To think you do all this with no sales pitches, no begging to subscribe, no self promotion at all, is pretty damn cool in my books. You are a true rebel in a TH-cam world full of all of it. Thank you, and thank you again, it makes a difference in my day.
Dear EFPV 👍👏👌 Very well said, Sir, very well indeed. But maybe, only maybe, great Mustie1 should consider to have a little sponsoring. I wouldn't mind at all (of course only if it's really good products). Life is awfully expensive nowadays. Best regards luck and health.
632000 subs, don't need no sponsors. No need to whore yourself to a product. I think it would turn a great thing into a all right thing. That being said I would still watch anyway!
You make an excellent point! I watch a lot of these guys that are all anti-establishment but yet want me to give them attention on patreon… I really need to make some new years resolutions to dump those people and find more genuine content creators like Mustie here, who i have watched a very long time now. I have had it with nord vpn and jpl pcb. To hell with that noise! 😊
Doesn't make you greedy though to ask to subscribe, doesn't hurt to ask viewers to do so. However some videos can have Ober 100k views and only 5k likes and liking a video helps with TH-cam algorithm and making your videos be seen by more so asking your viewers to quick hit the like button to help you out will help further a channel better.
We can all be our own worst critics. I've done so much stuff that I thought sucked while I was doing it then looking at it years later it didn't look so bad to me then. Because by then I forget every little mistake I made.
@@1pcfred People also forget the factories have "tolerances" for error. There can be a ton of errors in the original factory work, but so long as each one falls within the tolerance of error, it's all good and the car ships.
@@tarstarkusz well yeah. Nothing is perfect. The closer the tolerance the more it costs. Typically production tolerance is +0.003" It's plus because you can always take a little off to make something fit. It's a lot harder to put a bit back on.
Yeah sometimes you have just back off, for a little while. Then come back, One restorer said, if a job is going really well but you are getting bored of it, stop and do something else. That way you comeback on a mental high, also if a job is going really well, stop and leave it, because i found a point, where things do start to go wrong and you end up getting pissed off.
Hey Musti , I am an old school tinbender . the angle iron on the leaf of your pan brake can be removed for tight bends , its only needed for heavy gauge bends .
I just don't see how you can use a brake for bodywork. There is not a flat piece of metal anywhere in any car. There is always curve in every direction. Flat metal is weak and flexes and bends easily. Curved metal is very strong and rigid. If you have both an X and Y curve in the metal, it won't fit in a brake.
I suspect your Dad was the same kind of teacher as mine. He taught me to not be afraid to try new things, to learn something new every day, and never give up when it doesn’t go right on the first try. Thanks for your honesty, persistence, and letting all of us watch as you develop new skills.
My dad was the same.... I broke my pushbike, I broke my first motorbike, My car needed fixing, need to put a shelf up, need to do some plumbing, whatever... His response was... Try and do it, if you get stuck ask me and I'll point you in the right direction
I cannot believe how good this channel is. I am trying to heal from an upper back operation I had 29 days ago. The doc says 6 weeks of basically doing nothing and it should be fully healed. So I stumbled across this show. I have been watching it half the night until I fall asleep.
For a guy that is not trained in bodywork, you do pretty darn good work !! Anyone who complains is welcome to do more on their own stuff, not worry about yours. I love these old Econolines, my Dad had one when I was still a sprout !! Haven't seen this one in a long time, great to see it back on the channel!! Thanks again for the great start to Sunday !
I'm 2 minutes in and had to stop to say a few thoughts. You do incredible work don't beat up on yourself if it's not perfect, remember these were mass produced and they were never flawless. And thank you, for making Sunday morning important again.
I've been seeing the Econoline sitting in the background of several videos, and it left me wondering when we would be seeing you bring it back to its glory days. This shows what patience, perseverance and a shop full of tools can accomplish. Thanks for bringing us along and thanks for keeping the channel true to its origins in the old garage, I was worried that you'd move away from the backyard garage feeling.
