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1965
Mustang (page 1 of 2) Owner:
Tony Valenta Last
updated 06-12-06 |
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Tony's Mustang showed up at Karg's Hot Rod Service after progress at
another shop slowed. Tony brought her to our stable to get
this wild mustang road ready. |
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 When
Tony's car arrived at our shop some
body work had been done and some areas were cut in with Lexus pearl tri-coat.
Most of those areas will be refinished. Other than that not a lot of finished work had been done
previously. |
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We started by cleaning up the engine compartment and preparing to beef up the front end. Then we installed coil over shocks and tubular adjustable upper and lower
control arms and Bear brakes. Every successful project should start with a good
"foundation". Tony chose American Racing Torque-Thrust 2's, big on
the front and bigger in the rear. Traction will be provided through BFG G-Force T/A's. |
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 Backspacing front and rear was very important
due to the limited space provided in the fender wells. We
called Paul Atkins in Culman, AL for advice and all backspacing
issues were resolved. |
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The Engine Compartment will be clean and remain stock in appearance
with a lot of the humps and bumps you would find under the hood of a
65' Mustang. Although we are going to shine it up a bit.
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 347
small block in all its stroked, fuel injected, painted & polished
glory with a little nitrous for some zing!
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Get a look at the stock 1965 sheet
metal... because things are about to change.
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 The
outside is not alone in this project. The interior will also
receive a lot of attention. Ignition, nitrous oxide, brake and fuel system
components and controls will need to be integrated into the
interior as well. |
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With
all the added bling on the engine & the shoe-horn fit we did not
want to put the motor in more than once. So, we test ran the
engine prior to installation. (All Systems Go!)
Tony Valenta and Jack Karg Posing and apparently feeling pretty
confident about the first attempt to crank this baby over. |
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Unhappy with the shape she was born with, Tony
opted for some fiberglass enhancement. Don't worry some of the
swelling will go down in a week or two.
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 Not
only will the 65' get the flare treatment, we also filled the seams
on the rear tail light extensions and welded the lower valance to
the bottom of the quarters. Front & rear chrome bumpers will remain although they
will be cleaned of all bolt holes and will have a closer fit. |
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 The rear valance exhaust holes
will disappear and side exit exhaust will take over. We may have made it look easy in the photo but the side exit exhaust setup was more difficult than it looks. The
flares were just one part of the equation. Underneath, the
exhaust had to exit through the frame and rocker so
they would not hang below the car.
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 After the giving the engine compartment the
full treatment of sanding, epoxy primer, fill primer, and more
sanding, it was dressed up a bit with the Lexus tri-coat Pearl
White. |
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 The
exterior gets a finish coat of primer and it's off to the other shop
for non paint related work.
Check out the next page to see more progress! |
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