Sup ya'll, first post here. Alright, basically in January I'm getting my first car that is actually mine. For a while I'd been considering things like the Genesis Coupe or the 370z, but recently I realized the cars that have always held my attention have been good ole' American muscle. My uncle restores classics for a hobby and told me that a good place to start would be to look at either a 67 or 66 mustang coupe, as they are relatively simple and can be found in pretty decent shape for a good price.

I'm looking to spend up to $15000 at first on the car with more going into it over the time, and I was wondering if this is enough to start with on a Mustang from one of those years and if it is a good car to start with. I was also wondering how easy they are to work on, as I have no experience working on any types of cars whatsoever, but would enjoy trying to do some of the work on whatever I get. I have found a few cars in the Dallas area for under $7000-12000 and all of them look to be in drivable condition. One of my questions is, are 66 or 67 mustangs for around that price good enough to be used as a daily driver, whilst still doing some work on it as I get more money to put into it?

Any help is greatly appreciative and if something is unclear in what I said, just ask me to clarify. (i'm half asleep right now so I don't know if any of this has made sense). Anyways thanks for your time and help!

 

If you are looking at coupes unless its a big block 5k to 7k is all i would pay for one tops.The coupe is the most common body of the early mustangs out there.Get on craigslist and start looking but before you buy anything get your uncle to look the car over and to check for rust the common places are inside the cowl vent the floor pan the frame rails front and back and the rear quarter panels.

 

Good choice.

Interesting. The 64-66 is quite different in many ways from the 67-68.

Unless you are a trained welder, pick a car with no rust. Should not be a problem with that price range, as long as you want a coupe. A convertible or fastback would cost considerably more than a coupe.

Get the factory service manual. If you can read, and find the correct end of a wrench, you can fix most anything on these cars. They are unusually easy to work on.

Sure. Minor repairs and cosmetic work while using them are a tradition on these cars.

As for such distinctions as "66" or "67", you can get familiar with the various years here:

http://www.themustangsource.com/timeline/index.htm