10-13-2017, 09:42 AM
Those who have been here (Mach 1 Club) for a bit know that I have been able to help each of my four previous children own and work on a classic Ford of their own.
First there was a 1967 F-250 Highboy
Followed by a 1963 F-100 converted to 4X4
Followed by a 1970 Maverick 5.0 - 5 speed - EFI
Followed by a 1967 Ranchero
The latest for my final child: this 1965 Mustang Coupe. Let the fun begin!
This particular Mustang was sold new in the Dallas, Texas area, has evidently spent the majority of it's life (rust free) in the southwest desert, where my daughter and I picked it up in the Alamogordo, New Mexico area.
Originally it is a 289 V8 2V car (C code) with a 3 speed manual. Black Crinkle vinyl standard interior and color code X (vintage burgundy metallic).
The reason it met it's fate (sitting in a salvage yard field) was due to a driver's side collision squarely on the driver's chassis rail that has left it with a 1" discrepancy in wheelbase length from side to side.
Our hopes is to pull or replace that chassis rail correcting that major issue and begin to bring it back to life. It will be yet another Father/daughter project with a hopeful end of a drivable although perhaps not completely finished Mustang in about a year or so.
First there was a 1967 F-250 Highboy
Followed by a 1963 F-100 converted to 4X4
Followed by a 1970 Maverick 5.0 - 5 speed - EFI
Followed by a 1967 Ranchero
The latest for my final child: this 1965 Mustang Coupe. Let the fun begin!
This particular Mustang was sold new in the Dallas, Texas area, has evidently spent the majority of it's life (rust free) in the southwest desert, where my daughter and I picked it up in the Alamogordo, New Mexico area.
Originally it is a 289 V8 2V car (C code) with a 3 speed manual. Black Crinkle vinyl standard interior and color code X (vintage burgundy metallic).
The reason it met it's fate (sitting in a salvage yard field) was due to a driver's side collision squarely on the driver's chassis rail that has left it with a 1" discrepancy in wheelbase length from side to side.
Our hopes is to pull or replace that chassis rail correcting that major issue and begin to bring it back to life. It will be yet another Father/daughter project with a hopeful end of a drivable although perhaps not completely finished Mustang in about a year or so.
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