HOW TO CREATE-A-COUPE Ford Mustang Notchback Conversion PART 1
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This will be a new series to the channel. This is part 1 introduction of a donor car. My idea of what this project was about. Basically going to take an unwanted 4cyl ford mustang and create a coupe notchback more desireable mustang from its parts. Take 2 make one! Coupes are getting hard to find!
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CRAZY IDEAS I HAVE! THANKS FOR WATCHING! WHY NOT MAKE THE LEAST DESIREABLE 4CYL CONVERT A NOTCHBACK!
Man your my savior lol. I have a 91 convertible looks just like the one in your video. I'm excited for this video and want to see how it's done. Not to get too personal but last month I had a heart attack and I want to do something to my car now that I have a second chance. Thanks for all you do to show us how to work on these vehicles.
My mind is Officially blown🤯
That’s a good one for sure. I saw an old gt vert in the bone yard last year. Wonder if it’s still there! If you can get the roofs I will drive up and grab one from you! Close to my moms and have a nice weekend out of it!
@@jamesmoya1944 Ouch man i hope your ok.
See ya tonight bro
Hey Dan.
I used to save salvage title cars for a living in Michigan. What you’re doing is exactly what I used to do. You’re plasma cutter is the best spot weld remover tool in the world. Just blow them out. It works awesome and fast as hell. Cut it large and plasma the spot welds and use a cutoff wheel to trim your outer sheet metal. Lap it with screws and go back and use a cutoff to butt weld as you go. It’s fast and dead on. Love this project!
Holy shit thats a great idea plasma the spot welds.
I can't wait to see this happen! Think it's awesome! Until aftermarket bodies come around this is the kind of stuff that needs to happen more.
Just like all the foxes that have gone to the scrap yard for just tower issues.
Need to get creative and dirty to start saving the ones that can.👍
EXACTLY! True epic fox shit right here. Thanks!
This will definitely be a game changer in the community. 💪🏼
Hope so!
Yep, now you will also need to look at the body code(40 is a coupe-44 and 45 are LX and GT conv-41 is LX hatch-42 is GT and Cobra)) in the vin as well as the engine code(E for 8 cyl-D for 93 Cobra-M or A is 4 cyl) to verify that you are getting a legit 5.0 coupe.
During the fox mustang run all convertibles started life as a coup. Ford shiped so many coups and hatchbacks to a separate facility to have them chopped into convertibles and t-tops and sunroof cars. on all convertible titles it says coup.
Me and you speak the same language, I have a beautiful running 89 GT, and a 89 lx which I would sacrifice to get a notchback in return. I had thought about
This that your doing, and heck, you inspired me my man. Keep them videos coming. God bless.
Appreciate it !
Will be interesting to watch. I’ll keep my Vert though. I love my Vert. Top down, 5sp doesn’t get much better as a street driven car. One day the Verts will be worth the most money. Any and every classic car is worth more if the top goes down. The Fox will be no different
True
Man im so excited for this!! Please take lots of video 🙏 you might be putting more coupes in service
That's the plan!
Pick up a 3/8” air belt sander. They work awesome for removing spot welds. You’ll basically make a divot on the spot and separate from lower panel
Good idea.
Awesome can’t wait to see the progress
I personally would tell you as a Fox body friend to just bite the bullet and strip the vert instead and keep it a true coupe yes it would be far much more work taking salvageable parts from the vert and put it in the coupe but like you said they are becoming far more favorable and even harder to find these days. So bite the bullet and we will be following you and supporting you on your journey. Coupe lives matter!!
Bro....Love The Passion for the Foxbody!
Channel will blow up. 💪🇺🇸😎
Thx man
I love the idea of this series
Plasma cutter looks pretty good
Ya it cuts sloppy but maybe just me. On a flat surface tho . Boom straight
I've seen people build fastbacks out of notchback classic mustangs. Same idea in reverse here....I'm keeping my coupe forever, for sure.
Good call.
I just completed this . On my 84’ vert to a 88’ coupe ! I got the idea off this video. There’s way more to then this tho .
Just subbed man, the word notch back kills me everytime i hear it lol. Back in 98 i had a 89 notch with a 306 and a tremec 3650 car ran best of 11.90 which for its time was a really fast daily driven street car. I sold it and man i have forever regretted doing so love what youre doin brother.
Man ! that sucks!
