Honestly I was watching off to the side while trying to fix up a computer for my stepfather, and completely forgot about it after you switched to your cleaning montage, until I made some headway in what I was doing and realized you were still doing the last thing I noticed you saying you were about to do. Kudos to your editor, lovely audio choices, would probably subscribe if he had a DJ channel, for situations where I just want sound in the background, but I was fixing a computer so it's a lot of click click, hurry up and wait, click, hurry up and wait, click click....which better fits this video format...
I helped my neighbor clean out and wash his 67 Mustang project that he bought and About four years later, I bought it from him. I’m a novice to car projects but his family that he had doesn’t want anything to do with cars, so he made the decision to ask me if I’d be interested in buying it.
My high school car sat for 35 yrs as a basket case. I kept saying I will get to it one day. So glad my wife said. Fix it or sell it. All done in my garage by me. Interior still needs work but it is licensed and inspected and we drive it. So glad I kept it and even more happy my wife let me spend a ton of money on getting it running.
I have the same story 1968 mustang gt with 390. Raised 3 kids put all the money I could make into raising them. Great people wouldn't change much about my life.
@@MrMCDiggles. 72 Mach 1. Graduated 86. Went to prom and graduation in it. Spun a bearing in 88. Father passed away the next year so it got pushed into the garage…..then life. Video of the first drive to turn it around to do firewall forward wiring in my videos. Looks ok for rattle can paint done in the garage.
I got my license in 1976. My dad drove a 66 Mustang with a 289 4bbl and a four-speed, and my Grandfather drove a 1970 Chevelle with a 350 4bbl auto. I loved driving the Mustang but never got permission to drive the Chevelle. These old Stangs bring me back to my younger days, wrenching with my Grandfather and Dad every Saturday and Sunday. I miss the cars but I miss the guys who taught me how to work on my own the most. It's great to see these on your channel.
I had a 1969 Mustang with a 351W, bought it in high school and LOVED it! I was fixing it up and at 17 I joined the Army in 1998, I was sent overseas so i sent all my money home to have the motor built professionally. I got home and found that my ex-stepfather forged my name and sold it. I have always wanted another 1965-1972 Mustang but with all the time I spent back and forth overseas, getting married and having 4 kids (20 years, our only marriage and our kids are with each other), I have never been able to find one within the budget, now that I recently got out of the Army (i finished 21 years), the prices are too high to justify. One day after the kids have all moved out and college is paid for maybe but until then i have to live vicariously through these videos :D
You're after my heart here. I own a 67 mustang, coupe. It was a 289 2 barrel car originally, too. The 67 in this video is highly optioned, deluxe interior, a/c. I've never seen the overhead console before. Those louvers on the quarter panel are metal, not plastic. Like you said, Mustangs are great because you can pretty much get any part for them you need. Thanks for the great video, as always!
Thought the exact same thing: "casually ignores the desiccated mouse carcass on the rear parcel shelf...". Of course it's possible he really wasn't looking; but am surprised Duane didn't make a little joke of it.
Somehow I managed not to comment until the end of the video. This video has been truly inspirational for people who like work on their own cars and hopefully find an old one to fix. The detailed explanation is something that sometimes lacks in videos but this knocks out of the park. All I can say this is an awesome video and I'm looking forward to more. Outstanding job!!!
I just went through a fight with the brake drums on the 1954 m38a1 jeep willys i bought last month. The front drums were rolling, but the rears were not, partially because the eccentric bolts for adjusting the shoes being 70 yrs. old were no good. I ended up taking the wheel cylinders bolts off, and then pushing the drum far enough back to pull the wheel cylinders out, and then the shoes came off the anchor and i got the drum off. The drums and shoes were the originals, which shocked me, but explained the trouble getting them off, plus the drum couldn't be pulled because it sits inside the backing plate about a quarter inch or more. Thankfully this jeep had only been parked since 2017, because an older guy owned it and couldn't get in an out of it anymore. The other thing that helped me, was that it was never road titled, and was just driven on his Northern Michigan summer property, or it would have been a rust belt donor jeep I bought the rig from his daughter, and he bought it in the late 70's or 80's from the government. I'm disabled, have progressive MS, causing muscle wasting, and my dr. told me i needed to keep moving so that i don't end up in a wheelchair. I have some other thing's messing me up, but i do as much as i can. I like the variety of project's you do, and love the questionable choices you make, great content. I would have liked to have seen that 68 mustang get worked on, but I'm not a ford nut, so it's fine. I don't have any family to talk about my car's with, or any car's, so I guess watching you, and some of the other enthusiasts helps keep me in the community. G-d bless.
The little Mustang on the dash is a high-beam indicator. The shoulder harnesses were an option. High-Beam switch should be on the floor. I owned both cars in the late '80s. The huge doors were actually great for putting babies in the back.
This episode really brought back a ton of memories for me. In the late 80's my brother and I found a '67 Mustang coupe very much like the one in this video. Ours was red, had the same interior and 289 engine, and was parked in an old shed buried in dust. We brought it home and completely restored it over a period of about three years. We had to sell it shortly after it was done due to needing cash and we regret that decision to this day. I saw it at a car show a couple years ago, the new owner has looked after it very well over the years which is great to know but my brother and I have never fully got over the fact that we let this car get away after we restored it. I have since had a '71 Mach 1, an '80 GT and an "86 LX with the 5 liter but none of those can compare to that '67 that we restored back in the day. My uncle also had a '68, much like the other car in this video, that he hot-rodded back when I was a kid which is why I fell in love with Mustangs in the first place. So this video brought back all those old memories for me, oh well! lol Now I just have to get me another Mustang! :-)
67 side vents are pot metal, not plastic. ""into another dirt hole" - best part of the entire video! The 67 has LOTS of options (deluxe interior, factory a/c, clock, remote left mirror, overhead console, taillight panel fins). The mustang on the 68 dash is backlit when the high beams are on. 68 carb is an Autolite 4300. Yes, "Calif Special" was 68 only. (Mine: 67 FB GTA, A code, deluxe interior, exterior decor group)
My first car in 1981 was a 64 1/2 Mustang when it wasn’t a classic, it was a used car and dirt cheap. $ 2000 with a new paint job. Love and never forget your first. The 289/302 are bulletproof and they are hard to kill and the C4 trannies are tough as nails.
