Two Mustangs Parked for 42 Years! Will They Run and Drive? 

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My high school car sat for 35 yrs as a basket case. I kept saying I will get to it one day. So glad my wife said. Fix it or sell it. All done in my garage by me. Interior still needs work but it is licensed and inspected and we drive it. So glad I kept it and even more happy my wife let me spend a ton of money on getting it running.

Hey editor Dwayne next time Jarrod is doing a time-lapse you should stitch all his grunts and groans together as his background music

I got my license in 1976. My dad drove a 66 Mustang with a 289 4bbl and a four-speed, and my Grandfather drove a 1970 Chevelle with a 350 4bbl auto. I loved driving the Mustang but never got permission to drive the Chevelle. These old Stangs bring me back to my younger days, wrenching with my Grandfather and Dad every Saturday and Sunday. I miss the cars but I miss the guys who taught me how to work on my own the most. It's great to see these on your channel.

I had a 1969 Mustang with a 351W, bought it in high school and LOVED it! I was fixing it up and at 17 I joined the Army in 1998, I was sent overseas so i sent all my money home to have the motor built professionally. I got home and found that my ex-stepfather forged my name and sold it. I have always wanted another 1965-1972 Mustang but with all the time I spent back and forth overseas, getting married and having 4 kids (20 years, our only marriage and our kids are with each other), I have never been able to find one within the budget, now that I recently got out of the Army (i finished 21 years), the prices are too high to justify. One day after the kids have all moved out and college is paid for maybe but until then i have to live vicariously through these videos :D

Not even gonna mention the mouse carcass in the back window at the 44:18 mark? 😮😂

The banes of any youtuber trying to record: Wind, Landscapers & No Muffler Newton!

You're after my heart here. I own a 67 mustang, coupe. It was a 289 2 barrel car originally, too. The 67 in this video is highly optioned, deluxe interior, a/c. I've never seen the overhead console before. Those louvers on the quarter panel are metal, not plastic. Like you said, Mustangs are great because you can pretty much get any part for them you need. Thanks for the great video, as always!

Fun Fact: Like a lot of things in life, Slime originally started out life being originally designed for military use, but it eventually worked it's way into the civilian market. tl;dr = A flat tire is the last thing you need to worry about in an active combat zone!

I just went through a fight with the brake drums on the 1954 m38a1 jeep willys i bought last month. The front drums were rolling, but the rears were not, partially because the eccentric bolts for adjusting the shoes being 70 yrs. old were no good. I ended up taking the wheel cylinders bolts off, and then pushing the drum far enough back to pull the wheel cylinders out, and then the shoes came off the anchor and i got the drum off. The drums and shoes were the originals, which shocked me, but explained the trouble getting them off, plus the drum couldn't be pulled because it sits inside the backing plate about a quarter inch or more. Thankfully this jeep had only been parked since 2017, because an older guy owned it and couldn't get in an out of it anymore. The other thing that helped me, was that it was never road titled, and was just driven on his Northern Michigan summer property, or it would have been a rust belt donor jeep I bought the rig from his daughter, and he bought it in the late 70's or 80's from the government. I'm disabled, have progressive MS, causing muscle wasting, and my dr. told me i needed to keep moving so that i don't end up in a wheelchair. I have some other thing's messing me up, but i do as much as i can. I like the variety of project's you do, and love the questionable choices you make, great content. I would have liked to have seen that 68 mustang get worked on, but I'm not a ford nut, so it's fine. I don't have any family to talk about my car's with, or any car's, so I guess watching you, and some of the other enthusiasts helps keep me in the community. G-d bless.

Best times of my life, was fixing other peoples cars for them! 67/68 Mustangs... Majestic!

This video, out of all the car channels I follow, just made the magic moment happen every car dad wants to hear: "Hey dad, can we get a car like that and fix it together?" Thank you Jarrod, you just made my whole year.

