1966 Mustang restomod/auto x build
 

Ive been restoring my mustang for the past 3 years now and am somewhat new to the forum world but a buddy of mine started a thread for his build so i felt like doing one on my car.

I bought the car when i was 16 and have been fixing it up since then. I wanted to be able to drive the car as I restore it which is why it is not going to be like the typical build that is completely stripped. I have done quite a lot to the car so far and will be posting pictures of everything Ive done from coil-overs in the front to a glove box radio mount.

I wanted to do the body work last so I could have a fundamentally stable ride then finish with the paint etc.

I have a lot planned for the car like a tubular upper control arms. Hope you guys enjoy.

Welcome to :lateral: Looking forward to seeing the updates.

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Welcome Keeping it on the road is a good plan. Once you tear it down to a non driver you'd be surprised how long it takes to get it back on the road. Some never make it back.

That's a sweet starting point. Some people overlook the coupes but they bitchen little cars.:thumbsup: Back in high school my friends dad had an immaculate k code black GT 4 speed. If I ever had an all original car that would be it.

How about some more details? What are your future plans?

Thankyou!

Ya I've been told that so I am trying to keep it on the road as long as possible. Thankyou, ya I have found out they get overlooked quite often.

I will post some more pictures of what I have been doing tonight or this weekend with details, I have quite a few pics in my library.

As far as future details I have a ford 9" housing from speedway Im going to put in with a true track. Im also doin some stuff like a Prod in the back and a custom boxed lower control arms and tubular upper control arms...I have a few things in mind.

This was the interior when i got the car.
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Pulled up all the carpet and replaced some rusted floor panels.
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The new interior, replaced seat foam, new seat covers, new carpet, steering wheel, sanded down the dash like some old shelbys had and painted the dash flat black, new door panels w/ new handles etc. and painted the area around the door panel. The guy who had it before me hacked up the old radio so i cut it out and made a radio delete. The guy who had it before me decided to put a new style emergency brake in as well.
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One of the next things I did was sand down the undercar and put Maier Racing subframe connectors on that drastically stiffened up the car. After I had the floor all sanded down i pulled the tranny and put a rebuilt top-loader 4speed in with a hurst super shifter. I also painted the drive shaft then painted the under car.
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Inside the front fenders i welded in a piece of metal to strengthen up the front of the car. I jacked the car up and would notice the front of the car flexing a lot. The second picture is by the cowl and the firewall. Just another way to stiffin up the car. They were both really easy to do, free besides the metal and worked out well.
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Awhile ago i put new rear suspension in. I put new leaf springs from Maier Racing and Bilstein shocks in as well as new spring plates and the car handled drastically better then it had before. Once I had the springs and shocks all dialed in a buddy of mine helped me put in a Panhard rod kit from Maiers as well. I didnt want to dump the exhaust because I have been told that it can be apian with the exhaust coming back into the car so we rerouted the exhaust around the Prod. The drivers side was not difficult to do but the passenger side took some time but once it was all in it looked and worked out really well. Tok us about 6 hours to do including all the exhaust work.

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Drivers side

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Passangers Side

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I have been auto crossing my grandpas 1965 C Prepared shelby for almost three years but due to engine issues (cracked head) we havent been able to run it for awhile so I took my car aout this weekend for the first time and was more then pleased with the results. I will post a video of the run tomorrow.
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Cool. :thumbsup: I'm envious. Nothing beats getting to enjoy the fruits of your labor on the track.

Nice.. let's see that vid. Is that Marina?

Here is another Mustang to maybe base your build off of:
http://www.cortexracing.com/projects...ject-xecution/

My buddy Filip built/owns it. It is one bad mofo.

Since he has a Maier Racing decal on the windshield, I'd say this one is more appropriate. :thumbsup:

http://powersource.optimabatteries.c...he-2011-ousci/

Man thats a cool build, lots of cool stuff!

Uploading right now and yes that was an SFR SCCA event.

cool build

:thumbsup: Marina is a very fun autoX. Can't wait to get back there.

Thanks!

I agree, it's arguably the best site in the bay area at the moment.

Was that Brian Hobaugh in front of you?
I'm sorry... Haha! Good run! :thumbsup:

That was him indeed. Haha but thankyou!!

I put some delrin strut rod bushings in the other day. I also put the battery in the trunk of the car and hammered out the front fenders, soon doing the rear qtrs to about a inch flare on them so I can lower the car more.

I was looking around my work and found a bunch of old vintage trans-am/can-am racing posters so made a collage of them in my room and thought you guys might like to see.

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Those are some great posters. Very cool that you still have them around.

Put new carbon-kevlar bumpers on today. The rear bumper is a "snug/tight" fit.

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The front picture is a little blurry, i can post a new one if ya guys want.

Thanks! I really like them.

It has been awhile since ive posted but here are a couple things ive done recently. Put an X-Brace to connect the subframe connectors under the car. Pictures after that are from a new radiator me and my buddy put in. It is a Griffin Aluminum and we used the fan shroud off of a late model mustang.
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COOL BUILD MAN!!!!
post the new vids

Took the car out auto crossing again this past weekend. It was pushing like a dumptruck but I good time. My buddy that has been helping me wrench on the car co-drove with me and he is the second video. We are going to put a torsion bar setup in the rear that hopefully will eliminate the pushing and allow the car to rotate better. The camera was focused on us so its hard to see the track fyi.

I ran my boss's C prepared car on sat and took some videos from the roof. The sound is bad due to the wind but still pretty cool.

thanks!!! I just posted them check em out!

This is a cool build.Really like the chassis X Bracing.:thumbsup:

Started stripping my car today for body work. I put in around 4-5 hours today.
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Thankyou!! ya me too it worked out good!

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Havent worked on my car for awhile but this is how it looks as of recently. Almost ready to start on all the bondo. Putting new fiberglass hood, and racing apron on it.

Ive been busy with school and working so I havent been able to work as much as I would have liked, but here is the car as of recently.
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The Car completely stripped. I took the front fenders off to strip them better.

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Fenders back on and just about to start all the blocking and sanding on the car. I got a fiberglass gt350 style hood from my grandpas attic. My uncle had it on his car back in the 80's but forgot to latch it one day and it flew up and cracked where the hinges bolt on. I got it and repaired the fiberglass and it worked out good for me. Ill post some pics of the repair soon.

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Random hole I found on the tail panel that was covered with bondo that I discovered when stripping the car. Going to patch soon.

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Roof was pretty wavy so it took a lot of sanding to get it all straightened out.

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I rolled the front fenders with a hammer and got it out to a 1" flare. Plan on putting some 1" fiberglass flares on the rear because the quarters are rust damaged.

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Some shots around the car. This car is defiantly not a top $$$$ build like it seems like a lot of the cars on here are but Im working with it and Im learning a ton from working on it.

It's getting there.

Did you say flares?:D

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Knew your car looked familiar! you work at Maier racing huh?