Gold Dust Red Mustang

The body restoration is pretty much complete! The job is outstanding and the car looks stunning in the high gloss red and gold pearlescent mix.

We took these pics after a drive up to Montville, fairly late in the day.

The car was parked ready to go at the panel beaters but had picked up a fair amount of dust waiting in his yard and by the time we got it up the mountains there was a fine coat on the horizontal surfaces.

All the same, the mustang attracted long looks where ever it went and lots of smiles inside and out.

The colour looks very different in changing light, if you take a close look at the rear quarter of the rear end shot, you can see the gold fleck. If you click the pic, you get a bigger version.

I think I shall call it the Gold Dust Mustang.

The next job? Getting the cooling system sorted, better start with a fan shroud to get more air through the radiator.

Fiddly things

You know, it is the little things that seems to hold the restoration process up the most. Getting the badges straight, the chrome mouldings on, the tail lights back in with the new gaskets. The Austang is painted and just awaiting the little important finishing bits. Windows are to go in, door rubbers to be fitted . . . that sort of stuff.
The bonnet latches look sensational with the new Shelby bonnet. Took some video today, I am itching to go for a cruise!

You've come a long way baby!

It was a long long time ago, in a world where steering wheels and driver's seats were opposed . . . the Mustang was a plain Jane. From the fake wire hubcaps to the tattered Nauga Hide upholstery, she was a standard C code Mustang from the shore of California.

Still, she was a sexy dream waiting for someone to wake her up and realise her potential.
This pic shows how the Austang looked when I first brought her home.