1967 Mustang

This is our Mustang. It's a perfect project boat for us. The hull is in really good shape, with few scratches. It needs a floor, trans rebuild, and some tlc.

Before winter goal is to clean it up and remove the floor and all of the foam, (almost done with that). In the spring, it will get a new floor and trans rebuild. Long term goals are to reupolster the seats, side panels, and wet sand.

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That is one nice Mustang,but I'd be quite upset if I took it to have a cover made and it came back with all those snaps on the side.The PO's of mine wasn't shy with a drill either!

The boat came with the original interior. One side panel is rotted. The other just needs to be re upolstered. The seat are original and can be used for now.

I pulled the fuel tank and am thinking of replacing that, but I'm hoping I can find someone to survey it and tell me if it needs replacement or not. It wasn't leaking, but is pretty rusty in one spot, and the 2 hoses were rotted.

I got a price on a new custom tank of $332.

I'm not crazy about the location of the snaps, but what can you do? If a guy did that to me on a new boat, I'd want him to buy the boat.

Bruce,
A friend of mine runs a radiator shop and in some gas tanks you can put whats called a liner in it. The kit is liquid and comes in cans. He uses the hi-tech way of rolling the tank around by hand to coat the inside.
Make sure you have the tank pressure checked to verify there are no pin holes in it from the rust first!

You could also check with Moeller or Tempo to see if either company has a universal plastic tank that would be close to your original.   btw, does the boat have a gas gauge?

8122pbrainard wrote: Steve, What the $#%%!! A plastic tank in a 67??

Pete Dont have a coronary man!!!

   Its BEHIND the back seat and I would much rather have a new, plastic tank than a questionable/ leaky metal original..

All Im saying is on a boat like this, a plastic tank could be a safe and economical fix...

Boat dr, that's the ticket, $149.95! I want to keep the boat original, but have no problem with switching the fuel tank over to plastic. I'll probably also remove the copper fuel line and replace it with rubber fuel line and install a water/seperating fuel filter.

The boat has a manual fuel guage in the tank with the window on the transom deck. I think that is a cool feature of the boat and would like to keep that. I will see if Tempo still makes the gauge and if the plastic tank will work with one.

Boat dr, Eric L. thought you had an Eaton tranny in your boat at one time. Have you worked on it? Is it difficult to remove?

I'm told mine needs a rebuild, but thought I'd wait till spring and get the boat going and see what the problem is. I am hoping that if I change the fluid, it might work ok, (wishful thinking on my part). PO said it slipped, and didn't go into forward or reverse too well. For all I know, it's low on fluid. I haven't even checked it.

On the other hand, if it does need a rebuild, I'm better off doing it during the winter, especially if I find someone locally that can do it, because our winter are so long and boating season so short.

Pete, I will check with the local radiator shops, but if a 40 yo tank is questionable, I'd rather replace it.

Bruce,
I use metal brake line for fuel line


I ran it along the stringers and installed a shut off valve just above and to the side of the tranny.

I still have a steel tank, so I do check it and the fuel line at least once a year..

The engine is an Interceptor, 170 ci, 100 hp. It has an Eaton "C" model tranny.

According to the manual, Interceptor is made by Eaton Manufacturing Co./Dearborn Marine Engine Division. Eaton and Dearbomatic are probably related.

The tranny is different than the one in Steve's boat. My engine is also a little different. The alternator and RWP appear different, the fuel pump is just behind the RWP, and the carb stands straight up.

Ironically, in exchange for a donation to CCF, Reid P. mailed me a copy of an Interceptor Tech Manual this past spring, which is the correct manual for my engine. All the pics match and everything.

Riley- That's a great project boat for you and the boys. They must be thrilled.

Brad,the boys are thrilled. We made the road trip to get it on the 22nd, and have spent all of the 23rd, 29, & 30 washing, waxing, dismantling and chipping out foam. They can't get enough.

Steve, that's a great pic. Did you remove foam? What king of supports are there along the hull that the strapping connect to? Mine doesn't have that. The strapping was supported by foam. Also, how did you connect the strapping to the main stringers? Did you have to add some sort of ledger strip?

My engine looks just like that.

No foam, you missed out the monotinous job of removing it. All I can think while we're chipping it out is "if they only hadn't done this, and, what were they thinking".

My boys are 13 & 16.

My stringers are notched, but under the motor mounts, how did you remove the strapping? I have cut them off, but they are not rotted at that point.

Here's a pic of the Tempo tank Boatdr mentioned. It's a tad bigger, like half an inch in length, width and height. The original metal "long cruise" holds 15 gallons and the plastic tempo holds 18. The only thing different is the vent hose hook up, it's closer to the front edge.

It came with the sending unit. There are places on the corner edge notched out for a strap to secure it. I wrapped it under the tank and the support boards which it sits on. It was the TP18SC, $149.95. A friend of mine that has a boat shop ordered it for me for one of his suppliers.

boat dr. I didn't understand "Hold Down #654 TCI", but I do now. That's easy enough.

Thanks for the tank info, that's the way to go, about $200 for the tank and guage, plus whatever the strap kit costs. My friend with the Wildcat will be happy to know that. He's got to replace his tank.

What thickness plywood is in those? I ripped 3/8 plywood out, but that seemed too thin.     

I went back with 5/8" and epoxy coated both sides, a bit over kill but do not want to do it again..........