Another European........

[pattex]

Hi!

My name is Patrick from Stuttgart/Germany.

Like a few other guys from Europe, I discovered your forum in a thread at a european Mustang forum.

I own a ´73 Grandé T5 with 351 Cleveland 4V and a C6 transmission. I own this car since ´91. Used it as a daily from 91 to 95, when engine and transmission problems occured. I decided to change engine and transmission, paint it and do some other small things. Like always, there were many more things to fix than expected.

Because I´m not a good mechanic at all, I needed help from my friends. The car was built up again in many, many small steps and was back on the road in ...........2008! Quite a long time!

As you see on the pictures, it´s not original, more or less 1980´s pimp style! But I still like it like this!

 

[Tnfastbk]

::welcome:: Glad to have you aboard. Thats the cool thing about this site, its your car to build how you want it, nobody judges.

 

[Nance]

Welcome to the forum..Glad to have you.

 

[RocketFoot]

Welcome tot he forums! Glad to have you aboard! That is a beautiful coupe! I am restoring a 72 coupe myself!

 

[droptop73]

Welcome Patrick, nice car. It's good to have you here.

 

[73vertproject]

Welcome to the club, Patrick! That's a great project.

If you have any, please post up some "in progress" pics. I'd like to see what you did to your car, and what it looked like before.

Doc

 

[canadian_red_maple_leaf]

hi patrick,

great to have you here

abudi

 

[cobra3073]

WELCOME aboard, Patrick!

I love what you have done with your Coupe. You have obviously put a lot of time and effort into the Car and it shows.

Again, Welcome and I look forward to interacting with you on the Forums.

BT

 

[Mister 4x4]

GORGEOUS Coupe!! I love the '80s pimpin' chrome mod rims - had some on my '82. What size tires and rims are you running? I'm probably gonna go staggered sizes on mine as well.

 

[pattex]

Thanks @ all for the warm Welcome!

@73vertproject:

Sorry, most of the restoration was done in pre-digital times. And the photos got lost somehow. I didn´t sandblast the car, because there was really only little rust on the body. Only small welding was necessary. When I bought the car in ´91 the car was painted in glossy black, but very bad work. I decided to paint it in an aubergine/violet color. In ´96 or ´97 it was painted in this blue Porsche irisblue-metallic, which is still on the car.

Original color of the car was kind of gold/brown-metallic (don´t remember the name) with brown/yellow (I think ginger) de luxe interieur and vinyl top. I changed the interieur in grey and black BMW-leather.

For it is an Q-code I changed the 302 and the C4, which was in the car when I bought it, in a 351C 4V with a C6. Suspensions, wiring and many other stuff were changed to make it a reliable car for a not-so-talented mechanic like me.

@Mister 4x4

7x14 in the front with 235/60/14, 10x15 in the rear with 295/50/15

 

[73vertproject]

Thanks for the info, Patrick. I completely understand about the pictures.

Doc

 

[mach1 fever]

welcome, this a great place to be

 

[Maiden Dearborn]

Welcome to the spot. I spent a few years in Ludwigsburg about 10 clicks from you many years ago. I loved the 'bahn but hated the strict vehicle inspection program. Great pictures, love to see more....