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Quickspecs
Paint

  • '65 Caspian Blue PPG Deltron base/clear
  • Car stripped to bare metal, painted, and reassembled
  • All paint and bodywork by owner
  • Interior

  • '70 Mach I seats
  • Deluxe interior dash and door panels
  • Air conditioning
  • Power door locks
  • Power windows
  • Power switches custom-mounted in console
  •  1966 Mustang Gt Rims

    Suspension

  • 620-pound front coil springs with 11/43-coil removed
  • Upper control arms relocated
  • Adjustable strut rods from Rose Hill Performance
  • 151/416-inch front sway bar
  • KYB gas shocks
  • Total Control power rack and pinion steering
  • Rear leaf springs from '68 CJ Mustang
  • Angled 1-inch lowering blocks for revised pinion angle
  • Drivetrain

  • '69 351W block, bored 0.030 inch
  • Stock rods, magnafluxed and shotpeened
  • TRW Forged pistons
  • Crane roller cam, 0.563-inch lift, 228 degrees at 0.050 lift
  • Edelbrock aluminum heads
  • Comp Cams roller rockers
  • Weiand Stealth intake, port matched to heads
  • Hedman long-tube, ceramic-coated headers
  • Cobra aluminum oil pan and oval air cleaner
  • Holman/Moody valve covers with 1-inch spacer molded into flange
  • Holley Avenger 670-cfm carb w/electric choke
  • '70 three-row radiator
  • Ford Racing World Class T-5 five-speed
  • Hurst Boss 302 shift lever adapted to Pro 5.0 shifter
  • Cable clutch conversion by Mustang Steve
  • Inland Empire aluminum driveshaft
  • '77 Versailles 9-inch rearend housing
  • Currie axles
  • 3.70:1 Traction-Loc differential
  •  1966 Mustang Gt Owner

    Brakes

  • '03 Cobra 13-inch, front and rear
  • Drilled/slotted/plated rotors
  • Conversion brackets by Mustang Steve
  • Power brake conversion by Mustang Steve
  • '03 Mustang 17-inch Bullitt wheels
  • Front wheels narrowed on backside to 7-inch width
  • Rear wheels installed with 51/416-inch spacer and longer studs
  • BF Goodrich T/A tires, 235x45/17 front and 245x45/17 rear

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