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First time out in the Mustang.. (lots of pics)

  • Well.. over 2-1/2 years ago I bought this 65 vert shell. The drive to get in Ohio was almost exactly 24 hours long. Although I doesn't need paint, I did take every nut and bolt off of it and replaced it. I've done almost all the work myself.. even taught myself to weld because I got tired of paying others to do the work.

    It's running a 331 EFI mill, a T5z transmission, and a 9" rear with 3.89 gear w/truetrac.

    Today is the first day that it's driven more than 30 feet from my house. I drove it around the neighborhood and since it only had a temporary exhaust, I'm sure I scared a few people in the process. I took my little 6 year old with me (my future motorhead).. I think I've got him hooked!!

    Other than the temporary exhaust rattling like there's no tomorrow, everything went well.

    I pretty much need three more things:
  • The hood painted to match the rest of the car (obviously)
  • An alignment
  • The exhaust system completed


    All in all, its looking pretty good. Its far from a show car, but it'll do me just fine since I plan to drive it quite a bit.

    The exterior:

    Those are driving lights not fog lights.
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    Interior:

    Those are Fiero seats with the covers made to match the 65:
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    I installed 4pt. harness for the rear:
    2011-12-10_-_65_Mustang_Interior_3.JPG


    Autometer American Muscle gauges and Lecarra steering wheel and hub. Notice my custom radio delete plate:
    2011-12-10_-_65_Mustang_Interior_4.JPG


    2.5 lbs. Fire extinguisher mounted in below the front seat:
    2011-12-10_-_65_Mustang_Interior_6.JPG


    Hopefully, I'll be getting her finished up in January.

    -Shannon
 
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Congratulations Shannon! I love those front seats. I used to have parchment interior and I really liked it.
 
Omg! What a stang ! If I had it to do over again, I sure would have liked an engine like that!! ; )

"LastDeadLast" said:
Thanks guys for the complements!

Here is the mill:

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-Shannon
 
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That is a very nice job on a great vert! I kinda like the stripes, didn't think they would go with a vert but look good. :steer
 
"Fast68back" said:
What are the two blue lines, hyd steering box?

They go to the Borgeson steering pump... I hate the color. The plan is to cover them up in sheathing soon.

So far, I like the steering!!!

-Shannon
 
Congrats! nice looking car!
Wish i was at that stage, I plan on using the borgeson power steering too glad to see you like it.
 
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