Got a New (to Me) 1968 Mustang Fastback
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mikesfastss
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Looks like a nice solid start, congratulations
capone
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X2 that does not look like a Michigan car. Congrats!
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
black88coupe
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Awesome
my89notchback
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Very nice!!
ultradriver10000
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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.
mustangmike6996
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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!
4Gas$
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twotwoturbo
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cool car!
slow96hater
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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.
DarkoStoj
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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.
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.
