So yeah....

So I was so excited to start this blog so I can brag about the process of having my car restored, but just realized one of the most exciting parts is over. It was very exciting to get it driving again. It is good to know the engine is still good in it. Now comes the not so fun part. Mike has to start taking it all apart.
- His first plan of action is to take out the engine. He will go thru it and detail it. He will also clean up the transmission and all the other parts under the hood.
- Next he will start taking the whole car apart. Everything will come off. everything in the interior, the doors, trunk lid, hood, gas tank etc... The car will pretty much be reduced to the shell.
- Then comes a little welding. There are some rusty spots in the engine bay that will have to be cut out and new pieces of metal welded in. There is also a nice size hole in the floor on the passenger side that will need to be fixed. We will cut out the old floor and weld in a new floor.
- Then the car will go off to be sand blasted. The point of that is to get all of the paint off the car so it will be ready for its new paint job.
- We also will have to take it to a body shop to take care of small dents. Mike was able to get most of the big dent on the passenger rear quarter panel out. All that remains are a few little ripples in the metal. We are trying to save as much of the car as we can so we hope to get the ripples out versus replacing the quarter panel.
- Then we will haul it up to Hooper to a family friend who paints cars at his home. He is very talented and has done nice work on a few of the cars in the Epperson Family. We will leave the car with him for a month or so and let him do his thing.
- Then comes more exciting things. Once we bring the car home, we can start putting it back together. I hope to have stock piled a bunch of parts for it by that time. I am planning on spending a couple hundred a month on car parts and stock piling them so that when the car is done being painted... we will have everything we need to put it all back together. Luckily Mike's dad has a ton of parts for a 67 already so we have started our stock pile. It is nice having some parts for it already.
----Well that's the general plan. I am sure things will change as we go... but its exciting. It wont be a quick restoration by any means. I am sure it will be a couple years before this is done. I just have to keep telling myself that we are making progress no matter how slow of progress it is. Someday I will have a cute restored Mustang that will look almost completely how it did the day my dad bought it. Then I can take it to car shows and do a couple canyon drives in it. I cant wait!

Progress Thus Far...

So I was so excited about the progress we have been making on my Mustang... that I wanted a place where I could brag about it! My Mustang is a one family Mustang. It was my dad's first car. It then ended up with my aunt who held onto it. I was able to buy it from her and bring it home in May of this year (2008). Here are some pictures of us dragging it home: It was an uneventful trip hauling it back from St. George. I was happy to get it into its new home (our garage). We started our restoration project by cleaning out the car. There were all kinds of interesting things to be found in it. We even happened to find an old toy car worth a whopping $50!! The next big exciting event was when we hooked up a battery and got to see what lights came on. The horn halfway works... but the poor car sounds sick. I had to get video of the horn.
We then got the car started. We replaced the gas tank and put more fluids into the car... and it started right up. I was rather nervous and made sure to have a fire extinguisher at hand. We found a gas leak so we quickly cut the engine and replaced all the gas hoses. Soon we got the car started again. It sounds really good!

Today we actually got the car driving. Mike had to put TONS of transmission Fluid in... but it finally moved. I was so excited to see it moving. He drove it forward and backwards in the driveway a couple times. Of course I had the video camera ready.
Mike than drove it around the block with me following behind in my car. We didn't want anyone to notice the plates expired in 1981. We drove it to the gas station and sprayed down the engine compartment a bit before bringing it home and tucking it back into the garage. I must warn you that I am not talented with driving and recording... so this video may cause minor motion sickness.
The next step is to start tearing into the car. Mike will take out the engine and detail it and clean it up. I will be sure to get some good pictures and video.