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Hi Ed, no I haven't ordered d it yet but its likely we will.


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Originally Posted by BC30cal
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Good evening to you sir, hopefully this finds you and your fine family well.

In my hot rodding days a buddy had a '69 with a 302 in it - I want to say it was a Mach I, but can't recall exactly now.

It had a shaker hood and rear spoiler - and my goodness did it move. cool

While I was never really a Ford guy - even though I ended up owning a few of their pickup - the 69 Mustang is my personal favorite.

Even though I might not comment all the time Dave, this is one I'll be watching as it goes on.

Thanks for taking the time to take the photos and post by the way, I really enjoy your "build" threads immensely.

All the best to you and yours Dave.

Dwayne


BC30cal, I also thoroughly enjoy reading Dave's posts. I hope he never stops posting. He is of the same breed and kindred spirit to my younger brother who has built many muscle cars and trucks from the ground up, like Dave. The last car my brother rebuilt was '69 350 Camaro, built Pro-Touring style from the ground up. IMHO, these are the class of the class, if you're not restoring to spec.

Dave has forgot more than I will ever know, but I believe the '69 Mustang 302 you are speaking of could be the Boss 302. If I'm wrong, I'll gladly stand corrected. IIRC, it was the direct competition to the '69 Z28 with the 302 motor.

A limited number of the Z28's were fitted with the 350 small block motor. In the words of my hot rodder/drag car buddy across the street about the '69 Camaros in general, as he paces around shaking his head:
"one of the most sought after cars on the face of the earth".

He runs a '66 Nova drag car with a built to the hilt 350. It is a beast.

I was blessed to own a '68 SS with a 350 small block back in the day. It was a beauty, possibly now costing 100 times the price we paid in 1972, depending on which auction you may see one in. Aging myself here..


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to bad it doesnt have the high nickel 69 351w block in it. My buddy still has a stock block 69 with TFS highports done by ronnie sharp (rousch racing cylinder head/cam guy) that i i had splayed 4bolt caps put on, and bored/stroked to 425CI. Its a n20 motor. ran 9.80 on motor, and 8.30s on nitrous, for 4 years... they are by far the strongest o the 5.0-5.8 windsor blocks


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Oh man! take pictures of this one as you redo it. I have a buncha memories of a 70 Mach 1.

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Originally Posted by northern_dave
Trim that I dropped off with a trim repair guy, and I can't wait as long as he says it will take so I'm going to go pick it up and fix it up myself.


Something else that many good painters/body men would not even consider doing!


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Originally Posted by eh76
Is the first Ford done?


He's just starting on it silly. Can't you read? grin

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Originally Posted by acooper1983
to bad it doesnt have the high nickel 69 351w block in it. My buddy still has a stock block 69 with TFS highports done by ronnie sharp (rousch racing cylinder head/cam guy) that i i had splayed 4bolt caps put on, and bored/stroked to 425CI. Its a n20 motor. ran 9.80 on motor, and 8.30s on nitrous, for 4 years... they are by far the strongest o the 5.0-5.8 windsor blocks


A Dart block is miles better.


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if you need parts a friend right down the street runs blue ridge classic mustangs.jimmy has lots of parts.

http://www.usedmustangparts.net/

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I will keep that in mind srw, thanks.

We may need to call him if we do go down the path of returning a small block ford/fMX combo under the hood. we will need brackets for things like alt, ps pump, correct pulleys, fan etc.



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I'm thinking a real time web cam in your shop, linked to a page where we could all watch would probably be responsible for more than one person becoming unemployed....


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I was actually considering doing that for customers, but it wouldn't be an open cam, customer would have to log in.

That's too much F'ing around though. I take pics of important stuff with my phone as I'm working and when Pam shows up she grabs a decent camera and takes "fun shots" for the customer.

like such:

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Alrighty friends, I've got an all day road trip to go get that ford galaxie trim.

Catch ya laterz.


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Dang Dave, you sure have your work cut out for ya with that one. Looking forward to the progress reports Sir.


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Sure enjoy watching these restorations/builds that take more than a gallon of Bondo and a can of STP.

Real artistry skills being used by Dave.

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He should take out the gas cap, and drive a new mach 1 under it.
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Dave, how do you tally upfront deposits from the customer - shop expenses/supplies, part orders, etc?


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I might know a guy with a FMX or 3. Rebuildable at least.


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Originally Posted by northern_dave
I was actually considering doing that for customers, but it wouldn't be an open cam, customer would have to log in.



You might not actually want customers to see what you need to do to straighten out panels and square up door openings, and even out gaps. grin

Watching someone bang on your prized hot rod with a 2# mallet and a chunk of 2x4 may not be high on their list.


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Dave, what color will this one end up with?

A friend of mine did a 69 Mustang last summer and painted it candy apple red, it turned out sharp.


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