65 mustang at EBMC
 

We wanted to share one of our "mild" pro touring builds with you. We had a customer come in last summer with a 65 Mustang coupe to do some upgrades on. It had been in the family for years and been sitting in a field in the midwest for alot of that time. After a check out, we found ALOT of rust the customer decided to go forward with repair and do a complete build since it had been in the family so long. heres some pics of the teardown.........

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After blasting the car (afraid there wasn't gonna be anything left!) Its time for sheetmetal replacement.


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Borgeson power steering box, reinforced shock towers
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filled the firewall, Vintage air will be installed
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one piece floorpan and new lower firewall
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Great work Steve, that thing has come a long way. What kind of suspension you going with on the front?

Thanks Jason, were running TCP front suspension. Come by in that wicked Torino one of these days and Check it out!

Steve - nice project. Love the birds nest! :thumbsup:

I thought everybody would like that! It was actually found when the seat platform was removed. So it was in a very confined space and the mouse or whatever it was, had to gain access through the seat bolt access hole that was missing a body plug!

As it came back from the blaster

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new lower toe kicks and reinforced factory frame rails
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new sheetmetal installed
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stripped down and setting gaps
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engine compartment ready for satin grey finish
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blocksanding, blocksanding and more blocksanding.........
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the hood will get Mach 1 style scoop and finished in satin grey center (mach 1 style)
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Boze "pro touring" 17x7 front, 18x8 rear satin grey center brushed outer
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are your running a stock 8 inch rear?

No, we are narrowing a 9" housing to whatever is necesary to fit the negative offset 18x8's

engine compartment in satin grey]http://i864.photobucket.com/albums/a...ustang/008.jpg
][Wilwood 6 piston brakes and Total Control suspension
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It looks great, nice work.

Steve,Awesome job.I love the satin grey.What a great touch.Please keep posting as work progress along.:thumbsup: Scott

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subframe connectors installed, undercoating, Dynamat, Vintage air and wiring started

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We had to redo a tube on the JBA headers to clear Borgenson box, narrowed 9 inch and Ron Davis radiator

Update: Customer came in this morning and decided to upgrade to fuel injection!:thumbsup:

Nice work Steve! Thanks for choosing Boze wheels.
Zak

www.bozeforged.com

Thanks Zac, The wheels look great on this car!

looks like you do great work! please keep us updated.

The car is currently at upholstery, in the meantime.........


routing of a/c and heater lines......

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power steering lines..........
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TCP strut tower braces
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We adapted ride tech coilovers to upper TCP control arms by fabricating lower shock mounts
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Looks good!

Great job on the piping and tower braces.

Nice project! Interested in the front suspension, how low does it sit, and what size tires are you using, did you keep the leaf spring rear, any side pictures with the wheels? Sorry for all the questions, but I am really interested in this build.
Thanks Mike

Alright, been a while but the car is done with some final trans tuning to do and misc odds and ends.......

Magnaflow stainless exhaust and stainless fuel lines coming from stainless Ricks tanks(TFE hose in engine compartment)
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copper/nickel brake lines routed in car and out at destinations through bulkheads
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smoothed over factory tailight bezels....
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Turned out great! I really like that satin gray engine compartment! :thumbsup:

awesome! :thumbsup:

That is Sweet!!! You do beautiful work.

Thanks guys. I put about 50 miles on the car last night and had a blast! The customer picked up this morning. I'm probably going to do a little more fine tuning on the trans. controller after he puts a few miles on it but with leather interior, one touch power windows, power locks,tilt, air, great sound system and fuel injection, this car is a very tight, extrtemely enjoyable ride.



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Incredibly clean build, nice and classy so it should look current for years to come. Love the interior, looks to have "audi" quality on the door panels (that is a good thing)

Speaking of door panels... who's trim panels are those? I love the design.. congrats if its yours, it really works...not too gimmicky. overall the execution is so crisp on that car, down to the stance. Im working on a first gen Coupe also, and yours is inspiring.

Very nice work! I hope your customer appreciates it... but I have a feeling he does!

KT.

i love this car everything is clean and simple was curious what seats are those
john

Thanks! The door panels are modified MP products covered in leather and the seats are Corbeau GTS 2