I Found A Rusty 69 Mustang Mach1 Fastback (What I Look For)

[@ray24051]

Dude it's like you got in a time machine and went back to 1969 and brought that Mustang back with you. The work you do is amazing.

[@petersonrestorations]

Thank you!

[@geraldscott4302]

Mustangs didn't have ghetto donk reehuums in 1969.

[@paulolson734]

"If you love what you do you'll never work a day in your life." It's apparent that you love what you do and the pride in workmanship shows through. Definitely looking forward to more videos. My wedding present to my wife in 1978 was a 67 GTA fastback. 390, 63B interior, full power, just a really nice car. The engine had been overheated (cracked heads, radiator shot), it had been repainted (poorly) and the interior was well worn, but it was a rust free California car and I knew it was a keeper. I'll be retiring in a few months and it ranks high on my list of projects to begin. I'll be watching closely for tips to help me along.

[@donsrestorations]

Thank you for your comments about "what you do!" So many people work to just make a living. You are a rare breed in that you actually enjoy what you do and can appreciate your work as well as help others.

[@steelponiesjeff]

I am glad you're saving these cars they are our history and important to save as many of them as we can.

[@gregsly1247]

Great to see another classic saved.

[@robertharding4166]

Coming up to 50 and x panelbeater in Australia when we fixed a rust or panel damage 30 year ago on or muscle cars all you had was 2nd hand parts to deal with. If we had repop panels I would have used them and now we do for eg monaros, chargers, gt falcons thats the go. But there will always be another opinion. No one's wrong just how people feel. Love ya work. 👍

[@rubenpatterson1446]

If no one else will I’ll say thank you when you buy a car from you that gives you complete peace of mind as to its integrity and yours

[@esquire9445]

I wish I had this guy as a friend. I would go over to his shop and just be the guy getting his tools for him and watching and learning. ;). I wish I had his skill set.

[@broncobros2022]

I get it, in a classic you’d want to keep as much original as possible but I saw your video when you found that in the woods. No choice! Better to replace and put back on the road than let it keep rotting in the woods. Love watching you bring these back to life. If you’d ever consider a bump side Ford truck let me know. I’ve been hanging on to my grandpa’s 70 highboy for over 20 years. It too far gone for me but can’t bring myself to let it go. I’ve always wanted to restore it or restomod it. Probably childs play for you 🤷🏼‍♂️

[@AndrewSandilands-tk6st]

Great to start seeing more of your videos recently 👌

[@jeffreynolds3848]

Andrew - I second that, it is great to see more of Ben and his videos.

[@brianhdueck3372]

It’s pretty hard for me to understand how anybody could complain about the work you do. It’s impeccable and done well. I have done quite a few cars but never the way you do. Great job, sir.

[@jayawells1793]

I really like watching you

[@jayawells1793]

Really like your show , I'm doing a 65 fastback now , it's a lot of work but I love doing it, thank for all of them.

[@dadyroos2942]

The love you have for reviviing these mustangs and put them back on the road again are masterpieces. Keep up your good work!

[@thomasstenzel2474]

You're doing it just right, the rust has to go and real metal has to go in. Keep it up... Greetings from Germany

[@68mustangrestoration34]

Good advice for the person looking to buy and restore an old Mustang, They are ALWAYS worse than they look and with mine once I peeled back the layers I ended up replacing the entire rear including frame rails. I know it seems daunting but I agree that if you buy something that is obviously in trouble you will know exactly what needs replacing and will save a lot of money on the purchase.

[@cesarmagdaleno6009]

Your garage looked like a museum. You do good jobs, you make the right decision and I like watching you channel. Keep doing what your doing. Thank you.

[@fordguy3032]

love your work! we're in the process of restoring a 68 fastback.....ground up restoration. The only metal we haven't replaced yet is the roof panel.😀

[@dougmurray7684]

You have a rare talent. Good job.

[@imtonedeaf1]

We all be gone but your cars be around for many generations great work

[@frostytreat2844]

Love your work! Wish I could show you my before and after of an old 65 I restored. Keep up the good work!