This episode really brought back a ton of memories for me. In the late 80's my brother and I found a '67 Mustang coupe very much like the one in this video. Ours was red, had the same interior and 289 engine, and was parked in an old shed buried in dust. We brought it home and completely restored it over a period of about three years. We had to sell it shortly after it was done due to needing cash and we regret that decision to this day. I saw it at a car show a couple years ago, the new owner has looked after it very well over the years which is great to know but my brother and I have never fully got over the fact that we let this car get away after we restored it. I have since had a '71 Mach 1, an '80 GT and an "86 LX with the 5 liter but none of those can compare to that '67 that we restored back in the day. My uncle also had a '68, much like the other car in this video, that he hot-rodded back when I was a kid which is why I fell in love with Mustangs in the first place. So this video brought back all those old memories for me, oh well! lol Now I just have to get me another Mustang! :-)

2:10 in, also in 1968 they started the cursive Mustang on the sides. :p I used to know absolutely every difference from "64.5" to 1970. Theres sooo many endless tiny details that made each mustang different back then.

Bought my 68 Mustang coupe in 1977. I had just turned 18. Lifelong Southern California car. I bought it from the original owners. 289, early 68, 1st sold December 1967. Power steering, Factory AC, automatic, optional turn signal indicators in the hood, like this one has. Had the entire interior redone 10 years ago. Looks absolutely Factory fresh . Light blue paint , 2 tone blue interior, white vynil top. Its in excellent condition, on the road. I frequently get people who want to buy it. Its never going to be for sale, but people still make offers....highest one was a couple years ago for 23.000 . He was definitely surprised when I said no! Lol. Hopefully someone will take on these cars and get them back on the road.😊

Somehow I managed not to comment until the end of the video. This video has been truly inspirational for people who like work on their own cars and hopefully find an old one to fix. The detailed explanation is something that sometimes lacks in videos but this knocks out of the park. All I can say this is an awesome video and I'm looking forward to more. Outstanding job!!!

Awesome double revival! Very impressive, even if it's just a lot of work put in on the basics. I bet a lot of people would never believe they would both run and drive without an engine rebuild.

Lord, reminds me of my Uncles farm when I was a kid - "Oh got a new Ford to replace the old Ford, which is still a good car... so we'll park it up in the shed for a few months before we work out what to do with it - or maybe one of the kids will want it in a couple of years..." - decades later, car hasn't moved, hasn't had a cover put on it, and is basically scrap, and surrounded by a bunch of other cars/farm equipment that is also rapidly deteriorating into scrap.

The word 'iconic' is overused, but my god, these cars are beautiful, even covered in mud and dirt.

My first car in 1981 was a 64 1/2 Mustang when it wasn’t a classic, it was a used car and dirt cheap. $ 2000 with a new paint job. Love and never forget your first. The 289/302 are bulletproof and they are hard to kill and the C4 trannies are tough as nails.

In 1974 I was a junior in high school when I got my first car. It was a 67 Mustang coupe with a 289 and C4 automatic. Only seven years old but it was a tired old pony. I don't think the oil had been changed very often. It ran on 5 cylinders and burned about 2-3 quarts per week. I rebuilt it in high school auto shop. After graduation I joined the USAF and drove it from L.A. to Illinois and back. So many good memories in that car. I wish I still had it.

12:24 trucker and former mechanic here Jarred when you have a siezed drum like that whack in directly in the bottom several times and wedge a pry bar in the studs to get leverage to turn it like it should with the leverage of the pry bar lodged in the wheel studs rinse and repeat till it breaks free!

Please start doing more revivals we need someone like you to do this ,much better content creater than the other guys . Keep up the good work .

The little Mustang on the dash is a high-beam indicator. The shoulder harnesses were an option. High-Beam switch should be on the floor. I owned both cars in the late '80s. The huge doors were actually great for putting babies in the back.

Didn't check the oil, trans fluid, or coolant, didn't fog the cylinders, what the heck!? Of all people that should know better, it's you Jared. Should never be allowed to touch a barn find again if that's how you're going to treat them. I hope these are going to Peterson Restorations, that man does amazing work on Mustangs.