I have been discouraged a lot working on stuff. Honestly watching your vids, Daren, has helped me approach a lot of repair jobs i would have NEVER attempted otherwise. Keep it up!
Success is falling down seven times and getting up eight. What many fail to realize is the path to success is rarely a straight line. What you see is the end result. What you don't see is the struggle it took to get there. What I'm saying is you just have to keep at stuff until you get it. It might not happen on the first try or even the fifth. You're not beat until you say you are though.
I am so happy that you are back on this project. I understand the feelings of being inadequate to complete the job. The first time I ever took apart a 1600 single port I felt like a fish out of water. With a lot of trial and error I got the job done and it ran like a dream for almost 100k miles. I have been watching your videos for a few years now and I can honestly say some of the things I have seen you do have taught me so much more than I ever dreamed. I am in the process of starting my own workshop which I plan on modeling after what you do. Small engine repair and light body work on my favorite vehicles. Buses, bugs, ghias and golfs.. I have been working on these vehicles off and on for over 35 years and have enjoyed most of the time. Thank you for not giving up on this old gem!
Very happy to see you getting back to the Econoline. Others already mentioned two of my favorite channels for fabricating, Fitzee’s Fabrications and Halfass Kustoms. Some more good ones are Carter Auto Restyling, Cold War Motors, and Make It Custom.
Yorkshire Car Restorations also do some pretty amazing metalwork with fairly basic tools and some great humor thrown in too! They work on some proper basket cases most other people would have considered parts cars.
Hey, Mustie! You are quick learner. 👍😀 take a gander at Brent’s metal work on his HalfAssKustoms channel.😉 I’ll bet you can glean multiple lessons from him! Love that you are back on this vehicle! 👏😃
If people haven't subscribed and watched Ron Covell's TH-cam channel yet go see. Ron is a metalworking legend. He dis a collaboration with ToT. His teaching is fantastic and his skills are insanely good. Lovely guy as well.
I don’t know why but I always look at you as this super mechanic that knows everything about everything so to hear you say you stopped a project for a while because you were frustrated with the project, makes me feel better as a shade tree mechanic when I get frustrated and walk away from a project for a bit to regroup my thought process. Thank you for your honesty and thank you for your great content!
5 mins and I know this is gonna be a good one. Single malt in hand, log fire going, let the entertainment commence. Thanks Mustie....for all your videos, they make this old codgers life so much more pleasurable.
Carter auto restyling is a good one. He takes stuff that should be crushed because half is there and the rest has rusted away and fixes it like new. Pretty amazing metal man. He gets a bit windy with his tutorials, but he shows how it is done.
You shouldn't be so hard on yourself. I've always loved the way you can just make a panel and weld it in. You make it look easy. I know if I tried that, it wouldn't look anything as nice as you get it looking.
Glad to see the Econoline back, never get discouraged Mustie, you are immensely talented, and that is why we enjoy watching you and learning from you. Keep up the great work.
To see this project revisited is Christmas come early! There's something so satisfying about watching you replicate/replace each panel one piece at a time. This truck is going to look great when finished. So glad you are giving the metal work another shot for sure looks challenging, well excited for more updates keep up the awesome content.
I've been working on a rusty old van, and at moments when I feel like I don't know what I'm doing and I'm in way over my head, videos like this one give me a great motivation boost.
This is artwork and you are an artist. I’m jealous. This is more than wrenching. Mustie never gets upset over mistakes or mishaps. He just laughs and proceeds. It’s a life lesson.
Every time I watched one of your videos my eyes would wander over to the pickup in the background. thank you for starting back on it. You quite simply have taught a whole group of us a lot thanks so much
Another Sunday and Mustie is taking us to school. The best school around, I might add.😁😁😁 I watch Iron Resurrection and they do a ton of metal work. It's so cool to see you cut, curve and shape the way you do. It's nice when the pieces fit like a glove on the Ford.
I’m glad to see you wipe the cobwebs off this old truck. It deserves to be driven down to the coast some sunny day. Thanks Mustie for your perseverance.
