What does a Sith Lord drive?

tnmloudenuf · Jun 23, 2012

well, finally after a million years the guy i was buying my car from got back from Ohio.. and he brought the title for my rusty old sexy car! It's a 69' mustang. has a 30 over 302 and alot of rat poop under the hood lol! The story behind it goes like this.

so this parents i bought the car from have two sons.. blah blah blah. in short one of them got pissed of and tried to run away from home in the mustang that had bald tires on it. and wrecked the car. it busted one of the shock towers. the dad got it towed home and so it sat just like that for about 10 years..

so now i bought it for $1500.. its alot more solid than it looks.. the only places that need metal work are the quarters door skins and the floor boards.. the surface just has a light surface rust over it. all the jambs and everywhere you would expect rust look great! so the plans are to make something "BA" to drive and slide every once in a while.. not doing a nice factory restore at all.. and i plan on slamming it..static, its the only way..

so lest have some fun!!!!

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This is when i got it home last weekend..

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i got the engine pulled today, but my data plan ran out on my phone lol! so i wont be able to get pics up of what i'v done yet.. by the time i can i should have my harness tucked and have the bay prepped to paint. and btw there is going to be lots of sn95 stuff going on this thing so thats why i thought it'd be appropriate to post up here.. hope yall enjoy.

LilRoush · Jun 23, 2012

Should be an interesting build to follow. That is in scarey shape for a project. I hope it doesn't have some hidden suprises that you run into. My Mach project started off not looking bad until we got into it.

tnmloudenuf · Jun 23, 2012

the floor board is pretty nasty, but i crawled that thing like a tick on a dog a$$ before i bought it lol! its a much more solid car than you would think. if you saw it in person you'd see. even the trunk is nice.. but the only place left to see is how bad it is when i pull the glass front and rear. but hey, its all for fun and its nothing but some extra welding. no biggie

JonBeast · Jun 23, 2012

Nice man...its always fun to see an old stang get rescued. Keep us posted with some pics!

atlanticblue98 · Jun 23, 2012

i will own a fastback 69 mustang at some point in my life. favorite car of all time

shoesandsocks · Jun 24, 2012

just dont go tryin to build something crazy like the rtr-x i love pro touring cars but that thing was just another vaugnh gitten jr disasterpiece keep it clean and be awesome

Solar · Jun 24, 2012

65-68 coupes are my favs. Especially when nicely stanced.

And good luck with the build!

Venom351R · Jun 24, 2012

+1 with what Jon said. Its always great to see an old Mustang that gets to live anothter day. A lot of these cars that have not yet been found are getting to that point of being to far gone of course depending on how long they have been sitting and where they are located. The inside barn finds are becoming more rare but are still out there and is more ideal then one thats been sitting out in the elements. Although you still cant avoid the rat poo issue.

Should be an awesome build, cant wait to see some progress pics. I like the mid to late 60's Mustangs. My first car I got was a 66 Mustang, not bad for a 17 yr old in H.S. And no it was not new I'm only in my 30's lol. Would love to have anohter one someday....to go along with a 93 Cobra.... Guess I need a bigger garage.

duh09 · Jun 24, 2012

Old Mustangs are the bomb diggity. I love mine.

g36 monkey · Jun 24, 2012

I love the 69 so much.

Let's get this show on the road!

tnmloudenuf · Jun 24, 2012

ok, ill give you an idea of where this is going.. atleast from a looks standpoint.. and dont hate for it being a camaro, he's a local guy who i admire a whole lot

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kinda like this and the harbinger put together is where im going. and if you didnt guess from the title, i like star wars. so there will be a little of that thrown it too

Nacho98 · Jun 24, 2012

'69 is the best looking classic mustang year IMO...the most muscular looking

silverv6 · Jun 24, 2012

cant wait to see what you do to it!

tnmloudenuf · Jun 24, 2012

Nacho98 said:
'69 is the best looking classic mustang year IMO...the most muscular looking

I like them cuz they look pissed off from the front!

tnmloudenuf · Jun 30, 2012

yay!! data plan reset.. anyway

I have been stupid busy lately, but spent a couple hours here and there over the past week on the mustang.

first off, i got my poop covered engine pulled, not quite sexy lol!

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obviously leaving me with an empty-ish bay

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then i went to town ripping the old boy apart

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and i sanded the piss out of part of the bay and tested my color.. i chose rustoleum " smoke grey". i think its pretty spot on for your average battleship grey. i like it!

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but im not painting it yet. i have a freak load of work to do in the bay first. there is a ton of rust where the battery tray was, and i think the tray might interfere with running big wheels up front, so i'll probably relocate the battery and replace the panel with sheet to give me some room. then i gotta do work on the shock towers to make stuff work..

and i got my first piece for the suspension. i got some sn95 spindles, and hub's!!

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WildWillyWalker · Jun 30, 2012

Hey, it's 8BYAV8 from drift live. Gotta show my support on this fantastic idea over here too. Hit up CJ's for a new battery apron.

We sell lots of sheet metal there.

lutter94 · Jun 30, 2012

WTH is a sith lord? Sweet car by the way, good luck with it and keep posting pics!

CC'S95GT · Jun 30, 2012

glad your bringing one back to life. I've always liked the look of the protouring cars. I kind of like the rusted all over look of the outside.
I'm also about to start a revival on a 66 coupe. but I won't be going as far as you. good luck with the build.