66 Fastback

[manOwar]

Finally, its my turn...

After searching more than a year for the right car, I found it in Pennsylvania on Craigslist. It's a completely rust free A Code from Arizona and has been sitting in a corner of a shop since 2001. It was stripped and the MII front end was installed before the work stopped. After more than 12 years, the guy decided to part with it.....

I scored when I found this..... I drove up from Florida and picked it up. It had all it's parts less the front seats, engine and trans.

The day I pulled it into my driveway....






I work out of the country so before I headed back to work, I dropped it off at the shop to get started.....




After tearing it the rest of the way down and getting it on the rotisserie, we still couldn't find any rust!!! So off it went to sandblast... it came back today!!




Looks like he missed a spot under the lip of the dash.






For the engine, I wanted an original 427 Side Oiler but couldn't find one in the 600hp range like I wanted. So during my search, I came across a deal I could not pass up. I picked this up right after Christmas. It's for sale right now as I found the Side Oiler I was looking for a couple days ago.... an original 1966 427 SO that was just finished to ~650hp.... Hope I can work it out, if not I'll have to "settle" with this one @ ~800hp and the 8800 rpm's it'll turn!! Bummer eh!!




My Wheels also Shipped today. True Forged Super Sports, 18 x 12 and 18 x 8. I had them leave em' ready to for power coat as I haven't decided on a color for the car yet.




Seats, what a search that turned in to. I started out wanting Recaro Orthoped or Experts, then I came across a set of classic Recaro Model C's. These seats are from the late 70's thru 80's and were a $6000+ option in Audi's, Porsche and Mercedes. These seats have power adjustable seat back, electric air pump for three lumbar air bags, manual adjustable seat base bolsters, side bolsters, knee support, shoulder and head rest. I will be mounting them on a set of Jag XJ6 - 6 way power base's under both seats.



This is a shot of a set just redone...