I know it matters not Darren but you should have well over a Million subscribers and deserve it . Genuine and original,you are the TRUE peoples TH-camr . HappyHolidays Mustie1
Good job, Mustie. You did that little patch that you are not happy with so long ago it might be worth just cutting it out and making a new one with a skinnier feature on it. You coped well with the compound curves. You state you are just above a novice, but you have the tools and the desire to get the hang of how to use them. I'm way below novice skill level and every time you do a job it encourages me to at least get out there and make a start. Thanks Mustie. I'm glad you are working on the Econoline again, I always liked it.
I was wondering what the hold-up was. Glad to see you're getting over it. I can certainly understand the hesitation. In any event, thanks for sharing the tribulations with us. I'm not a body guy either, and I hate to tackle it. Thanks to you, I'm going to take the car to the body shop. No way do I want to go through that kind of stuff.
Wow! I remember this project from back in the day. Been seeing it in the background for awhile now wondered what the story was. Good to see you back on it.
as i tell my kids practice practice practice..that's the only way to get better at said thing.wether it's mechaincs cooking laundry whatever the case may be
Nice job Mustie, I have a 62 econoline pick-up, and watching you repair yours has helped me a great deal. Thank you. Best of luck with yours. Take care 👍
It feels like I've been waiting forever for you to have this on. My old man had one when I was little. (Also a matching van) so when I've seen it in the background it just brought back memories of playing inside it.
Love the truck I used to see these back when I was younger (when dinosaurs roamed the world and dirt was pretty new). Great job on the repairs, may I make a suggestion, to minimize the filler, cut the onesie of welds off to release the piece for movement, split the piece that's too fat (wide) along the flat part and bend it in towards the split, this should make it narrower to match the adjacent panel. Tack the split close a little grinding and it will be a perfect fit and with a whole lot less work and filler. Keep on trucking!
I am so glad to see that you went back to working on the old Ford again I look forward to seeing more of that. I kind of missed it being done and was watching it in the background cause I’ve been watching your videos for years now.
Really enjoy watching you bring life back to this old Econoline. I had a regular van, same year that I traded to a friend who restored the body and used it as a work truck for many years. I helped him with the body and paint work. A 289 v8 swap or modified original 6 cyl would be fun!
Something to consider,if van was an original 6 cyl it had a weak engine mounting apparatus,,went from frame rail to inner rocker panel that let the motor “Climb” with no actual support under motor,mine was toast and I used a later tubular one that actually tied frame rails together ,mine was a 64 Falcon window van put a ton of miles on er
I have a twin to this truck, albeit mine's rustier and I gotta say you're a better man than me because I "fixed" mine with road signs and rivets lol. It's crazy how bad these trucks rusted even though the metal was galvanized. The spring special truck is the rarest of the econolines and it's great to see one fixed right, you'll have a blast once it's on the road. They are so bad they're good in my opinion, and people's reactions are the best. Keep up the good work, if you get discouraged I can send you pictures of mine lol it really makes your truck look good.
As a few others have said, I'm jealous! What a great project. Don't be so hard on yourself, the way you've been hand fabricating those replacement panels is impressive. Keep up the great work! Didn't even realize till a short time ago that this was recent. I was following along from the two year old clips. Nice to see you working on it again.
After watching this video I remembered exactly why I was so impressed with your work on this in your other vids. Doing all this bodywork with the possibilities you have and most of all, finesse, is just pure joy to watch. Keep them coming Mustie ✌️
Glad to see you back on the Rustoline -- I kinda gave up on it, but kept seeing it in the background...Love the way this stretches your skill-set metalwise !!
These trucks are amazing. I think Ford stopped making them because they never die and cute in so bad with the F100. I have owned 2 and would love to have another. I would give it a forever home! Good video, keep them coming.