12:24 trucker and former mechanic here Jarred when you have a siezed drum like that whack in directly in the bottom several times and wedge a pry bar in the studs to get leverage to turn it like it should with the leverage of the pry bar lodged in the wheel studs rinse and repeat till it breaks free!
Interior on the 67 is the deluxe- From the chrome in the back of the seats, to the grill and lights at the bottom of the doors. To the overhead map-lights and the polished aluminum on the door panels and dash panels. the rear panels where the back window handles are, are covered in vinyl instead of being just painted metal like the base model ones. Mine also had the K-code 289 and 4-speed which was even more fun than the deluxe interior.
In 1974 I was a junior in high school when I got my first car. It was a 67 Mustang coupe with a 289 and C4 automatic. Only seven years old but it was a tired old pony. I don't think the oil had been changed very often. It ran on 5 cylinders and burned about 2-3 quarts per week. I rebuilt it in high school auto shop. After graduation I joined the USAF and drove it from L.A. to Illinois and back. So many good memories in that car. I wish I still had it.
2:10 in, also in 1968 they started the cursive Mustang on the sides. :p I used to know absolutely every difference from "64.5" to 1970. Theres sooo many endless tiny details that made each mustang different back then.
I would be so excited to own one let alone two classic mustangs. This is my dream car. When you said you couldn't sleep waiting to clean them I would be like that through the entire restoration. I absolutely love mustangs.
i realize this is an immediate gratification channel - i've owned a bakers dozen of 64-73 mustangs and do so much more prep when trying to start an engine thats been sitting more than 3 years
Awesome double revival! Very impressive, even if it's just a lot of work put in on the basics. I bet a lot of people would never believe they would both run and drive without an engine rebuild.
I was surprised to see that the 67 was blue when you cleaned it. Couple of things--when you jump across the selenoid as you did on the 67, make sure it is in park as it will bypass the neutral safety switch--it happened to me on my 67 years ago and fortunately I didn't get run over and only needed to replace a fender and bumper. On the 68, the little pedal above the dimmer switch on the floor is the pump for the windshield washers. They don't make them like they used to!
Fun Fact: Like a lot of things in life, Slime originally started out life being originally designed for military use, but it eventually worked it's way into the civilian market. tl;dr = A flat tire is the last thing you need to worry about in an active combat zone!
Slime makes me angry because it's just a bunch of shredded rubber in RV antifreeze. A lot of people think it's good for bicycle or stand up scooter tires. It's not. You need latex for bicycle and stand up scooter tires to seal them. Slime is ok as an *additive* in DIY latex based sealants to add those rubber threads to the latex. Ya really need the air-drying latex, not just the rubber threads, in a small high pressure tire in order to seal punctures. You need to check bike tires at least weekly even if they don't have a slow leak so if they have a slow leak due to a Slime "sealed puncture" you're probably going to have to pump the tire every single time you ride the bike and will likely return home having lost much of your air. Small tires deform and flex more than car tires and that makes those rubber threads much less effective than if they were "glued in place" by latex. Flexible tires basically "fart" around the Slime "plug" but latex expands and contracts to maintain the seal. Side note: those of us that run bike tires "tubeless" like car tires use latex sealant and most carry what are called "bacon strips" in the bike world. You know those car tire patches where you use some t-handle tools to ream out the rubber and jam an air-plugging strip in? We have smaller versions of that. Some tools will even re-inflate the tire using a CO2 cartridge as you stab into the tire to insert the plug.
It’s almost like people used to care about making things beautiful… weird. There are no cars today that I would call “beautiful.” Plenty that you can call “cool.”
This video, out of all the car channels I follow, just made the magic moment happen every car dad wants to hear: "Hey dad, can we get a car like that and fix it together?" Thank you Jarrod, you just made my whole year.
Bought my 68 Mustang coupe in 1977. I had just turned 18. Lifelong Southern California car. I bought it from the original owners. 289, early 68, 1st sold December 1967. Power steering, Factory AC, automatic, optional turn signal indicators in the hood, like this one has. Had the entire interior redone 10 years ago. Looks absolutely Factory fresh . Light blue paint , 2 tone blue interior, white vynil top. Its in excellent condition, on the road. I frequently get people who want to buy it. Its never going to be for sale, but people still make offers....highest one was a couple years ago for 23.000 . He was definitely surprised when I said no! Lol. Hopefully someone will take on these cars and get them back on the road.😊
Get you some torch tip cleaning rods and they should help cleaning up passages in the carburetors when you go through them to make them kinda functional and when you go back tear them apart and rebuild them..
I love resurrecting cars like this. Last year, my friend and I started up a car that had been sitting since 2008 on the old gas. We had some starting fluid but not much.. it pretty much started on its own. The car is very special to us because it belonged to our friend that passed away very tragically in 2008. It hadn't run since he last drove it. It was amazing how it sprang to life, we didn't expect it to at all, we were just trying to see if the engine was still free. What a day.
I don’t recall all the differences, but the California Specials had a badge in script that called out “California Special” and most notably, they had an integral spoiler and “Shelby Style” taillights (actually they were ‘65 T-Bird taillights)
Jared, thank you for this mini-resto video (and all your work)! I'm not even into Mustangs, but your enthusiasm and real-world approach to show the warts and all of the process, helped get me out of my funk on my own restoration project. Thanks!
