69 FASTBACK (project 57)

[aussiebj]

Put a little metal etching primer on the car today to stop the surface from rusting i like the semigloss look...

[rjardy]

Looking good! anymore progress?

[aussiebj]

I picked up the lower control arms to they are nice pieces they go in 05 to 08 mustangs since i am fabricating the rear frame ill make them work they look trick..

[awr68]

Coming along nicely!!

[aussiebj]

Mr Fedex man showed up today with the rest of the rear suspension and all the metal to build the rear frame section.....now the fun begins..

[aussiebj]

Here is this weekends progress report 11/2...took the body out of the garage to start on the chassis..installed the motor and tranny for mock up i still need my oil pan so i can make correct motor mounts,,,narrowed the rear and started working on the rear frame mock up here are some pics
motor and tranny in

Rear is to wide

narrowed the rear thats better


plenty of room for the steering shaft

[sutton82]

Did you narrow it yourself? Do you buy shorter axles or mod the ones you have. Build looks awesome.

[rjardy]

Looking good. Is that a 351 Cleveland and a SB C6? I've got the same setup in the garage just waiting for a project car.

[aussiebj]

Yea i narrow the rears myself i have a fixture i always buy new axles these were just cut and welded together so i can roll it around.....and thats no 351 its a 460 BB that will probably be punched out to 528ci or something like that. thanks for the comments...

[aussiebj]

Ok i have been slow to post progress but this is the critical time i have been working on the rear frame while i have been waiting on the pan and eng mounts... now the pan came in today so i re mounted the engine and i am in the process of fabbing up the engine mounts ..here are some pics...