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68 rebuild for a customer

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A friend of mine owns a mechanic shop and sent me these pics of this 68 fastback a few years back. Said the motor and trans needed rebuilt. It looks decent in the pics but is a 50/50 car, looks good at 50 feet or 50 mph. He had it redone back in the 90s and it hasnt ran in 10 plus years. It has the original 289 and c4. He finally talked me into coming to work for him and this was one of my first cars to work on. Thought id document it here. Were gonna put on discs from chock, rebuild the 289 and c4, replace the engine wiring harness etc. Just make it a good driver. The 289 was in great shape except for cylinder number 1 it was rusty. The crank was turned .010 already but is in great shape. He wants a roller cam and was talking fuel injection until he got the quote.
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Well, you’re not 50 feet away in the photo and it sure looks good! Good luck with it
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I’ll be following.
Nice looking car, sounds like a fun job to me. Best of luck with it.
Must suck having such a crappy job to drag your carcass to everyday!! JK Buddy! lol
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Someone PAYS you to work on cool Mustang...what a concept! Looks like work just got fun!
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Have you convinced him yet to do a coupe conversion? :LOL:
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Someone PAYS you to work on cool Mustang...what a concept! Looks like work just got fun!
Or the hobby just got lucrative! ;)
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Have you convinced him yet to do a coupe conversion? :LOL:
I tried, told him I would dispose of the old scrap roof as well..
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Just put in an order for disc brakes from chock, a rebuild kit for the c4, various engine parts, picked up the block. It may get a 302 crank. Had to debate the aluminum vs brass radiator with my buddy until I won over. He swore an 800$ becool rad was needed. I wasn't having it.
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C4 is back together, mostly. Waiting on the correct shift kit. My buddy is a chevy guy and assumes that a c4 is a c4. Thankfully the kit he ordered wasn't expensive. I've told him from now on I'll order the parts.
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