THE RICHARDS/SHEWEIRY BOSS 302 MUSTANG restoration (Sidchrome mustang)

[Ellis]

A lot of very hard work gets covered up when its all back together and its very interesting to see what is underneath the paint in a well known and respected car such as this.
Thanks George

[Rod Grimwood]

A lot of very hard work gets covered up when its all back together and its very interesting to see what is underneath the paint in a well known and respected car such as this.
Thanks George

It sure shows how the mice got into it and chewed holes everywhere, even the rear surrounds.

[George Sheweiry]

So here at the front of the car now you can see I removed the front inner RH apron (and the LH one) ready to install the new one and the left and right custom bulkheads needed to be removed so the blaster could get in behind and also because I wanted to replace them with proper ribbed panel steel

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[Ellis]

George

The amount of detailed work that went into this is unbelievable...as I said before the paint (and panels) cover up all the interesting bits.

Ellis

[Steve Holmes]

Simply awesome thread George.

[George Sheweiry]

In the first shot you can see how the RHF Fender and flare have been reworked to the original shape from photos I have of the car when it was rebuilt with the cologne type flares. All 4 flares were a different shape to each other, the LHF being the closest to the original.


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In these next shots you can see the guards have been primed and then sanded with 1200 paper then 3 coats of separating wax and a final of pva that gives a thin glad wrap type coat to help prevent sticking of the mold. The next step was to brush on the resin and apply the resin soaked fiberglass matting to make the mold. I wasn't quite sure why I didn't have photos of this and then remembered my wife would have been real pleased if I had have coated her camera with some nice sticky resin!! The bloody stuff gets everywhere!


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You can also see the beat up L&R front inner aprons before they were removed and replaced with new ones

[Racefan]

The shed in Takanini where the Mustang was built still exists on the cnr of Mill and Airfield Roads . Would make a cool photo with the restored car.

[Racefan]

http://www.carpartsandmore.com.au/mustang/champions02.htm

[George Sheweiry]

Ahh so you know about that too. Yes I used to drive past it back when I wired Murray Bunns house, the engineer on the Sidchrome Mustang project, I had got to know Murray after I bought the car and we struck up a friendship and he told me where it was originally built. I always planned on doing just that and will probably try to get it done before the end of the year.

[George Sheweiry]

Here are the 2 L & R front inner aprons after they were installed


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[George Sheweiry]

this is the newly formed front fenders straight out of the molds getting a trial fit



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[Racefan]

Hi George yes I saw the photos years ago in a book about Jim Richards . Being local I figured that was the shed.

[George Sheweiry]

So then it was time to take it to the sand blasters



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[George Sheweiry]

from the sand blasters to Crystal panelbeaters to be epoxy primed in the booth




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then back home for the next phase


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[SPman]

A lot of work!
Worth it in the long run though.

[Shano]

They sure drilled a lot of holes in that car. I wonder how much weight they saved - it would have been a lot of work.

[TonyG]

Hi George. Have you seen this shot before. Just found it while on Fleabay.

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/NEW-PRINT-Jim-Richards-Mustang-Sports-Sedan-12-/400195318156?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_15&hash=item5d2d7ff18c

Cheers
Tony

[seaqnmac27]

Hi George, check out this link to Bruce Smarts pics, from Baskerville, Sept 1975 pics 35,36,37 and 55 http://oldmotorsportphotos.com.au/gallery_images/Motorsport_Photos/Baskerville/Film%200058A/index.html
This seems to be race day and includes shots of a dice between Richards and Moffat
http://oldmotorsportphotos.com.au/gallery_images/Motorsport_Photos/Baskerville/Film%200058/index.htm

[seaqnmac27]

Pic 82 in particular is fantastic in this one http://oldmotorsportphotos.com.au/gallery_images/Motorsport_Photos/Baskerville/Film%200090/index.html

[George Sheweiry]

Pic 82 in particular is fantastic in this one http://oldmotorsportphotos.com.au/gallery_images/Motorsport_Photos/Baskerville/Film%200090/index.html

wow seaqnmac what a fantastic race track that Baskerville looks to be with those huge elevation changes. does this track still exist and where abouts in Aus is it? Great Photos!