All "S"- code Mustangs have reinforced shock towers and a 9" rear end. The shock towers were reinforced to support the added weight of the 390 engine (the "S" in the VIN) and the 9" rear end came stock in all big block Mustangs. I have one in my garage.
It is not painted or finished. I've had the car since just after high school. My dad and I have had several big block Fastback Mustangs.Pictures Please!
It is not painted or finished. I've had the car since just after high school. My dad and I have had several big block Fastback Mustangs.
My last one was a '68, like the Bullitt car but before I got it, it was rear-ended and someone put a quarter panel on it without pulling out the unibody framerail. The result was that the car was about 3/4" lower on one side in the rear. Around 1984 my Dad bought a '67 GT390 from the original owner for $900. A few years later that car was stolen and stripped. The police called us about 6 months later saying that the car had been found. We went to get the car. When we saw it, absolutely every conceivable bolt was removed and the car was completely stripped. Missing: engine, trans, rear end, doors, fenders, hood, grille assembly, interior, complete wire loom, suspension, deck lid, quarter extensions, fuel tank...
Knowing my car had been wrecked and quarter-paneled, my dad gave me the recovered shell and I stripped my '68 and put everything on the '67 shell. '68 has quarter panel reflectors and front fender side marker lights that the '67 doesn't have. Other than that, the bodies are identical. Interior is different. I put '68 fenders on the '67 shell but the front side maker lights work because the car has a '68 wire loom. It's also a factory tachometer car (dash loom was different for tach and non-tach cars.) I assembled this car and matched up door and fender lines when I was 25 years old. The car has been like this in my garage since then. I drove it into my current garage in 2001. My plans are aluminum 427, tremec 6-speed and an upgraded braking system....This is going to be the last car I build. It will go back to Grabber Orange like the '68 was, although that isn't the stock color. This car was originally Wimbledon White with red GT stripe and red interior. The car will be orange, white painted GT stripe (original stripe was decal) and black restomod interior. The car has Shelby side scoops, air extractors, deck lid and quarter panel extensions.
These pictures are from 1997 and this is exactly what the car looks like today.
K code cars are worth a bit of cash, too.
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Those are my favorite years for Mustangs, can't wait to see it finished!It is not painted or finished. I've had the car since just after high school. My dad and I have had several big block Fastback Mustangs.
My last one was a '68, like the Bullitt car but before I got it, it was rear-ended and someone put a quarter panel on it without pulling out the unibody framerail. The result was that the car was about 3/4" lower on one side in the rear. Around 1984 my Dad bought a '67 GT390 from the original owner for $900. A few years later that car was stolen and stripped. The police called us about 6 months later saying that the car had been found. We went to get the car. When we saw it, absolutely every conceivable bolt was removed and the car was completely stripped. Missing: engine, trans, rear end, doors, fenders, hood, grille assembly, interior, complete wire loom, suspension, deck lid, quarter extensions, fuel tank...
Knowing my car had been wrecked and quarter-paneled, my dad gave me the recovered shell and I stripped my '68 and put everything on the '67 shell. '68 has quarter panel reflectors and front fender side marker lights that the '67 doesn't have. Other than that, the bodies are identical. Interior is different. I put '68 fenders on the '67 shell but the front side maker lights work because the car has a '68 wire loom. It's also a factory tachometer car (dash loom was different for tach and non-tach cars.) I assembled this car and matched up door and fender lines when I was 25 years old. The car has been like this in my garage since then. I drove it into my current garage in 2001. My plans are aluminum 427, tremec 6-speed and an upgraded braking system....This is going to be the last car I build. It will go back to Grabber Orange like the '68 was, although that isn't the stock color. This car was originally Wimbledon White with red GT stripe and red interior. The car will be orange, white painted GT stripe (original stripe was decal) and black restomod interior. The car has Shelby side scoops, air extractors, deck lid and quarter panel extensions.
These pictures are from 1997 and this is exactly what the car looks like today.