It has long been my dream to restore a 1965 Mustang fastback to its original glory and was wondering if anyone had any tips on where to find a nice junker to build up and about how much i could expect to spend on the original car and total with repairs considering i do as much of the work by myself

 

THe most important thing you can do right now is to look at LOTS of mustangs before you buy one. Find out exactly how much money you want to spend on this project. The most important things to look for are rust and body damage/repair. Looking for rust is pretty easy, look carfully everywhere, inside, outside, underneath, etc. Body damage is harder to find. Look under the hood for wrinckles on the inner fenders, those are a sign of crash damage. Look around the door frames for the spot welds, if they dont look stock everywhere than that means that the rear quarter/s was probably replaced.
Wheni bught my 70 i payed $1,200.00 for it, but since then have put about $2,000-$3,000 into it to restore it to its present condition. (not including performance parts) I think it looks pretty good now.
When i bought my car i was too impatient, and ended up having to do alot more work than i should have if i had bought a better car to begin with.
Let me know if you have any other questions, and be patient when you start looking.
You might also want to get a service manual, or restoration guide to increase your knowledge before you buy.
Best of luck
Ian

 

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A fastback is going to be much harder to find, and more expensive than a coupe like mine.

 

One area to check is to see if the cowl is leaking. Ask the owner of the car if you can run some water into the cowl vents in front of the windshield. Then watch for water coming through inside. It would drip onto your feet if you were sitting in the car. If it does, the cowl is bad, and that is a very expensive fix. Run your hands along the bottom of the doors. Water always collected in the doors and they would rust through. Lift the carpets, and check for holes. And when in the trunk, look into the "wells" on the far right and left. Lastly, check under the battery. On a lot of cars, the battery acid, dripped and ate its way through the inner fender, and frame rails.

Ron

 

How much are you looking to spend?

 

Here is one for $7000.00...assembly needed.
http://forums.vintage-mustang.com/fo...5&o=31&fpart=1

Or a 66 http://forums.vintage-mustang.com/fo...5&o=31&fpart=1

Ron

 

i started my fastback when i was 14, and i've done much of the work myself. But I have finally got it pretty much done, and i sat down to add up the total amount i had in it for insurance purposes. I came up with about 14,000 including the 3,000 we paid for the car. My advice is try to find one that grandma put under the barn and out of the weather when gramps past away. those are usually the best one to restore because there isn't much rust damage.

 

Finding one isn't really a problem, there are plenty of them on Ebay and on other sites as well. The thing is, it could end up costing you thousands and thousands of dollars to finish it. If it's your dream, go for it. Just figure out how much you plan to spend, and add at least 20% to it.