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67 Mustang rear valance seamless
Hello! Dne’ here! This is a blog on making an aftermarket rear valance look nice!
When I was shopping for my rear valance, the vendor told me, they never do fit very well, and as for the large gap between the valance and the quarter panel, just gob some filler and that should take care of it! right!
Though this is not a new procedure by any means, I felt compelled to include this on my Classic cars and Tools site. This first pic, the finished product! I was so happy the way it turned out, and looked professional!
This is what an aftermarket rear valance fits like, not to mention it’s very wavy, especially where the cutouts are for the exhaust!
You can really see the waves here! I probably should have gotten my money back!
Here, I was contemplating MAKING IT FIT and living with the gap.
But it’s just not going to look very good!
So, I ground back some of the paint, primer and then proceeded to weld the seams with my mig, and where the little screws were along the top of the valance.
Grind the welds~
Body filler, then epoxy primer
Conform the body filler of course, then re-prime, and of course straighten out the waves!
Take a break!
Before- with the test fit of the rear fiberglass bumper
After (Rally stripes were painted later over the bumper)
What a difference!
I hope this has been informative and you may choose this method to make the back of your Mustang look cleaned up! I’ve been asked, “what if someone rear ends your Mustang?” I say, ” it will need a new rear valance!” ; ) Drive safely! ; ) Dne’
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Aug, 20, 2012
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Nice work on that old Mustang! Love what you did to the rear valance. You are very talented! I’ve got a ’70 that is sidelined due to too many structural problems.
Hi Jeff! tThank you for the wonderful comment! As mentioned somewhere in my website, I said I can’t take the credit for originating this valance modification~ there’s nothing new out there, we only copy what others have done. I hope someday to actually do something that is original! Perhaps my Little Mule is about as close as I’ll get! A ’70 model Stang~ I’d like to see it! I have a forum and there is NO action on it, maybe you could be the first to create a topic and post your stang or any other project in this section. Thank you so much for visiting my site ; )
dne’
second trip here I dont often comment but nice mustang,I had 65&66 fastback.the good ole days of High school.are those cagars wheels? have those os the 54 I built in 2000 now my son has it.any way blown away by the wrok you do.
Good morning Larry! A second trip to my site! ; ) I use that expression of the “good ole days” quite often, and feel badly that today’s generation won’t get to have that cool sentiment. Yes, my stang has Cragars. I had some Centerlines for a short while, but I had some clearance issues with the fenders. I like the Cragar look anyway! A 65 and a 66? YOu must have been the Cool guy in high school! thanks for the compliment on my work~ I try hard and make many mistakes along the way! I couldn’t make much progress without the help of the 67-73 truck site, there’s just “things” I run into that I just can’t seem to figure out! lol I thought after finishing my Mustang, that this truck would be easier~wrong! It’s a whole different critter! lol Hey, don’t forget to subscribe to my RSS feed, it will alert you for updates via email and if you’re interested, you can post your own topic in the Forum section! Neato! ; ) Dne’