Isabelle - Girl Meets Mustang

By diyauto
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4 minute(s) of a 131 minute read

5-17-2020

Soooo initially had a 4 lug rear end for the drum brakes with cane with the i6 engine, but decided to replace it with a 5lug 1971 mustang 8 inch rear end. Although, cleaned it and painted it and did all the work before deciding to replace it! ? A bit of a pain, but that’s the joy of restoring an old car! Used some nice spray paint to give it a great updated look. .

Tools used ?: shop towels, spray paint, cleaning agent. .

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4 lug rear end

5lug 1971 mustang 8 inch rear end

5lug 1971 mustang 8 inch rear end


5-18-2020

In the FRONT suspension, installed new coils, shocks, lower control arms and a new set of rotors for disc brakes (power disc brakes from @cjponyparts ). In the REAR added new shocks, leaf springs and disc brake rotors. .

Tools used ?: ratchets and wrenches of different sizes, jack stands and jack.
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installed new coils, shocks, lower control arms and a new set of rotors for disc brakes

rear axle leaf springs

installed new coils, shocks, lower control arms and a new set of rotors for disc brakes

wheel installed

Scroll all the way to the right to see the DIY paint setup in the backyard! Bought a car canopy from Home Depot, and used hangers to hang pieces from the mustang for painting, along with doors etc. Painting coming in next post! .

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DIY spray booth

DIY spray booth

DIY spray booth

DIY spray booth at night

Next was painting! Started with fenders, doors, and other parts before getting to the body. Originally this Mustang was color code Y, which was a dark moss green. Over the course of forty-some odd years, it had been painted nearly 5x and gone through different colors ranging from a deep cobalt blue to a pony red. Decided to restore it to the original color, which is the best color: dark moss green. Paint and clear coat by @matrixautomotivefinishes .

Tools used: 60 gallon air compressor with spray gun , one needed for paint and another for clear coat. . Black widow spray gun for clear coat and euro 5200 for color .

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dark moss green painted fender

dark moss green painted parts

dark moss green painted parts

dark moss green painted parts

dark moss green painted car parts

dark moss green parts



Comments

Great job and love the color!

Posted by DIYauto_Admin on 11/4/20 @ 2:33:40 PM

Nice work! Thankfully the body looked in decent shape to start with, lots of these are pretty rusty at least around here. Inspiring me to get a Mustang of my own!

Posted by stevegolf on 10/22/20 @ 11:11:58 PM

Beautiful car! and that's an excellent color. Great job bringing it back to life!

Posted by MPower on 10/12/20 @ 1:48:12 PM

Great build Isabelle!

Posted by Diggymart on 10/11/20 @ 7:30:29 PM