1969 Mustang H/M engine

I have a chance to buy a 69 Mustang with a complete H/M engine (including the sweet looking manifolds) that doesn't and hasn't run for 6 years or more. The boat is a medium blue/white and needs a restoration, complete with stringers most likely. . All of the gauges are in great shape and it has the console and all fittings except the anchor light..
Down side is it is missing the passenger seat and brackets, the drivers seat has the fiberglass frame and brackets, but it is cracked, the fiberglass rear seat is missing, and it would need to be re-finished (paint or gel coat).
It has minimal dock rash but has the usual spider cracking in the usual places.
I am wondering if anyone cares to guess what a complete H/M engine is worth?. Would anyone else consider buying it for parts? I have restored several boats before so I know what a stringers and floor job takes. I am tempted just because I want to rescue it. I read the great thread on the Mustang restoration & stringers on this site.
Any words of wisdom?

Yes, grab it and keep us informed (pictures too) about it's condition. I agree with Tim that I'd hate to see it parted out.

The only thing I'd really worry about on the H/M package it the exhaust manifolds themselves. Being aluminum, they are not that robust and rot (white rust) out between the manifold and riser and then you have the "burn through" issue. The burn trough is at the individual exhaust ports where the exhaust takes a right angle turn into the main exhaust cavity. The wall between this cavity and the water jacket burns through.

The owner would like $2,000 with a trailer. I worry about getting it painted or gel coated. I have done the glass & stringers work before, but I am smart enough to know not to attempt to refining the hull myself. I may look at it again tomorrow.$1,800 and I may go for it. I will try to post some photos after I look at it tomorrow, even if I pass on it. I am worried about getting the parts. It has a wood frame for the rear seat, but it needs to be replaced. I will get the S/N too. The console has a little compartment with a lid, and the gauges are in the dash. It doesn't have the CC plastic bezel around them. It must have been really sweet in that navy blue with white deck when it was new.

I'm guessing the inside looks like this John?



And David yours looks so good I think I'm convinced that I'm going pull the exhausts and paint them for one of this winters projects

Gary S wrote: And David yours looks so good I think I'm convinced that I'm going pull the exhausts and paint them for one of this winters projects

Thanks Gary. I still am trying to figure out a good way to paint the red and white "HM"'s all over the engine. I tried with a small brush and some acrylic artist paint but it was way too sloppy. Might find some paint pens and give it a whirl.

Vondy mask off cut with exacto knife and spray paint

BTW, it has a flat top dog house and a side mounted throttle. Is that correct? The original ski nylon and floor trim ring is there too.

The console has no gauges in it like the blue one in the photo. I didn't notice if it had the square hole in the console for them. I forgot to mention, someone stole the Chrome CC badges off of it.

That's the wheel, but this one is rusty. The dog house is fiberglass

Yours is beautiful.
Is that a Lustron home? That is also beautiful. If so, does it have the original dish washer?

Yes, the script Correct Craft on the sides. The wheel looks like yours, the ring (part you grip) appears to be good quality plastic and is dark brown. This boat sat outside covered so it was probably pretty humid in there at times.
I am pretty sure I see a Lustron home complete with garage in your photo, pretty cool!

Very nice! I used to live in a 1929 Sears catalog house called the Osborne. I miss it sometimes. We have some Lustrons near me. My friend used to own one. I really liked it. It had the porch, but not the garage.
There is no upholstery on the fiberglass dog house, and it looks like there never was.

thread jack....very cool story on the family houses gary!

john

You're right, Gary. That is exactly why I am afraid to take on this Mustang project. Did you refinish your hull. It looks so nice in the photos now and a little sad when you got it.
I would love to see it sometime. Let me know if there is an opportunity.

FYI, if the boat has a gelcoat box with a flat top like this, then the boat is most likely a '70, not a '69.



Rumor has it that *someone* is looking into getting Correct Craft emblems made up, as well as producing a few of the '69-70 fiberglass bucket seats.