1975 Gran Torino
Restoration Project
From Start to Finish
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1975 Gran Torino Restoration Project From Start to Finish
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The inner fenders are another notorious rust magnet for the Torinos. For reasons completely unfathomable to me, Ford made the lip area double layered with many open holes and seams for water and salt to get in and accumulate. It is rare to find a Torino with unblemished inner fenders. Below you can see the gaping hole from the rust. After removing all the rust with a wire wheel. I primered the entire bottom with Dupli-Color primer that chemically turns rust into primer. I taped the hole from the underside and generously applied fiberglass reinforced bondo. After filing and sanding it down I applied a coat of normal bondo, sanded and filed it down and applied a second thin coat of bondo. After final sanding the bondo it was primed and final painted. The other side I’m afraid will be more of a challenge. The previous owner had made a very crude repair that will be interesting to fix.
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