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Message: <blockquote data-quote="monkeydude3" data-source="post: 229831" data-attributes="member: 8533">Well, my dad knows how to weld (how much in depth I have yet to discover). He used to work for the Schumacher company, and by that I mean he used to work directly with Tony Schumacher... who now drives the US Army Drag car. However many years back my dad amongst many people got laid off... ::sigh::  I did have the priviledge to sit in Tony's VERY FIRST tiny yellow drag car when I was like seven! I will dig up that picture for ya guys. I have registere to take a welding basics class come January, so hopefully by the time I start putting stuff back together I will have an understanding of what to do!I'm an incredible gearhead and as long as there is no huge time crunch I'm willing to dive into most anything and learn how to do it. I've done almost all mechanical work in my time and this is my first bout with body work. So I will learn as I go. I have countless neighbors with muscle cars and mechanical/body experience, so if I need it help or advice is only footsteps away.What do I want to do with the car? A lot is still to be decided. I want the car to be completely race inspired. I will have an 8 point cage in it, fully built suspension, drag radials out back, etc. The thing about the interior, is most of it was gone when I got it, so it will all be custom and probably won't have many 'factory' Mustang parts in it, which is okay, because it will be a way I can give a shot at my artisticness.The color... I'm thinking I will stay with black, but give her a completely fresh coat and fix all the imperfections I can. Drive train.... well I have a 302 out of an 89 I bought. I am going to rebuild it into a 331 stroker, put edelbrock, trick flow, or AFR heads on it, with an Edelbrock air gap intake, and a 650-750 Holley carb. Cam will be custom ground to match my setup best. Probably going to go with a world class T5 transmission because I'm not looking for rediculously insane horsepower numbers.It will not be a daily driver, so it won't see use frequently. However, it will see track time and street time, and it will be driven like it was meant to be driven.</blockquote>[/QUOTE]