My 1970 Mustang Custom Coupe

This page will document my project from beginning to end, with details and photos.

Here's how it all started.

Here's what I'm shooting for:

With the addition of a shaker, front spoiler, Minilite wheels & Boss stripes,
my front end will look just like this:

I will also be adding the side scoops(seen on the gray coupe below).
I will be sporting yellow w/black stripes and a black interior.
The interior will be from a Cougar, including the dash.
I will most likely go with a 302 and standard, since the
car came with a stick. I will also go with hi-tech suspension
and doing away with the 4 lug garbage.
With my Shelby taillights, custom trunk lid and end caps,

the rear should look similar to this:

I had spotted this car behind Smith Furniture in Odessa and had planned on buying it just for the front end. I acquired my buddy's 1970 Mach1 and needed a front end for it. I bought it for $500 and drove it home. It had some loose linkage, so I had to drive all the way home in 1st gear. After I brought the Mach home, I pulled the front end off the coupe and put it on the Mach.

After looking the coupe over well and seeing that it had NO RUST and NO STRUCTURAL DAMAGE and a CLEAR TITLE, I decided that I wouldn't be a part of junking a classic Mustang that had survived surprising well almost as long as I had, even if it was an ugly coupe. I found another front end for the Mach and put the fenders back on the coupe. I had already traded the plain hood from the coupe for a turn signal scooped hood with hood locks for the Mach1. I originally considered chopping the top off and making it a convertible because I can't stand the coupes in '69 & '70, but changed my mind after finding the custom trunk lid and end caps.
This picture

convinced me that I could make this coupe look far better than a coupe is supposed to look:

I will save this car from certain death and end up with a pretty cool little coupe.
One that I won't be ashamed to be seen in!

Original Sticker Price:

Production #s:

Average Value:
Hagerty Price Guide (Grande 302)

Full Black Cougar Interior, Including Dash
New Carpet & Headliner
Shelby Trunklid & Quarter End Caps
'67 Shelby Sequential Taillights
Shelby Convertible Side Scoops
RH Quarter Skin
Rear Bumper
2 - 15" X 8.5" Minilite Wheels

Trunk Seal
Shaker, Aftermarket - Seller 1, Seller 2
Upgraded Suspension
5 Lug Front Disc Brakes
Front Disc Brakes
2 - 15" X 7" Minilite Wheels

She's still in the same condition as when I bought her, with the exception of the hood swap. I have gathered most of the parts for the custom conversion and will begin swapping the parts soon.