restoring a 1965 Mustang
The engine compartment in these Mustangs doesn’t offer a lot of extra room so pulling the engine requires removing just about everything surrounding it. First up was draining the radiator and overflow tank, followed by removing them and their respective hoses. The driver side header was removed off-camera as well. With the radiator out it […]
The goal for the day was to get the transmission out of the car. The catch was that the driveline was still intact, so there were several things that needed to happen before I could access the transmission. First on the to-do list was dropping the driveshaft. After getting the car up on jack stands […]
Armed with a cheap “10 in 1 Trim Tool” from Amazon and a dozen YouTube videos I started working at the trim around the rear window. On these old Mustangs the chrome trim around both the rear glass and windshield is held in by metal clips that are notoriously difficult to release and the trim […]
The first order of business was getting the remaining gas out of the tank. Due to a lack of foresight I started the disassembly with about a quarter tank of fuel left. As luck would have it the tank didn’t have a drain at one of the low points, my only options were the sending […]
Unfortunately with two other cars wanting to park in the garage space is at a premium and I couldn’t leave the fenders laying around, so I mounted them on the wall to keep them out of the way for now. With the floorspace reclaimed my wife helped me remove the taillights, trunk latch, and rear […]