How did you solve it? Did you upgrade to 5-lug? I did not have this issue, I dont really think a v-8 could really impact this, the difference in weight is not that big, so how would it impact the wheelbearings. Maybe you drive a lot? And really push the car?

@@m4zvis both. I drove a lot, raced a lot and finally upgraded to 5 lug, with disc brakes all around.

None of these mustangs are so rare, and definitely not the straight 6 mustang. Its a simple coupe, they made like 500k each year.

Hi, thanks! I usually would go through everything, rockauto, ebay, amazon, cjpony and then buy where the shipping, part price and quality was best. But yes mostly ended up buying parts from the US. Altough I've seen some shops now in Eu thst distribute some parts. Prices are best in the US.

@@m4zvis Many thanks for your reply! Definitely checked out CJ Pony Parts, I've found a Spanish site that does sell a lot of the parts I need, my car arrives this Thursday, so I'm very excited to get started. Front of the floor pans have rusted through and need replacing, so that's going to be the first thing.

​@@spinnox1happy to help and good luck! Maybe you wont have to go through a full restoration and will be able to enjoy the car faster :)

Stop being a hater 😒

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Aciu! Be problemu, galiu daug daug detaliu papasakot, cia truksta turbut kokio 50% viso darbo medziagos.. 😅

Agree, its just a bit difficult to come across these parts in EU unfortunately. But my next project is going to be with the 9' rear end. When its done I will post some updates on how much difference it provided.

@@m4zvisIt’s something how someone like you in another country has limited supply of parts and stuff, but yet press on. There is a guy in my neighborhood here in the states that has a car like yours just sitting the driveway, it’s been there for several years. One day I was coming home from work and had seen his wife a briefly asked her about the car, apparently I’m not the only one you spoke to them about it, anyway she told me that her husband inherited it from his father, I’m assuming he was the original owner, she said that it’s not for sale. So on my way. I thought, what a waste, but this was before I retired, so get the time thing and everything else. Anyway it’s a nice car. Hope everything continues to well with your project.👍🏻

For standard application, no upgrades to the engine, 4 lug is perfectly fine. 289 is not that much heavier than 200. I dont know the exact number but its something like 90 lb more? I dont think that this weight difference would matter. Now if you go with upgraded engine and plan to drive the car fast then the 5 lug is also not good because its still 1966 supension which is not good.

Glad you liked it!

Thanks! Yeah they are not as valuable as the fastbacks but it depends. Because the starting point for a project is also quite different. Coupe's go for relatively cheap when not in a good condition and if you do alot of the stuff yourself you can have a very nice car for a resonable price. If you want to make a bussiness out of it then yes, better to do such a restoration on a much more valuable model/variant.

Close neibhours, but not Poles 🙂

@@m4zvis 😂😂😂 все равно 🤷‍♂️ гаражи то советские что у вас, что у них, что у нас😂

Thank you! Yeah that part was really sad, I was expecting some, but not as much..thats when it became clear that this car will get a proper full restoration :) We tried saving all original, but where it made sense we did replace some sheet metal, like the trunk floor, one quarter panel.

@@m4zvis Yes,there are cheap replacement panels so actually doing the metal work was very impressive!!! My favorite is the 68' fastback with the quad headlights... 😎💯👍

Thanks! The color is original as per the VIN - Ford Nightmist blue (color code K) and it is absolutely gorgeous! Best decission to bring the car back to original color.

Thanks for watching! The differential is lasting fine. Maybe if you start upgrading the engine and increase the power it would break but then it would be logical to upgrade it as well. Sad part is that out of all that work that went into this car your only take away is two negative things. Go figure.

Should be ok. I put a 289 in my friends 6 cyl 66 more than 40 years ago and he abused that car. The next guy who got it still has the 6 rear end to this day. With an auto trans and skinny 14 inch tires there's not enough traction to break it. Back then the 8 inch diffs were plentiful and I recommended it but he didn't want it.