My brother, Dr. Ben Smith of Troy, Alabama, purchased a slightly used (for some reason you can't buy a new 1965 model) Mustang coupe, that we will restore over the next three years before his son Benjamin turns 16. I am Ben's older brother Dan.
Yes, it has some rust damage, but we believe it was a great buy and has great potential.

This is our plan:
We want to completely strip the car down, removing every nut, bolt, wire and all paint and build a great car that will also be a daily driver.
On Monday, July 25, 2011, my brother Ben, his brother-in-law Steve Stokes, Benjamin and I began the project. Steve and Ben got the car to actually crank and we drove the car down the Shellhorn Road and was amazed at a number of things.
First of all, it has no power steering and no disc brakes, so that got our attention in a hurry. Next, the 302 automatic had some good power.

Tuesday, July 26, 2011
Benjamin and I began the deconstruction project. we removed the rear bumper, the front bumper, the front headlights and related housings, we removed the front hood and the rear trunk lid. We both broke a very good sweat and called it a day.

Thursday, July 28, 2011
I removed both doors and began removing bolts to the front left and right fenders, and assorted trim.

Saturday, July 30, 2011
On this date I removed more trim including a plate below the rear bumper that includes the two backup taillights, what remained of a melted-beyond-recognition plastic dash, and worked hard to remove the final bolts on the right front fender.