blane17

right, but also not to sound like a dick, then why point out the rareness of a car and how much it could be worth if u kept it original if ur gonna make it very unoriginal?

restomodding a car, in most cases, does not help the value of the car, whereas maintaining and restoring a rare car does.

jamieNerikas66stang

i was pointing out the rarness of the car/and the find,...but to me, a resto 66 vert is worth more then a original, its just me and its just personal preference...i do not plan to sell the car and plan to pass it on one day to my kids...i stated my goals, and i think it will turn out great...i do plan to keep the engine bay stock, i am goin to run the motor in there now for a while then plan on pulling it for a FUll rebuild...so motor and drivetrain will stay original, but brakes and suspension are OUT!

i also plan to install a shelby hood along with shelby front valance that accepts front bumeper

blane17

cool.

ozarks06

Did you check the VIN? I assume you did, but if it happens to be a 'K' code car (if it's a GT it is at least an 'A' code car), you will have restomodded a car that is very valuable (in $$$) in original condition. I'm not against restomodding (I'm doing one myself - mod motor, 4-wheel discs, etc.) and don't want to dissuade you, but it wouldbe a shame to do things that are not reversible if it really is a rare car like a K code vert. I saw a very nice restomod 65 fastback at the street machine nationals a while back. When I looked at the VIN it was a K code, 4 speed car. I assume the original motor was long since destroyed by some kid hotrodding it, but it made me a little sick to think that a car that could be worth maybe $50-75K in original conditionhad been restomodded (given that there are a lot of C and A code cars around that would have been just as good to start with) and made to be worth half that.

JMD

Who cares how rare a car is unless you own it?

Even a "rare" Mustang will benefit from performance and safety upgrades.....

If I were fortunate enough to own a rare Mustang I think I would be sure
to start mods right away, just so I would get over my fear of driving a car
too valuable to drive.......

"Cutting up" a rare Mustang might be kind of scary,,, but IMO turning a
Classic Mustang into a trailer/garage queen is much more frightful.....

boogerschnot

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remicks

Trailer queens are abominations of cars, the car was built to be driven. People are driving and modifying their new GT500's, I'm pretty sure there is someone on here who drives their Boss 429 on road courses. And the idea behind the mustang was to build an affordable car that people could buy and customize it how they please. We have the biggest aftermarket of any vehicle ever made available to us, I think that speaks enough for modifying.

mat11089

blane had a very good point as to why point out the rareness like bragging "hey i have a rare car that most of you would love to have but i dont care haha im cutting it up" yes it is your car but blane had a very very good point of y pointing it out.At any rate sounds and looks like youre on an awesome path.Cant wait for the pics along the way.I wish i had your budget.

andrewmp6

Dont look bad ignore them its your car do anything that makes you happy.I wouldnt do a 4 link unless your going drag racing only have you thought about a 3 link with a watts link it will out handle a 4 link.To me its a mass production car notthing rare there at all.

mat11089

I totally agree.Just acknowledgin blane's very viable point..But definitely firs and foremost have fun and do what you want.I agree with maybe not 4 link tho.