Mouse in the house at 44:18 back ledge

"We got some shag carpet going" just skipping right past the mouse corpse by the speaker grill 😂😂

I have had the pleasure of owning a 1965 GT (Early 260 version), 1967 (289) and 1968 (200 6 cyl) Mustangs in my life. Some of the most fun I ever had.

Interior on the 67 is the deluxe- From the chrome in the back of the seats, to the grill and lights at the bottom of the doors. To the overhead map-lights and the polished aluminum on the door panels and dash panels. the rear panels where the back window handles are, are covered in vinyl instead of being just painted metal like the base model ones. Mine also had the K-code 289 and 4-speed which was even more fun than the deluxe interior.

Why can’t regular guys like me find cars like this to rebuild.

I love the foxbody mustangs, but nothing beats the look of the 60's mustangs

I would be so excited to own one let alone two classic mustangs. This is my dream car. When you said you couldn't sleep waiting to clean them I would be like that through the entire restoration. I absolutely love mustangs.

As a mustang guy, it did my heart good to see these two old girls running again. As you mentioned there is a ton of parts available for these beauties.

I don’t recall all the differences, but the California Specials had a badge in script that called out “California Special” and most notably, they had an integral spoiler and “Shelby Style” taillights (actually they were ‘65 T-Bird taillights)

Good thing about older mustangs is you can absolutely get any replacement parts for them.

Ol' red had go fast stripes at one point! Cool!

Love that he is pushing the cars when he has a truck and a tractor.... very questionable for your back 😂

Dude I literally just passed these while the first mustang was just pulled out sitting crooked as I was going to RDS to drop my truck off and broke my neck when I seen those sitting in the carport wishing I could take them back home with me 😂

The pedal to the extreme left is for the windshield squirt and single swipe if the windshield wipers. Old guys know stuff.

My Dad had a '65 Mustang, and it was the car that I learned to drive in. It was a very base model car with the 6 cylinder and 3 speed on the floor... no power steering, no power brakes, and of course, no A/C! Red with black vinyl interior (which could almost sear skin off of your body when it was hot out-- which in deep south Alabama was about 6 months out of the year). Dad drove the Mustang back and forth to work each day-- over 100 miles/day, and it had close to 200k miles on it (which is why it didn't become my first car!) Instead, I got my Grandmother's old 1959 Chevy Bel Air as my first car. I still wonder 50+ years later how different my life would have turned out if I had the Mustang instead...

Dad sold these new, and the 67-68 were my faves. The 67 is very much a special edition car. The treatment in the rear, the overhead console, the special hood with the turn indicators in the "vents" and the brushed aluminum "like" finish on the dash tell that. BOTH are very worthy of a full restoration. I hope that happens

That little pedal is for the wiper fluid you pump the pedal and it sprays the fluid from the bag under the hood

I love resurrecting cars like this. Last year, my friend and I started up a car that had been sitting since 2008 on the old gas. We had some starting fluid but not much.. it pretty much started on its own. The car is very special to us because it belonged to our friend that passed away very tragically in 2008. It hadn't run since he last drove it. It was amazing how it sprang to life, we didn't expect it to at all, we were just trying to see if the engine was still free. What a day.

I like checking the oil level before trying to ignite. Very cool barn finds!

I agree with you Jared that the hardtop/coupe is better looking than the fastback, mostly cause everybody has done a fastback

Jared, thank you for this mini-resto video (and all your work)! I'm not even into Mustangs, but your enthusiasm and real-world approach to show the warts and all of the process, helped get me out of my funk on my own restoration project. Thanks!

Owned 3 67’s included a GT-500 and a coupe. The 67 has a deluxe interior and other expensive options like the aluminum panel on the rear of the 67 and looks to be the better of the two. The owner unfortunately did not take care of them up to this stage. More than likely they will get sold to someone who has more passion for the Mustangs

Another great video, never been much of a "mustang" guy but it is always nice to see a vehicle on the road and not collecting dust somewhere.

Wow, thanks for finding and sharing this! These classic Mustangs deserve a second chance. Subscribed and hitting that notification bell for sure!

