I agree with andrewmp6, mod it! You can always put it back to stock if you don't get too carried away.

 

In the shape and condition that its in...keep it original. Mod a car that needs changes not yours. But I do like a nice restomod!!!

 

Thanks for all of the good replys. I am leaning towart keeping it original, altough a resto would be more fun to drive. Thanks again.

 

I agree with most on this. First do what YOU want. What will make you enjoy the car most. Second, I'm not so sure a restored original will be worth more than a modified car. Only a Mustang purist would want the original while a bigger crowd would be interested in a fun car that is cool. I agree that a mostly original car would be cheaper to restore to original but from what I've seen "restomods" sell for, unless it's extremly rare it won't sell for more than a well done modified car. I'm not trying to start something, just saying if you are doing the job with potential sale in mind look at what both modified and original cars are selling for to help you decide.
Craig

 

Save the original parts for later, and for now, make the car what YOU want it to be. As long as you keep all of your original parts, you can put back to original later.

You only live once, do it your way!

 

An oringal car WILL sell for $2k+ more than the same car modified. Do a little research of the market, or just hop on Ebay and you can see that fact. Not only that, but a classic mustang shop will be VERY interest in an oringal car as well. Only reason im telling you this is because you stated that your going to sell it in the future.

 

You need to decide what you want out of the car.

I purchased my 66 conv in 1993 and spent three years restoring it to near stock condition. Only mods were a 4bbl carb, 66 shelby wheels, and dual exhaust. I enjoyed the car for a long time. But I did not drive it much. The automatic C-4 was not fun, brakes were not great (I rebuilt the 4 wheel drum setup and it was as good as it could be). And heading into a off-ramp was always +exciting+ as it was quite flexible :-(

So I just did the following:
- Stiffer anti-roll bar
- Weld on traction bars
- Sub-frame connectors
- period correct disc brakes
- T-5 Trans Swap
- Posi Traction Rear (the axle was shot with 140K miles on it)

Now later if someone (or me) decides to take it all back to stock they can do that. But now it stops much better, it does not flex... A much different ride.

So if you do mod and your car is in great shape, just consider if the mods could be backed out by someone later (or you) if desired.

 

sleeper it. keep the cosmetic stuff original, but restomod the steering and mechanical parts. i mean, you dont need to airbag it and rack and pinion it and tubular control arm and stuff like that but just do minor upgrades. maybe some stiffer springs/shocks and a nice sway bar. keep the interior original and just put a mild cam in the engine. set yourself a budget. do whatever you can with a certain amount of money to get it to drive as much like a modern car as you can.