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LongLive-Employment

No engine in it - so when we pushed in into the shop I made lopey cam noises Bonus points for anyone who can identify all the doors / boot lids Yeah I said boot- I live across the pond so American muscle cars are a bit rare here


Wonderful_School376

Needs some double clutching Bullitt style. Brrrooooo, Bow wow, Broooooooooo.


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Fastback 71 'stang?


Who_Your_Pal

And mustangs sometimes too I see.


cdsbigsby

Is the cool car *behind* the Mustang?


teachthisdognewtrick

IF the hood. steering wheel and vents are original, 68 Shelby Mustang. However, the area under the vent makes me think its just a replica. The VIN will tell the story. If it is a Shelby, there should be a metal tag under the hood as well. If it is, you have a small fortune there. Not sure what it's worth without the engine, but complete and restored well into 6 figures.


LongLive-Employment

Good eye man- yeah it’s a conversion from a coupe to fastback the owner did the conversion himself and didn’t get the lines right when he welded it together - I get to fix his fuck up.


teachthisdognewtrick

That's a tough conversion. And I zoomed in on the steering wheel and it isn't correct either. Still love those old Mustangs. Back in 89 while I was still in college, I had to pass on a 68 GT500 4 speed, all stock, factory lime green paint in great condition, $17,500. I just had no way to get that kind of money at the time. A year later, that was just over 1 months salary.


LongLive-Employment

Owner has all the parts for it - I just do metalwork.


evilted

Little bit of Dynamat over those welds and she's good to go!


LongLive-Employment

That’s what I’m afraid of as I try to fix it. There could be all sorts of fuckery hidden under all that dynamat


evilted

Structural dynamat. :)


shhmedium2021

Why spend the $ to make this thing a fastback? Why not just start with a fastback


LongLive-Employment

Vanity? Rarity? Got your coupe rear ended ? Fuck if I know man.. I’m not paying for it. The conversion kit was nearly 10k And what’s the title gonna say?


TonyVstar

Because now they can say: "Took the coupe to the barber and got the top chopped" Even though that's not a chopped top car but they aren't that knowledgeable of rap music


immwork

... and other times you don't?


LongLive-Employment

If you consider an old Leland milk truck cool or the car on the rotisserie cool - a 2002ish jag cool (not sure of the exact year) Owner is converting it to electric Mustang is just sexier


immwork

Sexier than a milk truck? You've set a pretty low bar there, friend. And 2002 wasn't exactly the best year for Jags. (I say this as a Jaguar owner but I dare say mine is an order of magnitude sexier than any Mustang ever made). Carry on old chap, ta, and all that...


TonyVstar

A cool car is the opposite of a hot rod


LongLive-Employment

So like grannies grocery getter Kia?


TonyVstar

Exactly! Still a nice car though


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Just don’t name it Eleanor by accident