I realized I never followed up once I finished, Although we are never truly finished. Completed everything around April. I have been cruising, a few shows and meet ups. Overall I have been very satisfied with the end result. Its not perfect, but I am proud. 2.5 years of evenings and weekends well worth it. Going on year 32 as the owner of my first car. Ive been very blessed.
Wanted to take a moment and share our families pride and joy. My grandfather bought this ‘67 new for my grandmother back in the day. It’s been garaged its entire life. It has the original Lime Gold paint, original Magnum 500 wheels, original working AM radio and about 62k original miles. It even has the original grease pencil markings under the right front section of the hood as you can see in the photos. In 2017, we upgraded to disc brakes and power steering and redid the interior upholstery but kept it period correct. It’s a 289 V8 A-code which has the 4-barrel carburetor.
My question is how would you classify it? Since the upholstery was redone but kept period correct, does it still qualify as an ‘original survivor,’ or is it better described as preserved or mostly original?
It has minor blemishes to the paint here and there but overall not much. She cleans up like Uncle Eddie would say, “Real nice.”👌
Link to walk around video:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1tS1d5UUahqdmmydP1gZv4ttgryKnXufu/view?usp=drivesdk
6 weeks ago I picked up a 1966 Coupe. 289, C4 Auto, Power steering, Manual drums all around. Previous owner restored the outside two years ago. The rest needed attention. Ran fine but showed its age on the interior. Shifted pretty sloppy. Drove it for about 5 miles and then brought her into the garage and started a mini restoration. First thing I did was strip the interior. It was pretty bad. Seats were barely more than a wire frame. Carpet was pretty stinky and gross. Headliner was falling off. Some of the electronics were not working well. The dash didn’t light up. The heater box wasn’t functional and manual drum brakes were sketchy to say the least.
Stripped the wiring harness and replaced it with a painless harness. Repainted the dash. Restored the gauge cluster. Rebuilt the heater box and replaced the register with a plastic unit. Polished all the chrome bits. Dynomatted the whole interior floor and roof. Did a one piece vinyl headliner with A piller and Sail panels. New Carpet. New seats and seat belts. Restored the rear seat.
Then I removed the tires C4 and converted it to a T5. Hanging the clutch pedal wasn’t exactly fun.
Stripped the master cylinder and front drums and converted to front drum brakes.
Dynamatted the trunk and added a matching black carpet.
Replaced the stock 195/70/14 wheels and tires with some Black Steel Wheels in 15x7. 205/60/15 in front and 225/60/15 in the rear. Tires are BG Goodrich Radial TA’s.
That’s pretty much it for Phase one. Next up is a few odds and ends I have planned. I need to add a tach. Might do a center console? The power steering leaves a lot to be desired. Not sure what I’ll do with that. Part of me wants to go manual steering. Also I’m still running the stock 2.90 open rear diff in the 8”. Prof go to a 3.25 traction Loc. Also if I do the center console I am considering adding a double din radio. Currently it has none. The stock radio location has a block off. Eventually I’ll prob do an Edelbrock top end kit and a Fuel Injection setup. But that’s a winter job.
Anyway not really sure the point of this post. Just felt like sharing the work I did the last month.
Looking at a 67 coupe with a 289 3 speed auto car. Interior all there and in decent shape.
Will need floor pan and most likely 1 frame rail under drivers feet. Runs drives stops. New fuel tank, ending unit, all new dual exhaust and a bunch of other work.I’m suspicious of quarters
In centeral Canada what should I be looking at for fair value? Currently at 7500 Canadian which is already not bad for up here.
Thanks a lot!
I bought my 1966 in 2000 and used it as a daily driver till I had a few close calls stopping that it wouldn’t stop with the four wheel drums. Parked it to do a v8 / five speed / 9 inch rear / front disk suspension swap. I bought a rust buck coupe with all those parts that I stripped off and stored for the conversion. That was 20 years ago.
I have a 1967 mustang with single piston front disc brakes. The guy who had the car before me put in spindles from a 70-73 mustang like the ones pictured above. I want to upgrade to the 4-piston calipers for better stopping but I’m under the impression I’d have to buy new spindles and caliper brackets to fit the calipers pictured above. I’m wondering if there are any caliper bracket adapters that will bolt on to the 70-73 spindles that will work with the 4-piston brakes. I think I may have found one above however I figured I’d get second opinions or advice on how to proceed before I buy whole new spindles and brackets
Got the Mustang running smooth. Decided to clean up a little. About to drive it then a bad brake line stops me. (small setback)