This project started 3 year ago when I was lucky to find ’68 Fastback for sale in Russia – you may not believe but there are more Ferrari’s in Russia than Stang of any year let alone classic Stangs. The car was located 2000 km from my home and my trip to pick it up was an adventure on its own (just imagine freezing cold and stalled in the middle of nowhere tow truck because of summer diesel fuel). What I bought was in a very sad shape – a lot of rust everywhere, poor restoration efforts, Soviet-era 3.0 V6 under hood (it didn’t fit well – frame rails were spread 1” and there was a big hole in the hood since it was too tall).
I had the car sandblasted and took it to a bodyshop. Complete front end was replaced along with firewall, rear q-panels, wheelwells, floors, trunk lid and rear apron. The body geometry was corrected – the car was hit from the rear at some point.
The first bodyshop was a mistake that caused me a lot of time and money. After 7 months of restoration I took it to another shop that did an excellent job. But it took another 10 months.
Finally Fastback is at home and I am ready to start wrenching.
The way I found it:
disassembled for sandblasting:
after sandblasting:
some restoration pics:
finished bodywork:
I had the car sandblasted and took it to a bodyshop. Complete front end was replaced along with firewall, rear q-panels, wheelwells, floors, trunk lid and rear apron. The body geometry was corrected – the car was hit from the rear at some point.
The first bodyshop was a mistake that caused me a lot of time and money. After 7 months of restoration I took it to another shop that did an excellent job. But it took another 10 months.
Finally Fastback is at home and I am ready to start wrenching.
The way I found it:
disassembled for sandblasting:
after sandblasting:
some restoration pics:
finished bodywork: