1967 Ford Mustang Coupe Restoration

This is a 1967 Ford Mustang Coupe that I did a mild restoration on a few years back while at John’s Mustangs and Classics. The customer wanted a good exterior paint job, and all the exterior chrome replaced. I had completely disassembled the car for paint, and then sent it off to a body shop of his choice. While at the paint shop, I had the bumpers re-chromed, and purchase all the smaller chrome pieces from Scott Drake. I did a complete interior restoration on it as well. Including a Custom Autosound stereo with concealed rear package tray speakers. He left the engine compartment and under carriage for a later date. He wanted all of this done while on a business trip, and then shipped to his hometown for storage.

Putting holes in your Ford Mustang Fastback

If you’ve ever put back together a Fastback interior, then probably figured out that the panel ‘s screw holes don’t always line up with the holes in the car. There are a few reasons for this. First off, these old cars were put together by human hands with the help of templetes, and the holes were drilled by an assembler with a hand drill. Also, over the 40 plus years these cars have been in accidents, and their frames have flexed from normal wear and tear. It’s not surprising that the holes do not always line up. I have restored numerous Fastbacks, and noticed that the screw holes are in different spots from one car to the next. You’ll notice in one of the pictures below how close to the edge some of the holes were drilled. Also, Fastbacks have about a dozen special brackets that the panels attach to, and over the years may have become misaligned a little. Sometimes, you can use an awl to line up the panels to the original holes. I’ve discovered by drilling new holes that I can get the panels to align and fit better. I start with the trap door, and work my way out. It’s not uncommon to get to the second or third panel, and have to take them all back out to re-fit them again. It can be like a jigsaw puzzle. With patience, a good drill bit, and an awl, you can get your interior panels to align better too. Remember that these fiberglass panels have become brittle, and will break easily, so use care when handling them. Oh, one last piece of advice. You can make your interior a lot quieter by putting Dyanmat on the back side of panels.

1964 1/2 Ford Mustang Interior Restoration

I’ve been restoring Ford Mustangs for over 17 years now, and one of  my favorites is restoring or converting to two- tone interiors. I like how it breaks up the patterns and complimants the interior lines. This particular restoration was unique. A few years ago, the owner had his engine rebuilt by JBA Performance Center, and he brought it back to them to have the interior restored back to life.  It was a 1964 1/2 Mustang with a D code engine. This was an early production 289 engine with a generator. The owner thought that the Pony interior and the Emberglo exterior were original. I showed him that the Pony option did not come until late 1965, and the Emberglo exterior color was not an option until the 1966 model year. Also, the past owner installed GT Ralley wheels, GT fog lights, and all the GT badges. None of these were correct for a 1964 1/2 Mustang.  That being said, he liked the combination. Since we were going to keep the Emberglo Pony interior, he wanted it to be restored like a correct 1966 interior would have been.  One of the challenges was finding the correct Emberglo colors. The first batch of paint was to orange, so I had to go through a few batches of paint until it was right. There is evidents of that in the pictures that I took throughout the restoration.

1964 1/2 Mustang Interior Restoration Photo Gallery