[@tint661]

I live about 2 hours west from your area. I have seen some fastback mustangs that were in southern Huntingdon County. I thought you would be able to repair and turn them around. I figured you had enough work lined up. Maybe the next one I see I'll pass it along with an email. As you know, some people want too much money for their rust buckets. The rear spring hanger extenders really date that car. Alot of mustangs and cameos had those to give it that "stance" back when I was just getting into cars.

[@davemeise2192]

I had a friend who had a 1970 Boss 302 in orange. Beautiful and fantastic car! I love the mustangs.

[@coghillmatthew]

Awesome car. Thanks for putting more of these back on the road!! We need more of this happening to all the older cars, do rebuke this E car crap.

[@stevendurieu6938]

Its good that you can get the panels to fix them , im in Australia and we need make most of the panels for our aussie falcons

[@fireonhigh2294]

Great work! Keeping them on the road.

[@garygross6849]

I know of a 69 mach1 in Bettendorf iowa. Been sitting there for years

[@mwhitelaw8569]

I don't think a whole lot of people know how bad that boss car was when ya started with it. She was a bucket

[@davidb0126a]

Four-footed Mustangs have their rescue groups. Why not four-wheeled Mustangs? Keep up the great work! I feel privileged just to watch. 👍

[@donprice9050]

I'm up in Canada and see these shells for sale the odd time. Not sure what nightmarish bureaucracy would be involved but I'll let you know about them anyway.

[@brucegilbert4413]

Nice to see your work a car like that would be extremely rare here in Australia 😊

[@joevergnetti767]

Love what you do and how you’re doing it man, keep it up and can’t wait for the next ep!!

[@michaelbrownie7718]

Fuk what others say. You’re a craftsman and a dam good one.

[@noneed4me2n7]

Looks like mine before 30k in body work though it was complete and mostly rust free to start with. Good luck on it; from the looks in the background you got it handled. Funny I went with white from yellow, though not the Wimbledon white I went with a more brighter white.

[@ronwatson4902]

I hope you decide to keep making videos. I really like your style. Thanks.

[@smokey3271]

You are doing a great job at what you are doing.

[@jamesrobinson9062]

Love your show my favorite KZbin channel

[@waltercsuf3263]

Thanks. Was wondering if you could talk a bit about proper documentation so the restored cars can be street legal.

[@petersonrestorations]

Maybe in a future video

[@waltercsuf3263]

@@petersonrestorations Okay, thanks. Be well.

[@carstenbuchberger9745]

Ben… love to see your passion and unbeatable knowledge. Thanks for letting me learn from you.

[@geoffmccoombes7732]

Would love to see you do an Australian two door hardtop,and maybe convert it to left hand drive, mustang and Falcon are basically the same car anyway,cheers from Australia,love your work, especially the 70 boss with recessed floor 🇦🇺

[@davidjimenez933]

Hi buddy I live in plainfield nj n there is a 69/70 sitting outside some ones house it had a cover on it but not now n its complete but will need a redo

[@Armand79th]

Be proud of your craft, man.. it's fucking awesome. 👍

[@Dave_Boyer]

That shell isn’t that bad, back in the 80’s we cut up nicer cars for parts, before they made everything. You know a car is rotten, when you open the drivers door, and the door falls off, along with the A pillar.

[@leonardgilbreath9004]

Another great find and it will be for making a great video to watch you bring it back thumbs up👍

[@genemounce8302]

I hope you own stock in a spot weld remover tool company. LOL Thanks for the cluster of videos this week. I figured you were busy but I got used to the once every 2 weeks videos. #keepontruckn

[@donhanson9012]

Awesome work

[@markweber7275]

Do you use nos sheet metal. Great work

[@DUDE72341]

the one outside you said you would remove the tail panel? It looked super clean..im confused

[@samperras]

Look forward to it Mr P

[@markheller5432]

Peterson Restorations: Saving one Mustang at a time!

[@thinkingofyouto1]

At this point with these cars as long as the Vin number boss SS RT It doesn’t matter how much of the original steel is there because there’s not many of them left so

[@frankheath1620]

Punctuation is everything

[@mikeclark740]

Nobody's got the right to say that you're taking metal off of rotten car when you're making a masterpiece out of it

[@anthonyk1234]

That’s true, the cars do look great but don’t call them, “all original” when the car is more Chinese stamped sheet metal than Michigan made.

