1965 Restoration

Last updated: 05-Jan-2005

1965
This was my first car. It was a 1965 Coupe with a Honey Gold exterior and an Ivy Gold interior. Of course when I got it it was dark green inside and out, but it did have an original dash pad. The car was loaded except for the engine. It was a 200 c.i.d 6 cylinder with a C-4 automatic tranny, air conditioning, and power steering. I probably put 80,000 miles on this car in the six and a half years I owned it. click on photo for larger picture	This was the way the car looked when I brought it home in May of 1980. It needed a paint job and a new engine. The tired 6 cylinder had 118,000 miles on it. So the summer of 1980, my dad taught me how to do an engine swap. We bought a short block, prepared everything Friday night, pulled the engine Saturday and picked up the new short block. The car was on the road again Sunday.	1981 - This is the first restoration. Since the interior wasn't original, it seemed futile to paint the exterior in an original but clashing color. The paint was done by a young guy just starting his own shop. He did a terrific job. The gold pinstriping was his idea and it really made the car.	This is the restoration back to the original colors inside and out. The interior paint was a metalflake olive green. I know this was original since I found the overspray under the carpet. The dash was also an olive green. I have not seen these colors available in any Mustang books. More photos Too bad I had to sell it. It looked pretty sharp once I was done, but I had to get rid of a car and I wanted the V-8.
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