JCG Restoration & Customs - 70 Mustang Build
 

Well I am about to venture into the Ford world! I got my first Pro-Tour Mustang... The car just arrived from Tennessee last night.. I have been wanting to do one of these for a long time now & have been given the opportunity by Nick D & his dad to re-do the Mustang.. This will be Nick's first high school car.. He is only 16 yrs old right now & his dad wants his first car to be something he will always remember..

Here is the laundry list..
DSE front suspension.. buying existing components to build a chassis around it
DSE Quadra-link rear suspension
2011 Coyote Cobra engine & transmission
American Racing headers with Borla mufflers
Forgeline wheels
Wilwood Brake System
American Auto Wire
Vintage Air
Anvil Carbon Fiber goodies
Ben Hermance Rendering
JCG Custom Components & body Modifications

Tear down begins this week.. & body off to the media blasting..


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Is that a real deal Boss your about to cut up?:_paranoid Lucky kid!

We are currently doing our first Mustang as well but is a restoration of a numbers matching 70 428SCJ

Sounds like a cool Project...have fun with it Cris!!

No.. Not a real one.. It is a clone of a 302 Boss.. Car has a 351 Cleveland with 5 speed TKO..

All drive train parts will be for sale with the hood & shaker..

Thanks Tony.. We are busy around here.. Got a 70 Chevelle coming in from NY that a guy from Kuwait just bought.. Have 2 69 Camaros arriving in the next few weeks.. I have to hire a new guy to keep up with our work load.. My parts side of the business is moving forward...

All I know is be careful for what you wish for!!

You will be fine! Congrats on being so busy.....but you did earn it! :thumbsup:

Cris you bugger! you had to post your coyote build before I did! GRRRRR. If you want, keep in touch with me we are doing this to a 65, I would love to share Ideas!

COOL Project!!! Great to see you venture into the F-word category!

Props to Dad! :thumbsup:

Seriously! :woot:

I remember cruising around in my buddies fast back in high school. Great memories.

Cris,

Pm'd ya.

Thanks Tony!

Beat you to the punch again Tyler! Lol

be happy to work with Tyler..

Yeah.. I great memories with my SS 64 Impala that my dad gave me to drive in high school!! If only my back seat could talk.. for graduation from high school my dad gave me a 66 427 Corvette .. Hooker side pipes on it.. few girls got burned & marked for life!!

[QUOTE=jeff71;338300]Cris,

I love a good Rustang project!

Can't wait to see the rendering on this one!


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Congrats Cris. Gonna like watching this one come together. :thumbsup:

Now THAT is a graduation present!

Haha, yeah Cris and it wasn't from the side pipes! :lol:

I bought myself a '66 Vette my senior year in high school... I graduated in '71...
A year or so later (1972) I went to pick up my best friends little sister (Allison) at the all girls Catlick school -- her younger sister (Gwen) ran out and got in the car... Allison rode the bus home and cried all the way... Gwen and I have been together ever since! 40 YEARS this May.

I've always been a MID YEAR 'Vette guy... and have owned many of them. But I've always loved the classic Mustangs... that's just a duel that has been burning for years!

Now that's a great car story Greg.:thumbsup: :thumbsup: Scott

Looks like this is gonna be a great project! :thumbsup:

Subscribing....

Very awesome. Should be a killer project. Looking forward to the updates.
That 16 year old kid has one cool dad!:thumbsup: :yes:

Nice project! Can you give me some details on your plans for the DSE front suspension? I'm building a Mopar and I've bought the rear quadralink and will modify to fit my Challenger. I'd love to have DSE components in the front also.
Details?

Thanks!!
Wes

Be a little patient.. let me get my parts first.. I am still trying to map out all the suspension & chassis set up in my head..

Got it. I'll be looking forward to this build. Nice project.
Wes

Cris..... This is going to be a good one ,can't wait to see whats rolling around in that head of yours..:lol:

tear down!
 

The tear down of the Mustang has shown that we have a very good soild foundation to work with... Last nite sold the motor & transmission.. I got lots more parts to sell off.. I have been getting PM's on the parts.. I will soon have pricing on parts not being used & let you guys know..

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The new motor & transmission showed up today!!

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OH NO DIDN"T...very cool- this has got to be one of the first 5.0 transplants:unibrow:

I don't know if it will be the first Chris! but trust me it will have a lot of first time parts on it :D

Hahahaa Cris! I knew you'd post that motor pic! :lol:

What's it been 20 mins? :thumbsup:

Very cool project Cris. I'm looking forward to seeing this build come along!

Are you going to be keeping the Getrag trans?

Matt

Thanks Matt.. Me too!

We are using the Getrag trans.. Right now this drivetrain is new to me.. I just spent the last 2 hrs looking @ it coming up with a game plan for install.. I figued out that I will have to re-locate the oil filter.. Get the A/C compressor off & get it dimensioned for a Saden 7 compressor.. The power steering pump on engine :_paranoid :_paranoid ..

The good thing is that I have a buddy that is a Ford tuner & knows late model Ford motors inside out.. He is coming over tomorrow..
It will be a fun project with its share of headaches..

Yeah, these new Ford Mustangs all have electric power steering. You might want to get in touch with the guys over at TurnKey. They recently got set up with Ford Racing and are in the process of developing an accessory drive to fit into early Mustangs.

Matt

I'd just make it real simple --- go with electric power steering! Matt @ Anvil did that in his Mustang.... To me -- that's TRICK!


Love this build Cris!

Glad you guys are out there blazing the path for us. I'll have one of these some day. :hail:

I was thinking of using electric power steering on my new project, because I bought a 2011 gt500 engine, but the Ford rack that came with the pull out was broken and a new one costs $1500 and I wasn't sure how the ECU would work in a different car. Next I looked at the Flaming River unit that Matt from Anvil is running and realized it costs $6000 - now I think electric power steering is cool, but 6 grand cool? and that cost doesn't include a column or rack!

TurnKey has been playing around with using what I believe is an electronic conventional unit that adjusts pressure based on speed so the steering "weights up." I think it is an OE Toyota part that Porsche guys first started to retrofit.

Matt

We had a meeting today about this.. My machinist said.. don't worry about it.. we will get her done!! We got a good game plan for the the power steering.. design with machining a few brackets & pulleys.. it will be a while till we get to that though.. We have alot of other work we need to get done first .. but I see a few other Mustangs coming on that might need these parts also..

Looking forward to seeing this bad boy come together Cris. I'm sure you guys will not disappoint, as usual!:thumbsup:

http://jalopnik.com/#!5782482/the-fo...ustang-is-born

seen that on jalopnik. Those guys may help on some issues with some problems. Maybe :D

Design Work
 

We started doing some rough design work on the radiator support & upper fender mounts tonite..

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Ben Hermance Rendering
 

Just got the approval from the owner on the rendering!

We wanted to see the car in two different colors..

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Red is the color Nick has picked! At first it was going to be flat red with flat black stripes.. but owner took Ben's advise on a bright cinnamon red metallic!

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damn that red is hot. nice choice.

Nice,very-very nice.:thumbsup: I like the red one.:thumbsup:

When I saw the first color I said very nice, then I saw the red. Oh Yah! Sweet!