I am so glad you came back to this particular vehicle. It is so unique. The metalworking shows are intriguing to me. I have built furniture and I can understand a lot of what you're doing... oh and love the ones about carbs too... hi from Texas.. happy holidays
So glad you're getting back on the Ford Darren. I see it all the time in the background of other videos and was hoping you'd resume the work on it. Nice craftsmanship in today's video. I actually like the "mistake" more than the original design :) If you look at the entire driver's side at the 1:12:47 mark, the front of the front fender well is much softer and doesn't match the harder angle on the same area of the rear fender well. Your "re-design" makes those two areas look much more similar and I think it just flows better overall. Cheers, Sev
Watching Mustie1 is always a learning experience. Well done. I was wondering when you would continue with the Econo-line Ford. I believe Chevrolet had a similar cab forward van called the Corvan. It had a Corvair engine in the rear…
I always look forward to your videos. You should check out coldwarmotors that guy is a master at forming metal. The Rover series, the Fury and the rear fender he rebuilt for Jim's Lincoln really shows his skills.
Hey brother, I have a 1965 Ford Falcon Futura 2door hard top, that was my first car,I drove the car to high school and college, I really can't believe i still have the car and it's been almost 30 years! Time flies! I need to get back to work on the ole girl asap!
To think you do all this with no sales pitches, no begging to subscribe, no self promotion at all, is pretty damn cool in my books. You are a true rebel in a TH-cam world full of all of it.
Thank you, and thank you again, it makes a difference in my day.
Dear EFPV
👍👏👌 Very well said, Sir, very well indeed. But maybe, only maybe, great Mustie1 should consider to have a little sponsoring. I wouldn't mind at all (of course only if it's really good products). Life is awfully expensive nowadays.
Best regards luck and health.
632000 subs, don't need no sponsors. No need to whore yourself to a product. I think it would turn a great thing into a all right thing. That being said I would still watch anyway!
You make an excellent point! I watch a lot of these guys that are all anti-establishment but yet want me to give them attention on patreon… I really need to make some new years resolutions to dump those people and find more genuine content creators like Mustie here, who i have watched a very long time now. I have had it with nord vpn and jpl pcb. To hell with that noise! 😊
Mustie1 is a wicked smart Rebel Yankee!!!
Doesn't make you greedy though to ask to subscribe, doesn't hurt to ask viewers to do so. However some videos can have Ober 100k views and only 5k likes and liking a video helps with TH-cam algorithm and making your videos be seen by more so asking your viewers to quick hit the like button to help you out will help further a channel better.
"I got discouraged"
You should hear the rest of us when WE get discouraged!
You got this, Mustie!
We can all be our own worst critics. I've done so much stuff that I thought sucked while I was doing it then looking at it years later it didn't look so bad to me then. Because by then I forget every little mistake I made.
@@1pcfred People also forget the factories have "tolerances" for error. There can be a ton of errors in the original factory work, but so long as each one falls within the tolerance of error, it's all good and the car ships.
@@tarstarkusz well yeah. Nothing is perfect. The closer the tolerance the more it costs. Typically production tolerance is +0.003" It's plus because you can always take a little off to make something fit. It's a lot harder to put a bit back on.
@@1pcfred 3 thou? I've heard more like 8th inch (for body panels). 3 thou is tight. Seems that would be for more critical parts.
Yeah sometimes you have just back off, for a little while. Then come back, One restorer said, if a job is going really well but you are getting bored of it, stop and do something else. That way you comeback on a mental high, also if a job is going really well, stop and leave it, because i found a point, where things do start to go wrong and you end up getting pissed off.
Hey Musti , I am an old school tinbender . the angle iron on the leaf of your pan brake can be removed for tight bends , its only needed for heavy gauge bends .
i would also add you can start a bend on a tight piece and come back to it to complete a bend after the others are done
nice to see you back on that old truck
OMG! You're working on the Econoline! This project is one of my most favorite projects you've taken on. Thank you thank you thank you!!!
Yep. It's great to be seeing a proper Mustie project. Only so many lawnmowers and random engines needed.
Couldn't have said it better 👏 Kept looking at it in the background and thinking, please get back to it 🙏 😀
I'm beyond impressed!
