1968 Mustang Fastback Shelby GT500 Replica Tribute Project Build

Here is the story about this build and why it looked so perfect, but how it turned into a nightmare!!
I purchased this car from ebay, from a seller in PA, It was listed as restored, all the pictures looked great, as you can see it looked really good and the VIN of this car was a 1 out of 1 car with all the options that it had. I did some research and decided to go ahead and buy it without seeing it, trusting the seller.
When the car arrived i was really excited, but as i started going through all of the things i realized what a huge mistake i have made. The seller said it was fully restored with all new parts, blah blah blah...
The engine was used and was leaking coolant, radiator had some rust and leaking, suspension was used and painted to look good, the rear end was out of a 1965-66 mustang which is narrower, the manual transmission want shifting good and the clutch pedal felt like it was going to fall off.
After washing the car i noticed that the whole carpet in the front seats was soaks, those who know mustangs know that cowl vents on these things rust out almost all the time. So to me it seems like the whole body was prepped and painted and looked like the body was nicely restored and some panels were repaired with new panels, but the cowl vent area was just junk and rusted through. I tried to get a hold of the seller, i tried seeing what options i had legally and what ebay can do about it, well there was not much i could do from CA to a seller in PA unless i fly there and file a claim against him in court.
After getting over of being upset and angry i went and decided to strip her down, sell everything that i could on craigslist as used items, people have bought everything i was selling, but i still ended up for a $15,000 bare shell that still needed some work. And this is when i decided to go all out and try to make this the best mustang build i possibly could at the time.
After it was finished i had a buyer from Georgia come fly into and bought the car and took it in to add to his collection. This was my 3rd mustang i have built and now i have another mustang in the garage, but to get to that project i really need to step it up and clean up the garage and make my garage great again, its been way to long!!!! its time to Rise and rebuild!!! Cuz i miss her lol .... its Go time!!!!
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[@MikeZak101]

its amazing how good and fresh this car looks today, can't even imagine what people thought when they first saw it back in the day.

[@justmike4301]

Lol 85 haters couldn’t help but crawl out from under their rock to check out this masterpiece being created,awesome and inspiring Nick👍🏽

[@cartergibbs1387]

My heart was destroyed, when I found out it went to a collector. My brother bought a 67 Nicky badge SS Camero from a dude in AZ, Fully build 427 to a 438 Holly quad, t10 trans 5:12 gearing hydro lock line over 1000 hours into it. The dude before us tried to buy it, and when the owner found out it was a collector he told him to get bend. That this car needs love and passion and not to sit in a showroom all its life. I love you work and keep it up. Just please don't show your baby's driving away without you in them.

[@davidbarnett9312]

The cars of my youth. Thanks for your hard work keeping them alive.

[@markholian3506]

That Nick, was ‘poetry in motion’ 👍🏻

[@FixItNick]

Thank you really appreciate it!

[@geos909]

Why would someone 👎 this video? This car is beautiful!

[@FixItNick]

Jelly?

[@g-wolf9445]

You’ve definitely got some mad skills when it comes to restoring cars. The level of detail is amazing. Excellent work!

[@FixItNick]

Thank you really appreciate it

[@mrromog]

Beautiful job. Looking forward to the progress on the next one

[@FixItNick]

Getting closer to starting it, gotta clean my garage mess 🤮

[@raydunkin7496]

I've owned Corvettes Porsches and Camaro but this is always been my dream car what a beautiful job thanks for posting

[@FixItNick]

Thank you really appreciate it I want a 69 Camaro too

[@doodlegoose2262]

FixItNick looks like you did a lot of this at home? Quite a feat

[@GUIRADE95]

Liar, probably the most you owned was a pinto. Bitch!

[@joeburrows6]

GUILLERMO RAMÍREZ lol and ps4 which he typed this message on in is mums bedroom

[@joeburrows6]

Ray stop talking m8.

[@neilmcgahey1194]

Have been following nick for well over a year now and a truly dedicated man at this .

[@FixItNick]

Thank you man 👍

[@bengreeninsuranceagency]

I cried at the end. Awesome video and excellent craftsmanship!

[@AntonioClaudioMichael]

Gorgeous build brother great work

[@FixItNick]

Thank you bro

[@MotorScotti]

Beautiful project, man you've got some talent!

[@FixItNick]

Thank you really appreciate it

[@ray24051]

Man you have talent and you are building these cars with love with every nut and bolt you put in them, your cars can easily command over $100,000.

[@FixItNick]

Thank you really appreciate it, 67-68 FB is number 1 on my list for sure, it’s easy to build them when you love it

[@Teddykhil]

What more can be said, "Bloody Nice Build".

