my buddies 68 stang starting to come back together

[ma67cpe]

This is my buddies 68 mustang that is getting a lot of work done to it. Kevin is about to put the car back on the ground for the first time in a bout a year.

This is what it looked like a few months ago



Here is today

[SNEAKY]

that is a ton of work

[Blackpony]

Very kool! I just picked up a 67 coupe with an i-6 auto. It has a little cancer, plan to begin the correction once i get my 95 back up and running.. I love that front end setup! Im looking at the aje stuff.

[SonicblueGT03]

Hats off to the dedication to get that project started.

[talisman]

Jesus. No offense, but why even bother? I could see it if it was a Fastback he picked up for nearly nothing, but 67-68 coupes are still a dime a dozen.

[BLAKE]

Good lord, that's pretty ambitious. Bet it'll be a bad mofo when it's done.

[Blackpony]

Jesus. No offense, but why even bother? I could see it if it was a Fastback he picked up for nearly nothing, but 67-68 coupes are still a dime a dozen.

Because they are still cool. Why fix up any car? Because it is a hobby.

[talisman]

Because they are still cool. Why fix up any car? Because it is a hobby.

It wasn't a question of cool, it was a question of cost/work to benefit ratio.

[Rotortrash]

Jesus. No offense, but why even bother? I could see it if it was a Fastback he picked up for nearly nothing, but 67-68 coupes are still a dime a dozen.

That's looking good!


I understand why someone would ask this question. In some ways, I agree. For me, however, this is exactly what I would like to do, and I think I would want to do it to a coupe.

I would love to have a fastback, but if I were to find one that I could afford to buy, I think I would want to stay closer to stock. It wouldn't hurt my feelings to do it to a coupe because they still are a dime a dozen.

[BLAKE]

If it's not an effort to make money, I don't see the problem. Some people just like coupes. Not for me, but I can see why. The coupe is still one of the most beautiful designs of the 60's. Opinion, of course, but one most would agree with.

[John -- '02 HAWK]

The coupe is still one of the most beautiful designs of the 60's.

Iconic would be more appropriate

[BLAKE]

I would love to have a fastback, but if I were to find one that I could afford to buy, I think I would want to stay closer to stock. It wouldn't hurt my feelings to do it to a coupe because they still are a dime a dozen.

Fuck all that. They made more than a couple fastbacks too. 66 was the lowest year with 35,000 2+2s produced. That's more than half the production of all 2009 Mustangs sold in the US. Granted, they have to survive 40+ years, but I'm willing to bet that a lot of them did.

Point is, for just about every interesting, historically noteworthy type of classic Mustang out there, there's at least one that lives a pristine, preserved existence. For the rest of them, I say have fun with them. Now that I have a 5-speed, I'm never going back to a junky 60's transmission just because it's more "correct", that's for damn sure.

[BLAKE]

Iconic would be more appropriate

I don't think the two are mutually exclusive.

[ARIX]

This makes me want to get off my ass and finish mine! I think putting money in it to make it reliable and as you want it is better than going and buying a new vehicle and losing half it's value as soon as you drive off.

[John -- '02 HAWK]

I don't think the two are mutually exclusive.

Thats why I said iconic