The 1939 Ford Standard Coupe has been mediablasted and I picked up a LS-1 vette engine for it. It will be a total restoration that will take about a year for my partner and I to finish. When this beauty is complete it will replicate a '50's hot rod. White wall tires, steel wheels with caps and rings. Tuck and roll tan interior and the exterior might be a shade of green. I'll keep you posted on the progress!

My partner and I will be starting on this 1965 Mustang this weekend. Hopefully we'll have some new pics for you! This car started out life as a boring 289 2v 3sp with manual steering and standard interior. In 5 months or less we are going to restore this heap into a gt replica. It will have its original color silver-blue metallic. It will also have styled steel wheels, blue/white pony interior, correct intake and 4v carb for gt, power steering, disc brakes, gt fog lights, automatic, air conditioning, console, and a white power top.

Right now we're in the process of ordering and organizing parts. We spent the weekend labeling and removing everything from the car. A great restoration begins with a thorough evaluation. After evaluating this car we've found that it needs almost everything! As much of a piece of ---- this thing looks like, it does have some good points. The top assembly is rust free and works. Best of all, the car is complete, which is worth a lot itself. The body on the other hand is going to need almost every panel. The unibody structure will also need to be totally replaced frame rail to frame rail. I'll try to explain as we go and give you hints and advice to some of you.

Anyway, this week I found a correct year 4v intake, 4100 carb, and spacer plate. I found a reputable machine shop nearby and made an appointment to drop off my engine block and heads. I'm planning to build a totally stock looking motor on the outside with some modern improvements on the inside.The heads are going to get hardened seats, screw-in studs with guideplates, a decent set of no relief valves,new springs and some roller rockers. The bottom end will use the stock crank and rods, forged pistons, and a hydraulic roller cam. Should be a stout combo. I'm hoping for about 280 horsepower.

Today I got out my mini polisher and went to town on all the stainless mldgs. I am very happy with the condition of the trim on the car. They had 0 dents and every little imperfection buffed out. This coming weekend we are planning to remove all the panels that will be replaced. So basically since the car is sagging and has lost it's structural integrity we are going to start by supporting the car in the center with a jack until the doors, top, and windows all line up. We will then weld a series of bars from the inner quarters to the windshield post. After getting everything where it needs to be the car will be whittled down to basically a firewall/windshield post and some inner quarter pieces. Keep an eye out every week, thing will be changing fast soon.

We started the teardown by supporting the sagging car in the center from underneath with a couple jacks. We then used a level on the cowl and rear package tray to level the car sideways. When the sagging car was leveled end to end and the door gaps returned to where they should be, the support bars were welded in. These bars will keep the relationship between the inner quarter panels and the a-pillar the same. They were welded to the inside of the doors so that the doors may be reinstalled before the body is welded together. The bars will stay on the vehicle until the last plug weld is welded.