Looking forward to the progress. I was fortunate enough to find a 93 coupe recently, but this may be a viable option in the near future.
ITs an option for hatchbacks too. Little more effort tho and planning.
Can’t wait to see the final product
I just saved an 86 gt . It was smashed down the side. Bought it for parts. Saw how clean the floor was . Had a rusted out wrecked 90 gt . Put right quarter on the 86 and the roof skin .turned out great so far lol. We have to save as many as we can. Keep them all Ford !
Nice work! Yes we do!
I've been waiting for someone to do this type of series, I am going to be doing the same with my 2 cars. Can't wait to see what you do with them.
Thx man! Im gonna do hatch and vert. I dont know anyone that has done hatch yet. I know its been done.
This will be an interesting build. Save the stangs
Trying!
Convertibles 📈📈 after this video.
Lol ok
This is wild, I like it!
Yes sir!
Hell yeah!!!!! Build a notch work shop
Thx
Why 2 thumbs down,, there's always a negative isn't there. Who paints that car? What color? Just painted one looks amazing, happy to share photo elsewhere, love you plan btw
Lol thx man. It’s all good
Crazy, coupe's are not rare here in NY
, NJ and Connecticut at all. Shop around, buy a coupe, even a 4 banger coupe and save a ton of time.
It’s just doing the project is what I wany
Can’t wait
Keep us posted. Great idea
You got it!
Hell yea !!!! I been waiting to see something like this a long time brother
Now this is a crazy project!! I LOVE IT 🔥👌
Whats up brother. Been awhile. And yes.. i dunno what im doing craziness. Hung on Coopty or Frankencoop as a name lol
“Foxbody convertibles started their lives out as notches” I’ve heard that multiple times yet people always disregard the verts as non desirable. Thats why I got my 89 GT VERT for a deal
Yup. It's been proven time and again that EVERY convertible version of a muscle car/pony car, with very few exceptions, ( COPO, special versions) is worth MORE than their hardtop counterparts. Eventually convertibles win out value wise. Happens virtually every time.
@@patsfan8057 be interesting to see what the values are in another 30 years, I think people thinking the coupe is a better race car is what made the price go up so much. I like the look of the coupe better. But wish I had the room of my hatchback again. Once you put a roll bar in a coupe it useless. I am on my first and last coupe.
I understand that.
Love my '88 Cali vert, but I will admit that notches are bad ass!
Looking forward too the build
Thx!
That's why it's called fabrication Dan!!! You fabricate things!!lol
This will be interesting to watch. I had an 89 vert that I had this same vision with but didnt have the resources to do it. Kinda like a dream build, only I had the thought of keeping the convertible doors, windows, rear quarter windows, and cutting the B pillar and making a hardtop coupe.
Right man
LOL Neo! @ 9:00 🤣
lol
This is going to be the best content on the youtubes lol. Can't wait to see the progress. I hate VERTS but wife wants a coupe. So I think I may do.some drawings. Grinder, torch, welder everything fits lmao
We'll See
I went looking through threads a while ago and found your friends post, I've been looking into this for a while.
Ya it’s been done before but no one has RUclipsd it like work for work. They just time lapsed it
@@Neomustangs That's exactly right. Nobody has covered this in a step by step, and if you ask on forums or look where somebody else has asked you get either that information or replies from people who say it can't be done.
I'm telling a lot of people who want to do this conversion about your channel. Convertibles are so cheap and plentiful whereas coupes command a premium.
This is a really awesome project. Love that your saving what foxbodies you can!
Ya this one was rotted back. You seen the other video. Im gonna create something fk it!
I have never seen this before. I have 2 of them. I had 3. My wife made me sell one. It is hard to find them for a reasonable price, much less find one at all
Right
Hell Yeah man! You got this! Sweet ass swap for sure!
I love the plan.
TY!
Love notchbacks, but a dumb move. You'd have been better off doing up the convertible. Worth more in the long run. There's a reason they say " When the top goes down the price goes up". Only exceptions are one offs, COPO, etc.
True. But this car is was gone
@@Neomustangs Yeah that's a tough decision to make, but you are smart to even think of it first.
This is gonna be wild. Cant wait to see the process. Thanks for the videos
You bet
Hell ya! Right up my alley right there!!! Always wanted to turn my hardtop hatch into a TTop.
