Mustangj's {Jason Bowman}
'78 MUSTANG II MACH 1
MY CAR IS A 1978 MUSTANG II MACH 1 T-TOP V8 AUTO.
THE II IS BEING REBUILT FROM THE GROUND UP.
MY CAR WAS POWDER BLASTED TO BARE METAL.
AFTER THE BLASTING MY FRIEND AND I WELDED IN
THE COMP ENGINEERING 6 POINT CAGE.
THE SUSPENSION IS ALL REBUILT USING TRW PARTS,
ENERGY SUSPENSION BUSHINGS AND NEW CUSTOM MADE
SPRINGS REAR AND A/C SPRINGS FRONT.
BRAKES ARE STOCK REBUILT. MY II'S REAREND IS STOCK
SAVE FOR A SPOOL AND 3.55 GEARS. HER TRANSMISSION, I BUILT!
USING A B&M REBUILD KIT (NOT THAT SCARY TO DO!!)
THE C4 IS SHIFTED WITH A STAR SHIFTER.
THE ENGINE IS A 306 WITH EDELBROCK PERFORMER CAM,
INTAKE AND TIMING CHAIN. IT HAS COMP ROLLER ROCKERS
AND ARP FASTENERS. SPARK COMES FROM AN MSD 6AL,
ACCEL DISTRIBUTOR AND 8.8 MM WIRES.
THE EXHAUST STARTS WITH DYNOMAX HEADERS.
IT HAS A 2 1/2" SYSTEM WITH AN H-PIPE.
TWO FLOWMASTER 40'S TAKE THE PLACE OF THE GAS TANK,
AND EXIT UNDER THE CENTER OF THE BUMPER.
THE GAS TANK WAS TOSSED IN FAVOR OF A FUEL CELL
THAT WAS CUT AND SUNK INTO THE TRUNK FLOOR.
FUTURE MODS INCLUDE: 1.PAINT AND BODY (GRABBER BLUE AND BLACK MACH 1 SCHEME.) 2.EDELBROCK NITROUS KIT. 3.FIVE BOLT UPGRADE WITH CROSS DRILLED ROTORS AND AMERICAN TORQUE TRUSTS. 4. A SPA MICRO-DASH UNIT.
I WOULD LIKE TO THANK PAUL AND MIKE FOR THEIR COUNTLESS
HOURS OF HELPING ME BUILD MY CAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Here is a picture of my first car. It was a 1976 Cougar XR7. I traded my highschool auto teacher my parents blown up Tempo for it! The car was not worth fixing, but I fixed it anyway. The floors were made of freezer doors I found at the dump. I used two 4x8" sheets of sheetmetal, pop-riviting the body back
together. The paint job was slick, and hid most of my learning curve body work! I raced 6 engines and 4 transmissons though it before it died hard! My parents have a long twisting driveway. My father and I met mid way on ice. My dad's Dodge P/U smashed the front end off the Cougar, and came to rest with his tires on my windsheild! After that I bought my first II, and the rest is history!
Here's Jason's e-mail address.
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