rusted strut towers

[mustang112]

ok, i have a 88 gt and im thinking of trying to use the body because it would be cheaper but the front core support, rear bumper support and strut towers are rusted pretty bad. also has rusted floor boards but those arnt that bad. should i save my frustration and just buy a new body? the strut towers scare me the most so idk what to do.

[Rick93coupe]

If it were me, I'd start with a cleaner car. A lot of times you can find a clean 4 cylinder to swap everything into. That much rust is just going to be a headache in the long run.
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[1992MustangDW]

Thats just what you can see to. someone had a build on here and they thought they had it all then found even more, but took care of it... car is turning out sweet too. If you are VERY good at body work try it out, if not cut loses and get 4cyl body and swap over.

[kennytent]

My experience is the rust us a lot deeper than it appears. It's possible to fix, but not worth it, for the price of clean 4cyl cars.

This answer comes from figuring this out the hard way.

Ken

[mustang112]

anyone selling a 4cyl? hatch or notch?

[91boost]

I have a notch with about 90% of the stuff to put it together.

[facemelter71]

I just had to replace my drivers tower a couple months ago.Also Deckers car build ahs some pretty good pic's of his car getting rust fixed.

[Stangman]

I had a good time welding up Decker's Coupe! :bigthumb

I've patched a few holes in my '88 as well... along with putting a roof on it. Some say it wasn't worth it, but I say it is.

[5.0calypso93lx]

My experience is the rust us a lot deeper than it appears. It's possible to fix, but not worth it, for the price of clean 4cyl cars.

This answer comes from figuring this out the hard way.

Ken

Exactly! There is a lot more to the rust than what you see on the outside. I will pay extra to find a car that doesn't have any rust.

[mustang112]

91boost, how much and whats left to put together? anything done to it like 5 lug or anything?

[91boost]

It has subframe connectors, 10 point cage, tubular k-member, adjustable upper and lower control arms, drag shocks front and rear, drag springs in rear dont know brand, the car is a roller but i have everything to put it together, engine, tranny, complete harness and computer, i have five lug front spindles send me your email and i will send you some pics.

[91boost]

The body is flawless, it does not have the welds on or the cowl hood, I do have a 4 inch hood for it though

[mustang3091]

The car is sweet i have seen it.Hey 91boost PM me a price on it

[DeckerEnt]

Yeah, my car was pretty bad. If I had known about how deep the rust was, i wouldn't have bought it. I had to cut out my front frame rails and replace them with 2"x3" rec tube. Jesse welded it all together or me. It is coming together now but the frame rail and strut tower thing sucked.
Keith

[mustang112]

yeah, ive been looking around trying to find another body. if i do find one ill be parting out my other car

[NUTTSGT]

Rust is like cockroaches, where there's one, theres more. If it has rust issues like that which you can see, I thjink I'd find another body.