1970 Mustang Coupe restoration in progress

I started this project three years ago, quite a few dollars later I have replaced pretty much everything. new quarters, door skins, floor, fenders, tail panel, and trunk. I kept the original 302 and had it rebuilt, I also upgraded several areas. The Transmission is a Raptor from PATC transmissions (AOD) Had to have the original drive shaft cut a little, and installed a Summitt Racing 355 gear set in the original axle, new suspension with 1" lowering kit in the front, Mallory ignition kit, Hooker ceramic long tube headers, new upholstery, and a lot of sweat...right now it is in paint, it will be Milano Red with two white stripes.
This car was a learning situation all the way through, We almost stopped when we had it sand blasted and really found out how much bondo was on it, but we decided to restore it the right way, no more rust anywhere. It should be a brand new car when I get done.

Lookin good, alot of work been done right there.

Nice to see you're doing it right!

I did the same thing with my '70 a few years ago. Mine on the other hand, went straight to the drag strip. It looks like you had a lot more work than what I had to do to mine. It took me 16 months to do mine. It is looking great so far. I hope you are enjoying the work just as much as I did doing mine.

My son and I are also doind a 70 Mustang. I noticed that your holes in the firewall for the A/C and heater look like mine. Mine were cut open by what looks like a hammer and chisel. I guess that is the way the factory did it. I also replaced the outer wheel housing and quarter panel. Our wheel housings were seam welded instead of spot welded. We had to cut them as close as we could then grind them down. Anyways, here are a couple of pics.

Nice going guys. Please keep the updates coming. I'd like to see how both turn out. You can also fo a build thread. I see them on other forums. Not sure if they are allowed here.


A lot of folks don't like 70's. I always have and glad to see people starting to build them.

Nice to see some people going after the hard work on the 70's, now I don't feel so alone!

If I can, I'll post a pic of my 70 coupe, seems to be at a similar stage of repair..

Awesome, I have to admit there were a few times I questioned why I was spending this much money on a coupe, but the results are better than I expected. I love the way the car looks. It is still in the paint process.
I would love to see more pics of the other projects.
I did change up the instrument cluster, I took out the blue lens caps and it is much brighter that way. Has anyone out there made any changes to the instrument cluster?

I'm new here and replying to an old thread but I need some help. I was wondering where you found your whole quarter panels. I've looked in Year One, Mustangs Unlimited, and National Parts Depot and all I can find are for convertibles. How much difference is there between the coupe and convertible. Any help would be appreciated. Thank you.

Originally Posted by barnesronald

I'm new here and replying to an old thread but I need some help. I was wondering where you found your whole quarter panels. I've looked in Year One, Mustangs Unlimited, and National Parts Depot and all I can find are for convertibles. How much difference is there between the coupe and convertible. Any help would be appreciated. Thank you.

The only panels they make are for the convertable (suposidly 69/70), but they will work on a coupe. I am not sure but I think they are a direct replacement on a 69 coupe/convertable, but are not an exact replacement on a 70, so some trimming up will need to be done or it will make it look more like the 69. The main difference is the top front by the quarter window, 70's had a bulge there where the 69 do not. If you look at my pict you can see how I cut the panel to keep this feature of the 70, but this adds a lot more work then is needed to just replace the panel.

The other difference is a v-style line from the rear wheel to the tail lights, it is the quickest give away if the panels have been replaced.

Hope that helps a some.