Haynes Manuals Presents Project 50. A full restoration of a 1965 Ford Mustang Convertible.

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Haynes is celebrating its 50th birthday in a very unique and exciting way! This restoration will take a stock Mustang from "barn find" condition to "show car ready" in time for AAPEX/SEMA in 2011. "Project 50" is a DIY car enthusiasts' dream come to reality through the work of Haynes own employees who are DIY enthusiasts. These Haynes employees are the same people who do the teardowns, research, photograph and write Haynes repair manuals. Follow along with the restoration progress through the Live Mustang Cam during business hours or through the Video logs. Join Haynes in the celebration of 50 Years of Do-It-Yourself Automotive excellence with "Project 50"!

Live Mustang garage cam

1965 Ford Mustang convertible with a 289 V8 engine and C4 automatic transmission. The vehicle will be restored back to the original body color of Twilight Turquoise metallic and an interior style of D6 White Crinkle Vinyl with black appointments.

Project 50 Blog

Haynes Project 50 Blog is an area where you can speak directly to the Haynes team that is working on the Mustang restoration. You can ask them questions or leave them comments about the project. The Haynes team will be announcing news and coming events in the blog to keep you updated on the restoration schedule. As is usually the case with a project such as this, there will be some bumps in the road to the fully restored '65 Mustang convertible. So, follow along with Haynes' progress and you can be part of the team!

Monday, November 29, 2010

Project 50 Activities for the weeks of Nov 29 and Dec 6

During the week of Nov 29, the Haynes '65 Mustang will undergo cleaning and media blasting of the driveline and suspension components.

For the week of Dec 6, the Mustang body will have media blasting. Then, the Haynes Project 50 team wil reassemble the driveline and suspension components.

Watch for the first Haynes Project 50 video to go on this page shortly. Let us hear your comments too or ask any question you want about the restoration.

The Haynes Project 50 Team

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Who are you using for the media blasting? BTW, when it is done who is going to paint it? Thanks

Haynes said...

Hi BleedBlue805:
The Haynes Project 50 media blasting vendor is Anacapa Soda Media Blasting Co. out of Oxnard, CA. We are still evaluating the bids from various painting companies but we'll let you know our choice shortly. Best, the Haynes Project 50 Team

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