65 mustang coupe/tornado survivor/face lift

[*ryno*]

heres my story.....
65 mustang that was previously restored about 4 years ago. it was in a storage building on may 22 2011 in Joplin mo when the big f5 tornado ripped through our town. i had previously done some work on the customers camaro and we always talked about doing some updating to the mustang, vintage air etc. it looked like a nicely restore gt 350 when id previously seen it, honestly never paid too much attention to it, since i never really cared for mustangs in the first place!

fast forward till about one month ago. the car has been waiting its turn up on the lift, to go under the knife, um plasma cutter, in my shop. i usually build more hot rod styled, 60 era customs, ie Cadillacs, big body stuff, etc. so this build is a breathe of fresh air, and i hope to learn from the vast knowledge on this board.

i thought our original plans where to just fix the damage and do some modern updates, boy how things change....
out came the 289, interior, suspension, basically just using the shell and building a very capable street car that will see some good guys event and hopefully some of the pro touring sponsored events when completed.

plans call for a complete tci suspension package, 13 willwood brakes, 9 " posi rear, mini tubbed, and flared quarters, coyote boss 302 engine, auto 6 speed with manual body, possibly a simple cage, 18" wheels, recaro seating, custom sheet metal interior.

a few days after the storm and hours of digging it out all the rubble. amazing where the insulation and debris ended up getting placed.
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hood was open with the battery on a tender.a beam from the building fell onto the car, smashing the roof and hood.it also had a beam go through the quarter panel, amazingly enough no glass was broken. there was tons of debris inside the car also even though the windows where up. the force of the storm makes the cars implode, the 250 plus wind doesn't help either!
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[1tuff68]

Whoah! Now that car is a survivor! can't wait to see it get put back right - keep the pics and posts coming

[*tim]

well what can i say?! noting beats an old mustang, not even a tornado! :P

cant wait fore some moroe pictures and updates :)

[*ryno*]

here's a few i should have started with.
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this truck was supposedly a couple hundred yards away.it ended on top of the entrance to the storage facility.
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[rfalker1]

wow, that's a true survivor.. glad to see u made it through it ok!!

[dusterbd13]

its a shame the starion died. i love those cars.

also amazing the mustang didnt get any worse than it did.

my prayers are with those in joplin still rebuilding.

michael

[*ryno*]

start of the tci front suspension.
pretty happy with the overall fit and quality of their product so far.
tci engineering here on the board was able to help me some issues i had, good customer service.
still waiting on the rear 3 link kit.

cleaning up the front rails. the previous restorer went a little crazy and fully welded all the stock brackets to the frame. so it was quite a chore getting down to clean bare rails. lots of grinding through the material and welds.
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after triming down the outer lip on the top rail, you need to weld the exposed seem back together.
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boxing plates tacked in place.
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completely welded, smoothed out, ready for coyote x member. i think they said it was 1.5 inches difference compared to the original design for a 302 or such.
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x member fit in place.
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welded and mocked up.
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waiting on the 13" wilwood brake kit.

[Crestronwizard]

Looking good!

[*ryno*]

Looking good!

thanks for the good word!
i like the direction your heading with yours also.spent some time checking it out.

[67 ls1 vert]

Looks like it on track to be a better car than it ever was. Your welder is doing a good job.
Keep up the progress pictures and best of luck rebuilding your home and car.

[*ryno*]

thank you!
the welder is me.
thankfully my home and shop where clear of the destruction, the car was in storage when this happened.

[*ryno*]

got the rear tci 3 link in fed ex the other day.
the worst part about this car, is the fact that it was restored about 3 years ago and has been line-exed under side, so with all these brackets, it takes some time to melt,scrap, wire wheel to clean metal again!

rear 3 link kit

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removal of the old 8"

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cleaning up the rails, they have taken some abuse through the years.needed to massage them a little.

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inner stiffer plates. needed to make a recess cut into the factory bead in the rear, for a flat surface, this will get plated when it gets broken down for paint.

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installing the frame connectors, rear link bar mounts.

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sub frame, with drive shaft hoop.

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[*ryno*]

i have not updated this thread in a few months.
making some slow progress. got the wheel and tire chooses figured out, im going to make a 335 -30-18 fit in the back with the tubs and wide body. a lot of work to do so. tubs are cut out and just need to order the wheels now.
with the addition of teh extra rubber in the rear in also had to move teh tci outer link bars in board, which meant swapping the link bar brackets form side to side, turning them around,welding them in, removing and re fabbing all the upper shock brackets and sway bar brackets, and shorting the pan hard bar.

tci jig for upper links
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in board
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torque arm

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complete under side
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[*ryno*]

here's a pic of the rendering i had done by Joel nelson at 1320 design out of chandler Arizona.

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[*ryno*]

update..
finally received my wheels!
matte black center brushed hoops.

18x12 5" bs w 335/30/18 tire

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flairs and wide body in order

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front is 18x9 5 3/4" bs with a 275/35/18 tire

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setting up the rear for measurement of the housing.

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53 3/4" wide is needed face to face

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brackets all tig'd up and ready for narrowing.

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[*ryno*]

should have mentioned this earlier.
i bought the wheel works measurement tool to get the exact offset needed for the wheels.
sure beats trying to measure with a tape and straight edge!
i got a few different tires from my local supplier, and was able to find out what i could make work and try different offsets, amazing what a 1/4 in offset will do.

