firststang

Appreciate the input, I have the car about 80% disassembled. I am a beginner when it comes to complete restoration, and reading is not something I like to do. I have bought a few restoration books, but prefer video, do you know of any restoration videos? Below are a few items I want to attempt to complete. It is alot of work for a beginner but if you are going to spend the money and time you should do it right the first time.

New Transmission (Not sure what to use)
347 Stroker Engine
New Rear End (Not sure what to use)
Disc Brakes front and Back
Convert to Power Sterring (questionable)
New Strut System
New Wiring (This is scary)

And of cource new body work and interior, all though there is not alot of body work required for its age.

Any help on a Video would greatly be apprecited.

bull8t

nice find! My dad had a 66 289 high performance four barrel candy apple red. Sorry I dont know more about it, but that was before my time.

roundman

for the rear end I would look for a modern 8.8 from a mustang unless you're looking for extreme heavy duty use, then go for the 9" ford rear end with a good posi differential. either way you can get front and rear disks from the salvage yards that will fit either one of these rears. you can also check out www.stangparts.com for all kinds of used Mustang parts, although most of what they have is the more modern 5.0 and 4.6 stuff.
you can get complete wiring harnesses from Painless Wiring at www.painlessperformance.com.
Flaming River makes a nice manual rack and pinion steering kit for stangs. don't know if they do power stuff though.
Before I would invest a lot in the car, I would go over the undercarriage and body looking for signs of rust and lack of structural integrity first and fix any problems you find here. If the damage is extensive, you might want to look for another car instead.
good luck with your project!

65_2plus2

When are you going to post some pic's so we can see the progress. [sm=smiley20.gif]

cutter112

I am brand new to this forum. I am in the process of a ground up restoration of a 65 coupe. If you are not sure about the metal on the car, I would recomend having it dipped to remove all paint, rust, bondo etc. I did this in Atlanta at a place called Unpaint. I am sure that most big cities will have a place like this. it exposed a lot of things about my car that I would not have known until later. it was cheaper than sandblasing also.
I have to agree with someone's earlier advice.......lots of pictures and ziplocks. I bought a wreck also to be able to look back at how it all goes back together. salvaged some parts but the big help is having a model to look at.
good luck. we are all in this together.

firststang

Per request here are some pictures, I have over 200 pictures. I have been taking pictures from every angle. I have completely removed the engine, front end, trans. interior and the wiring will be completly removed soon. I still have the rear end, gas tank and pipes to remove some misc rear parts. I am leaving the rear end for know to be able to roll the car in and out of the garage, this is to ensure I do not run my family out of the house during sanding and priming. I found three arear aroung the gas tank that are going ot need to be cut out and replced but other than that the rust is not bad. a couple of bondo areas, again not to bad. These pictires are only a snap shot if you want to see more, let me know. When it is time to start spending money the time line will slow down.

Thanks for all of the input.

firststang

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firststang

Would love to hear about your sucesses abnd failures and any othe advise. Are you in a club? I am from Hiram, Ga, I noticed you had your car dipped in Atlanta, do you also live in Georgia. Would like to talk further.

firststang

I appreciate the information. It looks like the car is in moderate to good shape as far as rust is concerned.

Thanks

horseshoeing

Hiram, Ga. I live in Carrolton, GA. Just right down the road.