[@FixItNick]

Thank you really appreciate it

[@itzeroy7755]

I love your videos because you give a second life to the cars ✔👍👌 and I love watching this type of videos I hope there is much more content like this one. 👍 Greetings from Mexico👋👋✔

[@kevinroark4346]

That build was awesome to watch&the Eleanor in the end looks Spot on,match q to the Eleanor in Gone In 60 second's,SWEET RIDE!!

[@SL_RivviN]

Swapped it from automatic to manual. You're a man of culture.

[@FixItNick]

Yes these cars should never be AT

[@SL_RivviN]

@@FixItNick Judging by my profile picture, you can tell the eleanor is my dream car, they sure should never be automatics.

[@LtHawk77]

Absolutely beautiful build, that car is top notch man.

[@FixItNick]

Thank you really appreciate it

[@adamanderson2178]

Excellent work.Well done. My all time favourite car😎👍

[@FixItNick]

Thank you, mine too

[@DoubleDRanch2]

Gives me butterflies every time I see her. I can only dream of owning her someday. That would be a dream come true.

[@FixItNick]

I know that feeling, I never can afford it to keep her for myself sadly, something always comes up and I had to sell my previous Eleanor build, kids, house, remodeling, bills etc

[@jasonnunya7136]

A guy named Nick driving Elanor, I feel like I have seen this somewhere before. Great job on the build, she is B-E-A-utiful.

[@FixItNick]

Haha I wish one day to meet Nicolas Cage!!! I have to find out where he lives and where he eats and drive there on an Eleanor, he would chase me down

[@travisleitao]

I can’t believe you built 3 going on your 4th Eleanor!!! That’s awesome!!! Keep it coming!!

[@160sura]

What a beautiful car! Great job on the build!

[@marshallhewison8729]

Beautiful job, well done!

[@FixItNick]

Thx

[@jeffwalters8552]

Just, WOW! She's beautiful my dude, great job.

[@FixItNick]

Thank you really appreciate it!

[@tslater1989]

Building dreams. I applaud your work sir!

[@FixItNick]

Thank you really appreciate it!

[@jamesguralski5156]

I can't stop watching this video great job

[@FixItNick]

Thanks really appreciate it :))

[@jobbyback]

Couldn't have picked a better vid to post my first comment on! Congrats on an awesome build and a gorgeous car! That's my dream car so I can only imagine how hard it was to watch her drive away!!! Thanks my friend.

[@FixItNick]

Thank you and yes it was sad :((

[@alexandredurand-kristofic163]

Really nice job ! Caroll would be proud !

[@Truppe4]

Wow I could feel that cars spirit. Excellent job.

[@FixItNick]

Thank you really appreciate it

[@bmwe3698]

one of the best one i have seen keep it up mann

[@FixItNick]

Thank you really appreciate it

[@jeffreylove8061]

Gorgeous Nick! My dream car! Great Job!

[@FixItNick]

Thank you really appreciate it!

[@JustLouIt]

Beautiful work

[@FixItNick]

Thank you

[@outlawmach1128]

Amazing work!

[@FixItNick]

Thank you

[@kwlowboy7838]

Great job....you do it awesome!

[@stephengordon8968]

Damn that's super nice ! Excellent job !

[@FixItNick]

Thank you really appreciate it!

[@shezaadkarim9123]

Outstanding job sir!

[@FixItNick]

Thanks bro

[@shezaadkarim9123]

Hi FixItNick. I am from the UK, and am wondering if its cheaper/easier to buy an Eleanor outright or have one built? Any advice? Thanks in advance!

[@FixItNick]

Shezaad Karim depends on car and how it was built and price, when I build I do all of the work so I always save a lot of money on them

[@jackl.caspersen1459]

Sins Year 2000 🙏🙏... i have Been wanting one of these Beautiful Cars, and i truely hope ! 1 Day i Will have One, for The rest Of My Life! I Will Never Sell it!.. It’ s a timeless design... and Never become boring to look at.. Wounderful Car! From 12:25 🙏🙏🙏🙏... What A joy to listen to... Good work On The creation.

[@baddonkey6876]

Only this car can sport donuts and still look better than most cars on the street

[@FixItNick]

I Agree

[@bennyjones1597]

Absolutely loves your build

[@FixItNick]

Thank you :)

[@user-sl5vl9su3v]

A huge amount of work and time invested not in vain, what to say You are super, auto is just a masterpiece, like 100%))).

