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Thread: 66 Mustang Coupe
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09-08-2018 #1Registered User
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66 Mustang Coupe
Hello everyone and welcome to my build thread.
In 2006 I purchase a 66 Mustang Coupe with a straight six and more issues than I could comprehend at that time for $1,100. I was a junior in high school armed with my dad's basic hand tools, online forums, and a working-maintenance-at-the-golf-course budget.
I spent two years "restoring" the car, IE discovering huge rust areas, "learning" to weld using a Harbor Freight flux core welder, breaking things, and generally trying to put them back together. By the time I went to college, the car actually looked pretty good from 10 feet. So I took pictures from 10 feet.
Then I went to college, and the Mustang sat in front of my parents house with the elements tearing apart my subpar body work. I had plans for the car, but they were always out of reach. Time, money, and space were my limiting factors.
But not anymore.
I've spent ten years prepping for this build and now it's underway.
The goal for the car is entry in optima Ultimate, without sacrificing the ability to drive the car to work. It needs to be streetable, with the ability to dial it up to eleven when needed. So here's what I have for a parts list so far:
- 2018 5.0 Coyote Engine (finally released)
- T-56 Magnum
- C&R Third Member, 3.75 Gears
- Mike Maier Inc. Mod 2 Front Suspension with tubular upper and lowers, reengineered shock towers to accommodate the wider engine, JRI Single adjustables
- Mike Maier Inc. Mod 2 Rear Suspension with the cantilever setup and panhard bar, JRI single adjustables
- Full floating rear housing
- Wilwood Superlight 6R for the front, Dynalight 6 in the rear
- Maier Racing fiberglass front fenders 2.25" wider
- Maier Racing carbon fiber rear bumper
- Maier Shelby front valance, bumper delete
- Shelby GT350 hood
I'm pretty much a one-man operation and I still have a TON to learn. So as things progress please chime in with your pointers and suggestions. I'm hoping you all can help me put together one kick-butt car. And I'm hoping I can contribute some pointers for other kids in their garage trying to start their first project.
Here's one of the earliest photos I can find of the car, still in my parents garage.
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09-08-2018 #2Registered User
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Here's what it looked like after the end of Round 1, circa 2007.
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09-08-2018 #3Registered User
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Here's a few shots years later, at the new house, and ready to begin!
Looks good, but it's hiding a mess of poor work, bondo, and questionable welding. Time to tear it apart and build something better.
Hosed off and ready to rock
This was going to take more than two weeks to pull out. Once in, it doesn't want to come out.
Coming apart now
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09-09-2018 #4
Keep up the hard work and the momentum.
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09-10-2018 #5Registered User
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Thanks! I'm going to skip ahead a little bit because the 2018 Coyote Crate arrived over the weekend! This is the updated model with 460 hp along with the 2018 control pack (this motor isn't compatible with the previous one). There's not much info out there yet about this particular setup, but I'm hoping to drop it in soon.
Arrived as two big boxes.
There she is!
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09-10-2018 #6