Wednesday, May 20, 2009


My car finally finished and on the road.

It won first place in its class at the 2008 Mustang convention.
Also best American at local all Ford day.

I would like to thank.
The Mustang Centre for all my parts use of the workshop and Rob himself.
Pete Donaldson for helping me assemble the car.
John Quinn for making us coffee.
Pete Geddes for my exhaust.
Heineken for being such a good sponsor !!!!

And the biggest thanks to my wife who lost me for two years.
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Finished interior with leather covered steering wheel.
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The backside.



The underside lots of bling here too.


We have the pony interior.



The white and metallic blue theme is carried right through the car.



Retro Gauges are fitted.


Finished engine bay.




We put in an aluminum radiator with an electric fan.



Plenty of Bling goes into engine bay



The Mustang is ready for final assembly.

This was done with the help of the Mustang centre and Friends.

It took about 8 Months from this stage to the end.

All Parts were supplied by the Mustang Centre (Christchurch New Zealand)



Engine was painted in Light blue Metallic.



The engine was completely reconditioned. It has flat top pistons and harded valve seats.

It is bored out to 60Thou.

It has a mild street cam.

4 barrel Holly.

(engine work was done by Glen Durie Automotive)



(Front Disc)

All Suspension ,brakes.engine.diff,trans are painted a light metallic blue to match the interior.

(Rear Disc)
The car is fitted with disk brakes all round.
This is a conversion kit from SSBC
Supplied by The Mustang Centre
Christchurch


The car after it was painted.

It is White with a blue pearl.

Car is primed and ready to paint.

It was painted in a booth.



Under the car is prepared for underseal.




Engine bay is painted white.


Front of car after all its repairs.

The 66 must have been in a crash at some stage.

The right hand chassey rail had a kink which had to be fixed.

The front and right of the car was replaced also.



The rear Quarters were cut out and new ones were fitted.



A new trunk lid was fitted.

We also added the GT rear valance.





New door skins were welded on.
Then inside were painted a light metallic blue

The doors were full of rust.

The old outer skins were removed.

The inner part of the doors had surface rust removed and rust proofed.









The rest of the interior was stripped to metal then rust killed.





All the under seal was removed.
The rest of the floor was in good shape.

Floor sections were then replaced.

A new heater box was also welded in.


The rusted sections were cut out.
The heater box was also plasma cut out.


The floor was rusted through in
quiet a few places.


Then the final paint was taken off with the grinder.
(Would have been quicker to sand or soda blast)

We removed all the parts off the car in about three hours.

That was the easy bit.

We opted to strip the car back to bare metal using paint stripper.

Sunday, May 10, 2009

66 Mustang Coupe


This is my 66 coupe before it was restored. I brought it in 2000 and it was my daily driver for six years.
Originally it was candy apple red with black interior. (before my time)

Thursday, May 7, 2009

Rick's restored 1966 Mustang