acmaster

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

05stangkc

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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acmaster

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.

05stangkc

Here is a Dynacorn Thread!

https://themustangsource.com/forums/...cement-450758/

67 Shelby Build

https://themustangsource.com/forums/...roject-455471/


Lots Of Builds in Here!

https://themustangsource.com/forums/f633/

A Special Build By My Admin Counterpart!

https://themustangsource.com/forums/...veiled-478225/


My 68 Back in The Day!
https://themustangsource.com/forums/...ck-day-550857/