Introduction

I bough my 1967 Mustang Coupe on 2010, when I came home on R&R Break from my second Army Tour of duty in Iraq. The car was in the hands of its third owner, who had it parked in his garage for 5 years. After I bought it, I was able to get it started, filled up the tires, bleed the brakes, change the oil and lubed it, and drove it home 100 miles away. It drove well, but a bit hot. Later I had to replace the water pump and fan clutch.
I was assigned to Tobyhanna Army Depot, PA in October 2011 and brought the car with me. When I picked it up at the New Jersey Transport Facility in Edison I felt tempted to drive to nearby Metuchen, where the car was born, but I decided I didn't want to press my luck, and just drove straight from Edison to Tobyhanna, a 2-hour drive. The drive went without any hitch.
I drove it around town for a while, stored it for the winter, drove it around some more and decided it was time to restore it a bit (only a partial restoration). I went to a couple of local bodyshops and quotes always exceeded $10,000, just for bodywork and paint on the outside, using the same parts, and same nuts and bolts. So after careful thought and research (parts, costs, methods, etc.), I decided to do it myself.