1966 Ford Mustang

Coupe

8 - Cyl.

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6F07C274029

Clear

Gasoline

This is a 1966 Ford Mustang Coupe. We purchased the car as a running and driving car in North Little Rock, Arkansas a couple of years ago. It had a small block Ford motor (302 block with 66 date coded 289 heads) and a C-4 automatic transmission. We were intending to restomod the coupe. We stripped the car down to the shell (including removing the vinyl top) but did not remove the doors from the car. As we do with all of the cars we build, the first thing we did was to drop off all of the suspension off the car. We find that previous vintage Mustang owners seldom do complete front end work and never replace the rear springs. The car has all new upper and lower control arms, spring perches, coil springs, front sway bar, sway bar bushings, strut rod bushings, rear leaf springs and new shocks all of the way around. (See photographs.) We are also concerned about safety so we installed new front disk brakes and new dual master cylinder. NOTE: We have not had the front end aligned yet, we were waiting to put the car together with a motor and transmission. When we were doing the rear end work, we also put new brake shoes there also. The car comes with a set of 1968 style GT wheels that clear the front disk brakes. We were looking the car over to make a list of what needed to be done to the car. When we removed the front fenders, we found that both were rusted at the rear of the bottom of each. We replaced both fenders. The front valance was dented and we replaced it also. The car also has a new rear valance. The hood and trunk lid are original Ford pieces and are in good condition. At the rear of the car, we found that the passenger rear quarter was rusty behind the rear wheel. A new rear passenger quarter panel was put on the car along with a section of the outter wheel house. The trunk drop offs were also replaced on each side. We replaced rear section of the frame rail on each side. Also we replaced the rear trunk drop off below the tail light panel. The previous owner attempted to fiberglass over a section of the front floor pan on each side below the dash. We pulled all of the fiberglass out and welded in new sections of the floor pan with a section from a reproduction floor pan. We looked over the exterior door skins. We found a small rust hole in the lower front corner of the driver's side door that is a 1/4 inch circle. It is smaller than the end of a pinky finger. On the passenger door, we found a small section in the outter door skin near the front corner that is around 1-1/5" around. The previous owner patched over it with some body filler and I have ground out the filler far enough to cut that small section out and weld in a new piece. We purposely provided photographs of the car showing the rear quarters in bare metal. I also provided pictures to show that the top of the car is not rusty from the previously removed vinyl top. The paint shown on the roof section of the car in the pictures is "Eastwood's Rust Encapsulator". This was put on after we removed the vinyl top and removed the glue. The head liner was removed to inspect the inside roof section. The headliner bows are still in the car. Because Ford didn't believe in primer over bare metal in the areas, we used the Eastwood paint in this area too. The car has been garaged in our shop since we purchased it. When we were doing the front end work, we welded in the metal reinforcement piece for the export brace. Also, a new export brace comes on the car. The car comes with a set of white Pony interior bucket sets and rear seats. These were in the car when I purchased it. Unfortunately the Pony door panels didn't come with the car. We have the following parts that come with the car: Rear package tray (new reproduction part) (2) Sunvisors (Used) (2) Kick Panels (Used) (2) Passenger and Driver's Side Rear Quarter Glass Assemblies White Vinyl Top (new reproduction part) Vinyl Top Moldings (new reproduction part) White Headliner (new reproduction part) Grill Corral and Horse (Used) Set of Window Fuzzies (reproduction part) Gas Cap and Filler Neck (Used) Rocker Moldings (Used) Door Sill Plates (Used) Glove Box Door (Used) Steering Wheel and Horn Bezel (Used) Dash Vent Grill (Used) Rear Quarter Molding (Used) (Found 1 side, new quarter does not have holes so we were going to fill holes in remaining quarter and not put them back on) Roof Rail Weatherstrip Moldings (Used) Roof Drip Rail Moldings (Used) (2) Front Park Lamp Assemblies (Used) (1) Rear Tail Light Assembly (Used) Rear Window Glass Rear Metal Interior Quarter Panels (that mount on either side of rear seat) The car was originally came painted from the factory as "Emberglow" (which was a copper color). The original tag is still on the driver's side door. The previous owner painted the car red. As I previously stated, we purchased the car to build as a "restomod" to drive and have fun with it. We had another 289 hipo style motor (left over from another project), top loader, hurst shifter, 9" rear end, aluminium radiator and everything to get it running but then we found a 1965 Fastback. So the running gear is going in the 65 Fastback that my wife purchased. We had the 66 date coded heads from the motor that we pulled out of his car sent to the machine shop and reworked. We are selling the car as a rolling car without the running gear with the new suspension and brakes. If you buy the car and are interested in obtaining the motor and transmission, we can work out a separate deal for that. On Sep-18-10 at 07:23:15 PDT, seller added the following information: We purposely provided photographs of the car showing the rear quarters in bare metal. I also provided pictures to show that the top of the car is not rusty from the previously removed vinyl top. The paint shown on the roof section of the car in the pictures is "Eastwood's Rust Encapsulator". The intent of this was to prevent any future problems prior to getting the body work completed and a new paint job. This was put on after we removed the vinyl top and removed the glue. The head liner was removed to inspect the inside roof section. The headliner bows are still in the car. Because Ford didn't believe in primer over bare metal in the areas, we used the Eastwood paint in this area too. This would be the perfect project car to start on because it is not a 6-cylinder car so you don't have to bother with switching everything over to a V8, the front end/suspension and brake work have already been done with new parts, and for those who don't have access to a welder, the metal work has already been completed. We have built these cars for our kids to drive and they are the perfect car to get a kid or beginner into the classic car hobby.