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Restoring of a '71 Mustang (PICS)!
Posted: Wed Jun 24, 2009 5:52 pm
by matocaster
So I picked up a '71 stang from Serfx a little while back, I knew it was a refin before I got it, upon further inspection of the neck and pickup routs I could tell she used to be competition blue, so I took it upon myself to bring her back to her former color. It also had some locking tuners that were far from original, so I picked up some original F styles from the bay. So here we go.
Before:
At Some point someone added strap locks that drilled into the body, so I picked up a dowel to fill the hole
The painting begins, I used Re-Ranch Nitro LPB
And here is how she looks now!
She plays and sounds fantastic! She needed 7 new frets and a full fret level, dressing, crown, and she had a nasty back-bow in the neck, but got all that fixed and now shes back to her former glory!
Posted: Wed Jun 24, 2009 5:55 pm
by suede
that looks great!!! Great job!
Posted: Wed Jun 24, 2009 5:55 pm
by mickie08
that is awesome...
Posted: Wed Jun 24, 2009 6:01 pm
by matocaster
Oh I forgot to add I used Daphne blue nitro for the stripes also from re-ranch, I know the stripe is thicker than original mustangs, but I like the look of the thicker stripe.
Posted: Wed Jun 24, 2009 6:15 pm
by BobArsecake
Wow! Looks amazing :D Well done :D
Posted: Wed Jun 24, 2009 7:18 pm
by damienblair17
Done a great jorb there!
Posted: Wed Jun 24, 2009 8:04 pm
by stewart
good job! also, twinsies:
mine's a '72.
Posted: Wed Jun 24, 2009 8:05 pm
by hotrodperlmutter
this is way nice. need landscape pic for sig tho 8========D~~~~~~
Posted: Wed Jun 24, 2009 8:53 pm
by DGNR8
Good man!
Posted: Wed Jun 24, 2009 9:36 pm
by Mages
awesome! what kind of pickups did you put in it?
Posted: Wed Jun 24, 2009 11:21 pm
by serfx
looking pretty man
glad you were able to fix her up
she probably playys better now then when i had her.
yeah who ever i got it from put in the strap locks.
i don't recall the neck being in such bad shape, file a claim as i did put $700 insurance on it
mind you i sent it for "repairs"
and that you did
did you replace the pups or are they the ones that she had when i sent it to you?
but looking sexy as fuck!
Posted: Thu Jun 25, 2009 12:41 am
by Will
Ace job, dude! I wish I had those kinda skills.
Posted: Thu Jun 25, 2009 12:44 am
by robert(original)
dude, your awsome.
it was a cool beast before, but now, its just straight up b'dass!
btw, what was your take on the black paint job/ vs the blue in the neck pocket?
was the og finish under the black?
Posted: Thu Jun 25, 2009 1:05 am
by cooter
Excellent job! That looks great.
Posted: Sat Jun 27, 2009 11:08 pm
by lexx9
Excellent job, I'd be damn proud to own it!! lexx
Posted: Sat Jun 27, 2009 11:29 pm
by laterallateral
I'm gonna go ahead and agree with everyone here. A trully epic restore jorb if I ever saw one.
Posted: Sun Jun 28, 2009 12:03 am
by matocaster
Hey thanks so much guys!!! I adore this guitar
Posted: Sun Jun 28, 2009 1:57 am
by serfx
matocaster wrote:Hey thanks so much guys!!! I adore this guitar
good! because if you didn't i'd say to send her back