This is Julian. I imagine your dad has spoke of me. Over the last 12 years I have known him we have built MANY cars and have spent thousands of hours on more Ford projects than we could ever count.
My first Mustang I got when I was 11. It was my moms 1980 white with porno red int "Ghia" coupe, inline 6 cyl 200 with a C3 automatic.

Anyway your 79 hatch looks great with the Welds and the "too fast for paint" black, following in your dads footsteps.

Good luck with it and let us know what we can do to help.