As a mustang guy, it did my heart good to see these two old girls running again. As you mentioned there is a ton of parts available for these beauties.
Dad sold these new, and the 67-68 were my faves. The 67 is very much a special edition car. The treatment in the rear, the overhead console, the special hood with the turn indicators in the "vents" and the brushed aluminum "like" finish on the dash tell that. BOTH are very worthy of a full restoration. I hope that happens
I let my friend drive our 67 mustang fastback 298 4 speed and he wrapped it around a tree. We bought that car for $500 back in the early 70's. Mustangs were cheap back then. Times have changed. Glad to see you aren't afraid of carbs and did a nice job rebuilding them. The secret as you showed is to get all the passages clean which requires all the cleaning equipment and shop air that you used. It was a good demo for those who are younger. I was tearing apart carbs in the '60s as fuel injection was reserved for European sports cars and Corvettes. A long but interesting episode. I appreciated this one with the tech. Hope the grandkids get into the cars. I'm trying to get my grandson interested in a flathead V8 model T on a model A chassis. It would be cool to have him pass his drivers test in a car over 100 years old. The only one in his high school parking lot.
Lord, reminds me of my Uncles farm when I was a kid - "Oh got a new Ford to replace the old Ford, which is still a good car... so we'll park it up in the shed for a few months before we work out what to do with it - or maybe one of the kids will want it in a couple of years..." - decades later, car hasn't moved, hasn't had a cover put on it, and is basically scrap, and surrounded by a bunch of other cars/farm equipment that is also rapidly deteriorating into scrap.
I've seen hundreds of classics with that exact same description. Oh , the wife wanted the new model, or I needed a pickup so I'll just park the mustang out back. Boy it must have been the dream living in a time where things were so affordable. Imagine a 2024 mustang getting parked in a field after a few years and left there for the next 40+ years.
Thanks for the revival, I've always loved my Mustang Fastbacks, albeit have never owned one, OR these days, probably can't afford one, even though I'm retired, yet still loving the old muscle cars. My first car was a '57 Belair 2 door HT with the 283, long gone, and my second was a '67 Chevy II Nova, with the 327 4 speed, and both cars left me with so many wonderful memories! I've always hoped to get a fastback Mustang or '67 Nova again, but who knows, as it's my dream...so we'll have to wait and see. I always like the 'found in a barn' series of found cars, so this perked my interest again as usual, so a big thanks to you, as getting those cars even moving, was 'quite' the task indeed!
An hour long video! Woohoo! Even if you’re not a ford guy you got to respect a Gen 1 mustang! I’m also a huge fan of the hardtops. Keep up the awesome content Jared!
Owned 3 67’s included a GT-500 and a coupe. The 67 has a deluxe interior and other expensive options like the aluminum panel on the rear of the 67 and looks to be the better of the two. The owner unfortunately did not take care of them up to this stage. More than likely they will get sold to someone who has more passion for the Mustangs
The slow motion pressure washing was so satisfying. I just revived a customers truck today in the shop. All he wanted was the truck to run and drive and stop. But I couldn’t resist, I had to wash it for him before he came to pick it up today. Which was also very satisfying
Lovely thing to do - help the guy get his grandkids to love the Mustangs - both great cars. Well done They both looked amazing before your efforts, but a whole lot better after. Also amazing that you got them both started!
I don't know about the 67, but on the 68, the tiny Mustang insignia on the dashboard is the high beam indicator; it will light up red when the brights are on. The little pedal on the left pumps the washer fluid. Since the 67 and 68 are borderline twins, the other might work the same way. For what it's worth, on the 67, between the headliner console, original AM/FM radio, factory air, and remote side view mirror, that's a sweet package. Good luck with both of them.
Hey, Jared, I'm the guy who's interacted with you on Twitter about the 72 D100. Really enjoyed watching this one since I just started the truck rescue. Thought you might appreciate the funny story of how I "accidentally" bought it: The truck was donated to my gun club and was used as a shooting position (engaging targets out the windows, bed or crouching down behind the body) a few times. It quit running 10ish years ago and just sat behind a storage building. I was at a meeting to plan a big pistol match this year and there was mention of using the truck again but it didn't run. I said I could probably get it running. Then it was mentioned the windshield would have to come out for the planned use. That hurt my soul because I thought it too nice to destroy like that. I obviously have ZERO poker face because the match director could tell I didn't like the idea and then he asked exactly the wrong thing of a car junkie like me: "well, do YOU want it?". The club needed to figure out what to do with it because we're relocating later this year. So the board voted to sell it to me real right if I'd get it off property by June.
Ford trunks don't have springs - they have torsion rods that traverse the trunk. Mustangs have never had "MUSTANG" on the hood. They had "FORD" on 65-67, and on the 75-78
Cool to see them come to life. I'm super close to getting my uncle's '65 Ranchero running again - it shares most of its drivetrain with the first gen Mustangs and its real father the Falcon - is a 289 4-speed.
The small pedal by the driver's footwell (over the dfimmer switch) is one of the coolest things ever (and something I never understood why they did away with). It is to make the windshield wipers go one time. Like a "mist" setting.
Out of all the people think is joke has merit Derek is great mechanic and have to say the drive it from grave king and glad to see the respect u have for Derek ive learned alot for both of use little old school from him and wiring from u keep up great work and have a wonderful day.
Nice to see someone actually be honest when they say they "don't know much about the Mustang". Because SOOOOOOO much of your information was wrong. Lol. But I loved the video, and very much respect the honesty, and raw footage. Great job!
Not one minute into this, and I am flashing back to a time when I was working on a blue 67 coupe mustang. I replaced the hood and trunk lid with a red ones from the junkyard. The rear had an indentation and I pushed it out with the Jack and wood to brace as I crack the Jack out. I spay painted the entire body metallic blue with spray cans from Advance Auto. I also painted the interior metal. I never did get the right radiator. It was the 80's and I could find parts in the local junk yards.
