Hey everyone, im new to the site as well as forum discussions. Just to give you a rundown of what I have going on, I will start with my car. I bought this 68 coupe to build for my sons first car on his 16th bday. After getting started and realizing what I had in store for myself I ended up building him an already running 69 camaro and kept the mustang for myself. Jump ahead 7 years and not touching the car since, I have been in and out of hospitals for a year and a half and am now in Memphis going through therapy learning to walk again. Not looking for sympathy but letting you know that when I do get to go back home to Arkansas it is looking like I will have a little time on my hands to finally start back on the car.
I am going restomod style instead of restoration mainly because of what I found out about the car when I originally started on it. After sandblasting the under side of the car to begin replacing the flooring I noticed a seam where this was actually two different cars welded together. The floor was cut all the way across center of the doors and the roof was cut off at the windsheild pillars.The front end has gt lights but dont know if they were added or if the front end was a gt. It did have gt hubcaps but dont know if they were original or even whether they went with the front donar or the rear. It has a flip open gas cap which i like alot. The engine according to the vin # on the block is the original to either front or rear. I had already purchased granada spindles for disc brakes on front and a 8.8 rear end from a 98 ford explorer which gives me rear discs. Same wheelbase as the mustang and is beefier than the 8" and all I have to do is reposition the spring perches. I plan on beefing up the 289 to at least 300 hp for a little umph.
Now!! Heres where I could use some thoughts,help,advice and info. After removing the old vinyl roof and seeing the rust and pitting I have decided to turn my coupe into a Shelby Gt-500 convertible clone. I know the convertible has several extra support pillars and such and would like some info on what all they are. Any info on people that have converted a coupe to a vert would be great. I dont plan on adding a top. I am going to add a padded fake boot on the back and keeping it covered in my shop when not driving. Have found a few sites on rotisserie plans but trying to get as many details on that before I build mine. I plan on using a 68 shelby short style hood, scoops, shelby tail lights and padded shelby convert roolbar. have a huge project on my hands and would love any help I can get. I will post pics as I work on it once I get back home but that is still several months away.
Any way, thanks for listening and I look forward to chatting with everyone
Mike
I am going restomod style instead of restoration mainly because of what I found out about the car when I originally started on it. After sandblasting the under side of the car to begin replacing the flooring I noticed a seam where this was actually two different cars welded together. The floor was cut all the way across center of the doors and the roof was cut off at the windsheild pillars.The front end has gt lights but dont know if they were added or if the front end was a gt. It did have gt hubcaps but dont know if they were original or even whether they went with the front donar or the rear. It has a flip open gas cap which i like alot. The engine according to the vin # on the block is the original to either front or rear. I had already purchased granada spindles for disc brakes on front and a 8.8 rear end from a 98 ford explorer which gives me rear discs. Same wheelbase as the mustang and is beefier than the 8" and all I have to do is reposition the spring perches. I plan on beefing up the 289 to at least 300 hp for a little umph.
Now!! Heres where I could use some thoughts,help,advice and info. After removing the old vinyl roof and seeing the rust and pitting I have decided to turn my coupe into a Shelby Gt-500 convertible clone. I know the convertible has several extra support pillars and such and would like some info on what all they are. Any info on people that have converted a coupe to a vert would be great. I dont plan on adding a top. I am going to add a padded fake boot on the back and keeping it covered in my shop when not driving. Have found a few sites on rotisserie plans but trying to get as many details on that before I build mine. I plan on using a 68 shelby short style hood, scoops, shelby tail lights and padded shelby convert roolbar. have a huge project on my hands and would love any help I can get. I will post pics as I work on it once I get back home but that is still several months away.
Any way, thanks for listening and I look forward to chatting with everyone
Mike