Hmm, I'm kinda double about this project.
Don't get me wrong it's not jealousy as some might be willing to shout very quickly, I love the way the outside looks. (but that's the '65 part, lol)
And I don't know if it's the "butchering" that AC mentioned is what borders me, it's just like the artikel says: "you can't put your finger on it", or "something is really wrong here" might be what I mean.
I did not bother reading through all of the posts on this forum, just the first 2 pages but I just would like to add my 2 cents. in 1986 when I got my 65 coupe the car was basically a cool old car. I started making it cooler in my opinion by modifying it. It never occurred to me to keep it stock because that was not what I wanted. I have a license plate on my car now that I think says it all. 65 myway. This is my car. I have put 10's of thousands of dollars into it over the years and it will never be worth what I have in it. do I care. no. I built the car for my enjoyment. at the time restomod wasn't a word, most people who were restoring the cars were doing so to stock standards. not my cup of tea. So what is my opinion. Dang I wish I had the skills and the money to do what you are doing. more power to you. there is room in this hobby for everyone, except people who think there way is the only way. The car is yours build it your way, if no one else appreciates it, at least you do. If you build it to suit someone else's idea of what it should be, and you don't like it, you might as well be one of those companies that build eleanor clones. because all you will have when you are done is a car that you will want to sell. heck yes build it your way. great job guys. btw I saw the finished project in a magazine recently and I think you did a heck of a job. just my opinion.
and for the record I like the eleanor cars too, and if that is what you as an owner want that is just fine by me. I only meant that you would just be building a car to sell, not to keep and enjoy.
mccance, you sais it perfect, make it the way you want it and don't compromise for all of the naysayers, I just wish I had the money, time, skills, and tools to do what they're doing!
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1968 Mustang Coupe with 331 stroker, Explorer 8.8" rear-3.73 Posi, '88 T-5,hydraulic clutch, dual Flowmaster exhaust, 4-wheel discs!
mccance has it right in my opinion too... I did not buy the car to please Joe Smith that thinks every car should be restored. I bought it for my own pleasure! If I want to modify something, I will. If I'm worried about devaluing my car, then obviously I'm not thinking about keeping the car, and plan to sell it. Are people more interested in buying unmolested classics? Definitely, but that is how you build your car. To sell, keep it original, or as close as possible. If you bought it for you, do it your way. Is the 65 Fastback rare? for sure, but so was my 65 Olds D88 Convertible... Doesn't mean everyone wants one!
Like the transformation! Good job guys!
Cheers!
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1966 Mustang 289 Coupe - Done! Now For Sale...
First Ride - 1986 Mustang GT Cobra Convertible - Sold March 2007
I'll jump on that bandwagon too! From my very first car at 17 to now, I have modded my vehicles to suit me and not concerned myself with value too much.
I just bought this '70 Mustang coupe for my son and we're dong a restomod to it. It is going to be a '70 Boss 302 coupe. Guess what we will have when we complete our project? Possibly one of a kind!
SN65,
The way I see it is its your time, money and above all your car. If that is what you want to do then go for it! Great color too. Is it a Ford factory shade?
I don't see why they just did't buy the body panels instead of hacking up a fastback. I mean you can order everything but the VIN from countless sources. Unless the car was crushed by a monster truck or hit by a train it is restorable. We've hung 65 Stang bodies on the dirt cars for years now. Just order the body parts you need and tackem' up. A tweak here and there and viola. Granted they were not show cars but we didn't chop a car to pieces. Other than that the car is bad ass. Just don't like the way they went about it.
I don't see why they just did't buy the body panels instead of hacking up a fastback. I mean you can order everything but the VIN from countless sources. Unless the car was crushed by a monster truck or hit by a train it is restorable. We've hung 65 Stang bodies on the dirt cars for years now. Just order the body parts you need and tackem' up. A tweak here and there and viola. Granted they were not show cars but we didn't chop a car to pieces. Other than that the car is bad ass. Just don't like the way they went about it.
Thats one opinion, I personally think that this was a pretty awesome project. If I had the money and time I would love to do something similar to my fastback. I also got lots of great ideas from this thread.
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05 - Zeon body kit, Saleen S/C, 3.6" pully, 90mm MAF, L/T Heders, Catted X-Pipe, Saleen Race Craft suspension, Axel brace, Pan hard bar. More to come this spring from my friends at PMP and Larry H.
65 - Street force coil over front suspension, Wilwood disk breaks at all 4 wheels, More construction in progress! More to come this spring from Simons Auto & Restoration!
I said I like the car, I just don't like the way they went about it. They could have saved the fastback and used body panels from different sources instead of hacking up a fastback. This is why I buy 6 cyl coupes. There are so many out there I'm not hacking up something rare. There is a limited number of these fastbacks left. To hack 1 to pieces is to update it is kind of ridiculous IMO.
I said I like the car, I just don't like the way they went about it. They could have saved the fastback and used body panels from different sources instead of hacking up a fastback. This is why I buy 6 cyl coupes. There are so many out there I'm not hacking up something rare. There is a limited number of these fastbacks left. To hack 1 to pieces is to update it is kind of ridiculous IMO.
Well you probably wouldn't like what I did with my car, then again, the door handles were removed before I got it. We will have to agree to disagree.
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05 - Zeon body kit, Saleen S/C, 3.6" pully, 90mm MAF, L/T Heders, Catted X-Pipe, Saleen Race Craft suspension, Axel brace, Pan hard bar. More to come this spring from my friends at PMP and Larry H.
65 - Street force coil over front suspension, Wilwood disk breaks at all 4 wheels, More construction in progress! More to come this spring from Simons Auto & Restoration!
I know what its like to start on a car and bury yourself with a car thats in much worse shape than you thought when you started but thats why I started with a mustang that wasnt worth "restoring" from ebay the original plan was to drop in a stock injected 5.0 upgrade the leaf springs install lowering springs and have a nice primer black daily driver, everystep of the way i found more rust and rot front frame rails were actually pieces of bedframe welded on undercoated and painted so out came the frame rails and front shock towers in with the TCI MUSTANG II front suspension conversion with wilwood 4 piston calipers (the car needed all new front suspension anyway all bushings and balljoints were shot) the heidts 4 link rear conversion was on me but i have definately done things to the car that make it that theres no way to go back to stock but thats why i started with a plain jane 68 hard top with only options factory ac and power steering, the 65 fastback they are using from what he described was at least better used for this project rather than be cut up and used as a parts car
I don't live far from you, heh. But I strongly am opposed to the project. Sorry if I offend you, but I personally think you are wasting a perfectly good 65 Fastback. They're hard to come by as it is, and you're only adding to the cause. I'm sorry, I didn't mean for that to sound offensive, I just don't want to see classic cars like these fade away as so many before them have. In 30 years, a Ford 32 3-window Coupe will be nothing but text and pictures in a book, which is something I don't want to see happen.
Nah man. Have to disagree here. A numbers matching fastback might fetch some dollars, and perhaps a PERFECT numbers matching car could be redone in stock form for historical purposes, but otherwise, the car is a canvas, and that's his particular taste. Personally, I love modernized muscle (Albeit, I always loved the Mustang's interior, so I might have gone for stock looking, with modern amenities. Again though, that just my particular taste) so I think what he's done is cool.
Besides, if nothing else, at least it doesn't have Nissan Silvia internals like that fast back from the Fast and the Furious 3. lol
I'll jump on that bandwagon too! From my very first car at 17 to now, I have modded my vehicles to suit me and not concerned myself with value too much.