[@darrenking3187]

@@anthonyk1234 maybe if Michigan upped their game to keep all those parts stamped correctly and remanufactured in the USA..,We have a couple of companies here down under called Rare Spares and RRS which are dedicated to making the correct parts for our cars in Australia and New Zealand. Other than that there are a few channels on KZbin that shows a person how to make their own panels and parts. Creative genius is our mate here who makes this video, he doesn’t give up on a car no matter how bad it is. Truely commendable, well done , matey👍👍

[@anthonyk1234]

@@darrenking3187 you typed a lot of words to not say much.

[@bernierezny8156]

By me even the coups are getting pricey. But nice score.

[@kain4645]

Keep up the good work I love this channel!

[@petersonrestorations]

Thanks for watching

[@TheJohnnyCarter]

Keep doing what you do nice work

[@POPO-fy9hl]

Keep Fixing those works of art...

[@georgecartwright5184]

I still need you to do my 65 Coupe shell.

[@petersonrestorations]

Currently fully booked for a while

[@stang3028]

Another great build bro

[@adubbelde1]

since it's becoming more difficult to find ones at a reasonable price, would you consider building from scratch. You already have the relationship with Dynacorn. If you did, it would be smart to make a fixture to hold the parts.

[@StabTheDabb]

His goal is to save as many of the Originals as much as possible. Building one from scratch you end up with a Replica that doesn’t use the Original structure since it’s a full out Reproduction/Replica Canvas.

[@petersonrestorations]

I wont do any from scratch anymore, I will always start with an original shell

[@StabTheDabb]

@@petersonrestorations That’s the spirit Ben 👌👍.

[@jjvwguy2489]

Was looking at a 67 fast back but the frame rails were gone. I bet it's as bad if not worse than this one the rest of the body anyways.

[@mustangdeet]

How much did you buy this shell for? I am looking at a 1969 Shelby GT-350 in about the same condition. I am wondering how much to offer the seller. Thanks!

[@dougbaker9473]

Do these come with titles when you find them ? You work is amazing .

[@petersonrestorations]

Yes

[@StabTheDabb]

I have a question regarding sheet metal replacement on a car how come you always mix parts with E coating and Weld through primer why don’t just all E coat Panels because it protects the parts unlike weld thrown primer finish which doesn’t really fully protected new Panels from rusting? It make the vehicle looks more even imo.

[@petersonrestorations]

Either way is the same for me, the coating should always be sanded to bare metal before painting in my opinion

[@StabTheDabb]

@@petersonrestorations Why not sand/Soda blast the Coatings off it’s more quicker that Sanding it down by hand?

[@ulfhdnr]

When you sell a shell, how do you get the word out? Do you list it here? Thanks. BTW, you have the cleanest shop I’ve ever seen! LOL

[@petersonrestorations]

Usually Instagram or ebay

[@woodwelder]

Just to follow up on your answer about the Bolt on parts are repo … Chinese or American ..? And you can buy practically everything to get a car back to standard ..?

[@frankandricciola9782]

Love to hear that you are reviving these cars that might be deemed junk to other. Btw, how long in general does it take you to re-shell a body ?

[@petersonrestorations]

About 1 month

[@texascottonfarmer]

👌👌👍👍 Keep doing what you're doing.

[@jt-zb1zp]

What should someone expect to pay for one like that

[@petersonrestorations]

I'll make a video on prices

[@dungonekrazy8902]

Man I'm just outside of Houston Texas and I know you don't want to come this far for one but I've got a 70 model Mach 1 body and I'm wondering what it's worth

[@dungonekrazy8902]

That was supposed to have said Ben not man

[@robj2704]

My friend's new 69 Mach1 was about $3,600. Whooda thunk.

[@rajrammbbs]

Said like a Boss!

[@kevinmcpherson6999]

Ben. U are amazing in all aspects of the trade. The trades need more Ben's.