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[pinky49]

looks like a well thought out build
ed

[85coupe50]

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What's the story on this truck? Nice!

Wow, your car is coming along...

[*ryno*]

What's the story on this truck? Nice!

Wow, your car is coming along...


thanks for the good words fellas.

the truck is a product of all the left over parts from the mustang build.i used the engine,trans,fuel system,interior,radiator,etc to build a shop truck with a 62 unibody frame and cab. its been z'd in the front 3" with a mm2 front suspension, and the rear has been z'd 10" with a 2 link and pan hard bar,also on air.

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[boostedtorino]

man sweet build hell no offense but i think i dig the truck as much or more than the car mainly on cool factor alone lol.

[*ryno*]

man sweet build hell no offense but i think i dig the truck as much or more than the car mainly on cool factor alone lol.

thanks!
it is a very fun shop truck.
doesn't really fit in with the pro touring theme, so i never posted anything about it.
here's a link to the build thread on another forum.
http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=612409

[72D100]

I just read that whole build thread on that truck and wow it seemed like it went together quickly. I like the red tint too.I wonder if i could ever get used to that lol.

[*ryno*]

thanks!

the tint does take some getting used too.

i worked non stop on this truck to get it drivable, and then got back to work that makes money, instead of cost me money, and need less to say it hard to get back on it to finish it!

but i drive it everyday, and that is what is was build for.

[*ryno*]

got the 9" all finished up from being narrowed.
waiting on moser to send me my center section and axles.
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49 1/4" total width with out brakes.
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extra bracing internally.
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[Jetfixr320]

Nice Builds. The car is going to be sweet!

And you don't see Unibody Effies built like that to often. Sweet ride!

Steve

[kmdracer]

Noice!

[*ryno*]

Nice Builds. The car is going to be sweet!

And you don't see Unibody Effies built like that to often. Sweet ride!

Steve


Noice!

thanks for the good words fellas

[*ryno*]

ups man showed up today with the center section and axles from moser.

nodular case daytona pinion support 375 gear tru trak 1350 yoke 31 spline
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heading out in the am for the kkoa show in salina.hoping to get this together early next week and see this thing down on the ground.

[85coupe50]

update..
finally received my wheels!
matte black center brushed hoops.

18x12 5" bs w 335/30/18 tire

https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2012/07/IMG_9845-1.jpg

flairs and wide body in order

https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2012/07/IMG_9829-1.jpg


front is 18x9 5 3/4" bs with a 275/35/18 tire

https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2012/07/IMG_9847-1.jpg


setting up the rear for measurement of the housing.

https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2012/07/IMG_9871-1.jpg

53 3/4" wide is needed face to face

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brackets all tig'd up and ready for narrowing.

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I can't make out the brand of wheels those are... What are they? They look good. That rendering looks great. Thanks for the info on the truck. It is something else.

Awesome work on both!

[Twentyover]

Any chance to get pictures of upper shock mounts?

[cobraguy65]

Liking this build!

[aidanfancystang]

the rims look like billetspecialties

[*ryno*]

Any chance to get pictures of upper shock mounts?

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if you need more let me know

[*ryno*]

the rims look like billetspecialties


yes billet specialities

[*ryno*]

I can't make out the brand of wheels those are... What are they? They look good. That rendering looks great. Thanks for the info on the truck. It is something else.

Awesome work on both!

thanks!

since there seems to be some love for teh unibody, ill post the recent addition.
made a trip to springfield line x and we made up a custom red color.

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[*ryno*]

order my new cipher seats/belts from tonyss today also
been working on the cage for the time being

[*ryno*]

feel off the radar on this thread for a while, so here's some updates...
been working on the cage. this will be a capable street car, so with that said, i looked and looked at different sanctioning bodies for cage rules. most are all different, and im not really building a track only car, so i originally went with 1 3/4 main bars,and downs, but i didn't care for the looks when they where tacked in. looked to massive in such a small car. messed with my eyes. so out it came and in went 1 1/2". now the cage is all 1 1/2" tubing. i know it wont pass some sanctioning but im ok with that. just have to check before we head out to an event.

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decided i didn't like the way everyone smooths out the stock inner shock towers. looks too basic. i also didn't care for the stock stamped 14 gauge uni body structure, especially when you have 3/16" plate for the boxed in front tci xmember and sub frame connectors. so i boxed the uni structure with some more 3/16" plate and tied them together, adding way more strength. back to the shock towers, with the added uni body structure boxed now, i cut off the shock towers. the cage will exit the fire wall to the front, basically making it a framed car now.

stock structure. needed to cut off the flanges, when done you will have to weld back together the stock pieces first.

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all tied together

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missing the shock towers, much better.

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[Jetfixr320]

Bed liner looks great on the Effie!

Nice work on the car. I boxed my rails on the Falcon like that also. Great work

[Dave B]

Nice build! I've seen the truck over on the HAMB, now I've seen where some of the parts came from.

[*ryno*]

Bed liner looks great on the Effie!

Nice work on the car. I boxed my rails on the Falcon like that also. Great work


Nice build! I've seen the truck over on the HAMB, now I've seen where some of the parts came from.


thanks for the kind words fellas.
yes,grabbrr most all of my parts to build the truck originally came from the mustang

[Sales-TCI-Eng]

I don't know how I had missed this but here I am. The progress looks great!

-J

[*ryno*]

unfortunately car has lost funding, and is now for sale.
pm me if your interested, or email. [email protected]