Category Archive: BangShift Projects, Project Cars, RS Fox Mustang
Rough Start Fox Body: Transmission Work, New Quarter Windows…AND IT RUNS!
My last update on the Rough Start Fox Body Mustang was on January 20th, 2021. In that update, I highlighted that I painted the driver’s side fender because I was bored, plonked in new one-piece...
Rough Start Fox Body: Disjointed Progress Is Still Progress!
I want to make something clear as a bell: when I said my goodbyes to the Imperial and welcomed in a Fox Body Mustang with open arms to replace it, the idea was that I was finally getting a project...
Rough Start Fox Body: Tearing The Transmission Down To The Bone
In the last update of our $600 1989 Ford Mustang LX project beater, we had dropped in the engine and the radiator assembly. It’s been a couple of weeks…you would think that you...
Rough Start Fox Mustang: Radiator, Fan, And Some Electrical Tidbits
Oooh, would you look at that…there’s an engine sitting in the bay of the Rough Start Fox! It is a hollow victory as there is no transmission, no way to fire the engine off at the moment,...
Rough Start Fox Body: So Much For The Budget! We’ve Got Plenty Of Parts For Our Forlorn Fox!
I don’t care how good you are at scrapping things together, sooner or later you’re going to have to invest some money into a cheap car project. And that time for investment has come for...
Rough Start Fox Mustang: Engine Progress, Detail Work And Bonus Pumpkin Work Too!
We’ve been saying it ever since the whole stay home, stay safe mindset came into being: if you’re gonna be stuck at home, there’s a garage and probably a project car that needs...
Rough Start Fox Body Quick Update: A Follow-Up On The Small-Block’s Internals
This isn’t so much another part of the Rough Start Fox Body Mustang’s build as it is a follow-up. Since the best case of action for anybody is to keep their backsides at home and away...
Rough Start Fox Body, Part 4: Tearing Into The 302 Earmarked For The Red Mustang
The time came. The sun was finally shining, the ground was drying up, and I couldn’t think of a better way to spend the day than to tear apart the 302 that has been sitting patiently in my...
The Rough Start Fox Body, Part 3: More HVAC Work And New Parts Start Appearing!
When we last updated the Rough Start Fox 1989 Ford Mustang LX, I’d decided to take on the repair of the HVAC unit single-handedly. That’s not a small feat…in fact, from everything...
Rough Start Fox Body, Part 2: Starting The Scrubbing And The Notorious Heater Core Job
The fun part of doing a project car build with a vehicle purchased in early January is the weather. It sucks out loud…you hope and pray for a half-decent day so that you can get some stuff...