Project 67 Super Coupe

[tarafied1]

There are a lot of cool rides here and cool stories. I thought I would tell mine...

My car has been in it's current state (not finished but mostly done) for a few years now.
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I started on it in 1990. It was rusty but I didn't think it was as bad as it turned out to be.
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I put new quarters, floor boards, wheel wells, fenders, etc. on it in the early 90's and primed it. My 1st wife left when my oldest son was about 7 months old, I was a single dad for about 3 years. I remarried in 94. My wife even got into the project
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I stuffed a 460 in it in 92 or 93.
[img width=640 height=442]http://www.gotstang.com/photodisplay.php?iid=100291&normal=1[/img]
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Crites motor mounts
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It sat around a lot as I had two more boys and relocated twice for work.

I finally got busy working on it again and yanked the 460 to rebuild it. The block had been bored before and there was some core shift so a couple cylinders needed to be sleeved. I decided to look for a new block. I called around and found a guy who said he had a 429 with a 4 bolt main for $500. I bought it, built it up and put it in the Stang. I had a C6 in there but it leaked real bad so I had it rebuilt and had a shift kit put in. I was using Crites motor mounts and Tubular Automotive headers, 3" exhaust and 40 series Flowmasters, Granada Spindles and a Versailes 9" rear.
[img width=611 height=480]http://www.gotstang.com/photodisplay.php?iid=100288&normal=1[/img]






my wife got tired of the multi-color look so we decided to prime it all one color.

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It remained this way for a while...
More to come

[tarafied1]

Re: Project 67 Super Coupe

To continue with the history, I started on the interior next. The instrument cluster was a standard 67 cluster with no tach. This car has been a budget operation so rather than spend $1000+ on Phantom gauges (which are really cool BTW) I decided to try and put a factory tach in. I bought a 67 Cougar tach cluster on ebay for $45. I put the tach in but it took a little fabricating. The Cougar cluster depth was different than the Stang. I had to make the "cup" deeper. I also put a 68 oil pressure gauge in the where the clock was. The 67 had the oil pressure in the large cluster and in 68 they switched it with the fuel gauge. Since I gave up the oil pressure gauge for the tach I thought it would be good to add the 68 gauge. I don't have an amp gauge yet.

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I also changed the bulb covers from blue/green to red/orange and to make the faces all match I bought a white face kit.





My wife put in the headliner...

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she also re-aposltered the seats



I added a "humphugger" console and ran without a radio for a while

still more to come!

[tarafied1]

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My plan was to build a "Little Red" or "Green Hornet" style car. I have always wanted a Shelby but could never afford one. It was also difficult to find a fastback I could afford even back then.
[img width=640 height=305]http://www.gotstang.com/photodisplay.php?iid=100256&normal=1[/img]

I like the coupe bodystyle and I have always had one since I was 15 so I decided I would build my own "Super Coupe"
When the remake of Gone in 60 Seconds came out I just flipped over the "Eleanor" car and decided right then I would use that style on my car.
I had already done the rear trunk and tail lights so the next step was the nose.
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[DirtyWhiteBoy]

Re: Project 67 Super Coupe

NICE RIDE!

Love It!

[tarafied1]

Re: Project 67 Super Coupe

Thanks!


all the fiberglass was a real challenge. I also had repop fenders and quarters which I'm sure added to the pain!
In fact the fenders were the worst fitting of all the parts...
here are some before and after of the door area.

[tarafied1]

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The trunk/quarter end caps were the first thing I delt with. The end caps fit terrible. I had to cut and build-up the parts to get them close. Eventually building them into the body and cutting them back off.
[img width=640 height=480]http://www.gotstang.com/photodisplay.php?iid=100108&normal=1[/img]
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The trunk lid didn't fit too bad.
The upper nose was the worst and took the most work, the hood had a bow in it but we tweaked the fenders to match. The lower nose, flares and scoops weren't too bad.
[img width=640 height=480]http://www.gotstang.com/photodisplay.php?iid=100149&normal=1[/img]
as you may have noticed, I also had to replace the trunk floor, wheel wells and partial rear frame rails and lower tail panel area...
[img width=640 height=480]http://www.gotstang.com/photodisplay.php?iid=100113&normal=1[/img]
[img width=640 height=480]http://www.gotstang.com/photodisplay.php?iid=100114&normal=1[/img]
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[img width=640 height=480]http://www.gotstang.com/photodisplay.php?iid=100117&normal=1[/img]
but that's not all!!! More to come.

[tarafied1]

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Well, as the rear of the car was coming together I thought I was close to paint, so I searched and found a Rod and Custom shop I liked and he said I could work on the car in his shop. We hauled to the shop and began to strip it down to the bare shell.