Loved Jared rocking the Lonewolf 6000 hooked to the steal me junction.

Thanks for the revival, I've always loved my Mustang Fastbacks, albeit have never owned one, OR these days, probably can't afford one, even though I'm retired, yet still loving the old muscle cars. My first car was a '57 Belair 2 door HT with the 283, long gone, and my second was a '67 Chevy II Nova, with the 327 4 speed, and both cars left me with so many wonderful memories! I've always hoped to get a fastback Mustang or '67 Nova again, but who knows, as it's my dream...so we'll have to wait and see. I always like the 'found in a barn' series of found cars, so this perked my interest again as usual, so a big thanks to you, as getting those cars even moving, was 'quite' the task indeed!

The wind blew over your jack stands? Thank you... i wasn't nervous enough crawling around under my cars already.

Wow, impressive how calm you stayed during this brake removal. Thanks for the tips how to tackle that! Very much appreciated!

Ford trunks don't have springs - they have torsion rods that traverse the trunk. Mustangs have never had "MUSTANG" on the hood. They had "FORD" on 65-67, and on the 75-78

Love it! I just went through almost the same stuff with my Cougar project (essentially the same as a Mustang).

For that trunk to not have a million holes......SHOCKING!!!!!!

Hey, Jared, I'm the guy who's interacted with you on Twitter about the 72 D100. Really enjoyed watching this one since I just started the truck rescue. Thought you might appreciate the funny story of how I "accidentally" bought it: The truck was donated to my gun club and was used as a shooting position (engaging targets out the windows, bed or crouching down behind the body) a few times. It quit running 10ish years ago and just sat behind a storage building. I was at a meeting to plan a big pistol match this year and there was mention of using the truck again but it didn't run. I said I could probably get it running. Then it was mentioned the windshield would have to come out for the planned use. That hurt my soul because I thought it too nice to destroy like that. I obviously have ZERO poker face because the match director could tell I didn't like the idea and then he asked exactly the wrong thing of a car junkie like me: "well, do YOU want it?". The club needed to figure out what to do with it because we're relocating later this year. So the board voted to sell it to me real right if I'd get it off property by June.

5:49 nobody seems to do this anymore, but you can take a broom handle (or a spade, given that today's broom handles are ... tissue paper) and wrap a strap around the tire so that the handle ends up in the center of the wheel and turn. Works really well to jog old, stuck brakes.

The slow motion pressure washing was so satisfying. I just revived a customers truck today in the shop. All he wanted was the truck to run and drive and stop. But I couldn’t resist, I had to wash it for him before he came to pick it up today. Which was also very satisfying

Outstanding and awesome as always.Thanks for sharing and taking us along

I super enjoyed this one Jared. As a disabled/retiree I wholeheartedly love this concept. There's many loved cars just waiting to be loved again.

There is no component issue with 357Sig. The bullets are 9mm so a common size, you just need the right shape so that the case isn't bearing on the ogive. The case can probably be formed from a .40 case if you have a full length resizing die. It can definitely be formed from a 10mm case if you need more brass to work with. Small pistol primers are not a problem. Powder can have supply issues if you have a favorite but you can probably always find some powder that will work. You have the same powder issue with any caliber. Beside less recoil, the 357Sig higher muzzle velocity means if you use a compensator it will be more effective at reducing muzzle rise than a similar compensator on a .40 S&W. Ballistics are important too. Higher velocity means a flatter trajectory for longer shots, more consistent bullet expansion and deeper penetration. The expansion is so impressive that .40 probably winds up smaller even though it starts out bigger. Part of this is because 357Sig uses a bullet designed to expand at 9mm velocity (lower) and a lot of .40S&W uses bullets designed to expand at 10mm velocity (higher). This also means a bigger energy dump and temporary wound cavity for 357Sig. When combined with good penetration, that's really hard to beat. Another way to look at it is that 357Sig at 50 yards is equivalent to 9mm point blank and it can potentially be quite accurate at that range. I like it in a Glock 22 size package so it picks up a little bit more velocity and has a longer sight radius for those long shots. One of mine has a Glock 35 length conversion barrel for even more. Another good thing about 357Sig is you can use police surplus .40S&W magazines that are dirt cheap. You can also use a Glock 22 parts kit with a conversion barrel or a full surplus Glock 22 with a conversion barrel to get in to 357Sig pretty cheap. If you want cheaper target practice, there are 9mm conversion barrels for .40 size guns too.

