Mustangs and Muscle cars

[talisman]

Ac, turning and breaks can be simply fixed with a little effort. Those can all be changed

Unlike your screen name, which contains two words, both of which you managed to misspell. Congrats on your well formed opinion I guess.

[Momentomoir]

Little effort...and a shit-load of money.

Not if you know where to look and who to talk to.

[BLAKE]

I think they might be talking about $40k to drop into a 66 or 67. Like buying body and so forth. Thats why they said building up.

Yeah, I know. That's what I'm saying. I have a little over 20 in my 66, and it's a fastback. But it took me 15 years to get it there and did most in my garage. I guess if a shop did all the work it could cost that much, but still. That's a lot of money for a 65-68 coupe.

[Vertnut]

Not if you know where to look and who to talk to.

I was in the game a long time. It still takes dead presidents.

[Big A]

66 & 67 are two different body styles and it would have to be either super-rare, or use some really expensive parts and paint to cost $40K.

I meant body off restoration, and all the go-fast parts that I'd throw at it. Truth be told, that $40k will most likely go into a C6, only because I don't have a garage to build something in yet.

I do want to build a 60's stang though, the only diversion will be if I can pry my grandad's '68 Firebird vert from my dad's hands.

[Momentomoir]

Unlike your screen name, which contains two words, both of which you managed to misspell. Congrats on your well formed opinion I guess.

It was misspelled long ago, I realized later on but its how I spelled it for my gamer tag/handle and I just decided to stick with the spelling. But thank you for pointing it out. You are actually the first person I've none to realize it.

[Momentomoir]

I was in the game a long time. It still takes dead presidents.

I didn't know Benjamin Franklin was a president =P. Sorry couldn't help it.

It does take money but it still helps doing it your self and having a mechanic friend to help you

[BLAKE]

I meant body off restoration, and all the go-fast parts that I'd throw at it. Truth be told, that $40k will most likely go into a C6, only because I don't have a garage to build something in yet.

I do want to build a 60's stang though, the only diversion will be if I can pry my grandad's '68 Firebird vert from my dad's hands.

Good luck getting the body off.

I hear what you're saying though. I still think you can come in well below that $40K number. A 68 Firebird would be bitchin' too.

[Ruffdaddy]

They look like shit, designed like shit. To me its old school or nothing.

You're an absolute car idiot if you think old school cars were designed better...

[Big A]

Good luck getting the body off.

I hear what you're saying though. I still think you can come in well below that $40K number. A 68 Firebird would be bitchin' too.

I'm totally ignorant to restoration costs, so I was erring on the high side. The firebird was bequeathed to me verbally, but at the time I was wasting money on my '98 GT, so I had to pass. For now it sits, and my dad thinks it's worth a mint.

I'll probably have to make him realize the true value, and buy it from him, but without a garage to put it in currently, it will continue to sit.

When I first moved to San Diego I saw a restored example in the same gold color, and fell in love again. The 326 will get replaced with a 400, and I'm up in the air on a repaint.

[BERNIE MOSFET]

You realize it's "Memento Mori," right?

You beat me to it!

[DON SVO]

Get back to work, MOSFET!

[BERNIE MOSFET]

Get back to work, MOSFET!

Ha!

[TEAMJACOB]

I got about 3 posts down before I realized this guy is a tool and I skipped to the bottom

[71chevellejohn]

You're an absolute car idiot if you think old school cars were designed better...

He means they were designed better if you use all of the modern parts to resolve the downfalls of the original design. Which is what's going on with my car - 71 on the outside 2011+ on the inside/underhood.

And OP, if your car has breaks you should repair them and then you can call them brakes like the rest of us!