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my first car at 14. $14,000
My dad and I got it running and somewhat put together by 16 so It could be my daily driver to highschool.
12 years later. still runs like a champ,
Edit: Daaaang was not expecting this response! Thanks Imgur!! I will be posting
a-lot more pictures of the process soon!
joeyecho101
Nicalanius
hangemhigh13
If you don't like a highland green 60-s Mustang you have no soul.
LeifAshley
Not crazy about the angel eye headlights (not a purist either) but the rest looks great!
LordScuttlebutt
Hey, that was my first car, too! Except mine was a coupe. Same year, though.
PTFCMcGee
I was really hoping for the transformation and was not disappointed. This is a beautiful Mustang, good work.
zalagzny422
Had to both do a double take and come back to applaud.
tierfonorbita1
Thanks dad!!!!
FeloniousMonk13
Aw hell yeah, beautiful. 67-8? My favorite muscle cars right there.
guitarfourtysix
Very nice. Clean work. Like the color too ! Not feelin the halo lights. I had a 67 coupe till 2008. So I can say that LOL.
ImgonnapartylikeitsCOVID1999
For Everyone from the Chicago area, "is that old car worth money?"...
LaxmiSinghers
Victory Auto Wreckers!!
NoProofReadingAllowed
I love the color, i love the wheels, i love the headlights..... Would it be possible to show that beauty from more angles?
ramarins
I don't have a 14K car *today*
EverythingWasTakenBySomeBastard
My first project car at 14 was $600. 12 years ago. Look at a beetle in worse shape and the cheeky fucks want $16k
PoopiesEverywhere
I thought this was a Victory Auto Wreckers' commercial. Mah bad.
PoopiesEverywhere
Oh Imgur! I was commenting on a totally different post
CAPTAINWETSOCKS
I neeed some sauce people!!!!
PoopiesEverywhere
https://youtu.be/4fM5K5jK840
Orthy
Hell yeah. Dad and I are building a Nova
rocket86924
...and another $14,000 for all the upgrades
WesleyMun
67?
RedRingOfObviousness
Indeed. You can tell by the faux side vents.
EmotionallyCrippled
What the fuck! This is amazing. How much did you invest in it? @op
CAPTAINWETSOCKS
honestly not alot I would say less than 5k into it.
Masonrig
DotSeeEh
Wait! So that first picture was taken in 2008 and not 1987?
CAPTAINWETSOCKS
This was the original picture from the craigslist ad
EndiaTheMisanthropist
miniBUTCHA
One of the best looking DIY project i've seen all day!
MightyBlackGuy
Agreed
digme
Way better than crochet.
uhohstop
idk man, my grandma crocheted me a lambo and it was sick
TupperwareNinja
How do you know it's DIY? There's no in between pics :(
reversecowgirlisjustdoggyfromadifferentperspective
Classic/muscle are of the few American cars that have my respect. Nice job
krisbykreme
I'm no expert but is this a Mustang fastback?
RedRingOfObviousness
Yes, I'd guess a '67 or thereabouts.
krisbykreme
I saw a '76 once IRL. It's gorgeous. But I couldn't recall if this is the same.
RedRingOfObviousness
Those were in the declining years. Despite the 64 1/2 beginning on a falcon chassis, it was a real looker until 69+.
ThreeLineRifle
Falcon platform gave us Mustang, Falcon, Ranchero and Comet. Sadly only the Mustang gets any attention.
readyplayer0ne
Is 14k what you paid for the car or the total investment including restoration? The car looks great btw.
CAPTAINWETSOCKS
probably 19-20k overall but its worth between 40-45k right now and I havent even got to the suspension or engine mods yet.
readyplayer0ne
Nice! What engine is in it? What are your plans for it?
MissivesFromTheTower
That's because it's levelling up.
CAPTAINWETSOCKS
Ive always thought this about my car... like the gas tank just keeps growing cuz I push it to the limit or leaks just fix themselves...
HurricaneShade
My first car.. 67 Impala in 1981 $300.00
IJustPoopedMyPants
First car was a 66 Newport a friend and I paid 100 dollars for. First car I owned I could drive was 78 pinto wagon
Petro116th
My friend had a Newport. Not sure of the year, but it was shaped like a duck somewhat.
RedRingOfObviousness
I had a '65 with a 327.
DALLASLAVOWNER
I had a pinto
HurricaneShade
I drove my dads a few times
IJustPoopedMyPants
There's dozens of us!!
heywhyareallthebestnamestaken
No shame there. Had a lot of make out sessions in the back of a pinto....back in the 1970’s. Lol
BeesKneesJohanson
Dope. Real real dope. Always my dream car when I was a teen. Didn’t have money for it then. Good work @OP.
CAPTAINWETSOCKS
get it now! lol you can still find em for cheap-ish, or you can buy fully restored and pay monthly payments, like a car off the lot.
SeriouslyWhosDownvotingThis
Dude! More pics please!
BeesKneesJohanson
Haha, maybe a little down the road. I got myself a newer one since I unfortunately don’t have the time to restore one.
BeesKneesJohanson
But I do want to restore one. I think it’s cool taking them and bringing them to life again.
hatertotsandcranchops
On my 2nd year of my 67 camaro resto, still doing metal work and panel replacements and fixing what i screwed up the first year, lot of work
BeesKneesJohanson
It’s for sure an awful lot of work. One of my family members is restoring an old 302 boss he managed to find, but it’s still far from done.
youdontknowhowtoeatmuffjohnsnow
You had $14,000 at 14?
beauFORTRESS
The real question
randomnoe
Right?!
RedRingOfObviousness
Me thinks someone overpaid if that's the before picture.
CAPTAINWETSOCKS
https://www.ebay.com/itm/1967-Ford-Mustang-2-door/174271469455?hash=item289363978f:g:yEsAAOSwmuherk4V&vxp=mtr
IJustPoopedMyPants
No shit, unless Steve McQueen was blasting farts into that thing during the chase scene in Bullitt
RedRingOfObviousness
Legend has it McQueen tried to buy that car back in early 70's. It recently sold for $3.4 mil. But, come on, best chase scene ever, right?
robindawilliams
Fastback shells are becoming immensely rare, at least up north. Guys will spend $15-20k to get the body if it is clean.
ReLeVaNtUSERNAMESareReLeVaNT
Now yes well its situational but back in 2008 14K for a partially completed 67 project car even if its was a vin confirmed GT they overpayed
CAPTAINWETSOCKS
At a young age it was clear I was not gonna make it to college, the college fund helped out a-lot.
imakespellingerrorsonpurpose
I said the same thing as a d-student until i was 18, then I said fuckit and went to college. Now I'm an electrical engineer. Ya never know.
RedRingOfObviousness
Mah man! I dropped out and ended studying EE many years later.
CAPTAINWETSOCKS
Lol I said fuck it and moved to LA to be a actor... spent 6 years fucking off and now I’m a Lab Tech at a chem plant. Life is weird.
MrJimmyRustles
Were you in anything I might have seen?
ThreeLineRifle
The volleyball alien in Darkstar?