I haven’t seen a place like that in a long time. Early fastbacks just wasting away in the weeds. That is sad. There are definitely some project cars out there.

 

I haven’t seen a place like that in a long time. Early fastbacks just wasting away in the weeds. There are definitely some project cars out there.

Sure as hell are. The trick is prying them away for any sort of reasonable price, or at all. I know of an elderly man that has a '67 fastback S code, two Mach 1's, and a '65 coupe drag car shell. He hasn't touched any of them in years, all just sitting barely visible from the main road behind his rural house. His first words when approached (before you can even say hello) are "If you're here about the cars they're not for sale".

 

Yeah, the RUG-M2 is for the 390. The input shaft is too short for a smallblock.

 

Hmm...Centerline racing wheels.

 

Below are some pictures from the vast Mustang wasteland... It was really sad seeing so many classic mustangs wasting away. Just makes one wonder how many other places like this exist.

I see you're in Easton. Where is this grave yard, I might want to visit!

 

It is in Bryans Road MD

Mike‘s Mustang Shop

 

"I'm gonna fix it up someday!"

 

Pretty cool and not to far from me either! How do we get in touch with him?

 

Place is called Mike’s Mustang Shop I found him when I was heading up 301 heading back home from looking at a project. I passed a flatbead with name and phone number on side then I slowed down so he could pass me so I could get picture of truck with phone number. 301-283-0344

 

I'll never understand that kind or hording. Lot's of people would rather see things destroyed than "give" them away

 

I worked in a bodyshop in the early 80's, the owner decided to move the shop to a new location and had no room to bring along a 51 Ford he'd been working on for many years. The bodywork was 95% complete and done very very well. At the time he wanted $1000 for the car and said if he didn't get his price he was crushing it. Lots of people offered him close to his asking price but never hit $1000. My co-workers and I couldn't believe, that he called the local scrap dealer and had it crushed. Blows my mind with this kind of thinking.

 

All you east coasters go get em! Someone needs to save these cars. Wish I were closer...☹

 

'66 Fastback GT...

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You were about 5 minutes from my house. Mike's a good friend of mine, known him since I was a kid.

 

i was really hoping he had a toploader i could use. I asked mike if he was on here he said no I told him I would post so people knew he was there. A lot of possible projects sitting there.

 

When people are looking for parts on here I've sent PM's for years with his contact information.

 

Mike was a nice guy hopefully some guys here can find Some things they need from him. He had a lot of parts there and some possible projects. If I had a stream of cash for another project one of those fastbacks in his backyard would have come home with me.

 

"how many other places like this exist. " Not too many.
I was tickled pink to get my hands on my horrible and rotten '69 project. I only see three cars out of all those I'd guess MIGHT be worse off than what I happily bought and dragged home. Lots of folks would love to bring at least half of those back to life.

 

Wow, this place is like half an hour from me. I will have to visit one day soon.

 

I guess you never really appreciate just how many of these cars were made until you see something like this. I lived in southern MD for a bit but never made it up there.

 

I only wish half those vehicles were within 1000 miles up here in Canada. You never see more than two old mustangs in a auto yard and they are in the late 70's. What a find.

 

This brings back memories of going to the junkyards in New Orleans back in the late 70's. The one that is "burned" in my memory was a '65 GT 350 that was a fire ravaged hulk. It wasn't too bad and today would have been saved for sure. Spent many a Saturday looking for parts and avoiding the snakes. This was long before the aftermarket field took off and you had to find all your parts in the fields. Those were fun days!

 

I'm just happy to see the cars were saved and not scraped for junk steel. Now if I could only afford to buy a few. lol

 

I live in Northern Virginia - I'll be checking this place out for sure!

 

I wouldn't turn down a RUG M2 in "really good shape." You can run the conversion pilot bearing and use that big block
trans with your small block. I did so for years while I was saving up for a custom geared small block top loader.

Here's the trick pilot bushing....
There's usually a listing or two on eBay for them.

 

I wouldn't turn down a RUG M2 in "really good shape." You can run the conversion pilot bearing and use that big block
trans with your small block. I did so for years while I was saving up for a custom geared small block top loader.

Here's the trick pilot bushing....
There's usually a listing or two on eBay for them.

@GT289 have some questions on your post sent you a PM.

Thanks
Joe

 

Here's an aerial photo of a certain Mustang, Thunderbird, Fairlane etc slumber party in a certain place not far from me ... this isn't likely their final resting place, either. Every now and then they donate parts to a great project or get made into one themselves. Most are on blocks off the ground, the doors and windows closed and a bunch have the cowls covered.

 

Hard to believe no one has grabbed up that GT Fastback. I think I dealt with him years back. He had lots of parts packed and was getting ready to head up to Carlisle so I met him at a storage shed vs his place. As I recall the parts were pricy but not outrageous. I was nearby this week too. I’ll have t check in on my next visit.

 

I'm shocked that 66 GT fastback is still there and hasn't been sold already.

 

Well, visited them yesterday morning and picked up a couple of great items. Mike is very friendly, and allowed me to roam the yard while he was doing other stuff. Lots of mustangs, and many older Fords. My '66 did not come with a 14" spare or the OEM jack (with the curved flip-top piece) when I bought it back in the fall. I've been looking for these items for a few months, and even bought a scissiors jack from NPD I wasn't happy with. At Mike's I found both at a reasonable price. He asked me if there was anything else I was looking for as he has other parts in storage. Great to have this place nearby -I'll be going back for sure.

 

@Ed_Negron glad this post was helpful to you. When I was there and saw the mass amount of stuff he had I should pass along to the group.