Removing the passenger side Fender on a 1968 Mustang

So, I finally got one of the fenders off.

Starting at the front of the car, and only counting the bolts that just held the fender on, not the shared one that helped hold on the grill cross support I counted nine bolts that need removed to get the fender off. All of these bolts have 1/2 inch heads. 

Two bolts behind the headlight pan.

Six bolts along the top of the fender.

One bolt at the back inside of the wheel well near the bottom.

Two bolts in the rear bottom of the fender going up into the frame of the car.

I actually took off the bolts at the top of the fender last so the thing wouldn't fall off on top of me while I was fighting the rusted in bolts under the car.

The fender is now off the car.

Removing the hood on a 1968 Mustang

The hood is held on by four bolts, but since I have one of the blinker hoods I had to disconnect two wires first.

The yellow and green wires go to the blinkers. 

There is also a ground wire that fastens to the car body above the brake master cylinder.

After those were disconnected it was a simple matter of unbolting four bolts and taking the hood off the car. 

 

My car now has no hood.

Removing the passenger side kick plate in a 1968 Mustang Coupe

Well, I keep promising to do the fender next and I keep not doing that. I think the hood will actually be next so who knows when the fender will actually come off. 

Several videos on the internet said there was a nut behind the kick plate in 65 and 66 mustangs that held on the fender. Apparently that changed for the 67 or at least the 68 because there was no nut behind my kick plate. 

The kick plate is held on by two screws.

Remove those and there is a bunch of insulation behind the plate. 

Behind the insulation I found relatively solid metal but no holes for taking off the fender. 

Next time the hood, maybe.

Removing the Headlights from a 1968 Mustang

The headlight bezel is held on by three screws. 

Once that is off the headlight itself is held on by a retaining ring with three screws in keyhole style holes where you loosen them and twist the ring to pull it out. 

Once those come out you can slide out the headlight and disconnect the wires. 

Now I think I am actually ready to remove the fender.

 
 

Removing the Grill Support cross member.

I thought I was ready to start in on removing one of the fenders but it turned out I had a couple more parts in the way.

The grill support cross member is held on by three bolts and sits on top of some tabs on the fender.

Combine a rusty old car and a nice long breaker bar and my six year old son sheared the head off a bolt while helping me take that off.

 

The last bolt was undersized compared to the other two, and the nut on the bottom was rusted on. It was a bear to get off but eventually it yealded and that support brace came off the car.

Removing the grill on a 1968 Mustang Coupe

The grill on my 1968 Mustang Coupe was held in place by six screws and three bolts.

The six screws were along the front of the grill, one high on each side, four along the bottom front.

These screws didn't all match each other and I have no idea if any of them are original. 

The two 1/2 inch head bolts were located at the top center on the outside edges of the hood latch bar support. 

The last fastener is a 5/16 inch head screw/bolt on the inside of the grill at the bottom, to the left of the center brace when facing toward the car, going down into a support brace.

The grill is off.

Next up on the list is probably the passenger side front fender.

Review: Gerber Suspension Multi-Plier

Review: Gerber Suspension Multi-Plier

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I put this on my birthday/Christmas list because it looked cool, was under $30 and I have a hard time picking out things for Christmas lists. I wasn't sure how much I would actually use it if I got it though. Well, I got it for my birthday in early December, and decided to actually try putting it on my belt to see if it came in handy.

Short version, I love this thing! I use it all the time now, in situations where I never would have thought about how useful this kind of thing could be.