1967 Mustang Fastback Project Car Restoration

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We are finally getting serious about the restoration of our 1967 Mustang Fastback. This will be a long and drawn out process because we plan on keeping it road worthy during every phase of the restoration. This will not be a tear it down and rebuild it restoration. It will be low budget and driven.

The two photos you see on the left are from around 1990 when I first purchased the car. During the next ten years each of my three kids drove it to high school and each left their own mark on it. The damaged right rear fender was the last straw and it went into storage until 2009 when we pulled it out for filming of the Gloriana music video.

The first job to be tackled will be the repair of some previous rear end collision damage. My son was rear ended a long time ago and indecision on my part about what to do to the car left it in limbo until now. I was first going to turn it into a Shelby 350 Clone but I had done that with a 66 and found it disappointing. All it did was make me want a real one.

The next thought was to do an Eleanor Clone. However, I really like the simple and clean body of the stock 67/68 fastback and didn’t want to spend a bunch of money just to detract from the original lines.

Next up was a 428 CJ transplant to replace the 289. This scheme almost made it into reality but I decided that with the high price of gas coupled with my intentions to drive this car a lot I should just keep the 289.

I am still not 100% sure what the final out come will be but for now the body will get straightened out, the mechanicals made road worthy, and the interior spruced up a little and then a coat of primer on the outside. It will get a Shelby style lower front valence but otherwise stock body. This phase of the rebuild will put it on the street like it just stepped out of the mid-seventies.

The first step will be to pull the rear quarter into place and then replace the tail light panel and go from there. The original plan was to straighten the existing sheet metal but after tearing into it new metal was ordered.

To follow the progress check out our Phased reports on these updates.

Phase 1: Rear End Damage Repair.

Phase 2: The Front End.

Phase 3: The Engine Tune and Detail.

Phase 4: Cleaning up the Underside, New KYB Shocks, Tires and Wheels.

Phase 5: The Interior.

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