This time my attention was turned to the trunk of the car. This went rather easily and quickly, thanks to the battery reciprocating saw. I have to stop to say I love that fucking tool! Anyway, The first thing I did was put the sledgehammer to the left quarter panel to straighten that out. That went easily due to the thin sheet metal, compared to the hard A pillar at the front. I was able to straighten out the panel enough to allow it to line up with the trunk lid. With that going quickly I put the saw to the metal. The first thing I cut was the remaining taillight panel. Since this was already pretty rusted, the saw ate through the metal fast, removing that bit of material from the trunk area. Next I started cutting through the trunk floor, with the intent that I'll be able to remove the fuel tank at the same time, killing two birds with one stone. There were several rust holes that allowed me to start cutting along the perimeter of the trunk floor. I cut along the back to each of the subframes and over to the front at the rear shock tower panel. After getting the trunk floor pulled out I was able to pull the fuel tank out as well, almost in one whole chunk of rusted shit. I did some extra trimming of the back support where the taillight panel used to be attached. This was mainly to clean up the metal in preparation to weld in new metal in the process of making the trunk area a nesting box. Lastly I took the 15" rimmed wheel that I dug up from the junk pile that has the same bolt pattern as the Mustang's and hung the tire on the right rear hub. I then took the 69 Mustang's spare tire which was somewhat smaller but still able to fit and hung it on the left rear hub, finally putting the car body on four good wheels, ready to roll. The next thing will be to get the crane staged over the engine compartment and disconnect everything from the powertrain in preparation for its removal.
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