End result of 6 year project (65 Mustang Fastback)

[ATL_Av8r]

Sweet Jesus.....awesome thread! Awesome project! Awesome results!!!

Dude....you win

[TheGreenspanator]

Love early fastbacks, and what a great color combo! Nice job VW makes some great silvers/grays- my fiance actually used Silver Arrow on his '66 SS396 (the factory GM silver is kind of milky). The only thing I would be tempted to change is the wheels, for
Salt flats but with spinners,


Or Cobra wheels

[03_uni-B]

Next up we moved to the front.
We decided to swap the drums over for a power disc set-up. We also went with all now components; upper and lower a arms, larger sway new kyb gas shocks and 1” drop springs. We also went with a 4 piston caliper. Here are before during and after:

We had just lightly scrapped off some undercoating before we started removing everything.


Old with the old


Cleaned and primered


Undercoated


New suspension


And the new brake set-up

Next we tackle the engine bay and tired out 302.

[03_uni-B]

thanks
salt flats look nice.
with the cobras didnt want to get, "oh you did the car from that elanor movie"... which is why we didnt got with black stripes either

[TheGreenspanator]

with the cobras didnt want to get, "oh you did the car from that elanor movie"... which is why we didnt got with black stripes either

Ah, didn't even think of that! Good call, I like the tone-on-tone look better anyway

[josh_did_what]

ghost'd silver stripes

God yes!

[Swallow Doretti]

Sweet Jesus.....awesome thread! Awesome project! Awesome results!!!

Dude....you win

What he said. Hot damn, and I'm loving the ghosted stripes.

[benjaminobscene]

excellent work

[Numbersix]

That is beautiful...so classy. I can't wait to see more photos of the build.

[03_uni-B]

Pulled


Ready for bay work


Sand blasted




I wasn’t there when it was pulled so these are the first shots I have of it.



Tear down and clean up.




Pile of parts. Mostly junk


Tranny back and ready


Pile of goodies







notice the cobra watching from a distance




Ready for paint

[SpeedyD]

Beautiful car. You don't live out in the Old Richmond Road area, do you? Background of the pics looks familiar (I ride my bike out there).

[03_uni-B]

engine build went on out near frankfort
body work done behind the kia dealership at Dream Machine (owned by the same guy who owns many of the s&s's)
i live across from southland christian basically.

[stacman]

So what's the 302 out of originally?

[03_uni-B]

to be honest there is no way telling. its how we got it. all we know it that it is out of a 1974 something...

[Air and water do mix]

to be honest there is no way telling. its how we got it. all we know it that it is out of a 1974 something...

Did you take it all the way down or was the bottom end in good enough shape that it didn't warrant it?

Great build. I agree about the ghost stripes. The car looks gooooooood.

You'll need to bring it up to Louisville sometime and let me know so that I can check it out.

[stacman]

to be honest there is no way telling. its how we got it. all we know it that it is out of a 1974 something...

IIRC mustang engines have an X in their engine code, or something like that.

[Internal Combustion]

engine build went on out near frankfort
body work done behind the kia dealership at Dream Machine (owned by the same guy who owns many of the s&s's)
i live across from southland christian basically.

Thought that looked VERY close. My parents live in equestrian woods. Nice work.

[03_uni-B]

Did you take it all the way down or was the bottom end in good enough shape that it didn't warrant it?

Great build. I agree about the ghost stripes. The car looks gooooooood.

You'll need to bring it up to Louisville sometime and let me know so that I can check it out.

plan to make a lot more shows next year. and the compresion checked out so we just did cam, alum intake, push rods, bearings, water pump, timing chain, oil pan and pick up, im sure im missing some.

Thought that looked VERY close. My parents live in equestrian woods. Nice work.

which is where i live lol. or my parents. or both haha.

[Sporin]

Sweet car, great build, love it!

But this pic made my junk hurt... jack stands on tires??

[03_uni-B]

no lol, that was secondary. we had them just in front of the wheel well.
haha, looks scary though

[Sporin]

no lol, that was secondary. we had them just in front of the wheel wheel.
haha, looks scary though

Good to know.

[03_uni-B]

Arrived



Done with paint! Laid the carb and valve covers on to see what it would look like


Ready for the tranny

[davidraeside]

Wow... my dream car... great work!

[03_uni-B]

up for more pictures

[duke of chucchinchilla]

up for more pictures

I'm with this guy.

[fastjetta4]

Looks beautiful

[03_uni-B]

just a little tease from the other day. yes i see the bug. sry dont know what to do..
ill get the rest of the engine build and interior up very soon.

[03_uni-B]

never really got some proper photos up. thought some of you would enjoy.










just been showing the car, probably pulling the motor this summer and doing more of a build.

[Robski92]

That is so nice.

[03_uni-B]

and another short exhaust clip

[Boogety Boogety]

Sweeeet... lurked last year as a fan, happy to see the finished result again. Drive it carefully!

[Tornado2dr]

That's a beautiful piece of work.


edit: just caught the exhaust clip....:drool:

[03_uni-B]

and i missed the interior shot, enjoy.

[vwlarry]

As time passes, the better-looking the early Mustangs become. It's the ultimate test of a truly classic design. Beautiful car, OP!

[6cylVWguy]

Gorgeous car and I appreciate the update!

I read my previous post on here and I bet 2010 me while appreciating your car as much then as I do now, never would have guessed that he's have his own mustang (albeit a new one).

Love the steering wheel, btw!