91 Cougar LS 5.0 Teardown and Build

[Zep5.0]

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.

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...

 

[White Lincoln]

Thanks Zep!

 

[Zep5.0]

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?

 

[XR7-4.6]

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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?

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