1965 Fastback Mustang Project

[Kennedy]

Hivewax,

I have the entire drivetrain from an 89 5.0 in pieces in storage. So it will be an EFI 302 with a T-5. I am not sure on heads yet, I hope to find a good deal on some aluminum heads. I want to keep the car nice and light.

Take Care,
Chris

[rusty428cj]

This afternoon Brian starting making the right subframe connector. Since the early Mustang has no torque box in the front we are making one out of 2 x 2 and also welding it to the rocker and the rear torque box. He still has to finish welding to the rocker.

[rusty428cj]

Brian finished welding the rocker and added the top of the rear torque box

[rusty428cj]

The floor is finished and epoxy primed

[dipren443]

Looks great Rusty.

[Motown 454]

Nice work that should stiffen it up quite a bit.

[Kennedy]

Rusty,

Looks great. I am enjoying the pics. She gets more solid by the week!

Chris

[rusty428cj]

It has been awhile since we have worked on this project we have been working on a couple of other projects but it is time to start working on the 65 Fastback.

This is what we found under the cowl panel





After the lower cowl panel is removed



The dash also has rust and was removed

[dipren443]

Jeesh. Chris sure knows how to pick a solid shell.

[Kennedy]

Thanks Nick. I wanted to start with a nice light car, something that could beat up on piggy mid 70s Camaros, but the rust may have taken it too far.

I admit, I didn't pick the best shell. If I every buy another car like this, I will tell the guy we can settle on the price after media blasting. The frame rails are good front to back as is the engine bay, roof, tunnel, firewall, rear deck lid, and passenger side fender. And after all, I could have probably done this cheaper with a dynacorn 67, but this will be a real 65 Fastback, built to my specs.

The other good part here is that the car is being taken apart and epoxy primed. No matter how original a car you have, the original materials don't always hold up.



Rusty and Brian's work looks great so far.

[dipren443]

Thanks Nick. I wanted to start with a nice light car, something that could beat up on piggy mid 70s Camaros, but the rust may have taken it too far.

I admit, I didn't pick the best shell. If I every buy another car like this, I will tell the guy we can settle on the price after media blasting. The frame rails are good front to back as is the engine bay, roof, tunnel, firewall, rear deck lid, and passenger side fender. And after all, I could have probably done this cheaper with a dynacorn 67, but this will be a real 65 Fastback, built to my specs.

The other good part here is that the car is being taken apart and epoxy primed. No matter how original a car you have, the original materials don't always hold up.

Rusty and Brian's work looks great so far.

Well... with so much rust, the car should certainly be light...

[whayden2003]

Just finishing the metal work on a 66 fastback with the same light body must have been a factory option back then huh. When we took off the upper cowl panel someone had been in there before us to fix a lightening hole in put some shove pipe in there for the raised portion for the air intake. It was nice might post some pics if u don't mind.

[dipren443]

Thanks Nick. I wanted to start with a nice light car, something that could beat up on piggy mid 70s Camaros, but the rust may have taken it too far.

I admit, I didn't pick the best shell. If I every buy another car like this, I will tell the guy we can settle on the price after media blasting. The frame rails are good front to back as is the engine bay, roof, tunnel, firewall, rear deck lid, and passenger side fender. And after all, I could have probably done this cheaper with a dynacorn 67, but this will be a real 65 Fastback, built to my specs.

The other good part here is that the car is being taken apart and epoxy primed. No matter how original a car you have, the original materials don't always hold up.

Rusty and Brian's work looks great so far.

Yeah, the work looks great and I am just taking easy pot shots at ya... The fastback and "piggy" will just have to face off when they are complete. I think the power to weight ratio may be in your favor until I install an LS... Or buy everything Anvil has to offer to lighten up Ms. piggy... Bench racing til then.

[Kennedy]

Nick,

Great bench racing buddy, I don't mind some light mockery, all in good fun. With the extreme shortage of go-fast parts for 5.0L mustangs (i think someone may make some nice spark plug wires), I will have a hard time keeping up with your mullet mobile, especially considering the nuclear powered LS motors running around these days.

whayden, Sure, throw up some pics.

I made it back to Iraq today, 4.5 months to go. The jet lag rough. I am wide awake at 3 am.

Take Care,
Chris

[whayden2003]

[whayden2003]

[whayden2003]

dont know why they are small ?? ideas

[rusty428cj]

Brian cut the drip rails off than drilled out the spot welds and removed the roof. Now he can repair the rust and epoxy prime the area that the factory left bare metal.

[Restomod]

AAAAHHHHH Early Mustangs.... They are on the Bondo can for a reason!! Early Porsches could make the can to........

[hightower2011]

This makes me feel a little better about my rust '68 coupe.... :D