'68 Mustang Coupe Drag Car

[mbrunson427]

We finally have enough done on the car that I figured I would share some pictures. This car came from Richie Pauley in California. I had heard that he may be interested in selling it, I spoke with him 2-3 times over the course of a couple years and he was finally ready to let it go. Bought it as a roller, without engine or trans. It was run in NHRA stock class, B/SA. We will not use it for that initially but may get back to that over the course of a few years. For now we're trying to run with a local group of nostalgia racers. The first engine that will go in it is the tunnelport that Blair recently built for us, it was intended for a Galaxie but will go in this for now. We'll replace the wonky dual plane intake and install a single plane 2x4.





Right now the only modifications we are making to the car are purely for looks. Removing the front fender emblems and adding GT badges, adding GT fog lights, putting on C-stripes, and painting the black cobra jet stripe up the hood. We also had a friend make some "Cobra Jet" script stickers for the rear quarters.

[475fetoploader]

Looks sharp! Tunnel port, how cool is that going to be.

[Gregwill16]

Very nice! Perfect place for that TP

[WConley]

That is going to look and run awesome!

[turbohunter]

I love how in the second picture the Galaxie has its mouth wide open complaining, hey you stole my engine. WTF.

[mbrunson427]

I love how in the second picture the Galaxie has its mouth wide open complaining, hey you stole my engine. WTF.

HA! That's actually exactly what is happening. That white Galaxie is what that TP engine is intended for. It's 100% running and driving. Figured we have 5 other more pressing things to work on before that car get's pulled apart. Going to enjoy it with the 352 2-barrel for now.

[mike7570]

I have a soft spot for tunnel port coupes

[mbrunson427]

I have a soft spot for tunnel port coupes

That's neat!

You're going to love the wheels we picked out! Bogart "Bolted Fly Solid", aka centerline lookalike.
http://bogartracingwheels.com/fly-series/

[mike7570]

I have a soft spot for tunnel port coupes

That's neat!

You're going to love the wheels we picked out! Bogart "Bolted Fly Solid", aka centerline lookalike.
http://bogartracingwheels.com/fly-series/

That should be 9 second ride when finished!  My tunnel port, when it was in the '67 coupe was a stock Ford version. It was 427ci, stock heads, intake, rockers, NASCAR crank & rods and a cam of .577 lift.
it ran in the 10.70 range with 3500 stall C-6 and 4.56 gears. What trans and gears are you going to run?  Are you planning on running the 9" stocker tires or something bigger?
I'm staying with centerlines on the new build only they're a bit different.

[mbrunson427]

That should be 9 second ride when finished!  My tunnel port, when it was in the '67 coupe was a stock Ford version. It was 427ci, stock heads, intake, rockers, NASCAR crank & rods and a cam of .577 lift.
it ran in the 10.70 range with 3500 stall C-6 and 4.56 gears. What trans and gears are you going to run?  Are you planning on running the 9" stocker tires or something bigger?
I'm staying with centerlines on the new build only they're a bit different.

That's right, you're building the stock class Shelby. Our local track is Bandimere, so we'll be running at altitude, times won't be that great unless we take the car somewhere. Richie told us he came here with his car one year and he thought he had taken off in 2nd gear. For here we are planning on a 4.71 gear to start out. Running the 9" radial tire to start out as well. I may change it to a 275 radial, but won't do that until we get some runs in. The transmission is coming from Joel's, its a c4. The trans is the last piece we need before we can get it back together.

[Cobrajet2]

Should be a fun ride.  What color "Cobra Jet" lettering are you using on the White body?  I can't quite tell with the decals still wrapped.

Mike

[mbrunson427]

Should be a fun ride.  What color "Cobra Jet" lettering are you using on the White body?  I can't quite tell with the decals still wrapped.

Mike

The background is black and the center is gold leaf print. I hope the gold leaf looks somewhat legitimate.

[mbrunson427]

Stripes and lettering happened Saturday. Still working up the design on the door decals. Wheels/Tires are supposed to show up this week!

[Gregwill16]

Looks great!

[Cobrajet2]

Very nice!