Mustang 69 S-Code from The Netherlands

[frankpost 10]

Hi

 

Just registered (should have done that alot earlier :P ), and thought it would be nice to introduce myself a bit!

 

About a year ago I bought myself a 69 390FE S-Code, which just rolled out of the container over here in the Netherlands. The car was imported from Stockton CA, and had (=has) alot of work to be done. My first thought was just to get it on the road, and replace some parts over time. Well, it turned out a little different....

 

The bellhousing was broken in several pieces, the yoke was crooked and stuck in the transmission, 2 floorpanels looked like Swiss cheese, and the engine could use alot of love. Long story short: I took the whole car apart, and started rebuilding it from bottom.

 

Meanwhile the floorpanels are changed, the whole bottom is sanded and painted, the engine bay is sanded and painted, the interior is sanded and painted, a different, completely revised, 390FE engine is ready to be tugged in, and about 3 weeks ago I've got it back from the painter.

 

Lately I'm busy putting it all back together again. Still a lot has to be done. The complete interior has to be (re)placed, and the engine bay needs to be filled again!

 

some random pictures of the project:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

regards

 

Frank

[Mike65 476]

Frank, welcome. Your Mustang looks great.

[RPM 1,190]

Welcome Frank, and very nice work. The hood blackout area looks green in one pic and matte black in another, is it black? Hidden damage ids fun eh? It sounds like you were unaware of it, did the seller disclose the damages?

 

Bob

[jnet4jt 10]

Welcome and nice stang!:thumbup1:

[frankpost 10]

thanks :)

 

the hood blackout is matte black, probably the light making it look greenish I guess.

 

I did know it had some work, but the broken bellhousing and transmission was a surprise though. Still not sure what happened, the transmission mounting plate was broken, the bellhousing, and the yoke was completely crooked. It looks like the whole axle was pushed forwards.

 

I'll keep posting progress pics here

 

cheers

 

Frank

[69SlowResto 19]

Welcome...your car looks great!

[70mstang 11]

I like that black on black .. nice pinstripes too ... I like your tastes :)

[69droptopgt 10]

Looks great. I have a 69 scode that is black on black also. But mine is a total project. Trying to decide if I will keep the black with blackout hood. It looks nice.

[frankpost 10]

thanks for the nice replies! :)

 

a small update:

 

installed the other tail light (I only installed the left one a while ago because the lack of proper bolts)

 

 

installed the wiper system again

 

 

 

Stuck some isolation material to the roof and inside the gaps above the rear tires (on the inside of the panels where the side scoops are located)

 

 

 

Installed the engine which was a really tight fit because of the longtube headers. Had to be creative with a hammer a bit to make it fit :censored:

 

 

also cleaned, sanded and painted some seperate parts.

 

 

 

cheers

Frank

[frankpost 10]

thanks for the nice replies! :)

 

a small update:

 

installed the other tail light (I only installed the left one a while ago because the lack of proper bolts)

 

 

installed the wiper system again

 

 

 

Stuck some isolation material to the roof and inside the gaps above the rear tires (on the inside of the panels where the side scoops are located)

 

 

 

Installed the engine which was a really tight fit because of the longtube headers. Had to be creative with a hammer a bit to make it fit :censored:

 

 

also cleaned, sanded and painted some seperate parts.

 

 

 

cheers

Frank

[FrozenMonkey 12]

Fantastic work! That black with the matte hood looks really slick.

[FrozenMonkey 12]

Fantastic work! That black with the matte hood looks really slick.

[70Nightmare 20]

Nice are and welcome

[70Nightmare 20]

Nice are and welcome

[jandj1970 13]

Nice work frank, like the color scheme.

[jandj1970 13]

Nice work frank, like the color scheme.