91 Cougar LS 5.0 Teardown and Build

White Lincoln said:
The reason I asked because it looks like it was never taken off. But I know you stripped the car down to just the frame, but don't recall a pic of the window being gone. When I had my car painted and I took out the side windows, door trim and all that happy crap, i read that it is a real B to remove the window and if it ain't broke, leave it in. I think one of the reasons was the heated glass. When they did tape up the rear window, it had just a few lines of overspray on the rubber trim, but not that noticeable.

Good luck with that rear window trim creation brain storm. I know you'll share what you find that worked.
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I didn't remove it as I trashed the windshield getting it out. I had the body shop remove the rear glass, thus no pictures...
 
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Trying to decide if I should paint the metal frame of the dash. I think there was always some rust on it, but not sure. I wouldn't think it would ever become a structural issue. Thoughts?
 
Zep5.0 said:
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Trying to decide if I should paint the metal frame of the dash. I think there was always some rust on it, but not sure. I wouldn't think it would ever become a structural issue. Thoughts?
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They’re all like that, even in the sunbelt. It’s just surface rust, if you took a wire wheel to it there wouldn’t even be any pits so no I certainly wouldn’t worry about any structural issues. I painted mine black just because I was bored and I had the dash completely apart to modify the harness
 
Been slow going on the car the last couple months. Waiting on this or that part, or my indecision. Got some minor stuff done tonight. I'm building a custom sub box and amp rack to go in the spare tire well. In order to have the amp separated from the sub box, but make it look like one cohesive piece, I'm basically covering both with 1/8" mdf. Then also covering the back seat and braces with the same. They turned out decent, and once mounted sub and amp, should look good. I cut the fabric short around the sub hole, so it's much bigger than it looks. I think it's 10 5/8" for a 12"sub.
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If anyone can think of a decent mesh to cover the amp, I'd take suggestions. The sub cover looks like this:
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Zep5.0 said:
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Trying to decide if I should paint the metal frame of the dash. I think there was always some rust on it, but not sure. I wouldn't think it would ever become a structural issue. Thoughts?
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Watching another guys rebuild, I noticed how he would clean and spray what he could for rust prevention. You have moisture there. spray it if you can to slow down, stop the rust. I know its inside... but its still rust. IMO
 
White Lincoln said:
Watching another guys rebuild, I noticed how he would clean and spray what he could for rust prevention. You have moisture there. spray it if you can to slow down, stop the rust. I know its inside... but its still rust. IMO
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It’s the moisture in the air in this case, it’s the kind of rust people on the west coast think is worth money when it’s on the exterior as “patina” since it never really advances rapidly beyond that stage. You can paint it, which I did with mine, but in terms of longevity it’s not going to rot out. It most likely attained that layer of surface rust in 1991 and hasn’t advanced since
 
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