Jared, I really enjoyed this "revival"! I think you are onto something here personally. Great video and keep them coming! Thanks for what you do. (By the way, I had 2 fox bodied Mustangs...but I agree with you...there is nothing like the Gen1).
Dude I literally just passed these while the first mustang was just pulled out sitting crooked as I was going to RDS to drop my truck off and broke my neck when I seen those sitting in the carport wishing I could take them back home with me 😂
I use to restore those from technically 641/2 to 72 for years. So long that I could tell where a screw was from and it was a major difference between the "repops" and "oem" parts. Even with all the frustrating things involved, I still enjoyed seeing the finished product. A feeling you can't describe. 👌😉👍
5:49 nobody seems to do this anymore, but you can take a broom handle (or a spade, given that today's broom handles are ... tissue paper) and wrap a strap around the tire so that the handle ends up in the center of the wheel and turn. Works really well to jog old, stuck brakes.
Too bad, like most ' barn find ' channels, he didn't care enough about the cars to put as much care into the rest of the job as he did the proper methodical overlap washing of the windows. I'm sure the engine enjoyed sucking in all the rust, rat's nest, and other debries, while being ' lubricated ' by 40 yo degraded oil.😢
great video! life long family of Fords - that 67 is a highly optioned car and both are worth getting a Marti report on. that tail panel is really rare, as is the overhead console. the 67 I think has deluxe interior and possibly the interior decor group, maybe more. really cool stuff. the styled steel wheels could have been an option as well. the 68 is interesting - if that is the orginal engine, it's a J code(302 4 barrel, 230hp) which is a rare engine option for the year. glad to see them come back to life! Also, I see that euro bumper e30 with some M stripes on it looking ready to go, another E30 in the garage poking out and some E46 shells getting some work done. I'd like to meet these folks, probably a lot of fun!
Aloha. My first car was a 67 with a 302. Bought it a year before I could get my license back in 1984, rebuilt most of it. The interior of that one is completely different than mine. The dash, console. Didn’t have that headliner thing. I lived in South Carolina at the time. Could be a production time of year or an East/West coat thing. Mahalo for the video
those years were my brothers favorites. he would put a big motor in them. and twist the frame. or what ever was under it. his favorite weapon was 2 in box. every where.
My 50 Chevy... I had to cut the drums off. I had the wheel cylinder all the way closed, ground-off my shoe pins and all of the hardware was rusted inside a worn lip on the drum. I didn't have a choice I had to cut a pie out with a grinder, hammer and cold chisel then stick a pry bar and hammer to free up the shoes to collapse it on the inside, put the carnage back on and the wheel so I can get it up on the trailer. I was moving at the time and I'm not keeping any of that 1950 drum technology or steering and suspension... Everything must go. That took me the better part of 2 hours for one wheel I'm glad it was just the one wheel. That old cast steel drum does not cut well.
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Try putting your hands on the tyres sidewall and tread and push forwards the car will move so easy try it then thank me later ha ha from Australian
Honestly I was watching off to the side while trying to fix up a computer for my stepfather, and completely forgot about it after you switched to your cleaning montage, until I made some headway in what I was doing and realized you were still doing the last thing I noticed you saying you were about to do. Kudos to your editor, lovely audio choices, would probably subscribe if he had a DJ channel, for situations where I just want sound in the background, but I was fixing a computer so it's a lot of click click, hurry up and wait, click, hurry up and wait, click click....which better fits this video format...
Every car has a story and just added to the history of these two mustangs.
How's Honda Rouse coming along?
I helped my neighbor clean out and wash his 67 Mustang project that he bought and About four years later, I bought it from him.
I’m a novice to car projects but his family that he had doesn’t want anything to do with cars, so he made the decision to ask me if I’d be interested in buying it.
My high school car sat for 35 yrs as a basket case. I kept saying I will get to it one day. So glad my wife said. Fix it or sell it. All done in my garage by me. Interior still needs work but it is licensed and inspected and we drive it. So glad I kept it and even more happy my wife let me spend a ton of money on getting it running.
What was your high school car?
I have the same story 1968 mustang gt with 390. Raised 3 kids put all the money I could make into raising them. Great people wouldn't change much about my life.
Its a Mach 1, the Mustang they forgot to design the rear half of. @@MrMCDiggles
@@MrMCDiggles. 72 Mach 1. Graduated 86. Went to prom and graduation in it. Spun a bearing in 88. Father passed away the next year so it got pushed into the garage…..then life.
Video of the first drive to turn it around to do firewall forward wiring in my videos.
Looks ok for rattle can paint done in the garage.
@@rcadd1ctmustang guy through and through. Glad you could get the project done.
I got my license in 1976. My dad drove a 66 Mustang with a 289 4bbl and a four-speed, and my Grandfather drove a 1970 Chevelle with a 350 4bbl auto. I loved driving the Mustang but never got permission to drive the Chevelle. These old Stangs bring me back to my younger days, wrenching with my Grandfather and Dad every Saturday and Sunday. I miss the cars but I miss the guys who taught me how to work on my own the most. It's great to see these on your channel.
"Never buy a car You cant push..." - Ancient CarGuy proverb xD
(looks out the window at his Ford Excursion)
Always buy Japanese.
The prices go up if they roll.
also - stick shift trumps bad starter and dead battery 🔋
🤣 True!
Hey editor Dwayne next time Jarrod is doing a time-lapse you should stitch all his grunts and groans together as his background music
Ha! Great idea! Maybe I’ll work that idea in sometime soon :). -Duane the Editor
@decaharms sorry for the misspelling of your name its nice to see you guys having a good work relationship
I was thinking the next time Jarrod needs to break into a car to split screen with a bear breaking into a car.
