Decision to Begin

After spending more than 10 years in my garage, collecting dust, becoming a de facto storage shelf for empty cardboard boxes, I have decided to begin the process to bring my 1967 Mustang coupe out and bring her back to life.

I purchased this car in Santa Monica in 1986 for $900. I blew the 8" rear end out only a few hours later laying a single-stripe of black rubber for, what seemed like two blocks. One nine-inch housing later, my Mustang was back on the road.

Over those first few years, I replaced several body panels (used hood, trunk lid, rear valance; NOS front lower and upper valences, grill, and front/rear bumpers). I drove the 67 home from San Diego, spending 18 grueling hours on the road - with a 2 hour delay in Stockton (radiator top seal perforated), I made it home to Washington state.

In 1988, I began the long process of preparation for repainting. Many hours of block-sanding! After a few days of masking (and hood/trunk/trim removal), the Mustang was painted in January of 1989. A month later, the vinyl top was replaced. Around that same time, the front bench seat was rebuilt and reupholstered.

Spending a few years showing my red mustang, I noticed some oil burn on the left side of the dual exhaust. I pulled the engine and rebuilt it. After the rebuild, I spent a year on the road. One day, I decided to change over to electronic ignition, opting for a Duraspark distributor. When I pulled the stock distributor, the lower half of the oil pump shaft dropped and fell to the oil pan, frustrating me so severely that my poor '67 Mustang has been sitting ever since. My 7 year-old son has never seen the car with the cover off.

At my wife's prodding, I have decided to get back to it, and get the ball rolling on my Mustang. Some of the other issues that were popping up with the Mustang back in the mid-90's are, I assume, now more prevalent.