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1966 Mustang Coupe Restomod

Round 2. The black line is where Brian will be cutting

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Welds ground

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Brian wanted to see how 275 x 18's fit so he borrowed these from another project car

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This is the owners original 255 x 17's that are now to narrow and will be going on my Mustang II restomod under construction.

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Sprayed a little epoxy to keep it from getting any surface rust

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Brian is starting on the other side. Bolted on the stone guard and front valance to keep everything lined up.

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Left side

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Welds ground

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Rod & Custom coilover rear suspension

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Currie 9" with Wilwood brakes

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Test fitting the rear suspension

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I have the second Rod & Custom rear suspension kit sold on my 1968 Coupe and it fit great. We can get the car real low if we want. The kit has been redesigned and it is a little harder to install and you cannot get it as low as my car.

The upper shock mount now has heim joints because I'm sure not all early Mustangs have the same distance between the frame rails. Tack welded in place

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Upper control arm crossmember and rear end brackets tack welded in place

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Installing the rear coilover shocks

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Everything was installed according to the directions and this is the lowest it would go.

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After talking to Rod & Custom they said to turn the lower shock mount over

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This is the ride height now with no weight in the car

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How much lower will it go once interior, glass etc are installed? Seems like it might be to low, if there is such a thing.
 
You could take a piece of bar stock, drill some holes and extend the holes closer to the ground if needed . . . I can make a sketch and attach if you want to see what I mean.
 
How much lower will it go once interior, glass etc are installed? Seems like it might be to low, if there is such a thing.

The Customer likes it and it will go down a little with weight in it but not as low as my car with the original kit.

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With weight in the car I think the ride height will be about right

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Welded the rear valance in place

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Welds ground

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We wanted to do something different for the exhaust. We cut the exhaust outlets from a 1967 valance but had to make it a little larger to fit our tail pipes

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Welds ground

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Fixing the trunk gap

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The owner wanted a spoiler but did not like how tall it was so we lowered the Mustangs to Fear spoiler and end caps about 1". It will be straight with the top of the quarter

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Spoiler cut and test fitting

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The end caps were bolted, bonded and fiberglass mat added to the quarter panel

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The spoiler was bonded to the deck lid and fiberglass mat added

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I epoxy primed the body

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Block sanded and a little more bodywork

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One coat of SPI epoxy primer

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Two coats of SPI Turbo primer

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We took the body off the rotisserie and mounted it on a cart so I could finish the taillight panel and rear valance. I block sanded one more time

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Epoxy primed

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We want to test fit everything before paint. Starting installing the Rod & Custom suspension

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Back on the ground

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Getting ready to install the 347 engine and TKO transmission. Those hoses got to go.

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Engine and trans installed

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Ididit steering column with a Billet Specialties wheel

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A few more photos

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