Considering you are a 'novice' metal worker, you did an amazing job
Well done Mustie 👌
I was only ever an amateur, bodywork was my big downfall. Engine and mechanical work was no problem, I'm in awe of your abilities.
Everyone is a novice metalworker. Even when you have 50 years of experience.
Agreed
I just don't see how you can use a brake for bodywork. There is not a flat piece of metal anywhere in any car. There is always curve in every direction. Flat metal is weak and flexes and bends easily. Curved metal is very strong and rigid.
If you have both an X and Y curve in the metal, it won't fit in a brake.
Now days there is no metal.
Glad to see you back on the truck
I suspect your Dad was the same kind of teacher as mine. He taught me to not be afraid to try new things, to learn something new every day, and never give up when it doesn’t go right on the first try. Thanks for your honesty, persistence, and letting all of us watch as you develop new skills.
My dad was the same.... I broke my pushbike, I broke my first motorbike, My car needed fixing, need to put a shelf up, need to do some plumbing, whatever... His response was...
Try and do it, if you get stuck ask me and I'll point you in the right direction
I broke my truck, broke my car, then I broke my Motorhome and then my 401k
I broke my first marriage
this took a turn 😢
@@clambaked5150 yep, steering rack too.
I cannot believe how good this channel is. I am trying to heal from an upper back operation I had 29 days ago. The doc says 6 weeks of basically doing nothing and it should be fully healed. So I stumbled across this show. I have been watching it half the night until I fall asleep.
hope you get back in good health, been there myself
For a guy that is not trained in bodywork, you do pretty darn good work !! Anyone who complains is welcome to do more on their own stuff, not worry about yours. I love these old Econolines, my Dad had one when I was still a sprout !! Haven't seen this one in a long time, great to see it back on the channel!! Thanks again for the great start to Sunday !
You got 'er done...very nice...Nice to see that project resurrected....love that "truck".
I'm 2 minutes in and had to stop to say a few thoughts.
You do incredible work don't beat up on yourself if it's not perfect, remember these were mass produced and they were never flawless.
And thank you, for making Sunday morning important again.
Yeah but they made those panels with big presses. Ka thump and it was done! Replicating that with small hand tools ain't easy to do though.
Looks great glad to see the truck back, can't wait to see it done.
I've been seeing the Econoline sitting in the background of several videos, and it left me wondering when we would be seeing you bring it back to its glory days. This shows what patience, perseverance and a shop full of tools can accomplish. Thanks for bringing us along and thanks for keeping the channel true to its origins in the old garage, I was worried that you'd move away from the backyard garage feeling.
So glad you picked this up again, i kept seeing it in videos wishing youd come back to it
I have been discouraged a lot working on stuff. Honestly watching your vids, Daren, has helped me approach a lot of repair jobs i would have NEVER attempted otherwise. Keep it up!
Success is falling down seven times and getting up eight. What many fail to realize is the path to success is rarely a straight line. What you see is the end result. What you don't see is the struggle it took to get there. What I'm saying is you just have to keep at stuff until you get it. It might not happen on the first try or even the fifth. You're not beat until you say you are though.
Really pleased to see you back on the little red Robbin.
I am so happy that you are back on this project. I understand the feelings of being inadequate to complete the job. The first time I ever took apart a 1600 single port I felt like a fish out of water. With a lot of trial and error I got the job done and it ran like a dream for almost 100k miles. I have been watching your videos for a few years now and I can honestly say some of the things I have seen you do have taught me so much more than I ever dreamed. I am in the process of starting my own workshop which I plan on modeling after what you do. Small engine repair and light body work on my favorite vehicles. Buses, bugs, ghias and golfs.. I have been working on these vehicles off and on for over 35 years and have enjoyed most of the time. Thank you for not giving up on this old gem!
Scott at CWM makes paper dolls too. His stuff always turns out great. That and some tappy taps with the hammer. 😉👍🏻
That is a nice looking van. I know the feeling when your vision doesn't always match your skill set!!
Nice to see someone bring one of those cool old trucks back to life.
I remember that truck Mustie started working on it back in 1972, yeah time flies
Thanks!
