1965 Mustang GT5.0 at GAP Racing
 

This project is a 1965 Mustang that the owner has had since it was new. The car was originally green. He then painted it red back in the 70's and did a lot of drag racing with it. The car had had a hard life and then was put away for over 20 years. Most of his family members have forgotten about it. When the car came to us, the plan was to go back original and install a mild 289 and a 4 speed. As with many project, things changed. We sat down and discussed hos options for making it more modern, giving him the ability to actually drive it and enjoy it.

1965 Ford Mustang Fast Back GT :

Total Cost Involved Front Suspension
Total Cost Involved Torque Arm Rear Suspension
Ford Motorsports 5.0 Crate Engine
American Powertrain 5 Speed Trans
Wilwood 4 Piston 13" Brake kit front and rear
Ford 9" Housing
Mini Tubs
Vintage Air
Plus more........

Here is the project the day we picked it up
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So as we started to do the tear down, we realized the car was in need of a lot of sheet metal.
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Headed off to the media blaster
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When we got it back to the shop, we started replacing the inner tubs with a wider version, new Quarters, Floors, Trunk, Doors, Fenders, pretty much most of the sheet metal was replaced
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The new power plant arrived
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Gives you an idea of how large this little motor really is
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Both shock towers and the entire front inner fender area was destroyed. It had been in an accident and the repair was horrible. We cut it all out of the way and started installing the TCI front suspension
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Test fit the engine
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Started fabricating some better looking panels to clean up the engine bay area
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Then we installed the 5.0 with the 5 Speed. Then we ended up raising the trans tunnel

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Fabbed up a radiator mount.
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And a cover to hide the cap and the air intake
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The drip rails needed some attention. They were rotten and falling off
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Once all the sheet metal was lined out, we started hacking up the front bumper to make it fit tighter
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The rear bumper needed a lot of attention too
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Once they were trimmed and notched and re shaped, we took them off and welded all the holes up too

Suspension stuff is headed out to the powder coater
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Body is off to paint
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Body Shop update. All the body work is done
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Customer ended up going with a Nissan Redline Red
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Hope to have some more updates early in January. As soon as its buffed out, we will have it in the clean room so it can go back together.

We did not do a lot of custom stuff to the car. Customer wanted to keep all the factory trim and stainless. Should be a really cool driver.

WOW!!! You guys are very talented very nice work thanks for sharing!!!!

We found a textured powder coat for the suspension that matched the Valve covers and intake


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Thank you very much

Cool build...looking forward to seeing it all come together.:thumbsup:

To have kept it from new...wow!

^^What Skip said.
I'll be watching this one. Great looking build. :thumbsup:

You guys do awesome work. Can you give me some info on thetextured powder coat?ive been trying to find a color close to that for my build

Looking good.

Nice build guys. Keep the pics coming

looks great! Always liked the original fastback

Cool project! Any pictures of the rear suspension with the mini tubs? I have a '65 with 245's in the rear and looking to go up to a 315 or 335.
Thanks

Mike

I do not have any pictures of the rear suspension at the moment. But we should have the car back at the shop in the next few weeks. I will post them up asap

Body shop update. Had to go out and look at the 68 Camaro they are doing for us. Here is the 65 Mustang. All that is left is to finish painting the engine bay, paint the bottom and wet sand and buff it out. Should not be long now.
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Nice build, i didn't always like this shape but it has certainly grown on me, very nice job.

After many months at the body shop, the project has been loaded up and is back in our clean room next to our Stampede project
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Motor is ready for installation
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And here is the shell back from paint
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More updates to come soon now.

Awesome.

I love where this project is going - nice work!!!

We coated the entire floor with POR15 and then installed the Dynamat Xtreme
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Also started to install the textured grey powder coated suspension
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Motor is back in place
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Finished installing the Total Cost Involved front suspension and Wilwood Disc Brakes
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Looks like the project is coming along quite nicely. That Coyote is going to look great in it's new home. I can't wait to see more of it in person.

^^I agree.

Nice Work!

I see you went with the TCI front end. Im using it as well in my 67 mustang with a coyote motor and I am not a fan. What are you going to do for a master cylinder? I did not even have room for an SN95 master, so i had to use a custom pedal assembly with a 90 degree master cylinder and booster that are mounted under the dash. Also, do you have issues with your tie rod angles? Mine are at a 35 degree angle relative to the rack when attached to the spindles. I am going to need to have some spacers milled to correct the issue. Any hood clearance problems? My shelby hood cleared before i put on the Roush supercharger, but there was no way a stock hood would have cleared.

Very cooll car please don't leave us hangin we need updates with pictures. Keith

Sorry for the lack of updates. I was out of the country for a few weeks for my honeymoon but I am back now and will start posting updates

Congrats on your marriage. Best of luck bro!
Keep us posted when you get back at it.

Looking forward for more progress on this car, love the early fastbacks.

Ok. Sorry for lack of updates. I have been super busy since I got back from my honeymoon. Our Stampede project has required a lot of my time but I am shipping it off to Recovery Room soon and will be able to focus more on some of our other big projects.

We had some issues with the painter, but finally got the rest of the body parts back.

Doors are installed
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Fenders, Hood, Lower Valance and a few other parts made it in. Now I can sort out the front part of the wiring
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Also got some wheels measured up and ordered from Billet Specialties
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Going with 18x8 and 18x10

Nice to see things are moving and the wheels... perfect choice!

Who's hood did you use it has a real good look to it

what is your solution for the brake master and slave master with that coyote motor in there?

Everything Ive seen says its a PITA and there is nothing that just bolts in, 100% custom.

It's a 68 style shelby hood from Maier racing. We removed the loovers at the rear for a cleaner look



We are going to make an offset for a Wilwood MC with a remote reservoir.