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    Well no luck just yet. I had to wait on a car purchase since wifey got a newish one. Our civic wasn't making life easy with two kids and their car seats. Had to get one with more room. I found a '73 fastback but my heart still lies with the '69 style bodies. I'm still looking but probably won't be able to get one until we sell this house, but a new one with more yard and garage space, and no hoa.

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    Welcome to the Group.

    Don't buy anything now or you may have to end up selling it later on.

    If you scout around you can find cars that were started and sometimes have a lot of good aftermarket parts on them or in boxes waiting to go on them.

    My advice is to either buy one that's a decent driver if you can afford it and if not buy the best restorable car your wallett can afford because the better car you start with the easier it will be to complete...If not you will spend loads of time doing or paying someone to do sheet metal work.

    Also if buying a painted ready to drive car bring a Magnet so you can guage how much filler is actually in the car...Dont let a fancy paint job or a big bad sounding engine sway your decision one way or another, inspect the car inside and out, pour water down the cowl to check for leaks etc...

    Most of us here could give you a laundry list of things to check for and probably tell you what it would cost to do the work or how long it would take.

     

    Its sucks you waited so long to learn to turn a wrench but hey better late than never, and its great that your getting your kids involved.

    Both of my children would get regular rides in the back car seat of my 77TA when they were fussy and wouldn't go to sleep, but the rumble of the exhaust and low mellow wine of an A1000 fuel pump would put em out every time.

    Now sadly my Son AND daughter are speed freaks.

     

    My son helped me put my motor back in at 2am Last weekend LOL...

    He's 9 yo and already knows all the basic hand tools and knows how to use them lol...makes it so much easier for me since I can just tell him what I need and never have to get out from under the car lol.

    Oh did I mention he can field strip and Re-Assemble a 1911 and a Glock :P..... Teach your kids everything you know and push them to learn more.

     

     

    MikeStang - Awesome pic of your son! I'm thinking of picking up a Springfield XD9 or .40 if I can find a good deal. I plan on teaching my kids a lot that my dad never knew or taught me. I want them to realize the fun these old trucks and cars can provide. I love the smell of gas from my '78 C10 when I open the garage and I love hearing my daughter say, "vroom vroom" when I ask her how the truck sounds when I start it.

     

     

    RPM - I hope you get the car on it's feet soon! Do you have a build thread or a resto thread on this board? Nevermind, see the link in your sig. Sorry typing with tired eyes. Ha ha.

     

    I can't thank you all enough for all your info, for those who replied. I guess I'm getting tired of waiting but I know I need to wait to find a good deal/car. I don't want to spend thousands to fix rust and filler. The only thing that sucks about living in CA is that everybody selling their "project" car thinks it's worth hundreds more since it's a CA car. It still has rust but since it has CA tags, it's more valuable?

     

     

    I do have a buddy who works at my same company,who used to own a few dozen Mustangs, but finding a good local 'stang and finding a weekend when we are both free to check it out is almost an impossibility. Ha ha!

     

    In the meantime, I'll keep looking for my future Fastback. Hopefully, I find her sooner than later, though my wife would prefer later. Sheesh. :rolleyes:

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    Hi Everybody!

     

    Call it a mid-life crisis, call it just wanting to hear the roar of a nice V8 and loving to open the garage and seeing a beautiful fastback or a work in progress, but I now want to own what I feel is one of the best looking years of Mustangs. My best friend in high school had a '69 302 coupe and I remember just enjoying the cruises we would do in that car.

     

    So here I am now, in my thirties learning how to wrench on cars in general but longing to have a '69 fastback in my garage. I've been lurking in these forums and felt now is the time to introduce myself and to throw out ideas to the fine folks on this forum. I don't know when I can buy my dream car, fully restored or not, but I figure now is the time to get some parts for it in anticipation. Is this a dumb idea? I figure if I can't buy the car yet, at least I can buy the parts to get it setup for performance if I find the right car. My wife wants me to wait on buying one, thus the reasoning that I can buy the EFI, maybe exhaust, headers, etc., now while I wait to buy the project.

     

    Ok, so back to me (ha ha), I've never learned nor was taught how to fix or work on older cars and trucks and until I inherited my dad's '78 Chevy C10 (no flames, please). Growing up with a dad who didn't like the need for HP or V8s, and whose dad didn't learn about wrenching either, didn't help me get the understanding of these cars and trucks.

     

    My dad was a person who ordered a MPG friendly inline 6 for his truck which of course made me now crave the roar and muscle of a V8. So now it's my turn to get a '69 Mustang with a V8 or swap in a V8. It's also my turn to teach my two kids how to fix and work on cars and trucks when they are younger so they can enjoy these classics.

     

    I will eventually turn this thread into a build thread when I get my Sportroof, but for now, I wanted to say "hi" and "thank you" for all your information on each of your threads! I've been reading a lot and have been trying to memorize info for when I get to wrench on my 'stang. I hope to get one soon but as you all know life sometimes has other ideas. :lol:

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    Welcome! I just joined the site myself but am still looking for my first Mustang. I really like the '69 body style fastbacks. This car looks like it was one I was looking at on CL and was in AZ, IIRC. It seems like its in good shape. Glad it went to a good owner!

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