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Got a New (to Me) 1968 Mustang Fastback
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Looks like a nice solid start, congratulations
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Originally Posted by
mikesfastss
Looks like a nice solid start, congratulations
X2 that does not look like a Michigan car. Congrats!
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Damn cool find!! What made you get that one specifically? I'm assuming you shopped around a little bit but what stands out that makes you buy that one? I don't know anything about them other than prices went up after Nicolas Cage was on screen with a gray one named Eleanor.
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Originally Posted by
AutoRoc
Damn cool find!! What made you get that one specifically? I'm assuming you shopped around a little bit but what stands out that makes you buy that one? I don't know anything about them other than prices went up after Nicolas Cage was on screen with a gray one named Eleanor.
Well, it really isn't mine. I am doing this for a friend of mine. He's had the car since high school and it has been siting in his garage for nearly 20 years. It only has 50K miles on it and it is pretty much rust free. He has all of the parts for it, including the glass, interior, matching number engine and trans. He brought it over to me as you see it. I am going to strip it down, get the paint stripped off it and then send it off to paint. While it is being painted, I will address the rest of the parts and hopefully I'll be done about the time I get the car back from paint. Then I can begin assembling the car. The car will be pretty much stock with some upgrades to the suspension....
Gary
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Good stuff. What color is that and what will it be? It looks like a faded red. What drivetrain? Get after it! Hope it doesn't do too much time in body shop jail....
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looks very clean! Aiming to be done before spring of next year?
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Very cool. Good luck with the project.
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sweet! my buddy is doing one up right now. His is going modern muscle, he wanted to do a TT5.0, but you need to hack up the strut towers to get that to fit. I think he decided on a TT EFI 351 or something.
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Originally Posted by
ultradriver10000
sweet! my buddy is doing one up right now. His is going modern muscle, he wanted to do a TT5.0, but you need to hack up the strut towers to get that to fit. I think he decided on a TT EFI 351 or something.
My old co-worker is doing a 65/66 coupe (can't remember). He has the same plan, 5.0 Coyote, TT, mini tubs etc.
Gary, I'm drooling over the 68!
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Originally Posted by
mustangmike6996
My old co-worker is doing a 65/66 coupe (can't remember). He has the same plan, 5.0 Coyote, TT, mini tubs etc.
Gary, I'm drooling over the 68!
X2 - That would make at least two of us!
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Add a third here, I'm drooling too.
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That's awesome. I wish I woulda been smart enough in high school to keep mine for a later date resto.
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Ah, thanks for all the kind words guys!
I am in fact, the lucky friend of Gary. He knows these cars backwards and forwards and I am really happy to have the car in his hands.
I bought the car when I was in High School from a friend of mine for $5k. His parents bought the car for him to restore, but he quickly lost interest and I offered to buy it from him as a basket case in his parents barn. It came from Chicago and had been sitting in a barn with a blown engine who knows how long.
Since this car was so nice, I knew I wanted to do it up the right way. I didn't touch the car until I knew I was going to have the money to put the car together the way it deserved.
I am grateful I waited, if I would have done it when I was younger it would have been cut up and ruined. Now it can be done up nice and stock.
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That’s awesome Darko, after seeing pictures of the other cars Gary has put his hands on it should turn out to be a show winner.
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The envy just keeps growing :lol:
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Originally Posted by
DarkoStoj
Ah, thanks for all the kind words guys!
I am in fact, the lucky friend of Gary. He knows these cars backwards and forwards and I am really happy to have the car in his hands.
I bought the car when I was in High School from a friend of mine for $5k. His parents bought the car for him to restore, but he quickly lost interest and I offered to buy it from him as a basket case in his parents barn. It came from Chicago and had been sitting in a barn with a blown engine who knows how long.
Since this car was so nice, I knew I wanted to do it up the right way. I didn't touch the car until I knew I was going to have the money to put the car together the way it deserved.
I am grateful I waited, if I would have done it when I was younger it would have been cut up and ruined. Now it can be done up nice and stock.
No shit.
That’s awesome
Killer car man!
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Gary,
I still have a box of parts that you gave me to finish mine. NIB screws, nuts, molding etc... I have to get it back to you.
351 and 5.0 will not fit in '65-66 mustang without removing shock towers. I have a friend with a 347 tt, and he had to modify the towers and use coilover shocks and tubular arms for the front suspension.
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Originally Posted by
wikdsvt
Gary,
I still have a box of parts that you gave me to finish mine. NIB screws, nuts, molding etc... I have to get it back to you.
351 and 5.0 will not fit in '65-66 mustang without removing shock towers. I have a friend with a 347 tt, and he had to modify the towers and use coilover shocks and tubular arms for the front suspension.
A big block will fit into the 67 and up Mustangs, as you could buy them with that option.
I'll be at the Christmas Party for a while, if you want to meet up then....
Gary
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Anthony
No shit.
That’s awesome
Killer car man!
You crack me up!!
