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[QUOTE]Originally posted by SydeWaySix: [QB] Thought I'd share some updated photos of my 89 road race track car. Many of you have seen pics of it when I first got it in December. Its an ex-NASA American Iron race car, which was later raced in the SCCA American V8 Supercars Series. Since I brought it home it has been hibernating in the garage waiting to get abused! During the downtime/off-season, I decided to clean it up a bit... [b] When I first brought it home...[/b] [URL=http://s169.photobucket.com/user/finda1yola/media/1989%20Mustang%20AI%20Racecar/IMG_20131221_114524_391_zpsf6d521ae.jpg.html] [IMG]http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u223/finda1yola/1989%20Mustang%20AI%20Racecar/IMG_20131221_114524_391_zpsf6d521ae.jpg[/IMG][/URL] I decided to clean up the interior because it still had the stock sound dampening crap on the floor boards. Surprisingly, all the insulating material weighed over 20 lbs! [b]Stripping it all away...[/b] [URL=http://s169.photobucket.com/user/finda1yola/media/1989%20Mustang%20AI%20Racecar/_DSC6473_zpsfe2d3efc.jpg.html] [IMG]http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u223/finda1yola/1989%20Mustang%20AI%20Racecar/_DSC6473_zpsfe2d3efc.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL=http://s169.photobucket.com/user/finda1yola/media/1989%20Mustang%20AI%20Racecar/_DSC6471_zps547d8153.jpg.html] [IMG]http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u223/finda1yola/1989%20Mustang%20AI%20Racecar/_DSC6471_zps547d8153.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [b]Interior stripped down to the metal[/b] [URL=http://s169.photobucket.com/user/finda1yola/media/1989%20Mustang%20AI%20Racecar/IMG_20140115_192753_847_zpsfkklkxuf.jpg.html] [IMG]http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u223/finda1yola/1989%20Mustang%20AI%20Racecar/IMG_20140115_192753_847_zpsfkklkxuf.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL=http://s169.photobucket.com/user/finda1yola/media/1989%20Mustang%20AI%20Racecar/_DSC6474_zps9f1fe998.jpg.html] [IMG]http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u223/finda1yola/1989%20Mustang%20AI%20Racecar/_DSC6474_zps9f1fe998.jpg[/IMG][/URL] I was going to leave it as-is after stripping all the sound dampening material out, but I couldn't stand how messy the interior looked after all the scraping and scratching of the floorboards...So I decided to paint it. I ended up using a gallon of Rustoleum "smoke gray" and brushed it onto the floors, trunk, and rear side panels. I then took the same paint in rattle can form and sprayed the cage. I was surprised at how well it turned out after everything dried. [b]Painted and ready for reassembly[/b] [URL=http://s169.photobucket.com/user/finda1yola/media/1989%20Mustang%20AI%20Racecar/IMG_20140224_061123_300_zpsr3j1ximv.jpg.html] [IMG]http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u223/finda1yola/1989%20Mustang%20AI%20Racecar/IMG_20140224_061123_300_zpsr3j1ximv.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL=http://s169.photobucket.com/user/finda1yola/media/1989%20Mustang%20AI%20Racecar/IMG_20140224_061215_253_zpsjrrxelx8.jpg.html] [IMG]http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u223/finda1yola/1989%20Mustang%20AI%20Racecar/IMG_20140224_061215_253_zpsjrrxelx8.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL=http://s169.photobucket.com/user/finda1yola/media/1989%20Mustang%20AI%20Racecar/IMG_20140224_061155_030_zpszrxgw94u.jpg.html] [IMG]http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u223/finda1yola/1989%20Mustang%20AI%20Racecar/IMG_20140224_061155_030_zpszrxgw94u.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL=http://s169.photobucket.com/user/finda1yola/media/1989%20Mustang%20AI%20Racecar/_DSC7460_zpscbda14fb.jpg.html] [IMG]http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u223/finda1yola/1989%20Mustang%20AI%20Racecar/_DSC7460_zpscbda14fb.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [b]Everything back in place[/b] [URL=http://s169.photobucket.com/user/finda1yola/media/1989%20Mustang%20AI%20Racecar/_DSC7505_zps64572409.jpg.html] [IMG]http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u223/finda1yola/1989%20Mustang%20AI%20Racecar/_DSC7505_zps64572409.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL=http://s169.photobucket.com/user/finda1yola/media/1989%20Mustang%20AI%20Racecar/_DSC7515_zpsd46a0532.jpg.html] [IMG]http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u223/finda1yola/1989%20Mustang%20AI%20Racecar/_DSC7515_zpsd46a0532.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL=http://s169.photobucket.com/user/finda1yola/media/1989%20Mustang%20AI%20Racecar/_DSC7517_zpsac6bce29.jpg.html] [IMG]http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u223/finda1yola/1989%20Mustang%20AI%20Racecar/_DSC7517_zpsac6bce29.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL=http://s169.photobucket.com/user/finda1yola/media/1989%20Mustang%20AI%20Racecar/_DSC7509_zps2290f27b.jpg.html] [IMG]http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u223/finda1yola/1989%20Mustang%20AI%20Racecar/_DSC7509_zps2290f27b.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [/QB][/QUOTE]
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