I can't help but think of "Mater" when I see this shot.

 

The top pic is a photoshop, meaning I manipulated the picture to lower the car and add wheels. The last pic is how it actually sits right now, and I dont plan on lowering the rear any, but the front will get dropped once everything is back on it and the springs sag a bit. I did the shop to see what it would look like with better wheels and tires under it and the front end down a bit. The headers keep it from going that low, but I like how it looks, at least as a photochop. I play around with the program a bit, it helps decide things.

I've only had this car for 25+ years, it was my first car back in the 80s. I Just realized I wrote higher in front, I meant lower.. My hands dont always say what my mind is thinking. stupid fingers. You could say I have some experience with Mustangs and Cougars, I've had a few.

Thanks Andy, its been a long road to this point. Friends dont let friends finish painting a car 22 years after the job is started. What I started when I was 17, I could never have completed until now. I didnt have the place to do it, or the funds even for a budget build like this one. I am glad I waited, I think I would have screwed it up and made a huge mess of things if I had been able to proceed back in 86 when I sanded it down.

If you think this is amazing considering how it looked before, want and see what I do with the other one... It looked like this before I tore it down to little more than a bare shell. It wasnt even a parts car to sensible people.

 

Yeah crunchy, the alignment is whacked. I need to rotate the LCA bolt and straighten that wheel up a bit. Its hard to push like that too. I should have the bumpers and valance panels on it by the weekend, need to go out and finish the body work on the front one.