1966 Mustang Fastback - Magazine Cover Car - $31000

[chrismoe]

SOLD!!!! 1966 Ford Mustang Fastback. Show car, driver car, magazine cover and 5 page feature car. Here is the story:

The builder of this Fastback, Jim Brink from MN., purchased the car from a “friend of a friend” in May of 2005 as a rolling shell. The guy Jim purchased the car from bought it in 1979 from the original owner. He started the restoration in 1980. He replaced the rear quarters, outer wheel houses and floor pans with original Ford parts. You could buy them new at Ford in 1980. Some other small rust patches were repaired with metal. He sandblasted then painted the bottom of the car and the engine compartment. He stripped and then primed the rest of the car. After doing all the dirty work he lost interest and let it sit in his garage for over 20 years. That is where Jim enters the picture.

Jim started on the car the summer of 2005. He removed all the old primer down to bare metal. He cleaned and scuffed the interior sheet metal and rust proofed it with Eastwood encapsulator paint. The bottom of the car was scuffed and painted with Eastwood chassis black, then lightly under coated.

The body, doors and trunk lid went to the body shop in December 2005. The body man Jim used only works on these projects in the winter. He got as far as the final block sand in the spring of 2006. The final block sand and painting were done February 2007. All the painted parts were back from the body shop by May 2007. So some build details:


Restoration in 2005 – 2006 - 2007.

Transplanted a 1991 Mustang GT 5.0 liter engine and T5 transmission.

Manual steering with rebuilt steering box.

Power disc brakes front and rear. 2002 Corvette calipers in the front. 13”drilled and slotted rotors. 1997 Camaro rear calipers. 12”dia. drilled and slotted rotors in the rear. Hydra Tech hydro boost brake booster. The brakes are fantastic.

LeCarra steering wheel.

Custom dash insert for Auto meter gauges.

Ididit tilt steering column.

Tremec T5 five speed transmission.

9” Ford Currie Posi with 3:70 gears.

Auto Meter Gauges. Tach, speedo, oil pressure, water temp, voltage and fuel.

17 inch American Racing TT2 wheels. 17” x 8” front and 17” x 8” rear. 235 front and 255 rear. B.F.Goodrich tires.

The body, doors and fenders were completely stripped down to bare metal.

All brackets were sandblasted and then powder coated satin black or nickel plated.

Griffin aluminum radiator. The radiator is sized for a 69-70 Mustang so it’s as big as I could make fit. Spal electric fan automatically temp controlled. 205 degrees on and 195 degrees off.

Battery is trunk mounted.

The following parts are either new or rebuilt:

1. New Optima battery and cables.

2. New fuel pump and fuel filter.

3. New chrome aluminum valve covers. Ford Motor Sports style.

4. New “Griffin” aluminum radiator. New Spal electric fan. New radiator hoses.

5. New heater core and heater fan motor. Heater and defroster work well. New heater hoses.

6. New MSD spark plug wires. New rotor and cap. New Petronix distributor.

7. New steel braided flex front brake lines.

8. New brakes front and rear including new master cylinder, brake lines, brake pads and brake hoses. New calipers, rotors and bearings. Wilwood brake balancer in the rear brake line.

9. New u-joints front and rear. Balanced driveshaft. All new bearings in the rear end. New Currie 9+ 31 spline posi unit. Moser 31 spline axles.

10. Complete front suspension rebuild including balljoints, bushings, center link, tie rod ends, idler arm and pitman arm. New wheel bearings.

11.New springs front and rear. Rear springs are “Maier” de-arched 1”. Front springs are a “GT” rate cut one coil.

12. New”Hedman” Elite headers ceramic coated. 2.5” Flow Master mandrel bent exhaust, tail pipes and mufflers.

13. New “Hydra-Tech” hydro boost brake booster.

14. New front and rear shock absorbers. New 1” front anti sway bar.

15. New B.F. Goodrich Radial tires front and rear.

16. New weatherstripping.

17. New “Custom Auto Sound” AM/FM with 6” x 9” rear speakers. 4.5” speakers up front.

18. New Auto Meter gauges.

19. New carpet, headliner and dash pad.

20. New fuel line from the gas tank to carb. New gas tank and fuel level sender.

21. New grille with “corral” and horse. New headlights, headlight bezels and taillights.

22. New windshield.

23. New white door panels with recovered white bucket seats.

24. Paint is Dupont base coat clear coat. Chevrolet Victory red 2005. Very nice show quality paint.

25. The engine has the following: 1991 302 bored 0.30 over to 306 C.I. AFR 185cc heads with upgraded springs, .030 over Probe forged pistons, 10:5 to 1 compression, Eagle Forged rods, Comp Cams 274 EX HR roller cam, Harland Sharp roller rockers, Milodon oil pan, Edelbrock air gap intake, Edelbrock 650 carb, Petronix distributor and coil. Flow Cooler water pump, Chromed aluminum tall Ford Motorsports valve covers. Steel braided fuel lines. Balanced and blueprinted. On the dyno it ran 408hp and 398 ft tq. It runs well and sounds awesome thru the Flowmaster mufflers. Built by Chris Weisser, a serious Ford guy and owner of “Classic Motorsports” Sauk Center MN.

26. Rebuilt T5 transmission. New bearings and syncros. New King Cobra clutch, pressure plate, release arm and throw out bearing. Hurst shifter handle and knob.

27. New front and rear bumpers.

28. New Painless wiring harness. Modern 12 circuit fuse block. In the engine compartment, the wires are routed to hide as many as possible.

29. New door handles inside and out. New inside and outside mirrors. New window crank handles.

30. New alternator. 120 amp.

31. New power steering pump to run the hydro boost.

I acquired this car about 10 months ago and it has just been sitting in my garage. Time for a new project. This car goes down the road like a rocket and it runs nice and cool. I've driven it in 95 degree heat and it never over heated. With the overdrive transmission it will cruise the freeway at 75 mph with no problems. The car gets more positive comments then any other car I have built. The red exterior and the white interior is a great combination.

The car was photographed for a feature in Car Craft magazine during the Car Craft Nationals in July 2007. It’s on the cover of the Feb 2008 issue with feature inside on page 78. The car was also one of Car Crafts top 10 cars for 2008. The total build cost was over $50,000. The car is located in CA. Below are a few pictures. Also below are some Internet links. The first link is to the Car Craft feature on this car (the car will probably pop up on their subscription card as well!):

http://www.carcraft.com/featuredvehi...ang/index.html

This next link is to an Internet picture hosting site. On this site are several more pictures of the Mustang. To have a good look at these pictures click on any one picture to start a slide show of 5X8 pictures. Then click on any 5X8 picture to see it full screen. There are many, many pictures on this site. Many close ups and angle shots to really show the car. I also have some shots of the magazine (Car Craft, February, 2008) this car was on the cover and was a five page feature. One small note about the engine bay pictures; the paper air filer has been replaced with a K&N since I took this picture. Finally. you will also see, at the bottom of the page, pictures from a recent Good Guys show in which this car was selected from among 100's of cars to be featured in the Optima Batteries booth:

http://www.fototime.com/inv/BEFA96A29070D25

Finally, here are two links to some (pretty cruddy) video of the car. The first one really shows how quickly this car grabs revs. The second is just a street shot:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xflVCqPZUq0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFNsGJxKSHE


As mentioned earlier in the ad, the car was a 3 year build and cost over $50,000 to build (I have receipts) Selling for $31,000. At 31K this car is a steal. Please call Chris at (650) 888-7520 with any questions.


Thanks!

[chrismoe]

SOLD!

Thanks to all who inquired.

Chris