Ya i want to try the "hatch" version of this first. THe vert one should be easier imo. But hatch? WHAT?
Awesome idea can't wait for you start !
Me too!!
I would cut the floor out save the tubs quarters roof and cut it at the rocker mid door the do the very the opposite and lap everything on at once then weld the rear body wheel runs and rear floor ext that way your not cutting through the panels just my thought awesome video though
I get it.
You got this... this will be epic!!!
Yep
Your making me really miss my roll up widow coupe... 😢
LOL!
It sucks that you have to scrap a car to make another one but definitely a plus when the car is that far gone.
I still think a 25.5 or 26.3 car was the better way to go .
😁😄😃😀
I cant wait to see where this goes its gonna be bad ass bro!!!
Yes sir
Hope this works will, around here there is always more vrerts for sale, if there are 8 fox's on the local classifieds 4-5 will be convertibles, 2 hatch's , and 1-2 four banger coupes, the verts are usually cheaper and tops are typically in rough shape, I rode in a vert way back in the late 80's and hated how it felt (like a marshmallow) but if they can be made into a notch that would be awesome!
Ya wade at this age.. those fkin tops are ruined. I have an array of coupes here that are NOT in healthy shape at all so why not make those verts that are nice (body wise) a coupe! speically the 4cyl ones.. not the GT's
Neo that is a great idea. You have the skills to make that happen go for it.
Ima try my best. Long as the brackets and A-pillars line up.. the sheet metal outside is easy.
The weekly live uploads have been good Neo, hope you keep them going man
I'll try!
Pleaseeeee really do the hatchback, I’m bad w this type of stuff but I wanna make my vert a hatch so bad
Its what i may do first is the hatch.
Ohhhh, that’s interesting ordeal. Can’t wait for this content, good plan Dan
thx
Interesting idea
I think so too!
Install a carbon fiber luggage rack to make it a racecar.
Race/street ya light is might.
This gone be nuts lol never seen this done before.. saving them one at a time 👍
Saving something ya know. I mean
If theres anbody who can do it and document it it wold be you , put a hurtin on those bodys !! Maybe since your diggin in to a T-Top roof too would be bitchin theres a couple videos out there to do T-Top swaps !! Keep up the good content!!$
Ya i do have a TTOP car in the back. Its an 88 tho so those arent very common at all. I also have an FHP SSP both are rotted HOWEVER i refuse to cut them up .. they'll be worth some resto someday if not with me someone else.
That's what I'm talking about! Going Full Custom Garage on us!
Right on!
Hell yeah I think it's cool to do something like that at least you can learn off of this one and if all works well do your black car next looks pretty cool and interesting looking forward to the build
Yep
Never seen this done before, this is gonna b fun to watch,,!!!
YEP
The pillars are different. So don’t cut em so high u need the whole pillar for the coupe door to fit , luckily I figured that so I kept all mines and didn’t cut as high as u did in the video , otherwise the coupe door won’t fit.
I say you should let both of those 4 banger economy cars go to the crusher. Not sure why people with notch backs act like they have a Ferrari. That 1979 coupe was very very very close in looks to the 1978 coupe. The 1979 coupe was made with a 99 horse power v8 option just to have a cheap version to sell to the cop shop. The body sucks, and was no muscle car...just another economy car like the mustang II. Also if someone gets into a crash in that car they will probably get killed. No need for that.
GREAT CONTENT
Ty
Practice on a junk area if u get good u can cut the spot welds with the plasma saves tons of time and money
Yep. It’s why I buy the good tools. Gonna cut way more area than I need. So I get get roof on floor remove spots then
Looks like I’ll be watching you “convert a vert” 👍
Yes. Actually theres a couple folks here on tube that did some small videos of lapse or whatever but ya.
You should be saving the quarter panels too.
Its what i did.
My understanding is all fox convertables started out as coupes...so this should be an almost direct swap
It’s not the pillars and front windshield are different but those get cut out anyways
Very cool 😎
thx
Good content, keep it up! - GL
Thanks, will do!
This is going to be awesome I have a convertible right now that I have stuck way too much money into and I would love to do something like this that was the one thing that I really hate it about my car was that it was a convertible
There is hope !
Great idea, subscribed. Wish the ad assault were less.
most of that ad assault is youtube. only like 3/4
Fucking genius.
