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I did most of the project in a 40' x 40' detached garage (my father in-laws garage/hot rod shop sitting on 5 acres with no close neighbors) with a homemade paint booth inside that was 16' x 24' with 8' ceiling. After all the paint was done and the car was a rolling chassis again, I brought it back to my home garage (standard 2 car) for convenience and final assembly. You definitely need some type of dedicated long term space to do a project like this because life will prolong the process.

WOW, you did one heck of a job for a first timer. In fact I'd say you did a pro job. Congrats that's one heck of a nice looking car.

Made a little more progress the last couple weeks. I managed to rebuild the transmission and then installed the engine, trans, exhaust, and drive shaft. Next up will be to install everything else under the hood like P/S pump, alternator, radiator, etc.... Hoping it will be on the road soon.

Managed to rebuild the Carburetor today. I purchased the rebuild kit from Mike's Carburetor. He also has some real good "How To Video's" on his website on rebuilding various model carbs, mainly from the Muscle Car Era.

Wow! looking good and that sure brings back some memories.

I bet it's been 25 years since I rebuilt a carb!

Very impressive on the work that you are doing!

Finally managed to fire her up for the first time since disassembly. Now to debug and adjust everything before the front sheet metal is installed.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qk-iOAlxTA

Looks great.
My plan is to go with fuel injection on my GTX. It seems getting those old muscle cars tuned properly just isn't my cup of tea. Tried everything on my signature car and know for certain it had more to give, I just couldn't seem to get the right combination.

Kudos to you for rebuilding your own transmission and carb!
Not many try to do it themselves anymore, I am Glad I started playing with Transmissions.
I been rebuilding Carbs since I was a Kid.


Nice work on the Stang looking really really nice

Thanks Guys. I found some really good How to Videos online that made rebuilding and adjustments, for anyone wanting to rebuild their transmission or carburetor themselves.

Mike's Carburetor has some really good step by step videos on various carburetors.
https://www.carburetor-parts.com/Technical_ep_40.html

Bad Shoe Productions has excellent transmission rebuild DVD's for Ford's
http://www.badshoeproductions.com/

Just thought I'd share for anyone following the thread looking to do it themselves.

Thought I'd close out my 1968 Seafoam Green Mustang Coupe Restoration Project with a review of the completed running / driving project. I started with a nice running driver that was really solid but starting to have the usual rust issues. Total cash out of pocket including the car, body and paint materials including all usables, all new suspension and steering parts, rebuild kits for everything mechanical (except the engine), and all new gaskets, seals, anything rubber (except tires) came to about $18K. Total time invested, doing everything myself added up to exactly 696 man hours (of really working on it). That includes tear down, documenting along the way, restoring everything, and reassembly. It took me 3.5 years to log the 696 hours, averaging about 16 hours per week. The Mustang was a great car to learn on.
Thanks to all you guys for your great advice and encouragement along the way. Can't wait to start the next one.