[@FixItNick]

Thank you брат

[@dupont4sure]

that's badass! mr.nick you are the man! great job!

[@FixItNick]

Thx Nicolas lol

[@mitchelllsutton5577]

Damn,I am not a car guy at all.As long as it has four wheels and runs I'm good but u can tell great work when u see it.DAMN

[@michaelrubiera]

Nick very cautious test driving your beautiful mustang and amazingly intelligent 🤙

[@FixItNick]

Lol thank you

[@owlofminerva1270]

That is some car , good work restoring it 👍

[@FixItNick]

Thx bro

[@thinesh360]

Great job nick

[@FixItNick]

Thank you :)

[@thinesh360]

@@FixItNick no problem nick.

[@moisesdossantos1149]

wow, very cool, your brother work, I appreciate it from the beginning of the videos.

[@FixItNick]

Thank you really appreciate it!

[@iwillchoosefreewill9787]

Absolutely love the car, great job.

[@FixItNick]

Thank you

[@onlytetsuo7865]

Wow amazing job 👍 keep going 😍

[@FixItNick]

Thx bro

[@Truckingwithcooper45]

I love that car and the closest I’ll ever come to having one is toy model 😂

[@FixItNick]

I started with toy models first lol

[@dc2acuracy]

Awesome work man, i just ran across your channel when you posted on B is for Build with his backdate swap hes got going on and then came over here to check everything out. Really inspirational to get out to the garage and work on my 70 Maverick. Thanks!

[@FixItNick]

Keep up the work brother, with all this crazy stuff going on we can all still take the time and do what we love and never had the time to do, in a way it’s a good time to learn or try something we never had a chance before

[@dc2acuracy]

An interesting time indeed, I'm lucky enough to continue working from my laptop at home so still putting my time in. But I'm heading to the junkyard tomorrow as they got in an 06 mustang with a nice black interior I'm going to take to see if I can swap into the Maverick with some finesse. Its half price day and 60 degrees tomorrow!

[@willleary]

Absolutely Beautiful

[@FixItNick]

Thank you

[@roberthaynes6238]

I do Paint and Body restoration as well 24+ yrs and I can honestly say that that's some pretty amazing work great job keep it up

[@FixItNick]

Thank you really appreciate it, I don’t do final prep and paint, but everything else

[@johnnyhawkins43]

that's one hell of a BUILD!!!!!!!!!!

[@FixItNick]

Thx

[@lutherrodgers8793]

Absolutely amazing

[@FixItNick]

Thank you

[@superbmachine]

Really great build

[@FixItNick]

Thank you

[@superbmachine]

Wish I had time n tools to build like u do n most importantly some extra cash good job bro really really great job

[@errolpoxleitner7901]

Very nice build,

[@FixItNick]

Thanks

[@ristopyykkonen8719]

Very beautiful Ford..and Metall parts..no plastic...Respect...lot of Work.. beautiful paint... engine sound very good..nice tires..big breaks..that was a Car.. 10 second/412meters?

[@wesleyfurlan3158]

Wonderful, my Dream, a masterpiece .... 👍😍

[@FixItNick]

Thank you my fav car

[@minatormyth]

Beautiful

[@user-rp8um8dt1q]

I know how its hard to say goodbye to a nice car ; especially if it was perfect like this one

[@FixItNick]

Yes it was hard but couldn’t afford to keep it :(

[@jerrynishihira6686]

BEAUTIFUL!!

[@JoseOrtiz-jt7px]

I did work in a Chevy custom 51 and I know how feel when we have to say goodbye.. goo job bro.

[@FixItNick]

Thank you

[@kaptenmarvel6625]

beauty and the beast..unicorn

[@Electron_libre3.0]

You're the best..... tu es vraiment bon man.... excellent job 👍👍👍💪💪💪💪💪😉😉😉😉

[@FixItNick]

Thx

[@Ki777UMiNATii]

If this channel had step by step vids detailing the work put in to create one of these cars it would take off on an entirely new level. Excellent work as always. You ever decide to take on padawans...