Then start a new line dance called, "The Jarrod Grunt."
And time lapse instead of slow motion for the wash.
I had a 1969 Mustang with a 351W, bought it in high school and LOVED it! I was fixing it up and at 17 I joined the Army in 1998, I was sent overseas so i sent all my money home to have the motor built professionally. I got home and found that my ex-stepfather forged my name and sold it. I have always wanted another 1965-1972 Mustang but with all the time I spent back and forth overseas, getting married and having 4 kids (20 years, our only marriage and our kids are with each other), I have never been able to find one within the budget, now that I recently got out of the Army (i finished 21 years), the prices are too high to justify. One day after the kids have all moved out and college is paid for maybe but until then i have to live vicariously through these videos :D
You're after my heart here. I own a 67 mustang, coupe. It was a 289 2 barrel car originally, too. The 67 in this video is highly optioned, deluxe interior, a/c. I've never seen the overhead console before. Those louvers on the quarter panel are metal, not plastic. Like you said, Mustangs are great because you can pretty much get any part for them you need. Thanks for the great video, as always!
Not even gonna mention the mouse carcass in the back window at the 44:18 mark? 😮😂
Thought the exact same thing: "casually ignores the desiccated mouse carcass on the rear parcel shelf...". Of course it's possible he really wasn't looking; but am surprised Duane didn't make a little joke of it.
One wise man once said "Let's do the right thing and pretend we didn't see that" 😂
@@joealex65 while I don't always agree with that assessment, in this case? That's fine. 😉
A minute silence for Stuart Little 🇦🇺🤙🏼
"mascot"
Somehow I managed not to comment until the end of the video. This video has been truly inspirational for people who like work on their own cars and hopefully find an old one to fix. The detailed explanation is something that sometimes lacks in videos but this knocks out of the park. All I can say this is an awesome video and I'm looking forward to more. Outstanding job!!!
I just went through a fight with the brake drums on the 1954 m38a1 jeep willys i bought last month. The front drums were rolling, but the rears were not, partially because the eccentric bolts for adjusting the shoes being 70 yrs. old were no good. I ended up taking the wheel cylinders bolts off, and then pushing the drum far enough back to pull the wheel cylinders out, and then the shoes came off the anchor and i got the drum off. The drums and shoes were the originals, which shocked me, but explained the trouble getting them off, plus the drum couldn't be pulled because it sits inside the backing plate about a quarter inch or more. Thankfully this jeep had only been parked since 2017, because an older guy owned it and couldn't get in an out of it anymore. The other thing that helped me, was that it was never road titled, and was just driven on his Northern Michigan summer property, or it would have been a rust belt donor jeep I bought the rig from his daughter, and he bought it in the late 70's or 80's from the government. I'm disabled, have progressive MS, causing muscle wasting, and my dr. told me i needed to keep moving so that i don't end up in a wheelchair. I have some other thing's messing me up, but i do as much as i can.
I like the variety of project's you do, and love the questionable choices you make, great content. I would have liked to have seen that 68 mustang get worked on, but I'm not a ford nut, so it's fine. I don't have any family to talk about my car's with, or any car's, so I guess watching you, and some of the other enthusiasts helps keep me in the community. G-d bless.
The little Mustang on the dash is a high-beam indicator. The shoulder harnesses were an option. High-Beam switch should be on the floor. I owned both cars in the late '80s. The huge doors were actually great for putting babies in the back.
This episode really brought back a ton of memories for me. In the late 80's my brother and I found a '67 Mustang coupe very much like the one in this video. Ours was red, had the same interior and 289 engine, and was parked in an old shed buried in dust. We brought it home and completely restored it over a period of about three years. We had to sell it shortly after it was done due to needing cash and we regret that decision to this day. I saw it at a car show a couple years ago, the new owner has looked after it very well over the years which is great to know but my brother and I have never fully got over the fact that we let this car get away after we restored it. I have since had a '71 Mach 1, an '80 GT and an "86 LX with the 5 liter but none of those can compare to that '67 that we restored back in the day. My uncle also had a '68, much like the other car in this video, that he hot-rodded back when I was a kid which is why I fell in love with Mustangs in the first place. So this video brought back all those old memories for me, oh well! lol Now I just have to get me another Mustang! :-)
I super enjoyed this one Jared. As a disabled/retiree I wholeheartedly love this concept.
There's many loved cars just waiting to be loved again.
67 side vents are pot metal, not plastic. ""into another dirt hole" - best part of the entire video! The 67 has LOTS of options (deluxe interior, factory a/c, clock, remote left mirror, overhead console, taillight panel fins). The mustang on the 68 dash is backlit when the high beams are on. 68 carb is an Autolite 4300. Yes, "Calif Special" was 68 only. (Mine: 67 FB GTA, A code, deluxe interior, exterior decor group)
"We got some shag carpet going" just skipping right past the mouse corpse by the speaker grill 😂😂
I was thinking the same thing 😂🤣
My first car in 1981 was a 64 1/2 Mustang when it wasn’t a classic, it was a used car and dirt cheap. $ 2000 with a new paint job. Love and never forget your first. The 289/302 are bulletproof and they are hard to kill and the C4 trannies are tough as nails.
12:24 trucker and former mechanic here Jarred when you have a siezed drum like that whack in directly in the bottom several times and wedge a pry bar in the studs to get leverage to turn it like it should with the leverage of the pry bar lodged in the wheel studs rinse and repeat till it breaks free!
The banes of any youtuber trying to record: Wind, Landscapers & No Muffler Newton!
You forgot airplanes.
