MIKE'S 67 MUSTANG PROJECT - AUSSIE STYLE!

 

Hi honey - look what followed me home! You should have seen my wife's jaw drop when I pulled up with this trailing behind the ute.  I did warn her well in advance that it was a far cry from my previous fastback - a 1968 beauty that stood out in a crowd. 

December 2005:  The Project - A Short History.

 

Almost a year before, I'd had a sniff of a car, a 67 Mustang Fastback, which had come up for sale.  A project started by a father and sone but had been abandoned for one reason or another.  A well known Mustang enthusiast in Perth put me on to the pair and I paid them a visit in the Perth foothills. 

 

The project looked a little too daunting for me and besides, I had a perfectly good 68 fastback sitting in the garage, a Vermillion Fire (orange) animal that turned heads wherever and whenever I drove it.  There's a few pics here if you're interested. At that early stage the owners weren't much into negotiating and as I couldn't get it for the right price, I gave it a miss.  Much later, I'd heard the car had sold and at a price considerably less than they were originally asking.

 

I decided to sell my 68 fastback with the intention of pursuing another (less expensive) hobby for a while.  Just when I'd got into my new hobby the 67 resurfaced!  A guy, whom it turns out is a close friend of an associate of mine had bought the car with the intention of restoring it when he had a change of fortune.  A big block car, in the shape of a 68 fastback, complete and running, came on the market and being a big block fan, he couldn't resist and snapped it up.  Bingo - the 67 is back on the market.

 

The thing is I'd been thinking about the car for ages.  I knew there was a lot of stuff missing off the car and it was going to be expensive to restore which is why the father-son team bailed out.  I kept having this idea about turning into a modified custom instead or restomod as they like to call them in the states.  Still bloody expensive to do anyway but the rate genuine and NOS parts were jumping in price I figured the restomod road was a better option and a lot more fun too.

 

Anyway, I got in touch with the latest owner, whom I've kept in contact with incidentally, and negotiated a deal which put the old girl in my garage!  At least temporarily until she goes in for the right-hand-drive conversion at the end of May.  I've got some big plans - time and budget permitting and they are detailed over the next few pages.  Be sure to check back for updates and if you want to know any more about my baby or just talk Stangs in general, feel free to email me at mike@mikesmustang.iinet.net.au

 

Cheers, Mike