Thread: 26 T Coupe out.... 66 Mustang Fastback in

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My son decided to sell his 66 Mustang Fastback project and I listed it here and other places and I got a few responses. Last summer after setting for 25 years we got it out, cleaned it up, hung the doors, fenders, hood, put in the seats, put the back window in place and other goodies........well seeing it "back together" I, I just fell in love with that car again. My son and I put so many hours into it; I taught him about cars, how to weld and paint but most important it was a father/son bonding thing. I just couldn't let someone else have it so I put my 26 T Coupe project up for sale and Sold it AND bought the Fastback from my son.

Very pleased to see the Horse stay in the family, Tom!!!! Hope you keep us updated on the project!

I was wondering what had happened to both cars recently. It'll be cool to see the Mustang back together and more special as a father / son project.

Tom, that sounds like exactly what would have happened here. I dearly love the first year fastback design, followed closely by the '67/68 Bullit style. I'll be looking forward to the build thread and seeing it back in it's full glory. What's your power train going to be?

Way cool!!! Both the car and the family history behind it.


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Only Mustang I ever liked had to have the fastback. I'd take that Mustang over any model T ever built.

Originally Posted by Dave Severson

Very pleased to see the Horse stay in the family, Tom!!!! Hope you keep us updated on the project!

Dave,
I need some advise from you. Like i said it's been setting for 25 years with only that red oxide primer on it and in several places there's some surface rust that showed up. My question: will I have to remove all of the primer just to make sure I won't have problems in the future?
We sandblasted the whole car when we started the project, put metal prep on and primered it. Then we took it to a body shop and put it on a frame straightener because the left front fender was wrinkled and then went on and replaced the floors and other areas that were rusted out. I had a bodyman put the quarters on. No body work has been done.
As far as an engine, there's three 289 engine blocks bored out to the max, one set of heads redone, two set of cams and lifters. I've got several crank shafts but they will have to be turned. No rods or pistons. I found a guy with a slightly modified 289 that wants $1300.00 for it. It's got 6500 since it got rebuilt....... is that a good price?
There's lots of extra parts that I'll be selling; 302 engine, headlight assemblies, hoods, hubcaps, a coupe parts car and misc stuff that I won't be using.

If it were my car Tom, I'd probably attack it with some 80 grit on the DA to break through the old red oxide primer. You'll probably end up at bare metal most places anyway, then shoot it with some good epoxy primer and go to work!!!!! I'd say $1300. on the engine is a great price for the engine if it was a quality rebuild with some good machine work done....otherwise start a build on a fresh engine with the pieces you have on hand!

Have I seen pics of the parts car? Could be interested in another street pounder project, the competition is picking up over this way!!!!!

Wow, way cool of you! That would be hard to let it go with those memories in it. Nice job and you will have an awesome car when you're done!

Dave... when we went and retrieved the parts car last summer it ripped apart. It was down in the dirt and the floor peeled right out of it and the front clip stayed put also, with only the steering column/sector hold it on. I purchased it so we would know how the wiring would go back in place in a couple of years not realizing it would be at least 25 years later. I actually did take some bumper brackets off of it before the guy junked it...... I bought...no I bartered for it from the junk yard.

I did buy a quite nice 65 coupe from that same junk yard...... that's what stopped the work on the Fastback in the first place. That coupe was missing the engine & tranny do we took the one from the Fastback and put it in the coupe. The only rust on it was the bottom/rear of the quarter panels. It fixed them and spot painted other areas, the car was pretty sharp; he drove it for several years.

The guy that has the engine told me that it was built by a local engine shop, it was bored .30, hypertonic flat top pistons, new crank, Ford gt 40p heads with valve job, com 260h cam, Edelbrock intake with Holley carb, new waterpump & gasket, header for 92 - 96 F-150, he also came down to $1,000 on it. The need for an engine is a long way off but I told him that I'd check with him in a couple of months and if he still had it I'd buy it.