[@FixItNick]

Thank you, I have another Eleanor that I’m getting to soon, I’ll be making a build series video, these were just from the past I had to post so they are all in order, next is Eleanor 4 series

[@Ki777UMiNATii]

@@FixItNick if you build/upload it, we will come lol. Looking forward to 4 and the vid series. 🤙

[@makamatin9257]

great job! :))

[@FixItNick]

Thank you

[@ahmedemad5003]

Dream car....good job 👌

[@bennyjones1597]

I had a coupe that I redid boy was a lot of work I had to replace the torque boxes the floor pans and everything he did a great job I love your car I hope to see more videos

[@FixItNick]

It’s fun but not having time sucks, I’m trying to set up a schedule to do more Mustang vids

[@yannisnouioui7359]

Bonsoir j'ai vu toute la vidéo et je m'abonne ré toujours pour ce que vous faites on appelle ça en français les beaux-arts continuez comme ça et fait nous rêver

[@yannisnouioui7359]

Venez avec vos véhicules dans le sud du côté de Avignon il y a des rassemblement de voitures de collection s'il y avait un concours ça serait vous qui l'emporterait

[@FixItNick]

Don’t understand

[@GUIRADE95]

@@FixItNick copy paste translate with Google hahahaha

[@FixItNick]

GUILLERMO RAMÍREZ nah no time lol

[@benitoluera8467]

Eleanor looks beautiful

[@chris_xing8332]

I want to build one of these for my dad one day. But that will be in the far future.

[@FixItNick]

M fav cars if all time he will love it

[@itzmekdmb213]

This is my dream car🤤🤤😍

[@FixItNick]

Mine too lol

[@isaacvaldez6757]

Its beautiful...

[@michaeldequito4614]

Good job sir...My one in only dream car😘😘😘... I wish i have one or drive it on only one day...hehe..GT500 ilove it..

[@FixItNick]

Thanks yes it’s a special car to me

[@6r14]

Running Wild

[@FixItNick]

Yup

[@catolicomochaorejas9073]

I'm going to do the same thing but with a new mustang 2018 . I going to put only the skin doors quarter panels trunck hood fender is going to be original 1967 Shelby mustang fastback. Great job dude.

[@FixItNick]

Thx, 67 Mustang on a 18 Mustang ?

[@docbryn]

That is wicked

[@FixItNick]

Thx

[@marjanaking404notfound3]

I hope i can buy this dream car some day.

[@kashavmehta6643]

Hey love the build on the car. Feel bad for you after reading what has happened to you with the seller. But you did amazing with the build. I just wanted to ask if you could make a series on how you rebuild the eleanors. Always, been a dream of mine to rebuild one. Once again love the build.

[@FixItNick]

Thank you brother, yes I’m starting one right now here you go, kzbin.info/www/bejne/eX-6daqEnrR_jJo

[@ledmk2]

Great car

[@FixItNick]

Thank you

[@FixItNick]

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[@AbamAdy]

sir...did this gorgeous comes with "SARA @ SWAY" hahaha

[@phillipyau4234]

Hi that's a awesome car I've the DVD movie gone in 60 seconds 👋👍🙂🙂♥️

[@salnunez8267]

CARS WILL BE DRIVING IN HEAVEN...............................SHELBY GT 500

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Lol lightning powered

[@Watch067]

I am building one like this and this answers a lot of my questions. How long did it take to build?

[@user-km7hx6nw6x]

У меня нет слов...Красавица просто 😘

[@FixItNick]

Спасибо :)

[@user-km7hx6nw6x]

Незачто

[@user-zg5nt5qq5h]

Очень неожиданно и приятно,что ты отвечаешь на коментарии, ещё раз спасибо!

[@FixItNick]

Нет проблем, когда могу отвечать

[@DayZcustomMods]

I have always hated fords. But this car....ugh it got me lol

[@FixItNick]

My fav car ever !! I don’t care for makes and models honestly

[@1sdelucia]

Beautiful job! Do you mind me asking how much you sold it for?

[@al.kerben.9418]

Класс, крутой проект, молодец.

[@tolgakokturk2679]

kral adam sın

[@muyang776]

Wow, it's refreshing to live in a country where information is relatively closed. I remember twenty years ago repairing a bicycle was a very skilled job for us. It turns out that we are so far away from you, which has to make me feel ashamed. Although the Internet is so big and developed now, we have to use VPN to see the world, which is also the tragedy of our nation

[@FixItNick]

I build my first and second mustang with no internet, had to use magazines lol

[@muyang776]

FixItNick See old American movies often have a mustang car, smooth lines and dynamic. I didn't expect to be able to assemble it myself.

[@muyang776]

You know, we have the same kind of control over magazines and books, don't we just want to see information

[@degen945]

hi .believably nice build .. where did you buy all the parts from the bobby kit eleanor

[@vijayanandhan207]

good job.i love this car.how much this car......

[@justmike4301]

By the way,how long this one take start to finish?

[@kennethnewell4955]

Whats the motor ? Im guessing stroker 351W based with Cleveland heads ! Really nice build !

[@Alex_Terror]

Ты молодец !

[@FixItNick]

Спасибо