Car Details: 1965 Mustang Coupe
Owner: Jospeh Welk
Car Name: 1QUICK289
Color: Dark Highland Green with White Shelby GT 350 Racing Stripes
Year: 1965
Type: Coupe
Engine: 289
Wheel Size: 15" Welds
Quarter Mile: 12.10@113
RWHP:N/A
List of Modifications:
ENGINE
289 Bored 30 over
AFR 185cc heads
Victor Jr intake port match to the Heads
Dan Davinci modified Holley 650
Comp. Cams solid roller cam
Elec fan, alum. radiator
MSD distributor, wires, blaster 2 coil and 6AL
Canton 7 qt oil pan w. windage tray
DSS roller rockers
Hooker Super comp 1 5/8" headers- ceramic coated
2.5 " exhaust with H pipe
Borla XR-1 Race mufflers w/ turn downs
Barry Grant Fuel system
100 amp alternator
Transmission/ Rear/Suspension
4 speed top loader with inline hurst v-gate-2 shifter
Ford 9" with 4.30 gears, traction lock, and moser axles
Front disk brakes w/line lock
All stock type suspension with traction bars
Front and rear sway bar
** Cal tracks and adj Race shocks to be installed in the coming weeks***
Interior
Black interior
Scat pro car front seats
Custom 4 Point roll bar
Haneline gauge panel with all autometer gauges
Sony Xplod Sound system
5" Tachometer w/ Shift light
Simpson 5-point harness
Grant Signature Series Alum. Steering wheel
Body
Dark highland green paint( taken from the 1968 & 2001 Bullitt)
White racing stripes measured to exact specs given by Carrol Shelby
Fiberglass 3" cowl hood
Fiberglass California Special trunk lid
Gt 350 Front apron
Weld 15*7 prostars in the back and 15*5 Prostars in the front
Cooper cobra tires for the street
Hoosier 26*8*15 Slicks for the track
Inspiration/Story behind your Stang: My 1965 Mustang was first bought by my dad in 1971. He was 18 yrs old and it was his first car that he bought. This was his only car that he drove to school and work. He also did some bracket racing on the weekends at the local track near his hometown of Westminster, MD. My dad, mom, and 2 sisters moved to the Dallas, TX area in 1983. He continued to drive this car( NO a/c in the Texas heat) everyday to work. In 1986 the shocks towers gave out and the car was parked. This was also the year I was born. Skip ahead to Summer of 1999. The car had sat without being started for 13 yrs. We spent a weekend rebuilding the carb and fuel system, Put some oil in the cylinders and turned the motor over by hand. We gave it a full tune up. The car started right up. That motor was built in the early 1970's and ran strong as ever for the first few years that i drove the car. We spent 2 years restoring the car. The floor pans were rusted through, the shock towers were wasted, and the qtr panels had seen better days. We redid the entire interior, all the suspension, body work, paint etc. It was ready to drive the day I turned 16. It was my daily driver and was the hit of the high school parking lot. I was very proud-not cocky- of the job that my father and I had completed. The entire family was delighted to see the stang running again. Shortly after I turned 16 I got the itch to go drag racing. The first night was not a glorious one. 16 sec passes on street tires. Stock 289's weren't that quick! I began working 40 hr weeks while going to school to support my passion. Slowly but surely i got the car down to 13 seconds in the 1/4.Now the car has had a heart transplant. We decided to stay with the 289 cubic inch displacement and see if we could stay competitive with the other street cars. My goal for the car is to hit 11's on a N/A 289. The car weighs in at 3200 lbs with driver. My parents drove away from their wedding in this car. In March me and my fiancee will be driving away from our wedding in this same car. This was also the car i drove on the night i proposed to her and i was in this car when i met her. This car has a lot of sentimental value to my entire family.
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