i kinda started about 2 years ago...... hopefully will finish before i die

 

I guess you could say I started 27 years ago with a rolling restoration. It's never been out of service more than about 2 months at a time. I've never gotten it "all" the way done. It's as close as I've ever had it right now. My current flurry of activity has lasted about 3 years.

 

That would depend on your financial situation as well as the time you have to work on your car. I started the 69 3 years ago now and was finished doing a ground up resto on it in one year and $30,000. The 65 Fastback I started last spring and had it on the road this past spring, another 25,000..One rear quarter I did not like so am redoing that now.Idid a partial on it ;last time and ended up with a bad flaw in the welded area so this time I am replacing the quater panel from the top ridge line down.
I also have started on my next project which is my 63 Fury 2 DHT , But will not go overboard as much as on the Mustangs.

 

It took me 9 months to assemble my '67 convertible from complete disassembly (including engine & tranny) and another 12 months or so to work all the bugs out. This did not include a paint job which I never had done before selling it.

 

The 5.0 took 8 months to build.
The BOSS went just over 3 years.

 

Correct me if I am wrong...but I don't think restorations on these cars ever end. I am continually making improvements, changing, and adding things to my cars. Specifically my '66 coupe. I guess you could say my part of the restoration started in July when I pulled the engine to detail it. I also need to install all of the new steering linkage, install disc brakes, new shocks, sway bar etc. In my case right now, time is scarcer resource than money. Being a full time college student and working 30 hrs a week...it's hard to get all of this work done in a timely manner.

Although I am shooting for the phase to be completed in 6 weeks.

 

It will be 7 years next March that I started tearing it apart. I hope to have it finished by Dec/03.

 

If you drive them it never ends. Parts wear out and/or age,and you replace them. If you keep your car long enough, and drive it much, eventualy you will need to repaint it.

 

Well, a project car is never finished. I just started mine about 2 months ago and it finally has wheels as of today. Still have a LONG way to go.

 

silverbluebp, thats a sweet car. lets see pics when its done.

 

I just started a project last week and I am deciding what way too go with it. I am doing alot of it myself and farming out the sheetmetal work. This is my thing. I am not in a hurry. I want too take my time and do it right. I have the cash, money isnt the issue, but too be fair too my wife and kids, I would also like too spread this project out over time so I am not putting all my eggs in one basket so too speak. The other guy who is doing the sheetmetal, is in a hurry. What should I do?

 

I took mine off the road in August 2001, took it completely apart and it saw asphalt again on it's own power in Sept 2002 so 13 months.

Is it finished? NO will it ever be ? No probably....

but a full restore from usable to non usable and usable again was what it took me

 

It took 7 years of summer work on the 66 coupe. But it was drivable for most of that time.

I have had the convert for 2 years and just really got started. 2 more years to go.

 

I bought my car November 4, 2000 and trailered it home. I thought it was to the point of driveability and the trans is bad on its first drive. Hope to have the trans done and wheels by end of year. That would be a 2 year restoration. I did everything myself except the actual shooting of the paint. I would have done that as well but I have not shot paint in 22 years. I may not be a pro at restoratiion but it is all my effort and I am very proud of my 70 Mach1. I agree that it is always under work as I already see things I want to improve.
Rick Allen/Oceanside, CA

 

My 65 I've been working on for alittle over 20 years and Boss was pretty much done when I purchase it but got to start doing some freshing up on that one next year.\\

My Theroy is what would I do if they were ever done?

 

Of my current cars:

'66 ... first rebuild 6 months ... second one, about a month since it only entailed a new engine/tranny some body work and a paint job.

'65 ... rear end wasn't removed, EVERYTHING else was, including a lot of welding in the engine bay and 1 floor pan. Took us about 8 months.

'69 coupe ... bought as a running car, and just needed lots of little things. It took about a month, but didn't get it painted for almost a year.

'69 Sportsroof ... been slowly working away at it for about 6 months ... I figure about a year to finish.

 

Four years and counting. I'm getting close to seeing light at the end of the tunnel though, I hope to be getting my Fastback into a body and paint shop within the next couple of months.

 

The daily driver turned into a hobhy car about a year ago. It's on stands now, getting the paint stripped off and winterized. I'm not even trying to do any body work, just good primering for winter. I hope to paint the car before end of summer 2003, which means I need my suspension, brake and steering done by then (so I could roll it around).

Probably another year to save for the engine/tranny, then I can get it going.

So Nov 2001 to Aug 2004, 3.5 years. Gotta finish before oldest kid starts driving (he's nearly 14 now). That's the goal line.

 

So far the Mustang has occupied the garage in pieces for more than 2 years. Today I started on the front suspension then after that it gets painted and put back together. I estimate another 6 months.

 

It took me 3 years, and I worked on it a lot and it took about 10K.

Tom

 

I bought my fastback in 1976 or 75. I bought other cars to canabalize for parts that I wanted and sold or traded the rest of them.It was four or five other mustangs. I drove it for the first time last spring. The finished product cost nothing give or take a few hundred dollars. It worked for me but it made all the people around me crazy.

 

This past July completed 6 years on my 66 coupe.I hope to have it completed this winter and on the road in the spring, then it is onto the next coupe that is waiting in the driveway.

 

i aquired the vert in `94
started work in earnest a year and a half ago.
finances dictate speed at this point

 

Mine started just over 2 years ago, and is pretty much completed. I did what I could, but I had tons of paid help. If I'd done it myself I'd be nowhere near finished !

I think budget often dictates resto speed, as well as you own restoration skills. I'm looking to learn more..... Dickson

 

Bought mine in April 02. It needs full floors, inner rockers, you get the idea. I've completed the rear frame rails....I only get to work on it on the weekends (if I'm lucky), so I would estimate at least 5 years to complete. My wife thinks it will be done by the time my son is finished High School....that'll be in 2012 /forums/images/icons/smile.gif.