While my wife and I are discussing project names, I thought I would post a build thread on the car I purchased a week ago. When my wife saw it being unloaded from the rollback, she smiled happily, turned and said, "I like it". Whoa! Bonus points for dragging home a disabled car that my wife likes. Yahoo!
This car will be a long term project. Unlike other projects, this car will be the last thing in our budget to get money. (Read: it's gonna take a while). So far, the purchase of the car and the little bit of money I have left over has been nothing but gift money. So, birthdays and Christmas for me is going to be the bread and butter to fund the build. Sigh.
The car is a '66 Mustang. Not at all worried about the numbers matching since the car is a converted V8 car. Originally a T code 6 cyl, 4 speed car, it is set up for a small block, C4 combo. So far, I haven't seen any butchery to make that happen, but I have done nothing but look at in the last week. Only rust I've found on it to speak of the battery tray area and the very bottom of the trunk drop offs. The quarters look to be heavily covered in bondo, but the rest of the body is pretty solid. The pictures show lots of body parts missing, but most of them came with the car.
Suspension consists of an 8 inch from a '79-80 Granada which is about 1.5 inches wider than a '65-'66 Mustang 8 inch. The front is V8 stuff and 5 lug disc brakes (probably from the same Granada).
Plans are to strip and coat the underside of the car replacing all hardlines after coating. Then, rebuilding suspension in the front and rear. I plan to reuse what I can that I think will go along with the cars intended usage. So, as you can see, there is plenty of labor to be done while I wait for the funds to build up. I plan for this car to be my most thorough build, although it will be done in stages so that I can get to driving it as soon as possible.
Engine plans are totally up in the air. I am looking for anything from 289's to 351C's and C4's to T5's. We will see what shakes out. So, enjoy and feel free to comment and clog up the thread with cool Mustang pics for ideas.
This car will be a long term project. Unlike other projects, this car will be the last thing in our budget to get money. (Read: it's gonna take a while). So far, the purchase of the car and the little bit of money I have left over has been nothing but gift money. So, birthdays and Christmas for me is going to be the bread and butter to fund the build. Sigh.
The car is a '66 Mustang. Not at all worried about the numbers matching since the car is a converted V8 car. Originally a T code 6 cyl, 4 speed car, it is set up for a small block, C4 combo. So far, I haven't seen any butchery to make that happen, but I have done nothing but look at in the last week. Only rust I've found on it to speak of the battery tray area and the very bottom of the trunk drop offs. The quarters look to be heavily covered in bondo, but the rest of the body is pretty solid. The pictures show lots of body parts missing, but most of them came with the car.
Suspension consists of an 8 inch from a '79-80 Granada which is about 1.5 inches wider than a '65-'66 Mustang 8 inch. The front is V8 stuff and 5 lug disc brakes (probably from the same Granada).
Plans are to strip and coat the underside of the car replacing all hardlines after coating. Then, rebuilding suspension in the front and rear. I plan to reuse what I can that I think will go along with the cars intended usage. So, as you can see, there is plenty of labor to be done while I wait for the funds to build up. I plan for this car to be my most thorough build, although it will be done in stages so that I can get to driving it as soon as possible.
Engine plans are totally up in the air. I am looking for anything from 289's to 351C's and C4's to T5's. We will see what shakes out. So, enjoy and feel free to comment and clog up the thread with cool Mustang pics for ideas.
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