Very happy to see you getting back to the Econoline. Others already mentioned two of my favorite channels for fabricating, Fitzee’s Fabrications and Halfass Kustoms. Some more good ones are Carter Auto Restyling, Cold War Motors, and Make It Custom.
And Iron Trap Garage 🙂
Yorkshire Car Restorations also do some pretty amazing metalwork with fairly basic tools and some great humor thrown in too! They work on some proper basket cases most other people would have considered parts cars.
Hey, Mustie! You are quick learner. 👍😀 take a gander at Brent’s metal work on his HalfAssKustoms channel.😉 I’ll bet you can glean multiple lessons from him! Love that you are back on this vehicle! 👏😃
I'm glad this is back! I wondered what happened to it!
If people haven't subscribed and watched Ron Covell's TH-cam channel yet go see. Ron is a metalworking legend. He dis a collaboration with ToT. His teaching is fantastic and his skills are insanely good. Lovely guy as well.
We're of the same mind set. Bet if we could we'd bump into each other on the bloob-tube surf. Cheers
Finally, working on the Econoline truck!!!! Great job on the panels.
I didn't think a video about body work would be interesting, but I watched the whole thing in amazement. Great video and good work.
So glad this project is back in rotation. I love that truck. Cheers
Oh Hell Yeah! I love this Econoline glad to see it finally return.
Great Job man👍 looks awesome 🌟
I don’t know why but I always look at you as this super mechanic that knows everything about everything so to hear you say you stopped a project for a while because you were frustrated with the project, makes me feel better as a shade tree mechanic when I get frustrated and walk away from a project for a bit to regroup my thought process. Thank you for your honesty and thank you for your great content!
5 mins and I know this is gonna be a good one. Single malt in hand, log fire going, let the entertainment commence. Thanks Mustie....for all your videos, they make this old codgers life so much more pleasurable.
Carter auto restyling is a good one. He takes stuff that should be crushed because half is there and the rest has rusted away and fixes it like new. Pretty amazing metal man. He gets a bit windy with his tutorials, but he shows how it is done.
You shouldn't be so hard on yourself. I've always loved the way you can just make a panel and weld it in. You make it look easy. I know if I tried that, it wouldn't look anything as nice as you get it looking.
Thank goodness! So nice to see work on this project again. This truck is one of my favorite projects.
Glad to see the Econoline back, never get discouraged Mustie, you are immensely talented, and that is why we enjoy watching you and learning from you. Keep up the great work.
So good to see this one getting attention again. Great work, looks very good!
I’m so happy to find you working on this project again! I’ve been waiting for about two years for you to continue! Thanks Mustie1!!
It’s great to see you back working on the 65 Ford. Please keep up the good work.
To see this project revisited is Christmas come early! There's something so satisfying about watching you replicate/replace each panel one piece at a time. This truck is going to look great when finished. So glad you are giving the metal work another shot for sure looks challenging, well excited for more updates keep up the awesome content.
I'm glad you're back on the old ford there mustie I've been eager for you to get started on that again👍
Yes! I’ve been waiting for this. I know you said you were discouraged we all get it. Love it that you came back to it.
Thank you for coming back to this truck!!! Don't get discouraged.
I've been working on a rusty old van, and at moments when I feel like I don't know what I'm doing and I'm in way over my head, videos like this one give me a great motivation boost.
Refreshing change of pace here. Am happy to be learning about metal work here and this video actually helps.
This is artwork and you are an artist. I’m jealous.
This is more than wrenching. Mustie never gets upset over mistakes or mishaps. He just laughs and proceeds. It’s a life lesson.
Every time I watched one of your videos my eyes would wander over to the pickup in the background. thank you for starting back on it. You quite simply have taught a whole group of us a lot thanks so much
Another Sunday and Mustie is taking us to school. The best school around, I might add.😁😁😁 I watch Iron Resurrection and they do a ton of metal work. It's so cool to see you cut, curve and shape the way you do. It's nice when the pieces fit like a glove on the Ford.
