1968 Ford Mustang

Coupe Coupe

8 - Cyl.

Automatic

Clear

Gasoline

You are bidding on a resto-modded 1968 Mustang Coupe. Engine: 289 2 Barrel Carb Trans: C4 Automatic This has been my hobby car for the last 7 years. I bought it in 2004 and have done significant work on it since then. Major quality upgrades listed below, so keep reading. Military relocation is forcing the sale—it’s just too much to drag the hobby from coast to coast every couple years. It had some fairly serious floorpan rust, so I removed the entire right and left side floorpans. Rt front torque box was also removed. All new sheet metal was primed, installed, sealed, and painted. While I had it apart, I also stripped the interior metal surfaces (dash, doors, quarter panel inserts) to bare metal and primed and painted those as well. Interior finished with satin black, Sherwin-Williams Automotive and applied by HVLP. While I had it disassembled, I re-upholstered the front seats, installed a new dashpad, new walnut steering wheel, new sound deadener, new carpet, new door inserts, new armrests, new dash bezels (needles re-conditioned and all bulbs replaced), and a retrofit CD stereo with Aux input for IPods. Dash speaker is a two-speaker unit built to fit in the center factory dash location. Two others are 6x9’s in the rear deck. Pretty much the only parts of the interior that still need work are the headliner and the sun visors. Headliner has a few cuts and the visors are originals. I installed three-point retractable seatbelts for the front seats. Very comforting to have real seatbelts for cruising with the wife or kids. Under the hood, the engine is as I found it. Strong running 289 starts up every time. No smoke. Has a slow rear main seal leak, no quantity loss visible on dipstick. Transmission shifts smoothly. Has a small transmission pan seal leak, again, never enough to read on the dipstick. Pertronix Ignitor II installed in place of factory points, gives a nice smooth idle. Recently installed an aluminum radiator, hi-flow water pump, new thermostat and electric fan with thermostatic switch. The old radiator barely kept up. This one is amazing. The fan pretty much only turns on when you sit at idle or in traffic. New alternator and voltage regulator. Mechanically, the car is fine. I drove it from Altus, OK to Vacaville, CA about a year ago and didn’t have a single problem—including over the mountain passes of I-40 near the Grand Canyon. The big items that make this car unique are the underpinnings. Last fall, I removed the entire rear suspension and replaced it with 4.5 leaf mid-eye Grab-A-Trak components and shocks. Makes the rear sit slightly lower than stock and a bit more firm than original. Up front, I replaced the upper and lower control arms and the springs with Grab-A-Trak components and 600lb springs and shocks. New perches and poly bushings everywhere. New 1” front sway bar. The only suspension components that aren’t new are the strut rods, but they got new poly bushings as well. Front end is more firm than original and almost no body roll with the new roll bar. Go to the Mustangs Plus website and check out the Super Starter Kit. That’s what I used. That’s not all. While I had it disassembled, I installed a Randall’s Rack power rack and pinion steering unit with a new power steering pump. The steering is great. Light effort and there’s none of the slop of the factory worm gear unit. Finally, I replaced the spindles and installed SSBC power disk brakes on the front end. That necessitated a new brake pedal, new master cylinder and a proportioning valve. The brakes are amazing—the car stops on a dime and the power assist is really nice. I really like the factory styled steel wheels, so I chose a brake kit that would let me keep them. Add those components up. Since installation, the car has seen about 2000 miles, most of which was used up getting it from OK to CA. The car isn’t finished. It looks great driving around and you could do that for years, but it will eventually need a little body work and paint. No major rust issues. There are a few bubbles where the quarter meets the B-pillar, shown in photo. Other bits and pieces of this 40+ year old car will need attention, but it doesn’t have the lower quarter or door rust that many of these classics have. It was a southern car. The floor rust is from a cowl leak. You can buy replacement cowl panels and make a permanent repair when you do paint and body, or you can use the cowl cover that comes with the car. I put it on when I wash it. The engine is a 289, which was the B-team engine for 1968. The 302 was new that year, so they de-tuned the 289 to differentiate. When you rebuild this one someday, you could easily warm it up with a little more compression and a 4-barrel. In the meantime, this is a great driver and a lot of fun. Send your email address and I'll happily provide a few more pictures or answer questions. Car is located in northern California--no title for cars of this age, but I will provide a clean bill of sale upon receipt of payment. Happy bidding!