August 2013 Update

Very sad news, dad passed away in May of this year.  It was unexpected and has been a tremendous setback for all of us.  Needless to say the Mustang project has been put on hold for awhile.  I still have ideas and talk about it and such but the work has ceased for now as I have been very busy helping mom with things around her house.

If it were not for dad passing I would have hired a new painter to throw the color on this summer, as I was not really needed for that work.  I will get back to work soon on this project, maybe this winter.  My plan for now is to take the block and heads of Cleveland down to the machine shop this winter and get all the work done I am planning and then start the assembly of the power plant. 

The T5Z is ready to go with a fresh rebuild, and also the rear has a fresh set of 355 gears in it so these things are ready to go already.

I have been looking and toying with different ideas for the interior, and I still have not made up my mind quite yet.  I am pretty sure I will not be using the stock seats even though I already have new stock Mach1 seat covers.  Definitely something different for the console as well if I even put one back in.  I really do like the clean look of no console.  The door panels are another subject, I think I might go to my local custom interior shop and see what sort of ideas they might have for me there.

To all those who have been checking on this project, thank you and I will continue with updates when the work begins again. 

RIP Dad...you are missed.  We love you!!!