ShelbyGt350

Hi i am 14 and im for mainland Birtain and im currently looking to buy a 1966 mustang for a cheap price to restore and maybe modify. i have seen one on the english ebay website (www.ebay.co.uk) but am not sure if its a good one to restore or a tampered bodge job wreckage!
can enyone give me some advice as what to look out for and stay away from?

Thanks,

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GreenAwesomeSauce

My only advice: Stay away from the '65-'66's, get a '67 FB. That's it.

epibone

I too am interested in restoring a Mustang. I want a convertible and i want my engine to purrrr like a kitten. What do you guys recommend?? What exactly is a FB? a fast back? is that the type of ford mustang? Also, does anyone know what year your car must be to not have to get smog checks?? i'm from CA

Jugador

i thought in ca all cars had to smog.

and personally i think the 64 1/2-66 look a lot better than the 67's.

anyway, here's some advice: if you dont know what you're doing, don't get some rustbucket dinged up piece of crap. make sure the floor and trunk pans are solid. if you're looking to restore with little or no experience, look toward one needing interior or paint work at worst, or you'll find that you're in too deep.

GreenAwesomeSauce

If you buy a car and the floor boards are all rusted with scale and you don't feel like buying new ones, you should try what my dad and I did to my car. The floors were really bad and we didn't have the money to buy new ones, so we (mostly me) took a wire wheel to it and ground the rust away to bare metal. After that, we put a good thick coat of rubberized undercoating, then painted it with some exterior auto paint that we had. After that dried, we just put a couple of coats of clear down to protect the paint. Doing that probably extended the life of the floorboards by at least 10 years, and it gave it a nice custom look for until we put the new molded carpet in.

ToNy

GreenAwesomeSauce

Yes, FB means fastback. That's when the rear slopes all the way to the back instead of coming sharply down. They look a lot better in my opinion, but that's probably just because I own one. Anyway, I used to live in CA and I do think that all cars have to checked for smog, so if you want a nice engine, you're almost pretty much screwed, that's why I'm glad I live in WA.

ToNy

ShelbyGt350

thanks for the advice

red347

I am not sure why anyone would suggest not buying the 64 1/2-65-66 Mustang. The numbers built of those years are 10 times what were built of the 67 and 68, so parts are more prevelant. The early years were also the lightest years ever built.
When you check out the car, run a hose into the cowl in front of the front windshield and check for water coming into the car by your feet(when you are sitting in the car). If it does you have a leaky cowl. Major $$$ to fix. Run your hands along the bottom sides of the doors. They are ususally rusted out. Open the trunk and look in the wells on the right and left side. Water always collected in there and rusted out the sheet metal. Check under the battery. Acid always eroded the inner aprons and sometimes the frame rails.
I have owned both, the 65's and the 67/68. Completely different cars. The 67/68 are a much bigger car.

Ron

68GEETEE

Red347 hit it right on the head. I would just like to add that while its admirable to restore an old Stang, dont bite off more than you can chew, meaning dont buy a rustbucket thinking you can fix it up if you really dont have the tools and knowlegde to do so. You will soon get disgusted as well as spend lots of money. Better to buy a 'daily driver' condition car, again checking it out thoroughly for rust, and spruce it up as your money and skill allows. Mustangs are great cars and I am glad to see a Brit interested in an American classic! Good luck in your search.

Dave

1966 Mustang15

Hey i know this is an old topic but screw you greenawesome i hat 67 fbs they are fugly and dont diss my 66 coupe you fairy