I bought my '67 coupe in March.Here's our "stable" of Mustangs.



The '67had A/C, but no power steering or brakes. So I decided to fix that. I found a company called Chockostang.com who sells original Mustang power steering and disc brake components. Last month, I completed the disc brake upgrade. What a difference! The only down side was the wheels wouldn't fit. Aw shucks, I had to get my Magnum 500's sooner than expected. (I'll post pictures of the car with the new rims later).

Now I'm in the middle of the steering upgrade. I decided to remove the engine in order to have an easier time with the romoval of the steering box. The engine could stand to have some gaskets replaced and some fresh paint anyway. Here's a picture of the engine from the ad I answered when I bought the car:



When I pulled the engine, I quickly realized the engine bay was painted with the engine in the car. None of the lower half of the bay was painted. Nor was the floor pans. They already had surface rust on them. I used POR 15 on the floor pans and frame, then sprayed black Rustoleum on everything. Much better!

This car was originally a 280 2V with single exhaust. The PO added an Edelbrock Performer intake and 4V carb. I'm adding Tri-Y headers and dual exhaust. Those upgrades need some sort of cam to go with it, right? Right!! I bought a kit that included a cam (214/224 dur., 472/496 lift), lifters, heavier valve springs, retainers, lube, timing gears & chain, and gaskets. I will also replace the oil pan gasket and paint the block and heads.

All that leaves is the heater core. The core was bypassed when I bought it. I've been reluctant to even try to see if it worked. I bought a new one, but I'm dreading replacing the heater core more than anything else I've done so far.