Mustang II Project Car

Got a little discouraged after seeing that engine bay

Sprayed a little rust reformer on different spots to keep the rust from getting worse as a temporary fix until I can start doing major body work. I can’t wait to really start working on her!

So today I poured vinegar into the rusted out gas tank, I found 1 small hole in it, and I covered the gas line holes with a plunger and some tape to seal the vinegar inside. I’m going to let the vinegar sit for a few days.

The inside of my Cobra II 🐍 she came to me like this. She’s currently in a storage facility because I don’t have my own garage yet. Once I get a garage I’ll clean her out and start fixing it up. Eventually I’m going to sell the seats, the seats are in really good condition.

Bought this off eBay

I plan on selling the front and rear bumpers, I’m not going to use them, I do not like the look they provide. The front bumper has a crack/chip on the left side but the rear bumper looks good. Message me if anyone is interested, maybe I’ll make an eBay posting.

So I found the gas tank inside of the car which is a good thing because it means that I don’t have to buy a new one. The bad thing is it’s filled with rust, I dumped a bunch out. I found some videos and forums on how to restore a gas tank so I’ll be in the process of fixing it up utilizing a mixture of all that I found.

She’s definitely beat up but I can tell we’re going to be fine together. Some major issues right off the bat: rust all over body, windshield cracked, no battery, no gas tank, no air filter, locks don’t work, some radiator hoses are off, inside is filled with random crap.

To understand why I started this blog you would have to know a little about me and my interests. Where to begin? Growing up I wasn’t very much into cars, my dad was, my dad tried to get me into them but as a kid I wanted to do what I wanted to do. Mostly what I wanted to do was play video games or play outside with my friends, I had no interest in learning about cars, however, I did learn a lot about tools (courtesy of my dad). I can use just about any tool you give me and if I don’t know how to use it then it wont take me long to learn it. Fast forward a little.... I’m in the navy, I don’t have a drivers license, a couple of years in and I definitely need to get a car and my drivers license. I buy a 2005 Mustang GT from a friend who is moving out of town and after re-learning to drive and after some failed attempts at acquiring my drivers license I finally get it. I’m not so good at driving, the power of the V8 was tooo much for me because the only other thing I drove before was a Toyota Echo. I drove like a grandma...super slow, because I was scared. After about a year and a half of driving on my own I get real comfortable with the power of the V8, I get better at driving and I start actually speeding. Being in California at the time helped with that. I slowly become interested in what I’m driving, I started learning about it, how to make it faster, how to do the maintenance on it. I started watching Chris Fix videos on youtube religiously and I start to really get into cars. (I did always love mustangs, even as a kid) Being in the Navy didn’t leave me with much time to pursue interests outside of work, but I knew that I wanted to get an older muscle car and fix her up into something to be proud of. Despite everyone telling me that it would be a waste of money I looked at plenty of cars. I always felt like everyone besides my brother told me no I shouldn’t get it is because they were afraid to take risks and it wasn’t their dream. I knew the risks and costs that went into it, it wasn’t something that I was blindly jumping into. I knew I wasn't going to have a lot of money to put into it, but I was going to have a lot of time on my hands because I was finishing up my time with the Navy. So after honoring my contract with the Navy I had some money saved up and I vowed that with my free time I was going to pursue my interests despite what anyone said. I’m in school now full time as that was my top priority and I bought this Cobra II from a guy off ebay. Now for the purpose of this blog..... Its to help keep me motivated... I don’t want to get discouraged from finishing this car like I have a couple of times already...ALREADY haha but I’m persevering...Ill explain how I got discouraged in a different post. I feel like people are always offering their support on other peoples projects through the internet so I figured it wouldn’t hurt to try and get some of that as well. My intentions with this car is to fix her up and make her a race car, show everyone that the Mustang II will not be forgotten.