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Doing a TKO 5 speed installation in my 70 Mach 1...I am installing a Modern Driveline Hydraulic/Wilwood master cylinder set up...I have no existing knock out plug/hole  and need location for a 1"3/8 hole for the MC...location must clear Bendix booster and brake dist. block,,,does anyone have any pictures.....thanks in advance.......joe

Hello all after being here for over 7 years & seeing other builds I figured it is time for me to start one on my 69 Coupe. I aquired the 69 Coupe back in 2001, & when I aquired the car it was being used as a parts car stripped of almost anything useable. It was missing both doors, the interior except for the dash, the engine & the trans were long gone, & was missing one fender. After 4 moves & one failed business venture I am back working on the 69 Coupe. The Coupe was originally equipped with a 302, auto, 8" 2.79 rear, standard black interior, painted meadowlark yellow, & built in Metuchen, NJ on Nov 26th, 1968. My plans for the car are to make it a restomod, 331 stroker, 5 spd trans, 9" rear with 3.70 gears, painted green with black GT side stripes & a 1970 Mach-1 hood stripe with the Mach-1 hood scoop, front & rear spoilers. Black standard interior with 1970 Mustang high back buckets, center console & Mach-1 r/s dash panel with clock. As far as wheels & tires the wheels I had on my first Mustang were Ansen sprint slotted wheels & I want those or the 68/69 GT wheels with BFG T/A radials 235/60-15's. The wiring will be completely redone using an American auto wire kit for the 69 Mustang. I will get some pics put on soon.
Mike.

for all the 351 clevor builders out in the world... wondering what push rod length people end up with, i ended up with comp cams 3/8 - 8.45 push rods.
 
also, should end up @ 11.1 on the comp ratio with the flat top pistons with canted valve relief ... the AFD heads are super efficient so we will see how the test and tune ends up with different octane fuels. would love to get this motor on an engine dyno .. but cant seem to locate one .. and when i do... its down for repairs.. shooting for 500hp/500tq btw...
 
block mod for valves? no you say.... well ... yes if you look at the SVO head gaskets the block is .. clearanced... machined etc... at the bore where the valve gets near the block. seems they are also done the same on a cleveland block.
 
the engine builder had to message the melling oil pump and canton crank scraper in order to get the main girdle, crank scraper and oil pan to fit. seems odd since it was ordered as a complete... expensive...kit from Canton... but oh well. when you build something different ... modification come out of the wood work..:hammer:
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i hope everyone has a great holiday!
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Anyone know how rare one of these are?  Value??  

Gutting out the interior of my car today and noted cracks in the area pictured below. The car has been in no major accidents and I just can't account for why this would be like this. What would cause this?  BTW, the access for both rear shocks it cracked like this. 
 

 

From the body shop that is. My best recollection is that it's been there since about 1999. Been in this stage for many of those years. Got side tracked with a divorce, built a shop, got married, had a shop at the new house but never brought it home, another divorce, sheesh!
Anywho, gonna start on fabbing up some round chromo control arms and coil overs, steering, 4 wheel disc, fit the engine/C5 trans and make a driveshaft, electrical, yada yada...
YEE HAW!!! I'm excited she's home.
 
Bob
 
 

Wanted 1970 Passenger fresh air side vent assembly.
thanks for looking. 
Randy
 

ok,
 
so it begins, on 69stang.com anyway...
my project has started and stopped several times over the last 8 years. From a simple pro-motorsports shock tower reinforcement kit install, before they start cracking ..to lets install all the pro-motorsports equipment I can on the car and, while the motor is out, lets do a motor rebuild. Over eight years later and a failed attempt at a roller 5.0 twin turbo install and numerous project changes as well as job changes.... and we end up today. It seems sometimes a mustang must pass so other mustangs can be rejuvinated. Which means, I totaled my 96 Cobra hitting someone that ran a stop sign and will be taking the funds from the Cobra and building the 69 coupe.
 
I am posting a few before pics here to hopefully get input from others and share current modifications as well as future mods.
 
Stats:
69 champagne gold coupe - electric blue by previous owner
351W 2bbl - building 408 clevor stroker with AFD 2V alloy heads
PDB - rebuilt with mustangs plus parts
PS - rebuilt slave myself with kit from NPD
FMX - removed and replaced with AOD
9" 3:00 open - replaced with 69 date code 31 spline posi with 31 spline moser axles, daytona pinion support, 3:77 gear
standard interior- installed centre console from 69 cougar XR7, shelby lid, gauge pod
stock steering wheel- replaced with rimblow from cougar to be rebuilt
 
Mods:
promotorsports:bumpsteer kit, negative wedge kit,520 progressive coils, shock tower reinforcement kit
shelby drop, boxed in mustangs plus magna upper/lower arms. KYB Gas Adjust shocks, mustangs plus:4 1/2 rear leafs reverse eye 180lb,
racing shackles, weld in sfc's, vintage 48's 16x8's, poly& graphite bushings everywhere but front leafs and strut rod bushings replaced with stock rubber.

 
yep, I live in the woods with no garage at the moment.
 

 
currently has a EFI 5.0 and AOD... not running. maier type bar/brace off of ebay.
 

 
Cant decide on a new colour as of yet... thinking of going with original champagne gold with vinyl top or calypso coral and vinyl top... either way with a Boss 302 C stripe and blacked out hood, headlight buckets and tail light panel.
 
a unclean interior shot...

 
more to come...

Making some suspension and brakes progress. Pretty much done with the front arms, need to do shock mount and sway bar mount. Welded up the 4 rear bars, Need to get some coil overs to make this thing a roller.
 

 

I am installing a 428 motor into a 1968 Mustang that originally had a 289. Do I need to install different shock towers or add a reinforcement to them?