Love watching you and Derek’s revival vids. Hope you do more. Thanks for vid

I'm impressed. These things were sitting for 40+ years, outside, and you got them running and driving with a little bit of cleaner and some scrubbing.

I totally respect that you put so much effort into making these classic’s roll, but I somehow feel like I would have just hooked up that tractor and dragged them some to try to beak them free

That's 2 good find right there. The 289 is one of my favorite engines.

that was a really nice explanation of spark sir. thank you so much. you have a good way of teaching.

My 50 Chevy... I had to cut the drums off. I had the wheel cylinder all the way closed, ground-off my shoe pins and all of the hardware was rusted inside a worn lip on the drum. I didn't have a choice I had to cut a pie out with a grinder, hammer and cold chisel then stick a pry bar and hammer to free up the shoes to collapse it on the inside, put the carnage back on and the wheel so I can get it up on the trailer. I was moving at the time and I'm not keeping any of that 1950 drum technology or steering and suspension... Everything must go. That took me the better part of 2 hours for one wheel I'm glad it was just the one wheel. That old cast steel drum does not cut well.

Love when you work on 2 JZ and drifters, burn out cars…..but i guess it’s my age, i love seeing the antiques having life breathed into them……awesome job Jarred and Dwayne……..👍👍

Get you some torch tip cleaning rods and they should help cleaning up passages in the carburetors when you go through them to make them kinda functional and when you go back tear them apart and rebuild them..

I use slime because it is also SOOOOO MUCH easier to clean out with just a garden hose. Plus, I've run slime in tires before the entire life span of the tire. 😉👍

Thank you Jared. Loved this video, awesome cars, they are unique. Awesome to find you here again.

I was surprised to see that the 67 was blue when you cleaned it. Couple of things--when you jump across the selenoid as you did on the 67, make sure it is in park as it will bypass the neutral safety switch--it happened to me on my 67 years ago and fortunately I didn't get run over and only needed to replace a fender and bumper. On the 68, the little pedal above the dimmer switch on the floor is the pump for the windshield washers. They don't make them like they used to!

Learning from the master and using a lot of Derek's tips and tricks. Very good young padawan. That's waaaay too much. Perfect.

Cool to see them come to life. I'm super close to getting my uncle's '65 Ranchero running again - it shares most of its drivetrain with the first gen Mustangs and its real father the Falcon - is a 289 4-speed.

I don't know about the 67, but on the 68, the tiny Mustang insignia on the dashboard is the high beam indicator; it will light up red when the brights are on. The little pedal on the left pumps the washer fluid. Since the 67 and 68 are borderline twins, the other might work the same way. For what it's worth, on the 67, between the headliner console, original AM/FM radio, factory air, and remote side view mirror, that's a sweet package. Good luck with both of them.

Loved pulling carbs apart as a teen in the 80s, we bought cars for $500, swapped out motors, rebuilt carbs and motors, nowadays, 1/2 these manufacturers have proprietary software you need to do anything, Mazda for example.

great video! life long family of Fords - that 67 is a highly optioned car and both are worth getting a Marti report on. that tail panel is really rare, as is the overhead console. the 67 I think has deluxe interior and possibly the interior decor group, maybe more. really cool stuff. the styled steel wheels could have been an option as well. the 68 is interesting - if that is the orginal engine, it's a J code(302 4 barrel, 230hp) which is a rare engine option for the year. glad to see them come back to life! Also, I see that euro bumper e30 with some M stripes on it looking ready to go, another E30 in the garage poking out and some E46 shells getting some work done. I'd like to meet these folks, probably a lot of fun!

