65 Mustang Build!

[bianchini]

i hope you are gonna upload better pics man. looks like you used a potato to take those photos!

[MrJereMoose]

Awesome, I've wanted to do up a '65 for a while. Can't wait to see it all done. Good luck!

[Huffy]

i hope you are gonna upload better pics man. looks like you used a potato to take those photos!

Yeah sorry theyre all from my ipod touch unfortunately. I had a nikon D3100 but it was stolen a while back. Never even got to use it to take pictures of the car Im planning to buy a new one soon though.

Awesome, I've wanted to do up a '65 for a while. Can't wait to see it all done. Good luck!

Yeah its not going to be the lowest thing in the world but not going to have the ugly reverse rack it used to have either. Thanks

[MattyHacks71]

I like the idea but I prefer the classic gt350 look and deluxe style interior and classicish rims. Everything I'm doing was available as an option except maybe the color scheme itself.

Sounds good! Another route could be the track/race look

[mike-81-240d]

My dad used to have a real documented 66 GT350. It was the super rare Green with white stripes... Anyway, he lowered it via cutting the springs but this was back in like 1973.

[Codidly]

Should be interesting to see where this goes.

[Huffy]

Sounds good! Another route could be the track/race look

That's what I would like to do. That front bumper at least and similar wheel setup. A lot of the parts to do that with are crazy expensive. I'm going to get it on the road first then the work will really start.

My dad used to have a real documented 66 GT350. It was the super rare Green with white stripes... Anyway, he lowered it via cutting the springs but this was back in like 1973.

Cutting springs is usually ok on classics and older cars because they have nonprogressive spring rates. Right now I have 1 inch lowering springs in the front bu I can tell it will be needing more. As for the rear it's a 4 link coilover conversion of raising the rearend off the leaf springs with spacers. The rear is somewhat low already I need to get the rims on it and roll the fenders to see how much lower it can go

[Huffy]

Bump

[anth]

That's what I would like to do. That front bumper at least and similar wheel setup. A lot of the parts to do that with are crazy expensive. I'm going to get it on the road first then the work will really start

If you like the classic race car look, you should definitely check out some of the Mustangs that race in the Muscle Car Masters over here, I love the look of them. Here's a link to Google image so I don't clutter your thread with pics of other cars. Link

[rice4life]

http://www.pro-touring.com/showthread.php?38420-5000-budget-Mustang/page106

Read that, it will inspire you

What colors on the GT350 scheme? Red over black would have looked sick.

[skidkid]

I like where this is going
but i still couldnt help but think it would look badass repainted the original colour with the exact wheels in your display pic :]

[Huffy]

I like where this is going
but i still couldnt help but think it would look badass repainted the original colour with the exact wheels in your display pic :]

I had never even thought of that! As disgusting as the original color was I think that would have looked sick!


Update: Engine and trans and all that good stuff are going in Tuesday! Pics soon. In the mean time I need to know what can I use to polish the aluminum tailshaft of the the transmission as well as the bell housing? I know those parts will rarely be seen but I have a strong attention to detail with this car.

Also a bird flew into the paint building and took an enormous shit right on the underside of my trunk lid which had just been painted so we resealed what we thought was a sealed room. Now I get to sand the underside of the trunk and get the shit off. Thought about leaving it for the sake of a conversation piece though (as if the car isnt enough of one).

Also great pics and thread.

[rice4life]

Conversation piece

"So I have a piece of bird shit under the clear coat on the underside of my trunk, want to see it?"
What mods to the engine are being done?

[Huffy]

Conversation piece

"So I have a piece of bird shit under the clear coat on the underside of my trunk, want to see it?"
What mods to the engine are being done?

Exactly!

Not much for now. Mild cam and polished heads. Haven't bought the carb that I will run on it yet. MSD is the brand that I think I remember that makes and EFI system for carbureted engines that looks like a carb but is electronic or something idk my uncle showed it to me in a hot rod magazine. I'd look it up but I'm at school

[Rocknthehawk]

Loving this build. I've been seeing cheaper Stang's locally lately and want to jump on one.

funny about the spring comment, I took a picture of the rear spring from my '66 Rambler. I couldn't believe it was almost 20" tall (compressed was around 14" when I measured for the bags).

direct link to avoid further derailment:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v199/rocknthehawk/rearspring.jpg