Interior on the 67 is the deluxe- From the chrome in the back of the seats, to the grill and lights at the bottom of the doors. To the overhead map-lights and the polished aluminum on the door panels and dash panels. the rear panels where the back window handles are, are covered in vinyl instead of being just painted metal like the base model ones. Mine also had the K-code 289 and 4-speed which was even more fun than the deluxe interior.
In 1974 I was a junior in high school when I got my first car. It was a 67 Mustang coupe with a 289 and C4 automatic. Only seven years old but it was a tired old pony. I don't think the oil had been changed very often. It ran on 5 cylinders and burned about 2-3 quarts per week. I rebuilt it in high school auto shop. After graduation I joined the USAF and drove it from L.A. to Illinois and back. So many good memories in that car. I wish I still had it.
2:10 in, also in 1968 they started the cursive Mustang on the sides. :p I used to know absolutely every difference from "64.5" to 1970. Theres sooo many endless tiny details that made each mustang different back then.
Big thumbs up for putting sixty-four-and-a-half in quotes.
That little pedal is for the wiper fluid you pump the pedal and it sprays the fluid from the bag under the hood
I would be so excited to own one let alone two classic mustangs. This is my dream car. When you said you couldn't sleep waiting to clean them I would be like that through the entire restoration. I absolutely love mustangs.
i realize this is an immediate gratification channel - i've owned a bakers dozen of 64-73 mustangs and do so much more prep when trying to start an engine thats been sitting more than 3 years
Awesome double revival! Very impressive, even if it's just a lot of work put in on the basics. I bet a lot of people would never believe they would both run and drive without an engine rebuild.
I like checking the oil level before trying to ignite. Very cool barn finds!
I was surprised to see that the 67 was blue when you cleaned it. Couple of things--when you jump across the selenoid as you did on the 67, make sure it is in park as it will bypass the neutral safety switch--it happened to me on my 67 years ago and fortunately I didn't get run over and only needed to replace a fender and bumper. On the 68, the little pedal above the dimmer switch on the floor is the pump for the windshield washers. They don't make them like they used to!
Ol' red had go fast stripes at one point! Cool!
Fun Fact: Like a lot of things in life, Slime originally started out life being originally designed for military use, but it eventually worked it's way into the civilian market.
tl;dr = A flat tire is the last thing you need to worry about in an active combat zone!
Slime makes me angry because it's just a bunch of shredded rubber in RV antifreeze. A lot of people think it's good for bicycle or stand up scooter tires. It's not. You need latex for bicycle and stand up scooter tires to seal them. Slime is ok as an *additive* in DIY latex based sealants to add those rubber threads to the latex. Ya really need the air-drying latex, not just the rubber threads, in a small high pressure tire in order to seal punctures. You need to check bike tires at least weekly even if they don't have a slow leak so if they have a slow leak due to a Slime "sealed puncture" you're probably going to have to pump the tire every single time you ride the bike and will likely return home having lost much of your air.
Small tires deform and flex more than car tires and that makes those rubber threads much less effective than if they were "glued in place" by latex. Flexible tires basically "fart" around the Slime "plug" but latex expands and contracts to maintain the seal.
Side note: those of us that run bike tires "tubeless" like car tires use latex sealant and most carry what are called "bacon strips" in the bike world. You know those car tire patches where you use some t-handle tools to ream out the rubber and jam an air-plugging strip in? We have smaller versions of that. Some tools will even re-inflate the tire using a CO2 cartridge as you stab into the tire to insert the plug.
The word 'iconic' is overused, but my god, these cars are beautiful, even covered in mud and dirt.
It’s almost like people used to care about making things beautiful… weird. There are no cars today that I would call “beautiful.” Plenty that you can call “cool.”
This video, out of all the car channels I follow, just made the magic moment happen every car dad wants to hear: "Hey dad, can we get a car like that and fix it together?"
Thank you Jarrod, you just made my whole year.
Awesome! Hope you are able to get them hooked so we can keep this crazy car hobby going!
I agree with you Jared that the hardtop/coupe is better looking than the fastback, mostly cause everybody has done a fastback
Bought my 68 Mustang coupe in 1977. I had just turned 18. Lifelong Southern California car. I bought it from the original owners. 289, early 68, 1st sold December 1967. Power steering, Factory AC, automatic, optional turn signal indicators in the hood, like this one has. Had the entire interior redone 10 years ago. Looks absolutely Factory fresh . Light blue paint , 2 tone blue interior, white vynil top. Its in excellent condition, on the road. I frequently get people who want to buy it. Its never going to be for sale, but people still make offers....highest one was a couple years ago for 23.000 . He was definitely surprised when I said no! Lol. Hopefully someone will take on these cars and get them back on the road.😊
Loved Jared rocking the Lonewolf 6000 hooked to the steal me junction.
Coincidence I have a 67 and 68 also. Both Nightmist blue.
Get you some torch tip cleaning rods and they should help cleaning up passages in the carburetors when you go through them to make them kinda functional and when you go back tear them apart and rebuild them..
I love resurrecting cars like this. Last year, my friend and I started up a car that had been sitting since 2008 on the old gas. We had some starting fluid but not much.. it pretty much started on its own. The car is very special to us because it belonged to our friend that passed away very tragically in 2008. It hadn't run since he last drove it. It was amazing how it sprang to life, we didn't expect it to at all, we were just trying to see if the engine was still free. What a day.
Another great video, never been much of a "mustang" guy but it is always nice to see a vehicle on the road and not collecting dust somewhere.
Maybe 40 years is enough .
Thank you for reviving a couple old Ford's love my Ford's
I love '60s Mustangs. The blue one is just like my '67s, but has more equipment. Thank you for a great video, greetings from 🇵🇱
Love watching you and Derek’s revival vids. Hope you do more. Thanks for vid
I don’t recall all the differences, but the California Specials had a badge in script that called out “California Special” and most notably, they had an integral spoiler and “Shelby Style” taillights (actually they were ‘65 T-Bird taillights)
Learning from the master and using a lot of Derek's tips and tricks. Very good young padawan.
