Mustang Jig build

[6t6red]

Nice find.

 

[Grabber70Mach]

Man that is a unbelievable find and deal, congratulations.

 

[scedd]

And your lucky its just down the road to go and get it!

 

[B67FSTB]

I will take some close ups of the studs/supports.
It was a 2.5 hour drive to the pickup point and
a 3.5 hours drive back home.
I couldn't drive no more then 80-90 Km/h cause i did loaded my trailer the wrong way. MY BAD !!!!
Most of the load was in the rear of the trailer so when I exceeded the 100 Km/h mark , the trailer began to swing left to right and back.
Scary but luckely i did have some experience from previous encounters..

 

[B67FSTB]

Here is a link to the late owners business , who prepped racecars.
Have gave the go ahead to built that jig .
http://www.derichs-rennwagen.com/index.php/fotos

 

[B67FSTB]

Here are some close up pics from the supports.
They did built them very nice.

 

[B67FSTB]

Today , my son and I , cleaned up the supports and primed them.

 

[B67FSTB]

Here is an orignal file of CELETTE . It shows how the bench is set up.

 

[B67FSTB]

Today , after work , I drove to my parents house to pick up the "german jig"
I jacked up the vert at my place and rolled the jig beneath it.
Next thing is to mount the supports and place the vert on those siupports.
Here are some pics.
note : is was 28°F

 

[Lemondrop]

Are you going to be using the factory frame holes to "mount" the car to the jig? I'm attempting to build a jig myself but I'm having a hard time figuring the dimensions out using the factory measurements, from the Linskey and Ford Manual diagrams that are on the web. Trying to get the proper cross beam spacing so that the uprights can be welded onto the cross beams and be at the correct locations. None of the diagrams show the correct spacing and many of the actual dimensions shown are incorrect.

 

[B67FSTB]

I had the same problem with the Linskey and Ford diagrams. So I came up with the idea to buy an orignal second hand jig table and put on my 68 Coupe , so I could fabricate my own supports.
That 68 coupe is rot in several places but the frames were good and the car hadn't any structural damage.
That was the idea till I found a jig WITH supports in Germany.( read above posts ).

The "german" jig supports the car on the following places :
- front strut rod mounting holes
- lower control arm mounting holes
- upper shock tower caps mounting holes
- transmission brace mounting holes
- front mounting holes of rear springs
- shackles mounting holes in rear frame

I am thinking of making a few more supports to mark front and rear door opening because thats also crusial in building the body the right way.

Because its cold out here in Belgium and I have some work to do beside the mustang , it will take a few weeks to mount those supports beneath the the car.
Wish me luck.

 

[phlegm]

I've been thinking that I should work on adding one of these to my shop.
Any chance you can provide some measurements..
Base frame dimensions
Stand/upright base dimensions

Most Frame Charts (like the one I attached) do not show bolt sizes or locations, they are based off the bottom of the car 'frame' rails.


So I'm wondering if a person who is building their own should support the vehicle on the areas that are described on the chart to determine the final locations for the locations used on the German jig.

The "german" jig supports the car on the following places :
- front strut rod mounting holes
- lower control arm mounting holes
- upper shock tower caps mounting holes
- transmission brace mounting holes
- front mounting holes of rear springs
- shackles mounting holes in rear frame

Or wouldn't that be accurate enough?