After pulling off the front suspension and pulling out the engine and trans, we chisled the crud out from the shock towers and found the Titanic, well it looked as rusty and full of holes as the Titanic anyway!
[img width=640 height=480]http://www.gotstang.com/photodisplay.php?iid=100118&normal=1[/img]
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so we cut off the front end one side at a time...
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you'll probably notice there is no torque box on the passenger side, weird. Anyway, I planned to add one and sub-frame connectors anyway...
Starting to go back together
[img width=640 height=480]http://www.gotstang.com/photodisplay.php?iid=100137&normal=1[/img]
so now I can cut off the other side
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epoxy primed and painted the front clip, and started reassembly, including the 1" Shelby Drop.


also added Competition Engineering sub-frame connectors


I even painted my steering column, not concores with the black on the end but I didn't want red sticking in the engine compartment.

[DirtyWhiteBoy]

Re: Project 67 Super Coupe

Thanks!


all the fiberglass was a real challenge. I also had repop fenders and quarters which I'm sure added to the pain!
In fact the fenders were the worst fitting of all the parts...
here are some before and after of the door area.

LOL my dad is in the process of (re)building a 65. 90% of it is aftermarket. It is for a doctor and it was his dad's car...a sentimental build. He bought a old frame rack to build it on, and started with all new floors frame rails rockers etc. They have had to make adjustments on most of the parts, but it has gone MUCH better than he expected. I was up there a few months ago but didn't have a camera, so no pics.

[tarafied1]

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cool.
I imagine the repop stuff has improved over the years but in the early 90's the choices were fix the rusty stuff with patches or replace with new. I thought new would be better. It ended up being at least as much work!

[tarafied1]

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I guess we are up to the time when it was reay for paint.
[img width=640 height=480]http://www.gotstang.com/photodisplay.php?iid=100154&normal=1[/img]
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I even painted the engine red
[img width=640 height=480]http://www.gotstang.com/photodisplay.php?iid=100166&normal=1[/img]

[tarafied1]

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I wanted to use the 67 Shelby grille with the inboard high beams rather than the Ralley car looking driving lights Eleanor had in the lower grille opening. I had to fill the notches that were molded into the Maier FG parts.
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next, paint!
they put a coat of red, then some black, masked the stripes and then the final coats of red and clear.

[img width=640 height=480]http://www.gotstang.com/photodisplay.php?iid=100167&normal=1[/img]
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then I took it home to put it back together
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even caught my son in action, helping me put the trans back in
[img width=640 height=480]http://www.gotstang.com/photodisplay.php?iid=100185&normal=1[/img]

[tarafied1]

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back tracking a little, when I drove it before painting, I had tire rub from the sagging springs. I swapped out the stock springs for 5 leaf Grab-A-Track and HD shackles with poly bushings.
[img width=640 height=480]http://www.gotstang.com/photodisplay.php?iid=100290&normal=1[/img]



notice I only use the proper safety equipment...

[tarafied1]

Re: Project 67 Super Coupe

Engine shots, I love that 429!

[img width=640 height=480]http://www.gotstang.com/photodisplay.php?iid=101263&normal=1[/img]
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[tarafied1]

Re: Project 67 Super Coupe

After putting it back together and driving it a bit I had some issues. I went with smaller dia. tires and lowered it a bit with the Shelby drop. Now my headers were dragging on everything!
[img width=640 height=480]http://www.gotstang.com/photodisplay.php?iid=100302&normal=1[/img]
[img width=640 height=480]http://www.gotstang.com/photodisplay.php?iid=100301&normal=1[/img]
so I talked to Stan over at FPA and he knew exactly what I needed, some "shorty" headers!
[img width=640 height=480]http://www.gotstang.com/photodisplay.php?iid=100303&normal=1[/img]
he said I would need to grind a notch in the left motor mount and he was right, other than that they fit great. A PIA to install though
[img width=640 height=480]http://www.gotstang.com/photodisplay.php?iid=100304&normal=1[/img]
so the old Tubular Auto headers had served me well but they are out now!
[img width=640 height=480]http://www.gotstang.com/photodisplay.php?iid=100305&normal=1[/img]
had new Magnaflow SS muffelers replace the Flowmasters too.
[img width=640 height=436]http://www.stangfix.com/testforum/gallery/1/72_17_03_09_5_29_00.jpg[/img]
[img width=640 height=480]http://www.gotstang.com/photodisplay.php?iid=101762&normal=1[/img]
now I can go with PS too since I have much more clearance

[tarafied1]

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I had the front-end aligned per "dazecars" back in November of 07. I didn't know the connection to ORP then (I have ORP roller spring perches).
[img width=640 height=480]http://www.stangfix.com/testforum/gallery/2/72_08_08_09_9_31_36.jpg[/img]
anyway, the car handles a lt better than I thought it could with all that weight on the nose and basically stock suspension.
I have a 1" 66 Shelby anti-sway bar and gas shocks, the roller perches and the UCA lowered 1" all ball joints, tie rods, bushings, etc are new. Other than that it is 40+ year old technology. The front wheels are AR TTII 16x7" with 4" BS and 205/50/16 tires. I have the Granada spindles and a quarter of a coil cut off on the stock front springs too.