That's waaaay too much. Perfect.
Jared, thank you for this mini-resto video (and all your work)! I'm not even into Mustangs, but your enthusiasm and real-world approach to show the warts and all of the process, helped get me out of my funk on my own restoration project. Thanks!
As a mustang guy, it did my heart good to see these two old girls running again. As you mentioned there is a ton of parts available for these beauties.
I love the foxbody mustangs, but nothing beats the look of the 60's mustangs
Dad sold these new, and the 67-68 were my faves. The 67 is very much a special edition car. The treatment in the rear, the overhead console, the special hood with the turn indicators in the "vents" and the brushed aluminum "like" finish on the dash tell that. BOTH are very worthy of a full restoration. I hope that happens
I let my friend drive our 67 mustang fastback 298 4 speed and he wrapped it around a tree. We bought that car for $500 back in the early 70's. Mustangs were cheap back then. Times have changed. Glad to see you aren't afraid of carbs and did a nice job rebuilding them. The secret as you showed is to get all the passages clean which requires all the cleaning equipment and shop air that you used. It was a good demo for those who are younger. I was tearing apart carbs in the '60s as fuel injection was reserved for European sports cars and Corvettes. A long but interesting episode. I appreciated this one with the tech. Hope the grandkids get into the cars. I'm trying to get my grandson interested in a flathead V8 model T on a model A chassis. It would be cool to have him pass his drivers test in a car over 100 years old. The only one in his high school parking lot.
1st gen mustangs are still way cheaper than 1st gen camaros!
Love that he is pushing the cars when he has a truck and a tractor.... very questionable for your back 😂
Lord, reminds me of my Uncles farm when I was a kid - "Oh got a new Ford to replace the old Ford, which is still a good car... so we'll park it up in the shed for a few months before we work out what to do with it - or maybe one of the kids will want it in a couple of years..." - decades later, car hasn't moved, hasn't had a cover put on it, and is basically scrap, and surrounded by a bunch of other cars/farm equipment that is also rapidly deteriorating into scrap.
I've seen hundreds of classics with that exact same description. Oh , the wife wanted the new model, or I needed a pickup so I'll just park the mustang out back. Boy it must have been the dream living in a time where things were so affordable. Imagine a 2024 mustang getting parked in a field after a few years and left there for the next 40+ years.
Thanks for the revival, I've always loved my Mustang Fastbacks, albeit have never owned one, OR these days, probably can't afford one, even though I'm retired, yet still loving the old muscle cars. My first car was a '57 Belair 2 door HT with the 283, long gone, and my second was a '67 Chevy II Nova, with the 327 4 speed, and both cars left me with so many wonderful memories! I've always hoped to get a fastback Mustang or '67 Nova again, but who knows, as it's my dream...so we'll have to wait and see. I always like the 'found in a barn' series of found cars, so this perked my interest again as usual, so a big thanks to you, as getting those cars even moving, was 'quite' the task indeed!
An hour long video! Woohoo! Even if you’re not a ford guy you got to respect a Gen 1 mustang! I’m also a huge fan of the hardtops. Keep up the awesome content Jared!
Best times of my life, was fixing other peoples cars for them!
67/68 Mustangs... Majestic!
Owned 3 67’s included a GT-500 and a coupe.
The 67 has a deluxe interior and other expensive options like the aluminum panel on the rear of the 67 and looks to be the better of the two.
The owner unfortunately did not take care of them up to this stage. More than likely they will get sold to someone who has more passion for the Mustangs
Questionably my favorite questionable garage
The slow motion pressure washing was so satisfying. I just revived a customers truck today in the shop. All he wanted was the truck to run and drive and stop. But I couldn’t resist, I had to wash it for him before he came to pick it up today. Which was also very satisfying
Mouse in the house at 44:18 back ledge
The slo-mo on the windshield pressure washing was *chef’s kiss* magnificent
Wow, impressive how calm you stayed during this brake removal. Thanks for the tips how to tackle that! Very much appreciated!
Lovely thing to do - help the guy get his grandkids to love the Mustangs - both great cars.
Well done
They both looked amazing before your efforts, but a whole lot better after. Also amazing that you got them both started!
The kids will probably trash them
I personally like this body style better than the fastback
I don't know about the 67, but on the 68, the tiny Mustang insignia on the dashboard is the high beam indicator; it will light up red when the brights are on. The little pedal on the left pumps the washer fluid. Since the 67 and 68 are borderline twins, the other might work the same way. For what it's worth, on the 67, between the headliner console, original AM/FM radio, factory air, and remote side view mirror, that's a sweet package. Good luck with both of them.
Good thing about older mustangs is you can absolutely get any replacement parts for them.
Hey, Jared, I'm the guy who's interacted with you on Twitter about the 72 D100. Really enjoyed watching this one since I just started the truck rescue. Thought you might appreciate the funny story of how I "accidentally" bought it: The truck was donated to my gun club and was used as a shooting position (engaging targets out the windows, bed or crouching down behind the body) a few times. It quit running 10ish years ago and just sat behind a storage building. I was at a meeting to plan a big pistol match this year and there was mention of using the truck again but it didn't run. I said I could probably get it running. Then it was mentioned the windshield would have to come out for the planned use. That hurt my soul because I thought it too nice to destroy like that. I obviously have ZERO poker face because the match director could tell I didn't like the idea and then he asked exactly the wrong thing of a car junkie like me: "well, do YOU want it?". The club needed to figure out what to do with it because we're relocating later this year. So the board voted to sell it to me real right if I'd get it off property by June.
Ford trunks don't have springs - they have torsion rods that traverse the trunk.
