This is the project that started it all. A 1969 Mustang Coupe with stock everything! I purchased it back in 1997 from someone in Georgetown. It was a clean car, with some restoration work performed on it.  I was told to drive the car for a little while before doing anything to get a feel for the car.

After 2 years I decided to attempt a resto-mod on the car.  Unfortunately, I didn't take many pictures during the rebuild, but I do have some.

Here's how the engine looked when we took it out. It's a stock 302-2v with absolutely no modifications.

Over the next 2 years, as time and money permitted, we stripped everything out of the car and repaired the car's structural sheet metal.  

Well, it is now March 2001 and the engine has been rebuilt, with some minor improvements. It has been bored .030" over, a Crane Blazer 278-2H cam (with 218/228 duration @ 0.50) has been added, an Edelbrock Performer intake manifold, a 600cfm Edelbrock 4 barrel carburetor, a set of 1.5" Heddman headers, Dynomax Exhaust and Crane Competition electronic ignition.  In addition, we added new wheels and rubber, and a 9" rear-end with 3.25/1 gearing. (It had an 8" rear-end with 2.79/1 gearing).  To top things off, we gave it a new paint job. 

Well, we finally got the car on the road, and took it to Montreal on it's first major trip.  No problems other than the weather in Montreal.  Then in late August I blew the C4 transmission where it no longer had a 2nd gear.  No problem, I would just drive using 1st and 3rd for now. Guess what? That didn't last long.  So, I made a trip to Oshawa and bought 2 C4 transmissions from some guy and will spend the winter rebuilding one. How hard can it be?  I bought 2 in case I mess up the rebuild on the first one (heh-heh). 

UPDATE May 2002: Well the transmission rebuild did not go as planned over the winter. I eventually had to have it professionally rebuilt by a local transmission place. The suspension rebuild went well. That's it for now. Nothing but summer driving left to be done. Here are some pics of the car as it currently looks (2002). You can click on these for larger versions.