'66 Mustang Restomod Log

[Rick]

Excellent!!

 

[JDraper]

She won another award today. 3rd place in the Last Cruise in State College in the 64.5-78 category. We were surprised that she beat out several Shelby GT-350's

 

[Rick]

Congrats Do you take the Mach 1 to the shows as well?

 

[JDraper]

Congrats Do you take the Mach 1 to the shows as well?

Yep, but it usually gets lumped into the 99 & up category, so I'm up against GT-500's and all the new cars, so it's kinda futile . When I get into a category that stops at 04, I win some trophies...

 

[JDraper]

Trophy:

 

[JDraper]

Thought I'd update this a little as we've made some changes to the car specs:

• A Pertronix distributor/coil setup instead of the Accel ignition.
• A Zoom Musclecar series clutch instead of the King Cobra clutch(much smoother and softer).
• Forged pistons and a .030" over bored 1967 302 block (it's still a 289 motor because we used a 289 crank).
• Changed to a 276°/286° duration/.471" lift cam.
• Added a Northern Aluminum Radiator instead of the Be Kool (much better design)
• Removed the rear stabilizer.
• 3.55 Auburn/Currie 8" 3rd member.

Once the motor is broken in, it will be back to the dyno for tuning again. The thread on the motor build can be found here.

 

[GRNMACHINE]

I must be the Only member who missed this build, truly Amazing Work!! Absolutely Stellar Stang!!

 

[JDraper]

Finally got the car back on the dyno with the new motor. Didn't put enough miles on it last year to break it in because my wife had her knee replaced.

Spent the day on the Godspeed Dyno with Bart Grande in Potters Mill, PA. Here's the sheet:

 

[JDraper]

Thought I'd do a long overdue update on this car. We still have it and are still modifying it. We've added a hydraulic clutch, power brakes, dynamat, done the Shelby drop on the nose, added tubular control arms....etc...

And yes, I still have an Explorer.

 

[vroomzoomboom]

i remember leaning up against that car at all ford nationals

 

[410Fortune]

That’s a sin if I ever heard of one! Keep your humans off the paint lol lol

 

[Josh P]

Beautiful car, and I agree, that's how wars are started.

 

[vroomzoomboom]

That’s a sin if I ever heard of one! Keep your humans off the paint lol lol

i'd never do that to sue and jeffs mustang. because if i did they would dump me down a abandoned mine

 

[Blee1099]

i'd never do that to sue and jeffs mustang. because if i did they would dump me down a abandoned mine

Sue would bury you in the shale pits behind their house or feed you to the hogs that the amish raise near them if you messed with her car.

 

[JDraper]

i'd never do that to sue and jeffs mustang. because if i did they would dump me down a abandoned mine

Nah..I work for a funeral home now, and we have a cremation furnace with no cameras......

 

[Josh P]

Nah..I work for a funeral home now, and we have a cremation furnace with no cameras......

People are just dying to get in there.