I’m glad to see you wipe the cobwebs off this old truck. It deserves to be driven down to the coast some sunny day. Thanks Mustie for your perseverance.
Good Morning everyone.
Hi from California
Maine too. Coast to coast.
Ohio here. Midpoint
This is the coolest truck ! Have been waiting for this too start up again !
I know it matters not Darren but you should have well over a Million subscribers and deserve it . Genuine and original,you are the TRUE peoples TH-camr . HappyHolidays Mustie1
I love this truck. My first car was a 62 econoline van, passed my drivers test first try with that old van. I miss it!
Love that "truck". It would be so cool having and driving it. Good job in restoring it.
Awesome. For the last two years, every time I saw this truck in the background, I wished you were working on it.
Good job, Mustie. You did that little patch that you are not happy with so long ago it might be worth just cutting it out and making a new one with a skinnier feature on it. You coped well with the compound curves. You state you are just above a novice, but you have the tools and the desire to get the hang of how to use them. I'm way below novice skill level and every time you do a job it encourages me to at least get out there and make a start. Thanks Mustie. I'm glad you are working on the Econoline again, I always liked it.
Looking awesome Mustie1! Thanks for having us over at the shop!
I was wondering what the hold-up was. Glad to see you're getting over it. I can certainly understand the hesitation.
In any event, thanks for sharing the tribulations with us. I'm not a body guy either, and I hate to tackle it. Thanks to you, I'm going to take the car to the body shop. No way do I want to go through that kind of stuff.
Thanks for jumping back to this. I've been missing this little truck.
Wow! I remember this project from back in the day. Been seeing it in the background for awhile now wondered what the story was. Good to see you back on it.
So happy you worked through your discouragement and got back on the Econoline!!! The only way to get better at a thing, is to do the thing!
as i tell my kids practice practice practice..that's the only way to get better at said thing.wether it's mechaincs cooking laundry whatever the case may be
I never tire of watching you do metal fabrication!
Nice job Mustie, I have a 62 econoline pick-up, and watching you repair yours has helped me a great deal. Thank you. Best of luck with yours. Take care 👍
So happy to see Mustie back on this one, was driving me crazy every time you spot it in the background. Thanks for another great video.
Great job as usual, only criticism is that is a hell of a mud trap but that vehicle will probably never see bad roads again.
Looks nice! If you're not watching Coldwarmotors and Carter Auto Restyling channels, they both have incredible tutorials for metal work.
Great Job Mustie. I got work to do, but stopped to watch you do your stuff. Hurry with your next one. 👍🇬🇧🔧
About time you got back on this build. You are doing a very good job at bring it back to almost factory spec.
Darren, thank you again for giving me an hour of insight, entertainment, and know how. We appreciate you! Best New Hampshire TH-cam channel around
It feels like I've been waiting forever for you to have this on. My old man had one when I was little. (Also a matching van) so when I've seen it in the background it just brought back memories of playing inside it.
Give Ron Covell a follow. Probably one of the best sheet metal workers in the world. He has great videos with simple solutions for complex problems.
Love the truck I used to see these back when I was younger (when dinosaurs roamed the world and dirt was pretty new). Great job on the repairs, may I make a suggestion, to minimize the filler, cut the onesie of welds off to release the piece for movement, split the piece that's too fat (wide) along the flat part and bend it in towards the split, this should make it narrower to match the adjacent panel. Tack the split close a little grinding and it will be a perfect fit and with a whole lot less work and filler. Keep on trucking!
Mustie you are the badass dad I never had...J/K buddy, you are an absolute riot to learn from.
Keep going Mustie - ive been waiting a long time to see you get back to this project, brilliant work.
i want an econo line soooo much, saw one in blue with a really nice patina at a waffle house in nc few months back
I am so glad to see that you went back to working on the old Ford again I look forward to seeing more of that. I kind of missed it being done and was watching it in the background cause I’ve been watching your videos for years now.
Being 54, and winging it for years, kudos. You don't know what you can do, till you try! Practice makes perfect!
