restoring a 1965 Mustang
I’ve disassembled the front end twice in the past to pull the engine, most recently about a decade ago when I swapped the previous 302 for a 331 stroker. Having done this disassembly before there weren’t a ton of surprises, though I was disappointed to find that I hadn’t been particularly disciplined about using matching […]
While taking a close look at the trunk tonight I discovered two areas where fiberglass patch repairs had been performed prior to at least the most recent paint job. The car was white when it left the factory, a previous owner had a rusty brown sprayed over the white, then the most recent black was […]
I knew the floor pans were going to need some work as I’d seen them about two years ago while replacing the water-logged carpet that was a result of holes in the rusting cowl, so I started by removing the interior. I was hoping to find that a couple floor pans would need patches but […]
The 1965 Mustang coupe that I’ve been driving for the past 14 years has been a good project and I’ve enjoyed keeping it running. Over the recent years it’s become apparent that the car, though it ran and drove, was in need of a significant restoration before it fell victim to the rust that was […]