1970 Mustang
Going this evening to check out this ad I have been watching on Craigslist. He was originally asking 8k, but the guy really needs the cash and just dropped it to 5k obo. Figure I can get him down to about 4k cash. Wish me luck :D
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Nice find. Good luck. Let us know what happens.
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Sounds like a winner!
When I was 16, my father took me to look at a 1971 painted like a Mach 1 w/ not a speck of rust. I told him I didn't want it. I didn't get my first car until 4 yrs. later. What a moron I was. |
So here she is. Bought her for $4000, and hes throwing in all the spare parts he has for her. Runs very nice for still having the original motor, v6 automatic. Probably going to swap that out for a Windsor v8 soon, which wont cost much, but will give a huge power boost. I was honestly shocked to find most of original car intact, including the rear mustang logo, and all the interior console in working order. I don't like that they put in a new model stereo with CD, but I am old school and will quickly swap that out for a stock radio. Here's a few photos I snapped while putting down a deposit (I pick the car up Thursday).
http://i884.photobucket.com/albums/a...t/Img_4177.jpg http://i884.photobucket.com/albums/a...t/Img_4179.jpg http://i884.photobucket.com/albums/a...t/Img_4180.jpg |
Overall she looks pretty decent.
How is the underside? Rusty? Also how much of the body is still original, did you do the old magnet test?? I wouldn't rush into the windsor swap may as well wait until gas prices drop :) |
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I hear ya about the gas prices, but then we have our 'family' car, a Ford Escape, as well as a Ram v8 for hauling horses and hay. I forgot how it feels to drive a classic muscle car; The cars today just don't compare. Plus no power steering is great for the upper body :P |
Glad to see another mustang on the forum and it looks to be in great shape. I really like that color scheme and the wheels. How many miles are on it? But overall great find hope you enjoy driving it.
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What a beauty. I love the interiors on the cars from that era. Those wheels look pretty tough too!
Drive her well! |
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Finally got her home, and got some better photos.
http://i884.photobucket.com/albums/a...t/Img_4196.jpg Original Rims http://i884.photobucket.com/albums/a...t/Img_4191.jpg Original gas cap http://i884.photobucket.com/albums/a...t/Img_4192.jpg http://i884.photobucket.com/albums/a...t/Img_4193.jpg http://i884.photobucket.com/albums/a...t/Img_4194.jpg http://i884.photobucket.com/albums/a...t/Img_4197.jpg |
Been awhile since I have updated the thread, figured I would post some pics of my new paint job. I decided to put my Xmod paint training to the test, and paint some old school flames on my hood. While I have never done a full scale car, I wasn't too worried because I painted on top of the vinyl stripes the old owner had put on, so worst case I would have to pull off the silver stripes.
Took about 6 hours total from sketching the stencil, laying out the design, then taping and painting. Really happy with the final product, the tape I used left really clean lines (some 1/8" plastic tape, cost more than the ****ed paint). The black makes some of the old hood blemishes stand out, but that couldn't be helped. And excuse the dirt, shes getting a bath this weekend :P http://i884.photobucket.com/albums/a...t/Img_4542.jpg |
Nice job!
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Those flames look really good and clean. Nice job on them.
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Liking the flames, they look clean! Oh, and that's an I6 isn't it?
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Thanks for the compliments guys :) And yeah, thats a poor little inline six. She runs great though, and there are surprisingly quite a few aftermarket parts for it. Next up is a carb upgrade, as the 1 barrel carb just isn't cutting it.
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