- Joined
- Aug 8, 2024
- Messages
- 15
- Reaction score
- 11
- Location
- Northbrook, IL.
- My Car
- White with black stripes
No, That's totally normal, isn't it?So a group of guys going gar gars over a wheel well don't have a problem right?
Thank you! What a long strange trip it's been, haha.What an incredible transformation. Wonderful!!!
I know exactly what you mean, I'm also fully involved in the project: https://7173mustangs.com/threads/mustang-mach-1-1973-351c-v2-h-code.44836/.Thank you! What a long strange trip it's been, haha.
This was my first Ford full resto, and it was a learning experience, I built a lot of cars back in my teens and twenties, usually engine swap on one, paint job on another, sometimes both mechanical and body on one the same car. I never performed a full frame off restoration back then, I never had the budget or space to do it. As an adult, I have only done full frame off restorations on Chevy's. After taking a multiple decade break from restoring cars, raising four sons, building my business and paying bills, I have to admit I was spoiled by building these Camaro's and Chevelle's. By the time I reentered the hobby, everything, for those cars, was being made reproduction, often by multiple manufacturers so you can compare price and quality. I am confident that you could build a 69 Camaro completely out of a catalog, they make fricking everything for that car, haha. With our cars though, I learned if someone makes it they are probably the only one that does make it, so whatever the quality, it is the only one out there. I also had to figure out who the best supply houses for Mustang parts were, and who weren't so great (not wanting to name the not so great but their initials are CJPP, haha).
I found that I needed to remember how to do it like we did back in the day. I have to admit, I found it strangely more satisfying though. Hunting that needed part down gives a sense of accomplishment that ordering it from a supply house simply doesn't give you. Networking was the key back then, going to car shows and swap meets trying to meet the guy with the honey hole full of parts. Thankfully, in addition to all of our old school tricks, which are still invaluable, we now have the luxury of the internet with Craigslist and eBay.
Hats off to Idaho Chris for referring me to this forum, it has been a life saver. There have been so many helpful people that helped this yahoo from Chicago with mostly GM experience to not screw up a Mustang too badly. I appreciate all of the support, advise, tips, and parts assistance that I received from the members here as I travelled down this road. Thank you again for all of the advise and guidance that all of the members here have given, I really appreciate all of it.
My car is still not completed, ( I have a new piece of cardboard taped to the wall with a bunch more to-do's listed on it) but it is a driver and I am trying to drive the tires off of it before winter. All of my friends have put their cars away for the winter already, I helped a friend winterize his Vette yesterday and to my knowledge that was the last one to get tucked away for hibernation. I want to keep driving mine until the beginning of December. We usually don't get snow around here until after that, but once the snow hits the ground, in Illinois that means rock salt on the streets and that is when the party will be over for this year.
God willing, we will all be here digging them out in the spring and firing them up and performing our civic duty, trying to keep the streets maintained by repairing areas of the asphalt with rubber patches, wherever we can.
I have been watching your thread and commenting as you go. Your car is looking great and you are really making a lot of progress!I know exactly what you mean, I'm also fully involved in the project: https://7173mustangs.com/threads/mustang-mach-1-1973-351c-v2-h-code.44836/.
No problem, I just wanted to let you know I was watching your build and am impressed by all you are doing and the quality of the workmanship.Yes, of course. Sorry, sometimes I get confused with the names.
Thank you so much! Appreciate itNo problem, I just wanted to let you know I was watching your build and am impressed by all you are doing and the quality of the workmanship.
Thanks, TBH they look better in the pics than in real life but they will do, at least for now.Wow, they look like new. Fits perfectly! Unfortunately, there aren't that many of us in Germany driving cars like that, so no chance, and I had to have reproductions installed. The material is different from the originals, which is a real shame.
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