Posts Tagged ‘red ’66 Mustang’

Wow, what a difference! The instrument clusters don’t age well in these old Mustangs. The ‘chrome’ wears thin, the gauge pointers fade, faux wood grain shrinks and cracks. We airbrushed the needles with some fresh fluorescent orange paint, and cap it off with a new lens and bezel. It may be hard to tell in…

The engine compartment gets it final topcoat finsih in black like the factory did it and we start reassembling the front suspension on the ’66 Mustang. The cross member and cute little sway bar go back in. Mustang engine compartment finished in satin black All new suspension is topped off with disc brakes to replace…

The metal dash frame on the ’66 Mustang is an integral part of the car and cannot be removed. The Original black paint was definitely showing its age so once all the switches and accessories are removed we mask it off (and cover everything inside and out) and spray fresh coats of landau black to…

Some of these Mustang parts look good enough to eat….

We started detailing the undercarriage and removed the rear axle so it could be cleaned up, resealed, and modified for 5 lug wheels. The rear axle is removed for some refurbishing while the undercarriage gets some detailing The axle was caked with dirt and oil and after some scraping we learned why. The rear axle…

Got started on the upholstery for the 66 Mustang. It’s getting a fresh ‘Pony’ (aka Deluxe) Interior. The old seats didn’t look horrible, considering their age but… they still looked old, worn, and dirty – including cigarette burns. Fresh vinyl makes a big difference. The rear seat is pretty straightforward to redo. The front buckets…

The body and a few pieces are back from the booth. They’re Ford Candy Apple Red! It makes quite a difference when it’s all a uniform glossy color. This means we’re cresting over the hump of the project and it’ll start looking like a car again when the pieces come back together. Beautiful Ford Candy…

You never know what you’ll find in these old cars. As we were doing the final prep on the ’66 Mustang body, blowing all the dust and dirt out with compressed air, this came flying out of some crack or crevice: Thomas Jefferson 1 cent stamps. We don’t know how old they actually are but…

A couple of posts back we showed pictures of the nasty heater box from the Mustang being disassembled. Here we see one of the internal, cable operated flap assemblies cleaned up, painted, and new die-cut foam glued in place to restore operation. Heater box internal door – restored Same door assembly as it was removed…

A full rebuild of the ’66 Mustang’s transmission was not part of the budget and that’s a gamble. Here’s what we knew: The car had sat for a very long time but we were able to drive it off the trailer and into the shop.There was a lot of grease, dirt, and oil caked on…