Topic: My old find

[64.5 Steve]

Cleaned up my garage find but thinking I don’t think I am the person for this special mustang.I think this needs a professional date coded restoration. I have posted pic in my gallery I will put more up today . I’m looking for advice on restoration cost date coded parts and value on my 64.5 early production convertible

[evantugby]

You my friend have a very early production 1964.5 #139.  Wow!

In terms of your restoration everything is fairly cheap to buy reproduction parts (many thousands of dollars).  The expensive part will be in the metal work to fix rust, rebuilding original components and also finding date code correct parts (many tens of thousands of dollars).  I'm going through that right now for my 66 kar. 

[rodster]

Why do you feel it needs a restoration as opposed to just a good clean up? Looks like a decent car from the pictures.

[Skyway65]

What a great find--interesting how the VIN appears to be RAISED print, not embossed.

[rodster]

What a great find--interesting how the VIN appears to be RAISED print, not embossed.

I was just thinking about you about an hour ago.  I was perusing  a 1964 Worlds Fair Guide book and saw the Skyway ad. 

The VIN is interesting, I thought it was just a shadow or optical illusion but it does appear raised? 

[64.5 Steve]

Lol nope just an iPhone pic it’s not raised it’s stamped in there

[rodster]

Thanks for clearing that up quickly before it turned in to another 'is it a 5 or 6' controversy. 

Amazing how that works, it looks stamped when not zooming in, but when you zoom in you swear it's raised.  Definitely an optical illusion!

[64.5 Steve]

Maybe not a restoration but get the rust and poor paint job fixed that was done in 1980 . It is #139  just want to be a good caretaker 

[rodster]

Maybe not a restoration but get the rust and poor paint job fixed that was done in 1980 . It is #139  just want to be a good caretaker 

It's great you have respect for #139!  Be careful, it's a slippery slope when you just start to fix one or two small things.  Next thing you know your garage is full of parts and your checkbook is empty. 

The rust and poor paint job is still part of the car's history.

[64.5 Steve]

I guess right down to the McGovern button it’s all history that may may need to be saved

[rodster]

Cool!

Yea, only original once, even with the rust and poor paint job.  You can restore but you can't create history.

[markb0729]

I'd get it running and clean it up as best you can and keep it as-is.  Just my 2 cents.

[NEFaurora]

If you are serious about #139's restoration... or even just a good preservation.... I would contact Nate at Buckeye Resto.. He excellently restored #140.....1 VIN# newer than your car, and that car was in way worse shape than yours.  #140 now does the show circuit for the past couple of years... #140 is Nearly identical to your car in almost every detail.....Same color, same engine, same interior, just it has a White vinyl convertible top, not black like yours.  I highly respect Nate's work, though I don't personally know him.  I've met his parents a few times though. Very nice people. Nate's is in his early to mid 40's in age I believe...and very talented.

Here's a short video of VIN#140 right after Nate restored it.




Here is his contact info:

https://www.facebook.com/pg/Buckeye-Classic-Car-Restoration-156562391081948/about/?ref=page_internal

E-mail: nate@buckeyeresto.com

If you want some pics of the "Restored" VIN# Number#140... Shoot me an e-mail at: NEFaurora@aol.com   I'll be more than happy to e-mail you some pics..  Either way, Nate is the right person for the job.

Thanks,

Tony K.

[64.5 Steve]

Thanks email sent

[Fordman265]

Hi everyone,

My name is Archie and I have assumed the caretaker duties, from 64.5 Steve, for this historic Mustang. He took good care of her for the last two years and I plan to make him proud!