New member 65 Mustang

[bloverby]

Hi All, I was browsing this site out and saw a thread on lurkers so figured I'd register. I haven't spent much time on the forums but have visited the home page and browsed through the features on occasion over the past year or so. I am a hobby painter w/ a full time job in the paper industry.

I have a homebuilt '65 Mustang that I finished around '99 and have only done a few minor things to since that time. It's sorta "dated" pro-touring (all the parts for the build were purchased around '96) ,,,,,,,,, there's alot more cool parts to choose from nowadays.........

My car is a plain jane '65 coupe that I added the GT trim to along w/ a spoilered decklid and cowl hood, filled all unused holes, welded all seams underhood and relocated the wiring, Pony Interior, GT-40 crate motor, t-5z 5sp w/ hydraulic clutch, Currie 9" w/3.50 gears and '98 Explorer rear disc, flaming river quick ratio box, negative wedge kit, beefier sway bars,,,, Car had Vintage wheel works V45 16X8's on it when I first built it but I added 17X8 TTII's last year (Yes I know everyone has 'em ,,,, but I still like 'em ).

Here's a recent pic.

[bloverby]

A few more pics.....

[65 347]

Great looking car.

[kmcanally]

Nice Mustang...and welcome to the forum.

[BC69]

I like it! It really has a timeless look to it, I would not have guessed it was an 8 year old build with parts more than 10 years old.

Great car!


Tim

[Flash68]

Sweet Stang.

[radrambler]

nice mustang

looks great..nice detail.
welcome to lateral-g ...




radrambler

[brownz]

Originally Posted by radrambler

nice mustang

looks great..nice detail.
welcome to lateral-g ...




radrambler

dont look that dated to me great car!

[bloverby]

Thanks for the welcome guys.

Yeah, the build has aged pretty well. I'm not ashamed to drive it yet anyway.

If I were building it today there are a few things I'd do differently. Minitub, coilovers on the front, satin black engine bay yet still smoothed,etc......

Truth is I stay so busy doing sidework on other peoples rides that I don't have time available to tear back into mine and since it runs,drives and still looks presentable it's best to just leave it be.

I paint alot of drag cars and goofy stuff like this as a hobby.






The next build I do for myself will most likely be a GM product. Starting to miss my C5 Vette a little these days.

There aren't too many guys into the G-Machine thing here in southeastern Va.

Closest thing to pro-touring I've had a chance to work on in the past few years is my friend Dougs '67 Camaro w/ a Tremec, Baer brakes and hydraboost.