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Spending quality time with your kids is very rewarding and provides memories you will get no where else. A project like this also teaches them great work ethic and rewards them for hard work!

Hello Everyone! Accidentally stumbled onto this forum yesterday and have been completely enveloped in it since, figured I may as well join and share! I picked up my 1969 Sportsroof in 2013, shortly after selling my '67 Coupe (sold the coupe to buy the '69). The 69 SR had always been my dream car, and when I found it on Craigslist (claiming to be a Mach 1) I quickly jumped at the opportunity to claim her as mine! This is how I found her... almost forgotten and definitely neglected (full album at the link) In the Beginning Towed her the 60+ miles home, not realizing that 5.0 was literally resting in the bay (no hardware anywhere!) Quick assessment and a lot of pictures to kind of lay out the way ahead.. previous owner should have taken a MIG 101 class :-/ Assessing the Damage Fast Forward about 6 months, we have the 5.0 removed, all old suspension and steering linkage.. bay has been cleaned up and we are read for the Full Tilt setup! Full Tilt MII Setup Chop Chop Burn New Core Support, jack pad, fender apron, and paint At this point, the Marine Corps decided to send me off to Quantico for an undetermined amount of time.. better pause on the body work and see if Maaco will throw a $500 paint job on her! Not too shabby! Hastily re-assembled and sent cross country for what ended up being 3 years :-( Back in Cali, ready to tackle the project again and decided the 429 is not the way I want to go! Drivetrain stuff yeah, that stock rear end wont work either.. Custom 8.8 with 31-spline detroit locker, 3.73 While I'm waiting for the engine to be built (went with a Blueprint this time around), time to clean, repair and POR the undercarriage, trunk and interior Rust Control Aww, c'mon... they weren't even trying! And thats about where she is.. I'll be adding to the albums and this thread as progress continues. Tomorrow's plan is to shorten the seat pans and continue cleaning the road grime from the metal in prep for the POR 15. Majority of parts are in (interior cosmetics excluded), just waiting on the engine which has a scheduled ship date of 20 Jun! I'll unbox and take pictures as they go on ;-) In the mean time, please enjoy my previous Coupe, Grace! Started out as a Craigslist find, straight 6 and 4 lug.. ended up getting a 351W/T5Z 1967 Mustang Coupe - Grace

100%! He's coming up on 5 right now and loves being in the garage with me.. woodworking is his current forte, hoping this continues for years to come!

No staggered shocks or sway bar.

Well, its been a couple years.. a lot has happened.. lets see if i can continue this from where i left off... Switched from Flickr to Google Photos, sorry about the need to click links The entire album is HERE, everything else below will be a link to a particular photo Finished the undercarriage and most of the interior (need to find various trim pieces). Grinded down to bare metal, repalced seat pans, primed and put a protective undercoating on everything. https://photos.app.goo.gl/QeECsyEw9d4KBLA86 https://photos.app.goo.gl/GvSGmT1SMZ6vgiP87 Change of plans on the engine: https://photos.app.goo.gl/ReUjKtVjW6hvctfN6 BP3060CTC from Blueprint (370HP, 350 TQ) https://photos.app.goo.gl/dRCoCXErT7d239WaA Wilwood pedal and MC system.. had to print some spacers in order to avoid relocating the reservoirs off the MC https://photos.app.goo.gl/u4bWf4Whu7FQEVp36 https://photos.app.goo.gl/R3qgKXyTLha3Chaa9 https://photos.app.goo.gl/8dBtziuUAGMyuui47 And then plumbed all the brake lines https://photos.app.goo.gl/KR84h4p3CyHaNxU76 Dropped in the drive train (306 coupled to a T5Z, custom drive shaft, locker read end) https://photos.app.goo.gl/mD7pN8GGPHoNxqRQ8 https://photos.app.goo.gl/gFNRA6jRFiWKTWVw8 New wires and electrical throughout (went AAW this time) https://photos.app.goo.gl/3YZGHFaY8MZttc549 Reupholstered the seats https://photos.app.goo.gl/BkTzVw71yyq7FHcU7 https://photos.app.goo.gl/U5biAwrm4BHsesrA9 Initial Ignition! https://photos.app.goo.gl/7PQWkzouGjv7RrKy9 After the custom exhaust https://photos.app.goo.gl/EmVDQ6GSbnJLj26D8 https://photos.app.goo.gl/E1WM6GFsHb8ta4727 New shoes! https://photos.app.goo.gl/TbcwTgn5FLKvVf8bA All cleaned up, reassembled and ready for the move https://photos.app.goo.gl/SgZoRqAazuri6Pwp9 https://photos.app.goo.gl/fHkzFL3tJ1tNREwU8 Drove her around like this for about 2 months, then back to the paint shop https://photos.app.goo.gl/okBjEhEb616MGJ1E6 https://photos.app.goo.gl/zNZ67DCxEzhynci28 https://photos.app.goo.gl/6iEhE7seUJQsTeyTA https://photos.app.goo.gl/qVZQZ5WQc7oES4vq8 She was just painted this last Monday. Going with a stripe design on the hood (no roof or decklid).. will have several parts that are satin black (Taillight panel, hood scoop, mirrors, mouth of grill) https://photos.app.goo.gl/c2Pyf6G75CQs5bFZA https://photos.app.goo.gl/qg7L57vze29L6kyp7 And thats it for now! I'll try to be more active in the future, but im sure life will once again consume all of my free time!

All body panels hung one last time for the final block, then it's ready for paint.

Thanks! If you are Facebook you can also friend me and follow the build there. The original owner is following along and excited to see her original car come back to life. The Shelby Cobra was build at the old Las Vegas factory. It was the last Cobra built there before attempting to have them built in Mexico. The 427 side oilers was put together by a friend and myself using a Pond Aluminum block that was stoked to 482 ci which I purchased from Keith Craft. The edge rock heads have been extensively worked over and it runs a Blue Thunder intake with an 850 Holley DP carb. It produces 605 HP. The suspension was set up by Tom Barnard who is a skilled master at setting up Cobra's for track use with custom valves shocks and springs. It has won many awards and has appeared in magazines and in Calendars.

We use Ididit and they all tilt.

Left side is in.