Just the Details...1966 Shelby GT350 Mustang Restoration

1966 GT350 Shelby Mustang.  Preparations being made to mount the car on the rotisserie.
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It's been well over a year since we have had an update on the blue '66 Shelby in the shop at Maple Hill Restoration.  The work has begun again, so look for a lot of GT350 Shelby updates on this car (6S933) and our '66 Carryover GT350 (6S033) as the restorations continue.  We will also have posts with more pictures of our green driver '66 (6S1732) as it continues to go together.

This '66 was original a Sapphire Blue car with no LeMans stripes.  It's a super nice car and is all complete. It has been lightly undercoated, so Jeremy is currently stripping that from the underside in order to determine the overspray patterns that will be duplicated.

The exterior was painted white at one time, and that has been stripped also.

Enjoy the pictures!

1966 GT350 Shelby Mustang.  Preparations being made to mount the car on the rotisserie.
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1966 GT350 Shelby Mustang.  Stripping the undercoating reveals the original reddish sealer on the under side.
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1966 GT350 Shelby Mustang.  Stripping the undercoating reveals the original reddish sealer on the under side.
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1966 GT350 Shelby Mustang.  Stripping the undercoating reveals the original reddish sealer on the under side.
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1966 GT350 Shelby Mustang.  Stripping the undercoating reveals the original reddish sealer on the under side.
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1966 GT350 Shelby Mustang.
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Customer Car - 1964 1/2 Mustang Coupe - Original Owner

1964 1/2 Mustang Coupe.  Original Owner.
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This 1964 1/2 Mustang coupe was restored ten years ago by Maple Hill Restoration.  It was recently in Jeremy's shop again for some routine maintenance.  It looks just like the day the restoration was completed!

The Mustang is still owned by the original owner, and this June marks the 50th anniversary of the original purchase!

1964 1/2 Mustang Coupe.  Original Owner.
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1964 1/2 Mustang Coupe.  Original Owner.
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1964 1/2 Mustang Coupe.  Original Owner.
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1964 1/2 Mustang Coupe.  Original Owner.
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1964 1/2 Mustang Coupe.  Original Owner.
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1964 1/2 Mustang Coupe.  Original Owner.
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1964 1/2 Mustang Coupe.  Original Owner.
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Just the Details...1966 Mustang Shelby GT350

1966 GT350 Shelby Mustang.
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Jeremy at Maple Hill Restoration continues our "clean up" on our original condition '66 Mustang Shelby GT350.  The last owner painted the engine block black way back in 1972, so we chose to paint it the correct color blue.  All of the aluminum pieces will be installed this week, and we will have another post soon!

1966 GT350 Shelby Mustang.  The clean up continues.
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1966 GT350 Shelby Mustang.  We chose to keep the original finish on the inner fender aprons.
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1966 GT350 Shelby Mustang.  The original fuel sending unit was still in the car, and it works!
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1966 GT350 Shelby Mustang.  The engine is prepped for paint.
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1966 GT350 Shelby Mustang.  The engine is prepped for paint.
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1966 GT350 Shelby Mustang.  The engine gets the proper color.
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1966 GT350 Shelby Mustang.
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1966 GT350 Shelby Mustang.  Parts ready to go back on!
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Customer Car - 1966 Mustang Fastback Drag Car

We always love to feature customer cars.

Here is the story from the owner:

Not long ago I sent you some Photos of my Mustang collection (64 1/2 convertible, 65 HiPo GT coupe and a 77 Cobra II).

I thought you might like to see some photos of my most recent acquisition... a 1966 Mustang fastback drag car. I purchased this car last November because I always wanted a fastback to complete my early collection.  As you can see this is not a typical ground up restoration and it certainly wouldn't win the thoroughbred class at MCA, but the car does have an interesting history.  

It is one of the original NHRA, IHRA drag cars built in the mid sixties so it has been a drag car all its life. I am trying to track down the cars complete history which has been part of the fun.  So far I believe the car was built in Texas by Tom Hardy for a gentleman in Maryland where it spent most of its life.  I purchased the car in Virginia.  

Since I bought it my son and I have shown it at a local car show (drew a lot of attention)  It was raced in late May at Rockingham where it ran a 6.0 @ 114.8 mph in the 1/8th mile.  Not too bad for an old war horse.  ( I call her "Bucket list").  You don't see many fastbacks at the at the drag strip (a lot of coupes) so this car draws a lot of attention as well as a ton of questions.  It is fun owning a piece of Mustang history and just wanted to share.

New! 65-66 and 67-73 Mustang Radios - AM/FM USB iPod Dock

1965-66 Mustang Radio.
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We were extremely disappointed when the reproduction 65-66 AM/FM Mustang Radios were discontinued.

We just got in the replacement for this radio, and we could not be more pleased!

These new Mustang radios are fantastic!  They feature an original, vintage look, but with a flick of the slide bar, the digital LCD display shows.  Both models, of course, fit the factory dash (65-66) or radio bezel (67-73) with no modification.  They feature all of the modern "bells and whistles" like 300 peak watts, iPod control, USB port, color select LCD lights, and more.

As mentioned, there are two versions to fit your particular model Mustang:

RD-9611 65-66 Mustang AM / FM / iPod Doc / USB Radio

RD-9612  67-73 Mustang AM / FM / iPod Doc / USB Radio

Click on either above link for more information.

1967-73 Mustang Radio.
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1966 Mustang - Customer Car from Germany

1966 Mustang Coupe.  Customer Car from Germany.
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We would like to thank one of our customers for these great pictures from Germany of his 1966 Mustang Coupe!  Enjoy...

1966 Mustang Coupe.  Customer Car from Germany.
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1966 Mustang Coupe.  Customer Car from Germany.
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1966 Mustang Coupe.  Customer Car from Germany.
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1966 Mustang Coupe.  Customer Car from Germany.
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1966 Mustang Coupe.  Customer Car from Germany.
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1966 Mustang Coupe.  Customer Car from Germany.
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NEW! 65-66 Mustang Brake Pedal Rubber Bumper

You know, this is a really small part, but when you need one, they are difficult to find!

It's the small rubber bumper on the brake pedal of every 1965 and 1966 Mustang.  It doesn't matter if it's a 6 cylinder or a 289 HiPo, manual transmission or automatic - they all had this little bumper on the pedal.

The original Ford part number is MA-7583.  They are made in the USA, and we now have them in stock.

Our part number is BK-3741 - Click on the link to order.