anyone else do this besides me?


my first car was a 1967 mustang fastback.

took me the better part of a decade, but it's a 100 point restoration.

i just bought a 66 coupe for $1000, and want to drop a new engine in it.


however, i'm torn if i should find an older engine and rebuild it, or buy a new repoduction.


i only have a few grand to spend on the engine.

i wana get a 68 el camino, duno if it makes any sense to do so because it might be in the shop more than its on the road.

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Originally posted by BTG i wana get a 68 el camino, duno if it makes any sense to do so because it might be in the shop more than its on the road.

send it my way along wtih $10k and i'll restore it for you

I got this old junk for free from a lot near my uncles way out in the boonies.








I had to invest about $2000 into it & about 2 months of having my friend work on it, but in the end it turned out pretty good.



Most of the conversion parts i found cheap on the internet.


Heres an after picture.

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my uncles do this in their spare time. one of the cars was a '73 trans-am with a 454. another one they did was a '67 vette. it was bought for $16,000 and it got appraised for over $50,000.

find a old one and rebuild it. Do it the way you want it and do it right.

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Ive always wanted to get a 67 mustang fastback and make it like "eleanor", like the gone in 60 seconds movie. ...

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Originally posted by XoxidE Ive always wanted to get a 67 mustang fastback and make it like "eleanor", like the gone in 60 seconds movie. ...

Eleanor was a Ford GT.

Yet another thread where people pretend to know about cars, but really, they don't know shit.

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Originally posted by Audious Eleanor was a Ford GT. Yet another thread where people pretend to know about cars, but really, they don't know shit.

eleanor was actually a 67 fastback converted, by mr. shelby, into a gt500

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Originally posted by enferno eleanor was actually a 67 fastback converted, by mr. shelby, into a gt500

I'll admit, haven't seen the movie since it came out. I remembered the GT half of GT500, couldn't remember what it looked like. I apologize.

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Originally posted by Audious I'll admit, haven't seen the movie since it came out. I remembered the GT half of GT500, couldn't remember what it looked like. I apologize.

GT is just the title that Shelby gave it after the souped it up.

basically, all Shelby was was a 3rd party souper-upper.

the bought factory mustangs, souped them both cosmetically and performance wise, and sold them again.


they never really made that many of them, but they are fucking sweet cars.

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Originally posted by enferno GT is just the title that Shelby gave it after the souped it up. basically, all Shelby was was a 3rd party souper-upper. the bought factory mustangs, souped them both cosmetically and performance wise, and sold them again. they never really made that many of them, but they are fucking sweet cars.

I know what Shelby is and what the GT500 is. I just thought it was Ford's supercar, the Ford GT.