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!

Tuesday, February 1, 2011

New Project 50 Update for the weeks of Jan 31 and Feb 7!!

Activity for the week of January 31: The '65 Mustang body is being wet-sanded after the final primer coat.

Activity for the week of February 7: Application of the final body color coats will begin.

During both weeks, the transmission and driveline/suspension components will be re-assembled.

Feel free to ask the Project 50 team any question about the restoration. And, enjoy the NEW VIDEO on the project we just posted!!

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Do you have a budget for this and can you give the details? When do you anticipate the restoration manual to be completed? I'm really looking forward to the manual.

Haynes said...

Hi gimage: We are focused on doing the car right, and that is going to be expensive. We will have the final costs in our Haynes Mustang Restoration book when the project is complete. That Haynes Mustang Restoration book will be available in October, 2011. Thanks for your interest in the project and in Haynes manuals. All the best, Haynes Project 50 Team

aljellejay-r said...

That Mustang is really great, and it's worthy to be restored. This is a good read, worth my time spent in reading it! Thanks for sharing! Automotive

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