65 Mustang with 68 shock towers... Reply to topic

goldscode reminded me (on another forum) that I was still a member here and asked if I shared my current project. So I'm back!
Maybe some will recall I am from the States. I have had my 67 for 24+ years. But I have had a few other projects.
This one is a 65 Mustang that I originally bought this 65 as a parts car for a 64 Falcon but I sold the Falcon. So I decided to fix this Mustang up. It was wrecked and rusty in the front end. I helped a buddy put a 68 Fastback roof on a 67 coupe and he gave me the front clip off the 68. So I decided to put it on the 65.
the 64 Falcon
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the 65 Mustang
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this is the 67 coupe to fastback...
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so the 65 was wrecked on the left front (the driver's side in the USA!).
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and pretty rusty
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Welcome back , that's an interesting swap your doing with the 68 towers in the 65 wouldn't have thought of that one , 🍿

goldscode wrote

Welcome back , that's an interesting swap your doing with the 68 towers in the 65 wouldn't have thought of that one , 🍿

hey thanks for reminding me I was a member here. Life gets in the way sometimes!

well I cut up the front of the 65 with intent to replace the stock parts, but then I remembered my buddy had the 68 that we cut the roof off of. So I cut the front off too!
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both front frame rails were pretty rusty as well as the towers
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I started cutting the 65 to accept the 68 front clip
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I sleeved the frame sections where i could and welded it together
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notice the mysterious black cat crossing my path!

the 68 has a wider track than the 65 so I will need to use the 68 suspension. The doner car was missing most of the parts but I gathered up pretty much everything I need.
I have the 68 UCA, LCA, strut rods, drag link, gear box and innner/outer tie rods. I am also using a late 67 Mustang column (rag joint) with the 68 gear box. I am putting the 65 top part of the column on the 67 coulumn so I can use a 65 steering wheel and turn signal switch
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the 65 was missing the left front fender, hood, grille, headlight buckets, gravel pan/valence, etc. Everything except the right front fender.
I was able to find most of the front end from another forum member that was the same color.
I am planning to keep the "patina" and build this as a ratty Stang so this worked out pretty well
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I am replacing the aprons with repop stuff and they need a little tweaking/trimming to fit the 68 towers
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this is where I am at right now... still fitting the aprons, radiator core support, etc.
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