We are currently restoring our 1986 Mustang GT. This is the original Mustang that I rode in back in 1987. This car belonged to my cousin and now I am the proud owner.
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I will be posting some updates during the restoration process for you guys to review.
Enjoy!
The Mustang was in bad need of a total refresh... body time!
- We stripped the interior and all the exterior attachments.
- Gave her freshly painted door jams
- Rebuilt the rusted rear deck from 2 and made one.
- We also removed the lead at the A &B pillars and filled with All-Metal
(for those that do not know, new modern plastic paints do not breathe, and the lead will stiff off gas. Visit...
When I started this project, I wanted to keep it completely original, including all colors. I worked for a few months collecting all the needed items in Canyon Red, the interior color of this 1986, however not very many of the new restoration parts and materials were close the original color. It's not that they do not try, it's just a hard color to match. Sourcing materials needed to color match a 28 year old car, not easy, and not red.
I decided to drop that plan and go with the interior...
What's the plan for her?
Mortals do not have permission to view any of the links provided,........only the "Gods".
Fixed. It works now. Earlier I couldn't link over either.Please explain along with a screenshot of the error?
PM would be perfect. In the meantime, I'll look at this from your permission set.
Thanks madmike!
Edit: How about now Mike?
The body prep and simple body imperfections were taken care of the body has been painted. We have done the initial polish and will touch it up again once we are complete.
For the early FOX GT's that run the GT Embossed side molding, there are no buy 'new' replacements. I imagine this is due to copyright issues with the Ford 'GT' logo. Our's were in pretty rough shape but decided to tackle them and see how 'new' we could make them. Quite pleased with the final look.
The ones on this car had been painted with Black trim paint covering the entire molding. Not sure what approach to take to save the GT part, I just went to town...
The cars trim and exterior has been completed.
From Late Model Restoration we used:
Headlights
Ford Logos
Front Turn Signals
Front Side Markers
Rear Deck 'Mustang GT' Decal
Door Lock Set / Black
Cowl Cover
5.0 Side Emblems
Restored:
All metal trim
Mirrors
Rear tail lights
Some moldings
All metal moldings were removed and painted. The trim on the car had been painted several times. To get it looking as new as possible we removed all the metal...
So not to be rude, but I was kinda thinking there would be pics in this thread of an '86 GT, but all I'm seeing is bunch of links to little mini threads I have to dip in and out of... Maybe the Gila thread has us all spoiled these days.
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