I guess it's time to start another project.
The car is a 65 Mustang fastback, that belongs to a good friend in Oregon. He's been looking at 1st gen Camaros/Firebirds to do restomod, somewhat in line with the cars on here. After many failed attempt (too much money for rust buckets/bondo), his wife mentioned that the Mustang, which he's owned for a long time, is a perfect candidate, as it's 99% rust free.
The plan is to completely replaced the front suspension with DSE alumaframe/minitubs/subframe connectors. Rear suspension will be Ridetech 4-link with 8.8 rearend from a late model Mustang. Motor will be a 5.3/4l60e drop out. We discussed going with Coyote 5.0 but the cost is just too prohibitive.
The car. It's extremely clean, with mostly all original interior.
We took advantage of thanksgiving sale at Matt's Classic Bowtie, and order full DSE/Ridetech suspension/wiring kit/VHX guages.
Big pallet from DSE.
Current motor in the car. 347 stroker full roller cam set up with rebuilt c4 transmission. The combo has less than 500 miles.
New (old) motor for the car.
In the next few months, I will have the following stuff from the car listed for sale, as I pull them off.
-Fuel tank
-Motor/tranny
-Front suspension
-Front disc set up (Granada discs)
-Original 8" rearend
-Leaf springs
All the work will be done in my 3-car garage. Plan is to have it done for Cruisin the Coast this Oct in MS.