Slow90coupe's NOTCHBACK BUILD THREAD!!!

slow90coupe · Nov 1, 2010

Thanks everybody!!!
I made a little bit more progress today
I pulled off the drivers fender...man a LOT of trash gets caught up inside there!

the car must have been hit pretty hard at some point. a pretty good bit of bondo is hiding up in there :nonono:

some surface rust too and some tack welds!!!!

oh well. this will be getting cut out and having some scott rod fab panels put in anyways.
tucked the drivers side harness

stripped one of my VC's. plan on fully polishing them.

few more...

jerrad · Nov 1, 2010

Great job man, keep at it.

slow90coupe · Nov 1, 2010

jerrad said:
Great job man, keep at it.

Thanks man :beer:

CobraBob · Nov 1, 2010

Best of luck with the build. Very impressive! A lot of great mods you have there.

slowgtnky · Nov 1, 2010

very nice car...big props on the patience to do what you are doing...I got my first car when I was about that age. It was a 1966 Mustang coupe. My dad and I found it sitting beside a guys house. Turns out he was tired of the project and couldn't get it to run. We picked it up for $2000, no rust anywhere on the body or floorboards, 289, auto..We had it running and were driving it about 6-7 hours later. I felt kinda bad for the guy but we lucked onto it..Keep up with your build man. Very impressive. Glad to see the hobby is still alive and kicking with the younger crowd.

slow90coupe · Nov 2, 2010

slowgtnky said:
very nice car...big props on the patience to do what you are doing...I got my first car when I was about that age. It was a 1966 Mustang coupe. My dad and I found it sitting beside a guys house. Turns out he was tired of the project and couldn't get it to run. We picked it up for $2000, no rust anywhere on the body or floorboards, 289, auto..We had it running and were driving it about 6-7 hours later. I felt kinda bad for the guy but we lucked onto it..Keep up with your build man. Very impressive. Glad to see the hobby is still alive and kicking with the younger crowd.

Thanks man! I love hearing those kinds of stories. makes me feel good.:beer:

Also my goal for finishing this thing is Mustang Week 2011. July 18th is a LONG WAY AWAY!!!

Amazongt · Nov 3, 2010

Thats insane. From the looks of it you have huge attention to detail and patience to take your time and do it right from the beginning. Something that most people still cant do into their 30s. I know what its like to work for so long without spending a penny at that age. Worked a whole spring/summer busing tables just to afford a down payment on my first mustang at 16. Dont mind the haters.

slow90coupe · Nov 5, 2010

Amazongt said:
Thats insane. From the looks of it you have huge attention to detail and patience to take your time and do it right from the beginning. Something that most people still cant do into their 30s. I know what its like to work for so long without spending a penny at that age. Worked a whole spring/summer busing tables just to afford a down payment on my first mustang at 16. Dont mind the haters.

Thanks man! i try to do my best but there is no way my car will ever be half as nice as most of the cars on here:beer:

JL-KA · Nov 5, 2010

Nice to see a young kid not ricing out an import. Keep up the good work.

slow90coupe · Nov 6, 2010

Made some more progress today!!!
spent a few exciting hours drilling out a stripped out fender bolt

finally got that mofo out though!!!

pushed the car back to admire it in all its naked glory and to clean up the mess that i had made

cleaned up the frame rails with a toothbrush

reorganized my little stash of parts...

a pic of the garage after cleaning it up a little bit

and i got someone lined up to help me pull out the motor!!!
LMK what u think!

Root1022 · Nov 6, 2010

good looking build :beer:

screamingstang · Nov 7, 2010

sweet ass build...dont stop posting pics...

subscribed...:coolman:

19935.slow · Nov 7, 2010

Put the stock cam back in. It's a favor towards yourself.

flattrack53 · Nov 7, 2010

Awesome job with the build man. You were like me when I was 14.

2001Bullitt · Nov 7, 2010

slow90coupe said:
Thanks man! I love hearing those kinds of stories. makes me feel good.:beer:

Also my goal for finishing this thing is Mustang Week 2011. July 18th is a LONG WAY AWAY!!!

Man even with that inner fender damage that's a very straight and clean Notch you got there. Wish I could find a shell that nice local to me so I can start my 460 buildup. Keep up the awesome work. Oh and Mustang week will come fast trust me. The new dates are up on their site already, hope to see that thing there. Ill be subscribing to this to keep up with your progress. All younger kids around my area do is rice out civics, nice to see that doesn't apply to all. :beer:

slow90coupe · Nov 7, 2010

Thanks guys!!!:beer:

19935.slow said:
Put the stock cam back in. It's a favor towards yourself.

Care to elaborate on this idea?

2001Bullitt said:
Man even with that inner fender damage that's a very straight and clean Notch you got there. Wish I could find a shell that nice local to me so I can start my 460 buildup. Keep up the awesome work. Oh and Mustang week will come fast trust me. The new dates are up on their site already, hope to see that thing there. Ill be subscribing to this to keep up with your progress. All younger kids around my area do is rice out civics, nice to see that doesn't apply to all. :beer:

Thanks man:beer:. around here im the only one that cares about american cars. everybody else at school still acts like 5 yr olds and all they talk about is Ferraris and Lambos (which i honestly think are GAY). and trust me this car is not as clean on the outside as it looks YET. :rolling:
heres the other big problem on the body

:nonono::nonono:
tire blowout ftl.

Best pic i have of the damage. this was the car as of about a yr. ago... GOOD TIMES!!! i have worked out the dent a little since then but its still pretty bad

slow90coupe · Nov 7, 2010

A little more progress i made today....
scrubbed the crap out of the suspension and frame rails

Re loomed the wiring harness

repainted my calipers

cleaned my H-pipe

and helped my dad clean up his shop

heres my favorite thing he has... 1970 C10. this thing is spotless everywhere. every piece under the hood and under the truck is powdercoated!

slow90coupe · Nov 13, 2010

todays progress..........
pulled off the PS and cleaned it some

took out the gas tank. BY MYSELF that was a bit of a challenge!

Plan on pulling the rear next weekend as well so i can get the underside lookin decent...

found a set of good 245/45/17 nittos in dads warehouse for my next wheel/tire combo

bought myself an early Bday present... KYB GR-2s baby!!!

found my Underdrive pulleys that i lost a few months ago!!!

and bought a set of TFS Twisted Wedges from summit ( theyre on sale for $999 btw) so i gotta sell the Edelbrocks!!! (PM if interested in them). Next week the rear and THE MOTOR IS FINALLY COMING OUT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

nmcgrawj · Nov 13, 2010

awesome work man, not sure i am following your earnings and cash to buy all this crap but who cares. You make it up by working on it yourself even if your dad/parents buy it for ya.

I didnt know jack squat about cars when i was your age, didnt decide to learn until i was 17 and got screwed over by a shop doing repairs on my first mustang. Since then....no one else touches it except me!