That 67 is calling me, had one for 4 years i daily drove, painted it midnight blue metallic, beautiful ... watching !

Thanks for the change of pace, I enjoyed this one. God intended them to be in the pasture, love it!

I let my friend drive our 67 mustang fastback 298 4 speed and he wrapped it around a tree. We bought that car for $500 back in the early 70's. Mustangs were cheap back then. Times have changed. Glad to see you aren't afraid of carbs and did a nice job rebuilding them. The secret as you showed is to get all the passages clean which requires all the cleaning equipment and shop air that you used. It was a good demo for those who are younger. I was tearing apart carbs in the '60s as fuel injection was reserved for European sports cars and Corvettes. A long but interesting episode. I appreciated this one with the tech. Hope the grandkids get into the cars. I'm trying to get my grandson interested in a flathead V8 model T on a model A chassis. It would be cool to have him pass his drivers test in a car over 100 years old. The only one in his high school parking lot.

Good for you for helping that guy out. I’d be proud to be his grandchild.

i realize this is an immediate gratification channel - i've owned a bakers dozen of 64-73 mustangs and do so much more prep when trying to start an engine thats been sitting more than 3 years

The look on the owners face when he sees them both driving again is going to be priceless

The small pedal by the driver's footwell (over the dfimmer switch) is one of the coolest things ever (and something I never understood why they did away with). It is to make the windshield wipers go one time. Like a "mist" setting.

The 1968 4 barrel 302 engine was a one year only engine and I think it replaced the 4 barrel 289 half way into the 1968 model year. It was replaced by the 351 Windsor engine in 1969. A friend in high school had an original 1968 289 Mustang with a 4 speed transmission. The 1968 4 barrel 302 engine had a unique camshaft that was only used in that one engine, for that one year.

Great job, Jared! I love this idea of yours, no question 😊

I'm so glad you went back and got these!!!!!

I use to restore those from technically 641/2 to 72 for years. So long that I could tell where a screw was from and it was a major difference between the "repops" and "oem" parts. Even with all the frustrating things involved, I still enjoyed seeing the finished product. A feeling you can't describe. 👌😉👍

Ive waited too long to finish my 79 mustang pace car #13. It was my moms car when my parents were together. They had matching pace cars, mom's was v8 auto and my dad had the turbo 4 cylinder with 4 speed. When i was 17 i drove my moms car from SFO to SC and only had to stop 10 times lol radiator was completely clogged. Anyways now I'm 43 and the car has just sat with a cracked block. Its got the sunroof so rust has killed it but ive still got the checkered recaro seats. Always wanted to get it going again but a wife and 2 kids and family comes first. Glad you were able to save these two cars from death.

Not one minute into this, and I am flashing back to a time when I was working on a blue 67 coupe mustang. I replaced the hood and trunk lid with a red ones from the junkyard. The rear had an indentation and I pushed it out with the Jack and wood to brace as I crack the Jack out. I spay painted the entire body metallic blue with spray cans from Advance Auto. I also painted the interior metal. I never did get the right radiator. It was the 80's and I could find parts in the local junk yards.

This was great to watch you get both running. It's like watching Derek get old cars running.

An hour long video! Woohoo! Even if you’re not a ford guy you got to respect a Gen 1 mustang! I’m also a huge fan of the hardtops. Keep up the awesome content Jared!

Also called notch back mustangs.

This is awesome that you brought back two mustangs for the owner. Hope they both go on to the siblings and stay on the road. 👍

Cool cars! I like the lack of the side markers on the '67 and the lack of the "gills," on the '68.

Lovely thing to do - help the guy get his grandkids to love the Mustangs - both great cars. Well done They both looked amazing before your efforts, but a whole lot better after. Also amazing that you got them both started!

I’m not a ferd guy but these are worth bringing back to life. That black one looks to be the nicer car, but I like the mags on the red one.

those years were my brothers favorites. he would put a big motor in them. and twist the frame. or what ever was under it. his favorite weapon was 2 in box. every where.