Restoration Introduction

This blog is a collection of my experiences, difficulties & triumphs while restoring a 1969 Ford Mustang. I hope these short insights will assist anyone who is currently restoring or who is contemplating on restoring a Mustang. Bear in mind these are my experiences with my Mustang in today's global car restoration business. The things I have done and processes I employed suited me. As the saying goes "there's many ways to skin a cat". What you will read in the following posts are what suited me, my finances & what I wanted to accomplish with my restored Mustang. Ultimately if you are not having fun restoring a vehicle then you need to ask yourself "why am I doing this". Don't get me wrong there will be times when a restoration will drive you to the brink and I have thrown many a tool across the garage floor in frustration. But if you do not feel an immense sense of accomplishment once a task has been completed, even when every thing was working against you, then maybe a vehicle restoration is not for you. There is nothing wrong with that, but maybe you should do both the car and yourself a favor and employ a third party to build you dream ride. A short cut in the workshop could cost you your ride or your life on the highway. With this in mind there are aspects of my restoration which I shopped out to professionals for a host of reasons which will be discussed in the posts which follow.