Popular Post The Dude Posted November 27, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted November 27, 2014 Hi Everyone Thought I'd show you my new/old Mustang Project. I've been after a 71-73 Mustang for years, I grew up with a mate who rebuilt one in his garage, and we had lots of awesome times going to shows and generally burning people off for years. Anyway since I'm nearly 40 I got all nostalgic and actually bought one, not a nice one, and not a running one, one that had been left in the desert for 15 years! Great! Oh and it's actually in Bakersfield! It was cheap tho! 26 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dude Posted November 27, 2014 Author Share Posted November 27, 2014 Discuss, spam , love, hate here //oldschool.co.nz/index.php?/topic/46029-zebra-dudes-1973-musang-sportsroof/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dude Posted December 18, 2014 Author Share Posted December 18, 2014 So here's the mustangs lovely floor, or lack of floor! 71-73 Mustang sportsroofs have the flattest angle rear window of any production car, its great for star gazing, but rubbish for seeing behind you, especially if you have a jacked up car with a spoiler. The other thing they are really good for is directing water all over the floor of the car, the second the seal gives out, if you have a desert car, the sun rots the seal and as soon as it rains it fills the car with water. This is very, very bad news for floorpans. Just like this! 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dude Posted January 22, 2015 Author Share Posted January 22, 2015 So my floor has now recovered its structural integrity and has been painted. A full set of floorpans and many $$$ later, she's like a new one, obviously there are many more horrors to face, but the big one has been taken care of 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dude Posted January 22, 2015 Author Share Posted January 22, 2015 I've added the boot spoiler, simply because my Trunk lid was wasted, and being a cheapskate I bought a second hand one for $30 with the holes already drilled in it. I decided it was easier to put on a spoiler than fill the holes, and being a 70's kid Spoilers are awesome You'll have to forgive the poor photo's, but its all I can get at the moment, I'll do some proper ones when it lands on Kiwi shores next month! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dude Posted January 22, 2015 Author Share Posted January 22, 2015 I bought a new bumper at the same time as mine disappeared at some time during its stay in the desert, the interior has to be seen to be believed, but it's slowly improving. sadly this Mustang was equipped with an irreplaceable Avocado interior, i'm just changing most of it to Black at the moment as Avocado is not remanufactured, and all the interiors I checked out were shot, and expensive. There is new carpet, mats and most of the trim replaced so far, and it still looks crap! But since I've now started to run out of Mustang cash, its going to have to do, Bloody projects always cost at least 5 times what you think eh? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post The Dude Posted January 22, 2015 Author Popular Post Share Posted January 22, 2015 I got it re painted in Satin Black as well, there was just so much that looked awful, Satin Black was just the easiest and quickest fix all I know, and to be honest I love it, looks super tough 15 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post The Dude Posted May 6, 2015 Author Popular Post Share Posted May 6, 2015 Its here!!!!! Finally I pick it up tomorrow from the Docks, Time for 11's, or probably 1's 14 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post The Dude Posted May 7, 2015 Author Popular Post Share Posted May 7, 2015 Mother of God!!!! What a day, finally I laid eyes upon the beast for the first time today. Customs has been dealt with and it has a clean bill of health, no damage, no rust!!! Stevie wonder was on inspections today then! I had a great idea, my car and my flatmates 1967 Galaxie both arrived together,"lets pick em up and drive them home" I said How hard could it be, his Galaxie had just driven 2500 miles across the states, and my Mustang, Yeah well that had driven across a dirt lot once after being left in a feild since 1988, it would be fine right??? WRONG!!!! I imediately began to regret the screw on plates and drive home idea when it transpired we only had two plates, both from the same car.(1978 Morris Marina!) I thought you meant dealer plates my flatmate said, Nope you have one, I'll have one, both on the rear I suggested and we tried to screw them on. Mustang, success, Galaxie, nope wont fit. "I'll have both plates on and drive at the front, Neal will follow behind, and you drive in the middle with no plates" "Great idea" said my flatmate not looking convinced. Then we got to see the cars, the Mustang was a little, errr weathered looking the Galaxie super presentable. Neither started, both were totally dead, we got a nice man to help us jumpstart them from a hoist. "Where are the trucks?" asked a worried looking man with a clipboard "Err they will be here soonish, Got a funnel?" "Why?, should there be this much smoke?" he asked more worriedly "No, thats why I need a funnel, here give me your drink bottle" "ok' I'll be over there if you need me" he said, Immediately leaving the area and locking a door behind him. "Right, there's no trans fluid in mine and it wont go, two tyres are a bit flat and the steering