[MustangMike]

Hello all!

A member here I've been dealing with for awhile suggested I join this forum and tell you all about the resin products I have for the Mustang II Coupe & Ghia, Cobra and King Cobra fans out there (like me!). I started casting my own parts and started this whole project about 3 yrs. ago after much frustration with the stock kits and unavailability of custom parts. Since that time I've made over 30 different parts, wheels and scale vinyl printed decals just for the Mustang II kits.

Most of the parts were based off of the re-release of the AMT/Ertl 77' Mustang II Street Custom, but I've used most all of the parts and decals on the MPC Firefighter Mustang II with some pretty minor alterations.

I'm posting a pic of one of my finished projects on here and you can view more on my website: www.mustangmikes.com. There may be something for everyone here and the site is new and a work in progress.

I've really enjoyed reading this forum and am looking forward to being a contributing member!

Kind Regards,

--"Mustang" Mike

This post has been edited by MustangMike: 05 March 2009 - 08:47 AM

[Blue coyote]

Welcome, Mike! Glad you made it!

As a Mustang II niche modeller, I apreciate the efforts you've put into this.

I've gotten a fair selection of what Mike has for sale on his site, and its all been top-notch quality (and yes, that's my testimonial on his site).

[Smart-Resins]

I really like that car! I spy some pistriping raising up on its edge, but it is a nice axemple of the stang II's Perhaps when I get a kit, ill have to look your way for aftermarket parts to build it! JOdy

[Eshaver]

So when will you do a Pinto Crusin Wagon with the 1977 Decals? Ed Shaver

[MustangMike]

So when will you do a Pinto Crusin Wagon with the 1977 Decals? Ed Shaver

A Pinto Wagon may be outside of my expertise ; ) , but it would be way cool. My next venture I think will be a Maverick ~ maybe in the next year or so?

[MustangMike]

I really like that car! I spy some pistriping raising up on its edge, but it is a nice axemple of the stang II's Perhaps when I get a kit, ill have to look your way for aftermarket parts to build it! JOdy

Thanks! Man I didn't catch that - lol. I took the pics right after I finished the body. I have a vinyl cutter that I used to cut the VERY fine pinstripes for this particular project. I was going to let it go with just the decals but this car was screaming for the pinstripe.

Here's another shot....

[MustangMike]

Welcome, Mike! Glad you made it!

As a Mustang II niche modeller, I apreciate the efforts you've put into this.

I've gotten a fair selection of what Mike has for sale on his site, and its all been top-notch quality (and yes, that's my testimonial on his site).

Hey Jon - glad to be here! Thank You for your kind words. I can't wait to see what you end up building with all those parts!

[rickcaps55]

Hi Mike your site has been a looooong time comming I have been looking for a coupe and cobra parts for a long time I just order a body from your ebay site and then I found your site and order the outher parts from there I cant wate to get them good luck on the new site Rick.

[MustangMike]

Hey Rick - I saw that this a.m. Thank you so much!! Check your email though because your shipping was overcharged - glitch #1 ; ) My best friend is actually building the site for me so we'll get that fixed this a.m. and hopefully get some more pics of the parts up there too.

This post has been edited by MustangMike: 01 February 2009 - 06:49 AM

[rickcaps55]

Hi guys I just got my parts and a body from Mustang Mike very very good. If there is Any Mustang nuts out there that want to add some very nice 70,s Mustang upgreads this is the guy to see the parts are a very nice castting and the coupe is great and he ships fast. Rick.

[Blue coyote]

Hi guys I just got my parts and a body from Mustang Mike very very good. If there is Any Mustang nuts out there that want to add some very nice 70,s Mustang upgreads this is the guy to see the parts are a very nice castting and the coupe is great and he ships fast. Rick.

I told ya so, didn't I?

[Aaronw]

I've got a Mustang 2 kit in the stash. Some of these parts will definately be finding their way onto it.


Just a suggestion, if you could have a link to a pic of the parts in each listing it would be nice. You do list after them so it is fairly clear what you get, but I like to see pics, plus I'm not that familiar with the Mustang 2 so there are a few things like the wheels it would be nice to actually see.


Since you seem to be pretty familiar with the Mustang 2 maybe you can help me out. I've run into a slight snag on building what I want. When I was a kid saw a black & green Cobra 2 at a county fair, this would have been during the production run for the car so somewhere in the 74-78 range, I really want to say 76-77 but not really sure. My memory might be slipping but I'm positive it had a big cobra on the hood. Neither the Cobra 2 or the King Cobra looks right to me, the Cobra was like that used on the Shelby Mustangs. Did Shelby ever do anything with the Mustang 2?

