend, preparing for the imminent rebuild of the 1970 Olds 4-4-2 and the 1969 Mustang I had blogged about tearing down [...]
I had a ‘69 Mustang once. The brown color covers the entire body (inside and out). It is epoxy primer which is waterproof, not specifically corrosion protection, although it does serve as such. It is very durable and does not shrink or peel as laquer primer does. The only problem is the difficulty in sanding becauseit’s pretty hard stuff. I was going to use it, but it was hard to find 15 years ago. It is probably more difficult to find now because of EPA regulations. You are correct in that the body color also appears on the underbody. I hope this information helps in some way.