1st Time Restoring Need Help!!

findin a old stang with no rust for that price, at least around here, is going to be nearly impossible. if you ever get into buying on and take it for a spin, pull over somewhere and look under the dash area..garaunteed rust. mine even has it.

It all depends on what you want. If you're interested in learning to work on your car, you should go for it in my opinion. I'm not a mechanic either, I've just figured things out as I had to. Some things I have a mechanic do for me.

I think you should look for a car with a really good body. Replacing rusted out panels is a lot of work and requires a lot of tools.

If the motor is weak, that's a little easier to overcome. Even if you just do some of it yourself, you can save quite a bit. I pulled my motor and had someone else rebuild it for me. I've also replaced the suspension front and rear, brakes, converted to discs from junkyard parts.. This is over 15 years of owning the car. I just have fixed things when I had to. I try to mostly enjoy driving the car.

Yes, you can get hurt or hurt others if you make a mistake. However, I think if you're careful and check your work, you'll be fine.

NO. Start with a road worthy car and fix it up as you gain experience and confidence in your ability. They are not easy to work on. Some specialty tools are required as well as a knowledge of mechanics. On a DYI scale, I'd rate it as a 4.5 out of 5.

Ozsum2 said:

NO. Start with a road worthy car and fix it up as you gain experience and confidence in your ability. They are not easy to work on. Some specialty tools are required as well as a knowledge of mechanics. On a DYI scale, I'd rate it as a 4.5 out of 5.

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I have to agree here. Spend your money on a car that is already nice, and then 'learn' about Mustangs by taking on small improvement jobs on a car that is already fun to play with.

These cars ARE easier to work on than most, however if you have little to no experience in mechanics, it's VERY easy to become overwhelmed, and lose interest.

There is nothing worse than getting into a project, spending 6 or 7 thousand dollars (more than that is easy to spend) and then wind up selling the whole heap for a grand, simply because it was too big a project.

I am on my fourth Mustang, it's been nearly 4 years, and my project is still in pieces.

Now if you go looking for a nice 67-68 coupe, PLEASE do as the others suggested, and check for rust. Take it to a good body shop if you have to, and have them look for rust.

Then if all that checks out, drop the car off at a mechanic you trust, and pay them to fully check out the car. When you are armed with the details of what is good, and what is bad, it helps with negotiating the price.

Good luck.

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Even if I had a calcutator, I couldn't count the number of guys who have been on here and have started a project, then got in over their heads, and sold the ride off for a huge loss. Pay it smartly. I'll rephrase..........................these cars are easier than most to work on, unless it's a VW Bug, but you have to have some basic understanding of automobiles and their physics.

Ozsum, not to hi-jack this thread, but why did you change your name?

dolfan87 said:

Ozsum, not to hi-jack this thread, but why did you change your name?

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Kind of a long story, but we moved and got a new IP, new e-mail,and I lost/forgot my password so I just started over.

Well that sucks.

Ok, back to the regularly schedualed thread.