It’s a win win... you eliminate a convertible and grow a coupe 😂
Right. I like verts but not near as much as coupes. Specially a 4cyl vert. Now... LX 4cyl vert transformed ot a bad ass 5.0 coupe hardtop... bottom to the top!
I love my vert, but my next mustang is going to be a hatch gt rather than a coupe 🤷♂️
Good to know. Thats all i use anyways.
Convertibles started life as coupes. Why not return a convertible to its origin.
Right!
My guy bro! I own a 90 vert 5.0...do it and I'll follow...fox forever
FOX FOREVER!
Bro the convertible was a Coupe. The sent them out to get the convertible made.
That’s right
the rag top is a real pain in the ass.i had one ..even if you did pull off somewhat restoring it it will still leak for ever and act up all the time and suck..the notch (trunk back) top to a good standing vert is a great idea i think....
YEs without a doubt. Literally it just fits on there!
Really? Never had issue with mine leaking and my top has never ever had a issue working.
Convertible started out as notches
Yep we know
Technically all convertible fox's started off as notchbacks so why not return them to thier original glory!!! We need more notch's in the world!!!!
Thats correct!
I was just thinking about doing this, getting a convertible and adding a hard top to a notch for the same reason that you just don’t see notches for sale like that
Right.
I'd Ike to do tje same to my 93 LX Vert. I gotta find a shop in Colorado that is willing to take it on...
Probably in the comments,but all 87-93 convertibles start out as coupes.
It was mentioned a few times yes. In video too
@@Neomustangs 👍🏼🤙🏼✌🏼
Swap the vin numbers and you got a legit notchback. 🤔
Nah that’s illegal
This was done way back...by the famous Stormin Norman convertible...but there are still clean Coupes around, look and get you a four banger would be much easier to go that route?
This is a 4cyl coupe anyways so thats why im not super stresin about it. Gonna try to find an LX vert 4cyl. Probably the LEAST desirable fox of them all.. make it a bad boy 5.0 coupe hardtop!
Get on it lol
Dude on cl have conversation done look up notchback for oakland ca on offer up not to bad either
Cool
Hell Nah Leave the GT Alone!! don't break our hearts man!! 😭
but looking forward to seeing new project content
Yes sir
Notchback styling is rental car ugly until big fat tires are installed. K-car is the same body style.
Hey that's a nice project did you take a look at the Cosworth T5 gearbox still looking for that mainshaft with the 25 main spline yoke thank
Hmmm....interesting
Holy crap I was thinking do it with Capri fenders and quarters four eye swap flat black mad max style and you started talking about hacking the black car(no no no)
LOL
Didnt Ford send coupe body’s to an aftermarket facility (ASC) to create the convertibles?
Something like that
I’m pretty sure that all fox body convertibles started out as coupes
@@0204631320 yes they did. Ford didnt build in house convertible mustangs until the sn95
Please do not cut up a legit GT or 5.0 LX hatch, those cars are going up in value big time. As for convertibles go ahead and convert(no pun intended) as many as you can into coupes, convertible foxes will always be the least desirable of the bunch and they were built kinda crappy to start with. Convertibles started life as coupes built without tops and then sent to ASC for final assembly so it really is like putting it back as nature intended.
I get it. However i have multiple GT shells that have been sitting a long time. Mines well do something with them now. I have other coupe roofs.
I'm looking for a convertible top frame for an 89?
Aren't the convertibles more rare than all the others??
No the coupes are. They made a lot of coupes 88-89 over vert.. but...they werent popular so the vert naturally 90-93 and even in 87 i think were higher numbers.
I wanna see all about roof change...mine has a spot that needs repair...and I have the darn leaky ass sunroof I could live without...so I would rather just change out the roof...it would probably end up costing me about the same either way.
True just need a roof. I’m unlucky to be in Ohio. But lucky that if a coupe is junk I’ll make one
Damn i need a nice cowl but probably get one in nc were i live but would love to get all three pieces if you lived in NC im your paint guy lol I've got a straight 88 other than needs roof skin and hood flow up fucked cowl up but never been turned in on insurance want ing to make cobra clone back halfed tub. Tooblur frontend car out of it but might just flip it and sell cause always wanted 86 coupe never had coupe always hatch when i was teenager coupes were mostly grampa's mustang
Ill be cutting this cowl out of this coupe to save another fox like that too. So win win.
I've thought of the same is it possible???