Mustangs have never had "MUSTANG" on the hood. They had "FORD" on 65-67, and on the 75-78
Cool to see them come to life. I'm super close to getting my uncle's '65 Ranchero running again - it shares most of its drivetrain with the first gen Mustangs and its real father the Falcon - is a 289 4-speed.
I'm not a Ford guy but I'd definitely take the 68... hopefully they find good homes... 👍
That's 2 good find right there. The 289 is one of my favorite engines.
Bravo Zulu! Awesome that you were able to do this. I hope they both get beautifully restored soon! Keep it up, brother!
An amazing looking car for the 1960s. We had nothing like that in the UK.
This was great to watch you get both running. It's like watching Derek get old cars running.
Please start doing more revivals we need someone like you to do this ,much better content creater than the other guys . Keep up the good work .
Thanks for the change of pace, I enjoyed this one. God intended them to be in the pasture, love it!
The small pedal by the driver's footwell (over the dfimmer switch) is one of the coolest things ever (and something I never understood why they did away with). It is to make the windshield wipers go one time. Like a "mist" setting.
Out of all the people think is joke has merit Derek is great mechanic and have to say the drive it from grave king and glad to see the respect u have for Derek ive learned alot for both of use little old school from him and wiring from u keep up great work and have a wonderful day.
That was very cool. I loved watching you and Derek working on the old Ford van. You two work well together.
Glad you enjoyed it
Nice to see someone actually be honest when they say they "don't know much about the Mustang". Because SOOOOOOO much of your information was wrong. Lol. But I loved the video, and very much respect the honesty, and raw footage. Great job!
Great cars ! Nice save , these could be very cool . I wonder if the owner will actually do anything.
Not one minute into this, and I am flashing back to a time when I was working on a blue 67 coupe mustang. I replaced the hood and trunk lid with a red ones from the junkyard.
The rear had an indentation and I pushed it out with the Jack and wood to brace as I crack the Jack out. I spay painted the entire body metallic blue with spray cans from Advance Auto. I also painted the interior metal. I never did get the right radiator.
It was the 80's and I could find parts in the local junk yards.
Great job, Jared! I love this idea of yours, no question 😊
Jared, I really enjoyed this "revival"! I think you are onto something here personally. Great video and keep them coming! Thanks for what you do. (By the way, I had 2 fox bodied Mustangs...but I agree with you...there is nothing like the Gen1).
Two happy little mustangs!
The wind blew over your jack stands?
Thank you... i wasn't nervous enough crawling around under my cars already.
Dude I literally just passed these while the first mustang was just pulled out sitting crooked as I was going to RDS to drop my truck off and broke my neck when I seen those sitting in the carport wishing I could take them back home with me 😂
I use to restore those from technically 641/2 to 72 for years. So long that I could tell where a screw was from and it was a major difference between the "repops" and "oem" parts. Even with all the frustrating things involved, I still enjoyed seeing the finished product. A feeling you can't describe. 👌😉👍
i love that at 51:17 min you put ``dawid does tech`` theme randomly as timelaps music😊
I’m not a ferd guy but these are worth bringing back to life. That black one looks to be the nicer car, but I like the mags on the red one.
5:49 nobody seems to do this anymore, but you can take a broom handle (or a spade, given that today's broom handles are ... tissue paper) and wrap a strap around the tire so that the handle ends up in the center of the wheel and turn. Works really well to jog old, stuck brakes.
15 minutes in and still staring at a wheel! Just drag it out already 😂
Too bad, like most ' barn find ' channels, he didn't care enough about the cars to put as much care into the rest of the job as he did the proper methodical overlap washing of the windows. I'm sure the engine enjoyed sucking in all the rust, rat's nest, and other debries, while being ' lubricated ' by 40 yo degraded oil.😢
That 67 is calling me, had one for 4 years i daily drove, painted it midnight blue metallic, beautiful ... watching !
I'm impressed. These things were sitting for 40+ years, outside, and you got them running and driving with a little bit of cleaner and some scrubbing.
great video! life long family of Fords - that 67 is a highly optioned car and both are worth getting a Marti report on. that tail panel is really rare, as is the overhead console. the 67 I think has deluxe interior and possibly the interior decor group, maybe more. really cool stuff. the styled steel wheels could have been an option as well.
the 68 is interesting - if that is the orginal engine, it's a J code(302 4 barrel, 230hp) which is a rare engine option for the year. glad to see them come back to life!
Also, I see that euro bumper e30 with some M stripes on it looking ready to go, another E30 in the garage poking out and some E46 shells getting some work done. I'd like to meet these folks, probably a lot of fun!
Aloha. My first car was a 67 with a 302. Bought it a year before I could get my license back in 1984, rebuilt most of it. The interior of that one is completely different than mine. The dash, console. Didn’t have that headliner thing. I lived in South Carolina at the time. Could be a production time of year or an East/West coat thing. Mahalo for the video
those years were my brothers favorites. he would put a big motor in them.
and twist the frame. or what ever was under it. his favorite weapon was 2 in box. every where.
Outstanding and awesome as always.Thanks for sharing and taking us along
Too bad we couldn't see all the shit that blew out of the exhaust. I love that part.
My 50 Chevy... I had to cut the drums off. I had the wheel cylinder all the way closed, ground-off my shoe pins and all of the hardware was rusted inside a worn lip on the drum. I didn't have a choice I had to cut a pie out with a grinder, hammer and cold chisel then stick a pry bar and hammer to free up the shoes to collapse it on the inside, put the carnage back on and the wheel so I can get it up on the trailer. I was moving at the time and I'm not keeping any of that 1950 drum technology or steering and suspension... Everything must go.
That took me the better part of 2 hours for one wheel I'm glad it was just the one wheel. That old cast steel drum does not cut well.
17:22 The cameraman eating popcorn, National Geographic style.
9:00 it's easier with an air hammer and a rounded tip!