Project 67 Mustang

Yes it is Kirk it matches the floor and has ply glassed in on the back side to give it strength

Looks like someone made the battery box hole bigger too, the edges are cut at 90 compaired to a radius. I have some floor pictures Kirk but will get them later,I can't get into photobucket for some reason and yes it goes quite a way back. Do you have the toe board? I have a decent one if you need it.

That's the hull number you're looking for. It's definitely not a '69 though. The number would seem to reinforce my previous guess.

TRBenj wrote: That's a 67-68...

I have a number of 68-70 mustang id numbers collected, the earliest verified is in the late 2200's and was a '68 built in sept of 67. I'd say yours is a late 67 or very early 68 based on the id and other trim details I see.

What's in the battery box?

Sorry forgot to rotate the photo

I have just seen in your first pic,your boot stripe is the same as mine. I have never noticed any others that are the same, most seem to continue all the way to the front. Did Steve meet you in town and blindfold you for the ride out to the ranch? If you ever decide you need a new axle check with TimB he has a source and might have one for the springs too. I had trouble with the seal area on mine so I bought one and it fit fine. As you will find out when you eventually work on yours running gear parts are odd sizes compared to others.

So Kirk did you end up going to Sterling to pick the trailer up? Looks like your the rebuild thread to get us thru the winter!

Gary S wrote: Good older picture of how my back panel is in. Panel has different cutouts for 3" Holman Moody exhaust. This panel was from a standard exhaust boat and was cut out to match an original but bad shape one from John b's HM SS

Hmmm, I'm not sure about the H/M panel having a cut out for the exhausts. Here is the one from my 70.

Kirk,
Are you done re-storing your 89 yet?

Hey- What turned or helped your decision in getting the Mustang?

Nice Find by the way!

Hussler wrote: Sorry to hijack but Gary, how is the base plywood of that seat attached to the fascia? I was thinking of using aluminukm angle and through bolting. To the OP, you are missing the spacer in between your rudder and pitman arm. Just thought i would point that out

He has the spacer Jim it's just put together wrong,the PO has it on first so it's down at the rudder end!

As to the mounting are you refering to the seat back? There is a screw mounted in the center of the boat in the gunnel face. Then there is a keyhole plate mounted to the seat back like the upper left of the pic below. The back just hangs on that. The seat bottom frame screws down to the floor thru the 1 x 1/2 cross piece at the rear bottom then 2 horizontal screws go thru the larger dark colored cross pieces into the bottom of the seat back pulling it tight to the bottom framework. The seat bottom just sits there so you can lift it up and use the framework for storage

Sorry to hijack but Gary, how is the base plywood of that seat attached to the fascia? I was thinking of using aluminukm angle and through bolting.

To the OP, you are missing the spacer in between your rudder and pitman arm. Just thought i would point that out

Serial number location first one is below oil cooler on this one



All are in front of rear motor mount

Bruce, good catch- yes those panels were as wide as the exhaust outlets. So the floor pan is probably long gone.

CB, there is no fin on this boat that I can see- CC never put them on first gen Mustangs. I believe the first time they were added to the 16' boats was in 1976 when the Ski Tique came out. What youre probably seeing is the shark-fin shaped Airguide speedo pick up.

Very nice! Congrats! The fiberglass really appears to be in great shape! I notice your fresh water pick up is much further aft on the hull compared to my American Skier. Also I'm wondering how much the fin adds to handling? Mine doesn't have one

The engine cover usually matched the seat color ? I wounder why they covered it ?

Those seats are from the mid 70's... its not uncommon to see them in a boat of that era, as the originals sat on plywood frames that were prone to rot. The vast majority of interiors that I have seen from '67-69 were monotone cream (all seats and side panels). It wasnt until late '69 or '70 that they started mixing in some color.

Gary is right about the rudder- lillipad would have been original. The 27A was first used in '70 and is a slight performance upgrade (though you'd have to get the boat above 50 to notice). Might want to trim the port flush with the bottom of the boat though.

Original pylon and you have the back seat base, nice! Most '67's Ive seen were still using the stepped pylon like this one... my bet is that the boat is a '68.