AMT 64/65 Ford Mustang glue bomb resto

[Mr Stock]

 

About 2 years ago I got a big box of old 60s built up glue bomb,  amongst them was this original 1964/5 AMT Ford Mustang convertible. Now don't let the before photos trick you this thing was a bit of a wreck, it had custom parts glued all over it, paint about an inch thick and the parts were glued in with about 4 tubes of glue !.

But I like a challenge so I set about stripping it down to see what I could work with, I purchased a cheap 66 Hardtop kit for parts. I had to cut out and replace the rear panel as the custom one was used, I modified the 66 seats to make them look a bit more like the 65 (not exact I know) again custom seats were used originally, the dash needed repairing as it had some weird custom single blade steering set up used. I also repaired as best as I could the windshield frame as the original was shot and broke in pieces trying to remove the original glass.

I'll tell you now several times this thing nearly ended up in the bin! , but I could see it had slight potential. So after 6 months of work it's finally finished, I've painted it black with a rattle can and redone the interior in red/black, a very smart combination I think. 

I hope you like it, there is a post in the "general" section on why people restore glue bombs .....I just love to try and rescue these older rare models, I could never afford a mint untouched kit, and this one is far from perfect but I think it looks a lot better than it did !. 

Before photos

[Mr Stock]

[Foxer]

Definitely back from the dead!

[plastic trucker]

Nice save.

[Intmd8r]

Nice save.

x2!

 The end result is that much more impressive after seeing what there was to work with.

[PARTSMARTY]

Looks awesome-I love resto's and glue bombs.

[vamach1]

Nice job restoring what was a really rough start.  I would have probably chopped up the 66 coupe kit and converted it.

[donb]

Wow! What a a save.  Classic looking Mustang! Nice. 

[Perspect Scale Modelworks]

Nice rescue. 

[Snake45]

Very, very nice indeed! I hereby proclaim you an official member of the Glue Bomb Saviors, a club I just this minute invented!

[Zoom]

Well done with that!!

[ChrisR]

Nice save!!

[Tom99]

Looking much better now, nice save.

[espo]

Turned out perfect. You should display this with a before picture to help show the effort you put in this build.

[nutboltu]

THis is quite a time consuming and exhaustive restoration. I would have probably gone the Mad Max route. Admirable patience.

[vamach1]

THis is quite a time consuming and exhaustive restoration. I would have probably gone the Mad Max route. Admirable patience.

been there done that and it was with a new kit that was just bad.

[Mr Stock]

Very, very nice indeed! I hereby proclaim you an official member of the Glue Bomb Saviors, a club I just this minute invented!

Ha ha ! Snake that is actually a pretty cool name for a group, for all us mad guys who love to rescue these old wrecks ! 

[Mr Stock]

Turned out perfect. You should display this with a before picture to help show the effort you put in this build.

A bit like this David ?

[Mr Stock]

[Michael in Illinois]

A job well done, I've got a few of those mustangs that I'm doing the same thing to, replacing windshield frames, bringing rear quarter panels back to stock and repairing the rear taillight panel.

[Lovefordgalaxie]

A job very well done. This one deserved to be brought back. 

And I'm very biased to say something about the color...

[Ron Hamilton]

Lovely!!!!

[Snake45]

Lovely!!!!

Another of the Glue Bomb Saviors heard from!

[vintagercr]

Great save!

[Ron Hamilton]

I have one of those in the basement to be re-done. I would love to do the first one available for sale, Dark Blue, Black interior, 6 Cylinder 3 -speed.