Vehicle Owner

Member ID: deraleik

Location: Windsor, ON

Vehicle Info

1978 Ford Mustang II

Bragging Rights

  • 1/4 Mile0 sec @ -1 mph
  • 0-600sec
  • Top Speed-1mph
  • HP-1
  • Weight-1lbs

Major Upgrades

  • turbo
  • nitrous
  • bore increase
  • port and polish
  • supercharger
  • extrude honed
  • stroke increase
  • engine swap

Modifications

Performance Parts

Exterior Styling

  • Goodyear Tires 

Car Audio & Video

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    • Currently 3.8/5 Stars.
    • Currently 3.6/5 Stars.
    • Currently 3.8/5 Stars.

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Last updated: Nov 17, 2009

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Derrick’s Ford Mustang II

  • Currently 4.0210526315789 /5 Stars.
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            deraleik's 1978 Ford Mustang II   deraleik's 1978 Ford Mustang II

       I bought the car in 2006, at that time it was a gold colour(faded) and had over 100 dents and dings.  The front left fender was totalled, so I had to buy a doner one.  The hatch lock area was totalled because of what looked like someone had previously tried to break into the hatch with a crow bar.  The front rad support needed to be bent back into place and the chin spoiler was broken all from what I would guess was from the car running over a paint can at a high speed, seeing as the underside of the car, left fender and wheel well had white paint splattered all over.

         deraleik's 1978 Ford Mustang II   deraleik's 1978 Ford Mustang II

       So, over the next two years my father and I worked on restorring it.  We switched the interior over to black (it was previously goldish brown, with plaid seats) and bought some early 90's mustang rims.  The engine was rebuilt and I would say the hardest part about rebuilding this car would be wiring up the dash board.  I ended up having to buy a new speedometer and odometer box because the old one turned into dust when I took it out.

deraleik's 1978 Ford Mustang II  deraleik's 1978 Ford Mustang II

 

     I had the car painted dark shadow grey, the same colour that was offered on the 2004 Mach I.  The car has a new sound system and has been lowered about an inch.  I have the front and rear spoiler ready to be put on the car.

  deraleik's 1978 Ford Mustang II   deraleik's 1978 Ford Mustang II

 

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1.  Introduction
2.  Restoration
3.  Engine
4.  Interior
5.  Recent photos

 

 

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flybyou77  

Posted by: flybyou77

10/20/2009 06:30AM

Thanks for the kind words. ***** How come no rear factory spoiler? jw.

shelbydigital  

Posted by: shelbydigital

10/03/2009 09:13AM

great car , nice restoration ( must be alot of work ) 5*****

dhousecustoms  

Posted by: dhousecustoms

07/09/2009 08:50AM

i like it... that body style looks good done right and i think your doing good with it.

mustangman911  

Posted by: mustangman911

06/23/2009 04:18PM

cool but youl drull when when my phottos go up

v6fivespeed  

Posted by: v6fivespeed

06/15/2009 09:55AM

i agree with reaper, love the stripes. great car.

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Vehicle Owner

Member ID: deraleik

Location: Windsor, ON