wont work, I yelled, quick Neal go grab some Dextron 3" By now the whole are was filled with the combined Smoke and fumes of two very old, very illegal American cars, and the general consensus seemed to be, lets get these maniacs out of here what ever it takes! We filled up the Mustang with oils, some of which made it sick, and it had a little vomit over the floor, and then regained gears and steering, we stuffed the two pallets of parts I had ammased into the now mobile Cars and tried to take off, comedy style we all went seperate ways, the mustang was not happy about being woke from it ancient slumber and made all kinds of horrible noises, and cut out at the end of the road, panicking and slightly lost I performed a quick smoking u turn back to the place I had just left to try and catch the others. A massive and un ignorable noise began, the front started to shake, and panic set in as I rolled to a stop outside the importers, Fuck! Fuck!, Fuck! I shouted at no-one in particular. (I was on lunch and this had taken wayyyyyy to long and sombody was surely going to notice I wasn't actually at work soon!) "Err your tyre seems to have sort of exploded" said two men with clipboards loading shiney cars onto a transporter. I looked down at a six inch chunk of tyre pealing itself majesticly off the front right wheel, I grabbed it and pulled it off. "Should you be driving that?" said one of the men looking nervously at the shipping stickers on the car " Yes definitely I said, do you have a bin?" "Err yep, he said" "good, put that in it for me will you?" I handed him the piece of tread I'd just pulled off the wheel and got the hell out of there! i'm not going to go into anymore details about the rest of the trip back to Zebra, other than the fact it was the most exciting and terrifiying thing I have ever done in a car, and I will never ever forget the sight and feel of tyres actually disintergrating (but staying inflated!!!) as I drove briefly on the motorway, little chunks of rubber falling like rain around me, but I will say that is the last time I ever drive ANY car on tyres that bad again. I have to be honest tho, it was totally Mad Max, and the Mustang may be the best thing I've ever done! Thanks so much to Three on the Tree, and my flatmate Carl (whose Galaxie didnt miss a beat) because without you guys today would have been filled with so much disaster!!!! 23 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post The Dude Posted May 7, 2015 Author Popular Post Share Posted May 7, 2015 Man I'm such a Photogenic son of a bitch I thought these were meant to be the big Mustang???? Note the 1985 spec Tyres? Free to good home, bring brush and shovel 22 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dude Posted May 9, 2015 Author Share Posted May 9, 2015 My Flatmates 67 Galaxie 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post The Dude Posted May 12, 2015 Author Popular Post Share Posted May 12, 2015 Mad max enough for ya? I think the black steels suit it better what do you think? Ok so its still got a massive trans leak, some exhaust issues and it needs a service, and then complience! 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dude Posted May 21, 2015 Author Share Posted May 21, 2015 Err plates for display purpose only I've just got to sort out the Tranny, which may or may not happen tomorrow, and then Burnout pics 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dude Posted August 5, 2015 Author Share Posted August 5, 2015 Ok so finally i got around to sorting out the Tranny, winter has been cold, and there's been so much to do with the Cannonball and other assorted things. Me and Three on the tree were going through another shed reorganisation (we bought more cars!) and I spotted the Mustang dirty, and neglected sitting in a pool of tranny fluid. "Fuck its a shame I said, what kind of asshat leaves a car like that to sit around? I pulled it up the front and decided to run it down a friends to stick it on the ramp and change the trans gaskets, I had them in the car anyway, two minutes of looking at it and we decided that the box is not a C4 and these were the wrong bits, its a C6 he said, wtf??? I thought all 302's came standard with a C4? Anyway he ordered the bits and I took off home. Next morning I got a call, mustangs done he said and I popped down to pick it up, honestly it feels so good to have an oil tight trans, I cant believe I've been pushing the F@$ker around the shed for so long. I picked up a set of wiper blades for it too. It's funny, but my cars always seem to inspire a love hate relationship with the public, Some guy in an Audi 4x4 was looking down his nose at me at the lights, quite literally sneering at me, when all of a sudden the back windows rolled down and his kids started taking pics and asking me to rev it up, maybe it pissed him off my couple of grand Mustang was cooler than his $110k Audi to his kids? Now I guess I should finish the interior, a bit, get the lights working and maybe, just maybe get this thing legal? 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dude Posted October 20, 2016 Author Share Posted October 20, 2016 So sadly due to my Missis accident I have to sell this asap. It's just had the box rebuilt and is an awesome car. I wouldn't sell it but I must finish my house in a hurry. If some kind soul might put this up in the for sale section for me that would be awesome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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