Bob from Bako

[rpm56]

Hey guys and gals, I'm Bob from Bakersfield, Ca. I found your site a couple of months ago and decided I've lurked long enough, even though this seems like GM heavy site and I'm a Ford fan.

In March of 1989 I decided I needed to buy 69 Mach 1, so a buddy and I drove around town looking for one. After about a half an hour we spotted one sitting in an apartment complex. I contacted the owner and bought it for $2,500. I was in heaven driving it away. It had some rust on the rear lower quarter panels, so I drive it to the body shop for body work and coat of Porsche India Red paint.

The mechanical and suspension was your average worn out variety. One day while warning up the car on the site of the house behind a fence, I decide to top off the fluid and added some tranny fluid. Unbeknownst to me the trans was in reverse not park, so when enough fluid was added the car took off, with the electric choke working just fine. The rear body panel and right quarter were damaged from a water spigot, concrete mixer and an 8x8 wood fence post.

This rebuild I decided to strip it to bare metal and do it right. Sounded like a good idea at the time.




While the car was at the body shop I rebuilt the motor. It's a 69 351w block, bored .030, Scat crank stroked to 393, 10.2cr KB hyper floater pistons, polished and peened rods, Cloyes double roller timing chain, Comp Cams XE 268 cam for a daily driver, Melling HV oil pump, AFR 185 heads, Crane roller rockers, Weiand Stealth port matched intake, Speed Demon 750 carb, Hedman Hedders, ARP fasteners, Weiand alum water pump, Milodon 7 qt oil pan.





Once again it was painted Porsche India Red, then life got in the way.



A divorce in 1999 was followed by building an attached 975 sq ft shop to work on the Mustang.









I remarried in 2004, built a big house with an attached shop, to work on the Mustang. In 2009 I divorced and moved back to my original house, the one with the shop to work on the Mustang, which remained at the body shop. I carried on a self induced liquor aided pity party until 2011 when I quit drinking.

I brought the car home and made a long list of mods I wanted to do to the Mustang:
Fabricate tubular control arms for QA1 coilover shocks,















The 9 inch is an N case, Daytona pinion support, 3.50:1 traction lok 31 splines,

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Subframe connectors, convertible inner rockers and one piece convertible seat riser for chassis stiffness,














6 point roll bar also for chassis stiffness. I bought the Competition Engineering main hoop and fabbed the rest of the bars,










Practiced with the tig after about a 15 year layoff, then put down some welds,








Added a Monte Carlo bar between the shock towers to keep the towers apart,

[Sieg]

Welcome Bob, looks like that Mustang isn't your first Rodeo.

[Vince@Meanstreets]

nice work. executed very well.

[rpm56]

Originally Posted by Sieg

Welcome Bob, looks like that Mustang isn't your first Rodeo.

Thanks for the welcome Sieg. Mustang, Rodeo, ah I get it Well actually it pretty much is my first. I've built a few road race karts, and got about this far along on my first vehicle back in 1977 when I was 21. It's a 56 F100 big window. It wasn't really a good idea to sell it.

[rpm56]

Thanks Vince for the compliment. I think there's some extra credibility because of where you work.

[rpm56]

Added 2001 Cobra 13" disc brakes, oem on the left and 13" on the right, built the mounting brackets also. The visual of the size difference is amazing,








Rear brakes are 1980 El Dorado, because I had them, and total cost was less than $100,









Had Booster Dewey rebuild the master cylinder for $165, exceptional work. I used a Wildwood adjustable proportioning valve for the rear discs.

[rpm56]

Years ago just after buying the Mustang I was driving down the road and saw a boat for sale that had a shaker air cleaner on the motor. After chatting with the owner I bought the shaker assembly for $25. Yep, $25.00. Called a buddy who owned a wrecking yard and bought a shaker hood for another $25, too cool.

When I installed the motor with the Weiand Stealth intake the shaker was sitting too high. I decided to use some adjustable motor mounts to lower the engine.

Before pic:




After pic:






Just another piece that took 3 tries to get it right. Ah, sure beats mowing the lawn.











A little planning goes a long way. The oem's poor design has two sharp bends and goes above the lower control arm, causing interference with the oil pan.











Another crazy move I did was to reroute the header tubes because the drivers side came too close for my comfort to the brake booster and brake line. This Miller is the third tig I've owned and made welding the tubes much easier. The first two tigs were a Linde 305 liquid cooled and a Miller Syncrowave 180 air cooled. My current welder is a Miller Diversion 180 which is fun to use. For my needs it fills the bill completely.












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[WSSix]

Welcome to the site, Bob. Sounds like you've got a great project. We may be GM heavy but were aren't exclusive. Anything cool is welcomed here. Personally, I love 69 sportroof mustangs and hope to build one some day.

[HPIcustoms]

Awesome build so far. Definitely keeping an eye on this one.