1965 Ford Mustang

This is my 1965 Mustang or as I’ve recently begun to call her, Frankenstang. I picked her up my freshmen year of High School in 2014 and I’m currently working to get her roadworthy. The original plan was to use the 302 roller engine that came with her to build a mild sort of hot rod/autocross build. Well time went on and plans changed. I eventually decided that a 302 stroked to a 331 just wan’t the kind of expansion room that I wanted to keep in this car for the future, so that motor was discarded in favor of a 351 windsor that was rebuilt with a few go-fast parts so that current estimation put it at about 450-475 horsepower at the crank (I haven’t had it dynoed yet, but that will be one of the first stops after she’s running). While preparing her for rust repair, my dad and I found that there was not only some pretty bad rust, but also some wreck damage in the back with a not-so-good repair job. At about the same time, the search for an axle to replace the welded diff 9-inch turned up some interesting results. Apparently, the frame rail dimensions for a 2001 Mustang GT aren’t that far off from a 1965 Mustang. After a few trips to a junkyard, my dad and I show up at our driveway with the whole rear-end cut out of said 2001 Mustang GT. The current plan is to adapt the rear-clip from the 2001 into the 65 to both repair damage, as well as update the suspension. As far as the front end goes, The unit set to be installed is a MII geometry front end with QA1 coilovers and rack and pinion steering. As far as the body goes, the fairly heavily-damaged front end is set to be replaced with a GT350R front valence and the fenders are getting a custom-made set of flares to accommodate the wider axle of the 2001. As far as the rest of the drivetrain is concerned, The transmission is currently a foxbody-style T5 5-speed untill I can get the time/money for a TKO/T56 swap going to an 8.8 limited-slip rear axle that has been re-geared to a 3.55 ratio. The exhaust is a 2.5 inch system with an H-pipe coming out of long tube tri-Y headers and going through two 24” glasspacks before exiting right in front of the rear wheels.