[MustangMike]

Hi Aaron,

The parts list page is a work in progress as the rest of the site in general. What I'm wanting to do is for customers to be able to hover over the part number and have a thumbnail of the part appear. Of course you'll be able to click on the part to view it completely. We're adding new parts, updates and pics everyday so you'll have to check back every once in a while. If there's something specific you'd like to see just email me: michael@mustangmikes.com. Most everything is viewable now in the store.

The Mustang II's, 74 - 78 were Lee Iacocca's baby. Shelby had absolutely nothing to do with these models and the "Cobra" name being added to them was sort of a scandal between Ford and Shelby. The only Cobra's that you'll see on the hoods are on the King Cobra's. The regular Cobra II's had a fairly good size decal on the front qtr. panels and badging in the grill, side louvres, and interior door panels. These cars were not really built with performance in mind, but still ended up being one of Ford's all time best selling vehicles.

>>Jump in any time Coyote - lol<<

A good resource for the II's are mustangII.net and mustangII.org. I go there a lot for inspiration and research for the parts. A lot of this stuff I just know from memory. My very first car was a 77' Ghia coupe with a 302 and my next was of course a 78' Cobra II fastback/hatchback with a 302. There wasn't a part on either car I didn't either have to replace or troubleshoot, but I loved them just the same.

Hope this helps and thanks for the feedback!

--Mike

[Blue coyote]

Okay, I'll jump in with a bit of what I know from memory (what little memory I have, anyway)...

Other than a few cars built right around the beginning or end of each year's production run, all Cobra II's from the beginning (~late 75) to the end of 77 had the Shelby-style center double-stripes with pinstripes along the outer edges, rearing Cobra fender badges, matching coloured side stripes with "Cobra II" along the LOWER EDGE of the side, as well as in small printing offset on the rear spoiler.

78 Cobra II's had a single very wide hood stripe, with multiple pinstriped edges, matching full-side stripe with HUGE "COBRA II" side graphic, and large lettering centered on the rear spoiler.

78 King Cobra's had the huge hood snake, very small "King Cobra" door and offset rear spoiler placement, and about 4.5 miles of pinstriping (including an outline around the T-roof panels, even on NON-T-top cars!!!)

There are a few other Mustang II's that had unique graphics or paint (all Mach 1's had blacked-out lower body and rear panel, all Stallions were two-toned paint with fender emblems, etc.

And the only year that is easily distinguished from the others is the 74, which had the fuel cap below the side body line and had a flat-nosed hood. 75-78 II's had the fuel cap above the side body line and the center of the hood comes an extra 3" forward into the header panel.

If you need any other info on the Mustang II, shoot me an email. Absolutely NO exagerating when I label myself a II fanatic...

[Aaronw]

Thanks, I would have been a little guy 7-11 years old, so I guess it could have been a cobra on the fender, I'm going back 30 years or so. I didn't see a cobra on the fender of the built models on the site.

[Blue coyote]

Thanks, I would have been a little guy 7-11 years old, so I guess it could have been a cobra on the fender, I'm going back 30 years or so. I didn't see a cobra on the fender of the built models on the site.

I only need to go back a few minutes. I have a 77 Cobra II in my garage, a 78 King Cobra in the driveway, and lately I've been rebuilding another King Cobra, a modified Mustang II Rallye, and a custom 78Mustang II T-top coupe, with a bit of wrenching on a 77 Ghia, a 74 Ghia, a 76 coupe, and stripping down a couple of 76 Cobra II's. I don't exagerate about being a Mustang II fanatic in ALL scales, either. Trust me, my Mustang II bits box is HUUUUUUUGE!

[MustangMike]

Here's one of my latest projects I completed. You can see more pics in the Projects section on my website: http://www.mustangmikes.com/projects2.htm

This was built using several of my resin parts and the Firefighter II kit. It's fun to find time to be able to build once in a while

Enjoy! --Mustang Mike

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This post has been edited by MustangMike: 05 March 2009 - 08:51 AM

[Blue coyote]

I like it, Mike! But looking at that, it just seems to be begging me to mix in the King airdam with those flares...

Oh, and I also like the other flares you did up for me. Can't wait to get my dirty little fingers on a few sets and start yet more works in progress...

[SoCalCarCulture]

Nice!

I've added you to my page of Aftermarket Resources.

[Jason Vandergriff]

Mike I seen alot of parts that I will be buying soon. I have one of the Monroe Handler Kits If you interested in parts or the body.