[@jamesfee7746]

The loudest voices come from empty heads. I look it as a process that returns the vehicle to the engineering print specifications. In aviation the standards are higher but weather the part rusted off or got shot off, putting a new part back in per print is as good as you can ever be.

[@phantomace8843]

I have one in about the same shape. Not for sale ;)

[@josephcandela7278]

Do you like the full dynacorn shock towers that are all together? Also you like the full floor board with truck floor or individual? Thanks

[@petersonrestorations]

Anything fully assembled saves a bunch of time

[@houseofno]

Usually what people encounter: "Oh hey look, a Mustang hardtop coupe. Those are usually pretty cheap. How much?" Seller: (ignores the fact that it's a rusted out coupe - not the valuable fastbacks or convertibles, bodywork so rusty it crumbles in your hand): "It's a classic Mustang..." Puts pinky to corner of mouth "I want one BILLION dollars..."

[@Heeman5]

#savingtherustbuckets !!! 👍🏼👍🏼💪🏼💪🏼

[@fw1421]

Was it completely stripped of all the internals or did you already remove everything?

[@petersonrestorations]

Yes I bought it the way it sits

[@brianarrington4569]

How much did you pay for it ?

[@petersonrestorations]

Usually I dont give out those numbers.

[@brianarrington4569]

@@petersonrestorations ok...y not?.. it would give us an idea of what projects would go for and how much money we can expect to put in them

[@johnroof2663]

Do you also restore coupes?

[@petersonrestorations]

Yes but not to resell, value isn't there

[@johnroof2663]

@@petersonrestorations I understand that but even prices of rusty crusty fastbacks are out of reach for people getting started in the hobby. And that's sad part. I guess they made so many coupes that the collectable value is not there yet. I own a 68 co-op myself. My 1st car was a 69 Mach1 in 1979 And my dad paid $300 for it He brought it home on a car Dolly with the 428 in the trunk in the million pieces lol. The body was in good shape.

[@timmiller260]

Love your work why not covterbulls

[@petersonrestorations]

Value isn't there for them

[@erniehoffer1784]

Title first. Then the shel.

[@nickefgen9219]

I’ve got a 1967 mustang fastback that I’ve had since high school it’s my first car (38 years I’ve had it) it needs body work done to how much would it cost me to have you do the sheet metal work on it? It needs floors , quarter panels and most everything else

[@petersonrestorations]

I'd have to see it to be able to give an accurate estimate

[@mickeyparson9778]

Yep ignore the armchair restoration critics who have probably never changed much more than a spare tire!

[@houseofno]

I am somewhat amused at this people you say get angry at you for removing so much metal. You look like you know what you're doing. I doubt any serious vehicle judge really has time to tear apart the interior of a car to see how much metal was "replaced' rather than rust. These people obviously don't realize that, despite their shortsighted preference for original steel, the original sheetmetal had extremely poor corrosion resistance and wasn't very strong to begin with. The reproduction sheetmetal, even if they don't always get the contours right, are made using much better corrosion resistance and manufacturing proceses. I'd bet my neck on repro sheetmetal over the iron oxide holding the car together anyway. You might as well be asking Bondo or plastic sheeting to protect you from bullets. Not a reliable material to bet your neck on.

[@richardthompson6366]

Good luck with the car, but the music? Come on man.

[@johnkelly6942]

Title?

[@petersonrestorations]

Yes

[@johnkelly6942]

@@petersonrestorations Outstanding!

[@dennisyoo6390]

I think I know the source of that rear window panel!😉🤫

[@geraldscott4302]

Why does that otherwise beautiful white Mach 1 you have inside have ghetto donk reehuums?? I have seen so many wonderful vintage classic cars ruined like that, and by some idiot putting a late model computer engine in it.

[@trmpgod9976]

OMG, WHY OH WHY?. YOU CAN BUY A NEW BODY FROM DYNACORN CLASSIC BODIES. AND SAVE A MILLION HEAD ACHES.

[@petersonrestorations]

You would gain headaches from a dynacorn shell

[@coghillmatthew]

Awesome car. Thanks for putting more of these back on the road!! We need more of this happening to all the older cars, do rebuke this E car crap.