No I am going to cut the VIN numbers off and weld them onto the new aprons. I was looking at cutting off the bad metal and scabbing on pieces from new metal. Too many variances in folds and bends to line up. I bought the complete left and right side aprons from CJ. They dropped the price down for end of year. 

I thought I took on a big project.  You have me beat in that department.  Looking forward to seeing your progress.

Definitely a big project.  Its where most of these cars end up if not in the junkyard.  Anymore they are too valuable to scrap.  Its why more tin is now available than ever before.  Hey, look on the bright side: when its done it'll be way nicer than it ever was from the factory.

NOS681 my wife wanted a 66 vert because that is the year she was born. Corky found this car in Alabama. He had some pictures from someone he worked with i think. He arranged the seller and I to contact each other. I got a few more pictures sent to me. So after some haggling we got the price down to $2500. I new the car was rough, but not this rough. The seller assured me it had never been up north in the salt roads. We drove to Alabama and brought the car home to Texas. Never ever will I buy a car sight unseen. For $2500 we pretty much got what we paid for. 
Now I could have just cut off the VIN numbers and put them onto a Dynacorn shell. That is the easy and expensive way out of the hole but I decided that I would take this project on and use my welding skills to rebuild a car. 
Mustang Steve donated a framing jig he made for one of his last projects, this jig is the only thing keeping me sane in this project. Without this, I don't know what is going to keep this hot mess square and true. 
I am still having fun and no regrets. My wife thinks I am crazy and should trash the whole thing. I have a title to the car and very legible VIN numbers. So at the end of the day the Dynacorn may be the final path. But I am not going to quit without a long hard fight. 
My goal is to have it somewhat presentable in May for the Bash party. We will see. Between a couple weeks off for Christmas and a two week Covid stint I am finally making progress. I just keep finding more things wrong with the car. But I am running out of car to find things. 

Glad you found that channel Ed. I've watched a few of his videos and they look like he does a good job. I was gonna send you a link to a compareable vert rebuild on 69stang.com, but nearly all the important pics were gone as a victim of photobucket. As long as you've got the fixture and body panels to check gaps, you'll get it closer than the guys who put my 69 together. Hang in there brother.

I hear you Mike. But I am a stubborn fool. 

Whatever you DON'T cut the vin number out. You could end up in jail. REPLACE the metal around it.

Wow - I admire your tenacity in taking on this project, butt - IMHO - if it was a horse, I'd shoot it. I can remember how much tin I had to replace on my 68, and that was work that was done by a buddy who was a welder, and it wasn't near that much tin as yours. Best of luck.
 

MS wrote:

Have you considered just building a custom frame from scratch?  Sure would make for a cool custom ride.

 

                                    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
I was think'in the same thing
6s6

Light at the end of the tunnel is either the actual end of the tunnel or the train about to hit me.
This is the Framing Jig with the floor pan installed. It should be read to start fitting into what pieces are left of the car.

All I can say is WOW!

Wow, that is a labor of love.
Looking forward to see it.
Ya make that look easy.

Hindsight is 2020😁
Happy New Year!