frankenstang
10-29-2007, 05:24 PM
Hey there! I am new to this board, but have been lurking. I have a 1991 mustang that I built 90% by my self. It was my first major car resto-mod. But I have been in the car game for 20yrs. I had a ton of moral support from my new friend and part time boss, Jeff Schwartz. Mu job with Jeff includes assembling the chassis he developed for your crowd. When a customer wants a fully assembled one, I get the pleasure of putting them together. (most of the time!)
The car is truly a 'Frankenstang'. It's a 91 Gt model that I found behind a body shop for $900. The front clip was missing and it had some frame damage to the left front rail. I rebuilt the car from the ground up over a 2 yr period. Then it's slowly evolved to what it is today. Most of the pictures on my www.fquick.com/frankenstang page. Then there's the www.frankenstang.com page which needs some work.
The major highlights include a 2003 Cobra IRS and full Cobra brake set-up. Also it has the Bilstein shock and strut package.
The engine was rebuilt by me and it's a factory block .030 over and blueprinted to perfection by Mike Yank and crew at Speed Performance Engineering in Wauconda Il.
Of course the major wow factor is the full SN95 interior swap. I made my own door panels and had Cassin Customs in Marengo cover them in matching vinyl. The seats, carpet and center console came from different 2003 cobras. The dash is from a 1999 and the cluster came from a 1995 GT.
There isn't much left from the original car, save for the doors and hatch lid. The front end has a 1986 conversion (reverse engineering?)
I really like the old 4-eye cars and there are too many aero-nose cars around here anyway.
Thanks for reading and please visit the websites for pictures. I have 1979 camaro in the driveway awaiting a resto. Hopefully I will get to build my own Schwartz Chassis and get to join the Camaro crowd.
---Joe
The car is truly a 'Frankenstang'. It's a 91 Gt model that I found behind a body shop for $900. The front clip was missing and it had some frame damage to the left front rail. I rebuilt the car from the ground up over a 2 yr period. Then it's slowly evolved to what it is today. Most of the pictures on my www.fquick.com/frankenstang page. Then there's the www.frankenstang.com page which needs some work.
The major highlights include a 2003 Cobra IRS and full Cobra brake set-up. Also it has the Bilstein shock and strut package.
The engine was rebuilt by me and it's a factory block .030 over and blueprinted to perfection by Mike Yank and crew at Speed Performance Engineering in Wauconda Il.
Of course the major wow factor is the full SN95 interior swap. I made my own door panels and had Cassin Customs in Marengo cover them in matching vinyl. The seats, carpet and center console came from different 2003 cobras. The dash is from a 1999 and the cluster came from a 1995 GT.
There isn't much left from the original car, save for the doors and hatch lid. The front end has a 1986 conversion (reverse engineering?)
I really like the old 4-eye cars and there are too many aero-nose cars around here anyway.
Thanks for reading and please visit the websites for pictures. I have 1979 camaro in the driveway awaiting a resto. Hopefully I will get to build my own Schwartz Chassis and get to join the Camaro crowd.
---Joe