My wife and I recently had our first child and as the proud father of a healthy boy I have been thinking about a vehicle for him. We farm in Iowa and there's a lot of rust in our part of the country sadly so good project vehicles can be difficult to find. I have thought about buying a dynacorn body for a 68 fastback and building a mustang or buying a new one. My father and I would like to make it special for him and have the memories so I figured building one would be the best route for that but I didnt know how difficult of a project it would be. We arent willing to do body work and I dont want to have a rusty body fixed. Money is always a factor and I like getting the most bang for my buck. My sister works for a ford dealership so we can get healthy discounts on new fords. But if it would only be a few grand more for a classic we might as well go that route. Would someone who has built a dynacorn body into a complete car be able to chime in and give an idea on the costs incurred. Thanks

 

Welcome,

Building a Car From Scratch is A Task Many Start & Never Finish. It's Just a Fact Life gets in the Way! I Will Give You My Opinion Based on My Experience With Vintage & Later Cars. If I Had The Opportunity To Do What You are I Would Get An S-197 2005-2009 Mustang. They Are Now Classic's Themselves Starting With The 2005 Model Year as Of Now. I Would Find a GT That is in Good Overall Shape & Low Miles and They are Out There! Many of Us Here on The Forums Got One When New & Still Have Them. Many of Us Have Kept Them in Top Shape and Some Day We All Eventually Have To Let Go Of Them. They Are The Spirit of The Earlier Mustangs But Much More Civilized But Yet The Electronics Are Not Over The Top as They Went in 2010 Up Models.

I Would Customize it and Refine It While Using it as a Weekend Show Car and You & Your Dad & Son As He Gets A Bit Older Participate in The Shows and Get Some Great Bonding While Not Getting Overloaded With Constant Wrenching and Parts Chasing! Any Cars Biggest Enemy is Sitting and a Long term Project if Simply Built & Sits Will Go To Pot. Trust Me Time Spent Together With The Car Now Will Be The Best Thing You Can Imagine. You Will All Learn From Others at The Shows. This is From A Guy Who Had An Older Father Who is Long Gone and a Son Lost To Leukemia at 21 Who Was a Car Fanatic.

I Would Invite You To Watch The Video's on The S-197's and if The Bug Bites You Great if Not It Was Just My Opinion. Cars These Days Can Be Sourced From All over The Country So You Can Find Rust Free Examples Somewhere. We Have Stories in Here on Low Mileage Cars of The S-197 Variety Being Found. Stay Away From The Odd Rare Like Glass Roofs and a Convertible is a Big Commitment Which I Would Advise in Your Case.

I Have 20+ Old Cars I Was Going To Restore With My Son & He is Gone And My Health has Went South. So Trust Me Life Can Change in a Heartbeat and an Easier Route has a Lot Better Chance of Success! A Trip With Dad To a Large Car Auction Such as Mecum or Barrett Jackson Would Be a Great Idea as Well For Further Info, Input & Idea's!

Anyhoo That's Just This 30+ Year Retired Ford Parts & Service Director's Idea. As an FYI I Own a 2007 Gt-500 With 34K on the Clock and It's All The Car I Will Ever Need!

Anybody With a Opinion on Going The 67 Route Feel Free to Chime in. Don't Want To Sidestep Original Question Getting Some Responses!

Best of Luck

KC

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I do like that body style and we used to own a 2006 that my father purchased new but sadly many of them in my area havent been cared for properly and the nice ones I have seen listed are in the 40-60k range. We loved ours but it was trashed by the people who owned it after us. It did have a few small issues like the alternator never worked right and the drivers window would go up too far and wouldnt close correctly and the dealer could never get it correctly. The dynacorn bodies can be purchased through ford dealers along with a 302 crate motor and I would get a discount on it thankfully.

 

Here is a Dynacorn Thread!

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Lots Of Builds in Here!

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I can't see how you wouldn't be spending over $60K to build a 67 with a dynacorn body, that body is a shell. And with today's prices on parts closer to $100K if you wanted it half nice. It's not the 80's anymore. I've built a few cars and trucks from the ground up and even in the 90's I've spent $60K doing the work myself. And don't get me started on the cost of paint nowadays, wow. Building a ground up car and finishing it is not for the faint of heart. It takes commitment. And I mean "If it hair-lips the President I'm going to finish it" commitment. If you work, you'll be working nights and weekends on it for a couple of years to get it done, if you have the funds available at will. And that means no time for little Johnny or the wife. You will need to built it completely even before you paint or powder-coat anything. This is to ensure it's all engineered properly. Then blow it apart to paint powder-coat, chrome etc. Then re-assemble everything. You need storage and lay-down space for that. Also what are you going to do about the VIN? I agree with 05Stangkc on the S197 idea. They are engineered well, drive like a new car. By the time you get halfway done with a project you'll be thinking those S197's look pretty good.

 

Wow, $40-60K for a used 2005-2010 Mustang? Am I reading that right? That is insane ... they should be well under $20K; not sure exactly where you are located but if you are willing to travel a little you should be able to easily find some good ones under $20K.

For me, my 2010 fit the bill perfectly ... I always wanted a classic Mustang, but could never afford the price of a good one or the time to rebuild one .... it's not really the same animal, but it's close enough and it drives like a modern car

 

I agree. That doesn't make sense for used car prices unless they are the GT500 models, and low mileage ones at that. My '07 GT/CS was in very good condition and sold by a dealership for under $20k just two years ago.
OP, with your connections at Ford, get the new one and enjoy it. The re-building game is for those guys that are DIY's or those with big $$$. Many become money pits as well. You want to have a wonderful car ownership experience, not one with heartache.