This is a great restomode on a coupe. I really like what Gilles Rochon did to this car. Aside from the thorough restoration of the body, it's his personal touches that take this basic coupe to a whole new level. This coupe has style and class. Great job Gilles. Max you did it again! Your production values just keep going up with every segment. You just keep hitting it further out of the park every time. Got to get you out one Friday evening. 👍👍
Thank you Blayne really glad you dig the episode as a fellow Mustang owner. Yeah Gilles is a good builder for sure hopefully this video can help others reach their restoration dreams on a budget. Thanks for dropping in!
I've got my 68, traded a guy my 2017 indian scout for it. It's a bit of a frankenstein - 351w from a bronco, suspension retrofitted from a 2001 V6 mustang, 7.5 rear from the same 01 mustang, drive shaft from the bronco, original transmission... It's been fun to figure it out. Planning on putting a sniper 2 efi system in next weekend, all the parts came in yesterday. After EFI and hyperspark, i plan on re-doing the interior. The guy i bought it from was a young 20s guy, used it for burnouts and a rolling hot box for him and his friends, still have the smell 2 years later.
That is a wild build but sounds awesome. Let us know how it performs after you get it all done. Are you planning on painting the interior or just new upholstery>
You big hosers embody every stereotype (positive) of Canadians we have down here in the US ... two super nice guys showing us a REALLY cool car. Thanks. How about we go get some poutine and Molson now, eh?
The numbers matching thing I feel should be more niche.. I feel more of these should be restored for safety rather than originality because we should actually want to DRIVE them.. it’s all about the awesome body and old school interior.. if it’s got disc brakes and a safer frame nothing should be wrong with it.
I 100% agree. As cool as it is for a car to be all original in amazing shape a lot do those people just have them sit in a Garage and look at them. I much rather make the car safe and use for for their purpose.. to drive em. I get it some cars that are super rare but otherwise it should be driven. I know some people who own garages for full cars that never see the light of day. Speaking of safety I'm building a nova on this channel and adding tons of safety measures (frame connectors, 3 point belts, collapsible steering column, disc breaks etc. so when it's done we have the best change for driving safe possible. New video on that series out today if your curious... This mustang inspired me for sure
@@mikespain8655 in thee days maybe but back then he didn't no. This was before COVID. At the same time all the parts he put in were used so it was pretty cheap 12k unless I'm mistaken
Its a great choice. Awesome thing about dream cars is making it happen. Took me 13 months to find my dream car but was worth it hope you go on your own journey. If You decide to find a project and build your own I can tell you it will be 100% worth it. BEst of luck!
Great video. I tried to go to your website site, but it doesn’t seem operational? Do you have links for Gilles? Years ago I had a ‘68 coupe, and I’d love to get my hands on another one 😉
Hey Rob, yeah I shut the site down lately when they tripled the fees. I think you are looking for the Foxbody video he did? Its in season 1 or you can go to videos section its there a purple one says "Mustang from hell" in the picture. Glad you enjoyed it thanks for the support
@@kubalakhan2 Ottawa. If you are interested I could chat with him see if he is looking for more clients I know he's super busy but he loves working on these old Mustangs. Send me an email to subdivisionautocanada@gmail.com
thats the thing about dreams anything can come true just gotta want it bad and enough and do everything to make it happen my friend. NEver give up on the dream, just know it may be a differnt route to get there. We wanted a 1972 Nova for our dream car but could not afford a good one, so we bought a rusty neglected one. Now we are restoring it ourselves for the first time. Anyone can do this... dont give up on the dream fella make it happen
@@seanof30306 I don’t think you understand a GT40 Headed engine without major major port work and combustion chamber and Upping valve size will be around 240-270 to the wheel. A Cleveland will be 300 to the wheel stock, A 4V with just a cam will eat the fuck out of even an Aluminum head and cam Windsor.…I know because I do both constantly. So easy to get 500 HP out of a Cleveland with basic mods. With STOCK PARTS. A Windsor cannot compare!!! They both have their place. But a Cleveland would eat it for breakfast then come back and lunch and dinner before the Windsor finished breakfast. There’s a reason why LS, and aftermarket ford heads are based on the Cleveland design!!!
Probably the best thing would be to find 1) the car you want 2) start looking for one with solid bones. You need to first determine how much work you want to do (scope of the work) and then match that with what you are looking for. Are you looking for a finished car you can just swap out parts or do you want to restore a car? I for the record have never done this before either but if you look on this channel at the rustorations series. I searched for my dream car and looked at over 60 cars before I found the right one. I filmed the entire jouney and what I was looking for. Now I am restoring it on this channel so you can watch that (as a first timer). Yes anyone can do it just need to make sure the project meets what you are willing to do.
I highly doubt you got 435 horse power out of a stock bottom end 351 with GT40 heads on it. You may have gotten 350 to 375 maybe 400 but I am not to sure about the 400 HP. Ford 302/351 were not the easiest motors to get horse power out unfortunately. Granted I could be wrong but I don't think I am because I had a 302 that I bored to a 306 or 8 not certain on that and put all light weight pistons and rods and then had it balanced then a used weiand stealth open plain intake then and sometimes a dual plain intake with a 750 holly double pumper carb and I don't think I crack 400 and if I did it was not by much. My only positive was the ability to hit my max RPM range quicker. Oh I also ran a set of Trick Flow heads and a Trick Flow cam that was spec for my engine set up. I tried the ford racing X cam and couple others and they did ok but no where near as good as the trick flow cam did. This was 15 years ago and back then that was a damn good and fast way to spend about $6000 TO $8000 bucks in a hurry.
Bottom end doesnt build horsepower. And dyno numbers are just good for comparing ither runs on the same day, on the same dyno, with same correction settings.
Interesting point I never really thought about that but now looking at it I would have to agree with you. I think the owner was keeping it simple but yeah I think it could use a little more based on how great the car looks.
@@SubdivisionAuto All model consoles look the same, not an owner preference in this case. Review an original. For $270k, the interior should be spot on.
Nowadays it would be much more expensive because prices have skyrocketed since he built this; however, at the time it was cheap and its the cheaper route to go. All the parts used on this car are used which makes it a cheap-er build
Why would you do all those upgrades to a classic car? Takes away the authenticity of a true classic. If you want a car that's safe and a lot of horsepower then just buy a new car!! SMH!!! 👎👎👎
@@PR-nq4dt I get what you are saying but there is nothing wrong with doing a restomod. It extends the life out of these classics that are just lying around in barns and fields. I get it if a car is all original matching numbers then yes make sense to keep it all original for value sake. But if it's missing a ton of parts no drivetrain I don't see anything wrong with a restomod. So sorry to hear all the thumbs down but at the end of if the day if that's your think the that's alright.
