1966 Mustang Coupe Restomod

rusty428cj · Oct 6, 2015

The flares are to small on the early Mustangs so Brian is going to make a little larger flare.

The first thing is to mark where he is going to make his cut and start cutting.

He left it attached at the bottom and brought it out 1 1/4" at the top.

Next he made a pattern out of poster board and taped it on.

Next he transferred the pattern to metal and had to make it in sections to get the shape he wanted and started tacking in place

He will keep added sections until it is all filled in

horse sence · Oct 6, 2015

Poster board is the body mans best friend .If you can shape it out of poster board it is easy to transfer to sheet metal .
I can't wait to see the finished wheel flairs .

rusty428cj · Oct 6, 2015

Brian is tack welding the last piece

rusty428cj · Oct 8, 2015

Brian finished the outside of the right quarter panel flare.

rusty428cj · Oct 10, 2015

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

Welds ground

rusty428cj · Oct 11, 2015

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

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.

rusty428cj · Oct 23, 2015

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

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

Left side

Welds ground

horse sence · Oct 23, 2015

I did pretty much the same thing to a set of 65-6 front fenders not long ago .While it was fun to do ,i decided to make a mold from the two finished front fenders .I would still go steel on the rears though .I would like to make a template for the rears ,just to make it go faster .It would be nice to have some one do stamped rear steel fender flairs .

rusty428cj · Nov 2, 2015

Rod & Custom coilover rear suspension

Currie 9" with Wilwood brakes

Test fitting the rear suspension

rusty428cj · Nov 2, 2015

The original front fender flare has to be cut out

The fenders were sanded to bare metal and epoxy primed

We did a little bodywork on the inside of the fenders and epoxy primed

rusty428cj · Nov 7, 2015

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

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

Installing the rear coilover shocks

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

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

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

rusty428cj · Nov 12, 2015

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

Welded the rear valance in place

Welds ground

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

Welds ground

rusty428cj · Dec 11, 2015

Fixing the trunk gap

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