new project, not a camaro!!
 

I'm finally going to build a mustang and found this nice solid car. It came in this morning and by 4pm we had the whole drivetrain out. It will be going to the bodyshop on tuesday. I really wanted to paint it black, but I'm thinking red also..

SW




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Perfect. Now you can build it your way.


Jody

There is a guy here in my town that has an all original restored Mach one in the same color scheme. Very nice car. As is the one pictured. What are the plans? Hopefully new wheels????

BLACK!!! You got to paint it BLACK SW. :thumbsup:

I agree, it would look killer in black. Keep us in the loop with your plans, SW.

My favorite year Mustang...I was always partial to the yellow/orange with black stripes. Black would look great though!!!

Looks real solid, something hard to find in an early Mustang. Good find :thumbsup:

Wow.. nice.. and VERY clean (no rust).. dig the red underside and blue top.. lol

What did ya pay? I would love to find a fastback that clean.

Oh, and paint it orange.. how many black and red cars do you wanna own?? ;)

thats a pretty damn good starting point.

Nice find SW -

See, you waited a little longer and got what you want. That car looks very clean. Now let the fun begin. I'm partial to red, with maybe a black stripe down the hood. Would fit right in your garage...

Thanks guys, Speedster you are right, I'm glad I waited.

Steve, I paid 20k and you can never have enough red or black cars!!

Check this car out, it's in Ca.

SW
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Wheels are already on order..Fikse FM5's

Built motor, 5spd, shaker hood, factory guage pack with factory tach, no a/c, tilt wheel, rack and pinion, maybe total control suspension or Global West, shaved antenna, front& rear spoilers, no slats, Cobra brakes or Baer's.
I kinda want to have a matching look to the Camaro.

What do you guys think about me leaving the factory hood pins, should I leave them or take them off?? I kinda like them but not sure if they take away from the "clean look".

SW

SW -

Obviously, it is a personal taste issue, so do what you like.

As far as options, I fought with that for my car, since I am forced to use hood pins. If you decide to keep them, you may want to look into getting them red/black anodized or red/black powder coated or even "unpolished". That way they still function and things stay relatively "clean".

SW nice score! The car looks real solid :thumbsup: Glad you waited and will build it your way, you've got really good taste when modding your cars. :yes:

I think it would look killer in Black as well, and I kinda like the hood pins. Maybe anodize them black like Bruce suggested.

Have you considered aerocatch style hood pins?

Having driven both I'll throw a vote in for TCP/Alston. It looks cooler and more importantly handles a little better IMO. The GW setup is no slouch though.

That being said the last 2 TCP lay down coilovers I've assisted with in 'Stangs had goofed rear end housings. On both kits one side had the axle tube 1/4"-3/8" shorter than it should have been.

The only downside with the TCP laydown coilover rear setup is that it makes it darn near impossible to run the exhaust out the back.

cant go wrong with black....

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Thanks for all the info guys, it really helps. I'm going to try and not get too carried away with this car like I did with the Camaro. I just want to make it a nice "driver" with killer paint and a nice simple suspension set up. I may just go with aftermarket control arms, lowered rear leafs and rack& pinion set up.

I'm also thinking about deleting the heater system all together since it will be cruising in good weather only. I hate to say it, but I never use the heat or a/c in the Camaro or T/A..

I have decided to paint it blk for sure.. :D

SW

Damn, too late to comment....lol
Hood pins, keep um.
Paint-Red

You, keep it simply?????????????? :rofl: :rofl: That is really funny SW..really funny.

You live in Austin and you never use the AC? WOW You must not drive in the summer time. I believe you but that dosent make sence to me. I love Austin, I lived there for 1 year, but the summers are hot. Anyway very cool project. I bet you most of us started our projects saying we weren't going to get to carried away, but they have a tendancy to escalate. a fried of mine has a orange boss 302 he just bought at an auction. They are beautiful cars. I like how the stripes are reflective and look almost white at night.

I'm liking the clean theme SW. Black is going to look great and with the FM5's and the right stance it's not really going to need much more!
Can't wait to see her. :thumbsup:

I think if you go with Black, you need the black centers in the wheels.

71NOVA, I plan on driving it in the evenings and during nice weather only. If I can't stand it, I can always add Vintage air later.

Here are some pictures from this afternoon. The last picture is of a '70 at the my bodyshop guys place. I'm thinking about shaving the drip rails like on this car, what do you guys think? It's off to the bodyshop in the AM..

SW
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The shaved driprails along with the black would make it very stealthy. Go for it. Are you going to shave the handles too ?

I like the drip rails. I guess I am just old school.

Ahh, Bill, you cheater, you have a convertible.... :unibrow:

Leave the drip rails. Shaving ruins the classis lines of the car IMO.
Paint MUST be red.
While your at it, don't skimp out on the suspension. You will just regret it later, so do it right the first time!
Looking forward to see it done SW. Keep us updated.

Vic

whatever color
 

I think all black is too simple, but thats just an opinion. The body lines on this yr mustang is awesome just dont put slats in the back window or the Mach 1 rear spoiler and its cool by me!

Cool
 

I would rock it even though it is a blue oval.
Oh yeah, and make it black!! :thumbsup:

updates
 

As of today, the shell is going into paint tomorrow, all the unused holes in the engine compartment are being welded/filled and heater box shaved.

SW
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so if its goin to paint tomorrow....is it gonna be red or black?

BLK!! :D

SW

Lookin' good SW.
When you get on a project, you don't sit around...

Black, black, black...save the drip rails.

im not seeing any drip rails in the bodywork pics, and tomorrow is over...so where is our update?

Engine compartment and undercarriage will be painted first, then the shell..

SW

They're really moving right along on the Ford...it's nice to see a shop that actually gets work done and doesn't push the complete jobs to the back so they can do collision work!! Keep the pics coming!! :thumbsup:

Well when you pay like I bet SW does they can't afford to do collision work

starting with a car as CLEAN as this one doesnt hurt either, when you dont have to waste weeks doin rust repair and metal work, the body and paint goes pretty fast.

Not really, this is the same guy/shop that painted my T/A and the Camaro. He gets alot of work from this area, all my company work and all my referals. About 60% of the cars in his shop are my customers. He is very fair with me on price plus, we are friends. This car will be just like the Camaro, painted by him and assembled by me..It's not the same for me if I can't be involved with the build..

SW

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