Cowl Hood Repairs

Written by Joe Clark Thursday, 16 April 1998 18:00

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Joe Clark's 1967 289 V8 Mustang

I presently own a 67 Mustang 289. I am 15 and I have restored the body on my Mustang. As you can figure out I do not have a lot of money to work with. So when I found out that my cowl was leaking I did not know where to start.

I went to a Mustang seminar that's subject was cowl repair. According to the seminar to do the job correctley you must take off:

  • the hood
  • fenders
  • windsheld
  • and dash

They also suggested that you take out the engine and transmission, and said for them to do the repair it would set you back $2,000. I had neither the money nor the equipment to do the job myself. So I took a shortcut that I had the skills to do - and the money.

  1. I first cut a hole on top of the cowl area using a die-cutter.
  2. I then sanded the cowl, and located the hole.
  3. I put several coats of silicone before I got the hole totaly repaired.
  4. Once I was positive that the hole was fixed I then undercoated the area I fixed.
  5. The last step was tricky I had to cut a hole in the panel that I cut out earler.
  6. I had my dad hold the panel with my dent puller, and welded the panel on.
  7. Once the grinding, sanding, and bondoing was done I then took the car to be painted.

Being my first restoration the Mustangs body was not flaless, but the cowl job was inside and out. The total cost of the job including aircommpresser, welder, grinder, sander, etc came out to be much less than the other way.

I am going to be restoring the engine this winter so if you have any tips or comments feel free to e-mail me at: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

Thank you

Editor's Note: Great info Joe, thanks. We can all take a lesson here. Joe Clark is 15 years old and already attending seminars on Mustangs! Shees. I wonder where I would be today if I had that kind of enthusiasm before I could legally drive my 'Stangs. Send us a picture when it's ready? We did our '66 289 after 385,000 miles with a .30 overbore, Edelbrock Performer manifold and Holley 650 vacuum secondary carb. We custom bent some duals and an "H" pipe and it ran very strong.
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