'67 coupe project
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RE: '67 coupe project
ORIGINAL: andrewmp6
i have only seen 3 bench seat mustang in my life and im counting yours as one lol.it looks alot better then my 68 when i got it and you probably paid less for yours maybe free huh.id keep the bench seat rest is up to you, you can restore it back to factoy shape or restomod good luck hope to see more pictures of it.and welcome to the forum when you get the time look at the faq theres tons of great links and info in there.
i have only seen 3 bench seat mustang in my life and im counting yours as one lol.it looks alot better then my 68 when i got it and you probably paid less for yours maybe free huh.id keep the bench seat rest is up to you, you can restore it back to factoy shape or restomod good luck hope to see more pictures of it.and welcome to the forum when you get the time look at the faq theres tons of great links and info in there.
I am going the restomod direction.
More pictures and progress reports soon. I have actually gotten quite a bit done since I got the car home.
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I had to literally drag a car out of storage one time too. My rear drums were frozen to the hubs because I used the emergency (parking) brake when I stored it. I wasn't thinking. Yours looks like a pretty solid beginning. Good luck with it.
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plcdude,
Welcome to the forum. Your story sounds an awful lot like mine (I bout mine in '86 for $900...it sat in my garage for 14 years).
My Mustang was made late in the year (May, 67) and it also has a bench seat. She started out as a C-code automatic and is now an a-code manual. The bench seat is still there and I wouldn't part with it. I believe that I have some pics of my interior in my profile. I am updating the interior to be a modified version of a deluxe (roof console, aluminum dash, the new TMI aluminum door panels, a 68 Shelby shortened floor console, deluxe seatbelts) so I'll post those when I am done.
Welcome to the forum. Your story sounds an awful lot like mine (I bout mine in '86 for $900...it sat in my garage for 14 years).
My Mustang was made late in the year (May, 67) and it also has a bench seat. She started out as a C-code automatic and is now an a-code manual. The bench seat is still there and I wouldn't part with it. I believe that I have some pics of my interior in my profile. I am updating the interior to be a modified version of a deluxe (roof console, aluminum dash, the new TMI aluminum door panels, a 68 Shelby shortened floor console, deluxe seatbelts) so I'll post those when I am done.
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RE: '67 coupe project
ORIGINAL: 67Rally
still there and I wouldn't part with it. I believe that I have some pics of my interior in my profile. I am updating the interior to be a modified version of a deluxe (roof console, aluminum dash, the new TMI aluminum door panels, a 68 Shelby shortened floor console, deluxe seatbelts) so I'll post those when I am done.
still there and I wouldn't part with it. I believe that I have some pics of my interior in my profile. I am updating the interior to be a modified version of a deluxe (roof console, aluminum dash, the new TMI aluminum door panels, a 68 Shelby shortened floor console, deluxe seatbelts) so I'll post those when I am done.
My vinyl is good, carpet is ok, dash is in need of work, dash pad is trashed, and headliner needs replacement. I have not really given much thought to interior. Still working to get car to a driveable state.
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RE: '67 coupe project
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I had to literally drag a car out of storage one time too. My rear drums were frozen to the hubs because I used the emergency (parking) brake when I stored it. I wasn't thinking. Yours looks like a pretty solid beginning. Good luck with it.
I had to literally drag a car out of storage one time too. My rear drums were frozen to the hubs because I used the emergency (parking) brake when I stored it. I wasn't thinking. Yours looks like a pretty solid beginning. Good luck with it.
I am giving serious thought to simply upgrading the front brakes to the Granada disk setup. I don't think the cost is much more versus redoing the front drums. Any thoughts?
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RE: '67 coupe project
First significant project: Replace battery box inner fender area.
After getting an Eastwood spot weld cutter (what a great invention) and cutting out all of the spot welds the old panel came out fairly easy (probably because there was not much left of it [&:]). Got a new panel from American Pony and messaged it a little to fit. Drilled holes in the new panel to duplicate the spot welds. Measured, measured, and measured again to make sure that it was in the right place and started tacking and welding. After a little grinding and paint I think it turned out pretty good.
Here are some before and after pictures.
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After getting an Eastwood spot weld cutter (what a great invention) and cutting out all of the spot welds the old panel came out fairly easy (probably because there was not much left of it [&:]). Got a new panel from American Pony and messaged it a little to fit. Drilled holes in the new panel to duplicate the spot welds. Measured, measured, and measured again to make sure that it was in the right place and started tacking and welding. After a little grinding and paint I think it turned out pretty good.
Here are some before and after pictures.
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