Really enjoy watching you bring life back to this old Econoline. I had a regular van, same year that I traded to a friend who restored the body and used it as a work truck for many years. I helped him with the body and paint work. A 289 v8 swap or modified original 6 cyl would be fun!
Something to consider,if van was an original 6 cyl it had a weak engine mounting apparatus,,went from frame rail to inner rocker panel that let the motor “Climb” with no actual support under motor,mine was toast and I used a later tubular one that actually tied frame rails together ,mine was a 64 Falcon window van put a ton of miles on er
Yeah-this is a fantastic project and I’m delighted it is in motion again! Thanks Darin!
Excellent results! More of a journey, than a race. Your videography is excellent. Thanks!
I remembered watching exactly my Dad do jobs.s like this repair job on his car.s when I was younger thank you again, it makes my day.
I have a twin to this truck, albeit mine's rustier and I gotta say you're a better man than me because I "fixed" mine with road signs and rivets lol. It's crazy how bad these trucks rusted even though the metal was galvanized. The spring special truck is the rarest of the econolines and it's great to see one fixed right, you'll have a blast once it's on the road. They are so bad they're good in my opinion, and people's reactions are the best. Keep up the good work, if you get discouraged I can send you pictures of mine lol it really makes your truck look good.
Road signs? Hmm.
Best video yet. Not forgotten. Hardest part of any job is getting started. Another fine quality video by Mustie😊
As a few others have said, I'm jealous! What a great project. Don't be so hard on yourself, the way you've been hand fabricating those replacement panels is impressive. Keep up the great work! Didn't even realize till a short time ago that this was recent. I was following along from the two year old clips. Nice to see you working on it again.
I COMPLETLY AGREE
"Novice Metal Fabricator", your welding skills tell the tale otherwise...tanks for sharing
After watching this video I remembered exactly why I was so impressed with your work on this in your other vids. Doing all this bodywork with the possibilities you have and most of all, finesse, is just pure joy to watch. Keep them coming Mustie ✌️
Yeah doing bead work with an air hammer is some finesse. It looked it too!
Glad to see you back on the Rustoline -- I kinda gave up on it, but kept seeing it in the background...Love the way this stretches your skill-set metalwise !!
These trucks are amazing. I think Ford stopped making them because they never die and cute in so bad with the F100. I have owned 2 and would love to have another. I would give it a forever home! Good video, keep them coming.
YESS!!! Love this truck and have been waiting for you to finish it
I am so glad you came back to this particular vehicle. It is so unique. The metalworking shows are intriguing to me. I have built furniture and I can understand a lot of what you're doing... oh and love the ones about carbs too... hi from Texas.. happy holidays
Well done it turned out quite good . Looking forward to seeing the end result when it's painted .
So glad you're getting back on the Ford Darren. I see it all the time in the background of other videos and was hoping you'd resume the work on it. Nice craftsmanship in today's video. I actually like the "mistake" more than the original design :) If you look at the entire driver's side at the 1:12:47 mark, the front of the front fender well is much softer and doesn't match the harder angle on the same area of the rear fender well. Your "re-design" makes those two areas look much more similar and I think it just flows better overall.
Cheers, Sev
Glad to see another metal working video. Thanks for circling back around.
Watching Mustie1 is always a learning experience. Well done. I was wondering when you would continue with the Econo-line Ford. I believe Chevrolet had a similar cab forward van called the Corvan. It had a Corvair engine in the rear…
I always look forward to your videos. You should check out coldwarmotors that guy is a master at forming metal. The Rover series, the Fury and the rear fender he rebuilt for Jim's Lincoln really shows his skills.
He does great work . The dog makes the show .
I agree.... Scott blows me away with his bodywork skills.
Mustie1 thank you for bringing this back
It wasn't forgotten! I've anxiously awaited your return to this old gem.
Hey brother, I have a 1965 Ford Falcon Futura 2door hard top, that was my first car,I drove the car to high school and college, I really can't believe i still have the car and it's been almost 30 years! Time flies! I need to get back to work on the ole girl asap!