My 3 door Merkur is %95 done. Just needs paint (nose/500 wing) and mapping.

And a couple tidy little things.

I welded/ground on the saff for 7 hours today. I had the big holes on the rear where the 4 vent holes for the wheel well cavity are. After welding 16 gauge in i urethaned the rest of it and sprayed underseal in the cavity holes and access areas. That took the bulk of my day.

I welded up a hole that was drilled for an alarm sensor. Stupid owner didn't know he could tap into existing wiring.

Welded up some rot in the doors, one on the driver's side front under the trim line and driver's side rear right at the bottom of the window - 3 big holes. Welding sheet metal rust sucks because as soon and you lay a bead the rot the was encroaching made the metal so thin and even on the lowest setting my mig pokes a big hole in the metal...

I'm going to tackle the underside Sunday. I'm determined to weld up the chassis rails and grind them down, urethane the seams and hopefully at least get some rust converter and paint brushed on from the gearbox back. I doubt I could get the paintable underseal on Sunday.

I also need to remove the side skirts and look at the sills. I'm a little hesitant to look! There are so many little ugly scabby bits everywhere. This car was JUST saveable. Any more rot and I would have passed on this shell. Ended the day making up some body filler and mudding up my work for future sanding.

My apologies for lack pf pictures. I just get so involved in the work and as a photographer myself I seem to forget to document stuff. Bah. Once it's done expect a serious photo shoot complete with rig.

I'd love to make it into a mag with this ride. I'd submit the pics to Fast Ford and the write up story as well. One can hope. Not too many rides get featured from over here, just in Performance Ford really.

Off to a family event tomorrow then Sunday I'm at it for 10-12 hours I hope. Back to work on Monday after some time off and I want to hit a milestone if possible.