Dan's 65 Mustang Fastback

[funbnme]

Good point.
I'll get my front suspension setup (if the parts ever arrive) and then I'll make a template so it all fits nicely.

[Eurostang]

Add the plates!!! And drill for the shelby mod to the A-arms! By the way where did you get the roll bar?

[funbnme]

Shelby drop is planned.

Here is a link to the bar on eBay. He makes it for other years too.

https://www.ebay.com/ulk/itm/250510420661

67 68 Mustang Shelby Eleanor Fastback Roll Bar


He sold me the tubing for the rear legs and harness bar. I made the mounts myself.

[69chevelle540]

Kicking off my new project.

Car was delivered today...some pics of my starting point.




The other car is my Factory Five Cobra Replica. With a 347 stroker, it's a rocket ship on 4 wheels.









Been killing myself trying to decide what I want this car to be when it's done. I think I'm going for a loose interpretation of a Street GT350 (but with a rear seat delete and more modern front seats). Since it's a Pro-Tour car, I know I don't really have to stick with the original colors, but all the GT350's in 65 were white (some had stripes), so I'm really leaning toward this combo as my end goal.





Plans as of now look like this:
- Lowered 1" or so
- Front Suspension - replace all of it with modern components, but keep the stock mounting points.
- Rear Suspension - 4 link with coil-over
- Still on the fence with wheel size. Love the vintage look of 15's, but want the handling and tire selection you can get with 17's. 16" wheels look great on these cars, but need to see what tire selection and wheel option there even are at that size. Plenty of time to sort that out.
- Power rack & pinion
- Great brakes - probably Wilwood discs front & rear. Debating on power or manual brakes. One builder I know well says that with the right brakes, I won't need power...he recently took power brakes off a Mustang for a client of his and replaced everything with stuff that works better...and the owner likes it a lot more.
- A/C & basic sound system (can always upgrade the tunes later on)
- Small block Ford with a T5 Transmission...nothing too wild to try to stay in a budget.


Step 1 is going to be to sort through all the pieces I have to get organized and then figure out the suspension so I can make it a roller.

Updates will be slow, but I'll post them as I have things to report.

What brand/model lift are you using in your garage? Looks nice and compact.

[funbnme]

The lift is an older Eagle brand. I can get measurements if you'd like them...send me a PM.

[funbnme]

Nothing major to report…the front & rear suspension pieces arrived. I'm finishing up welding some things on the front of the car…then I'll seam seal and put berliner (or something similar) on the inner fenders.

I was surfing craigslist today and found a pair of fox mustang seats. I figured I'd pick up the seats because I could put them in and then mark where I want the seat belt harness bar to go. They need to be recovered, but the foam is in good shape.



Where do you find reasonably priced upholstery for these seats?

At most of the places I'm finding online, they sell TMI. I'm sure the quality is good, but I'm picked up the Fox seats mainly because I thought I could save a few bucks. By the time you buy the TMI covers and pay a shop to put them on, I could have bought ProCar or similar seats ready to drop in.

[GTOtzel]

You could always install the TMI covers yourself to save on the install. It is not too difficult of a job, just time consuming. Here is a video of guys installing TMI stuff on an early mustang seat. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bc7xKc6A2T4

[funbnme]

I finished welding and seam sealing the front end, so I used some bedliner on the inner fenders. This will give it better long-term protection from the elements and add a bit of sound-deadening to the sheet metal (not that anyone would really be tapping the inner fender from the engine bay side.

I did this part now so I can mock up the front suspension and leave it there when I eventually get the car on the road and drive around in primer for a while (before I tear it down for paint).





Now I'm working on doing some welding on the back end of the car (improving the welds on the rear wheel housings and getting the 4 link brackets tacked to the frame).

[funbnme]

Still waiting for some parts to arrive so I can get the suspension installed.

I'm still not sure if I'm going to do a side or rear exhaust, so I figured I would put the floor reinforcements in place just in case I go out the back. It's a lot easier to get these in now before I spray sound-deadener on the floor.



I'm also doing some prep-work in the engine bay so I can spray it with a satin black epoxy primer...but no pictures to show for that work. It's the basic sand/fill/inspect/repeat process we're all used to.

[funbnme]

Been a while since I updated this thread.

Got the front & rear suspension installed.






I found a used set of Speedhut gauges and wanted to use a 66 GT 5 gauge cluster. Made up my own mounting plate to make it look as close to stock as possible. I'll have the dash pod for the tach & oil temp.




Got the wheels & tires on the car:




Wheels are Cragar Eliminator 17x7 (4.25" backspace) and tires are BFG Comp2a 225/45/17.
I measured with the wheel fit tool and couldn't fit wider wheels on the car without having to modify the car too much.

Last night, we got the car off the body cart and onto the ground for the first time. Here's a short time lapse video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g39R_bpxp8Y

[JacobGrant]

Looking good! I plan on running those same wheels initially until I can afford a custom set (I picked one up for $50 as a display). What front suspension is that?

I also have a similar gauge cluster but used a BOESE engineering adaptor plate but yours looks just as good is way less expensive lol.

[funbnme]

Thanks. The front and rear suspension are from Control Freak. Freakride.com