# My 1968 Mustang Fastback (now Satin Black). **URL:** \ **Category:** Builds\ **Created:** [January 20, 2007, 11:21am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/my-1968-mustang-fastback-now-satin-black/23335 "2007-01-20T11:21:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![camarojoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c67d28/32.png) [@camarojoe](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/camarojoe)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2007, 7:46pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/my-1968-mustang-fastback-now-satin-black/23335/121 "2007-08-06T19:46:56Z")
So now that you are finished, come help me finish mine up šŸ™‚ I need to finish the electrical. That is what is killing me right now. ---
**Author:** ![TrueBlue](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/trueblue/32/7245_2.png) [@TrueBlue](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/TrueBlue)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2007, 7:49pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/my-1968-mustang-fastback-now-satin-black/23335/122 "2007-08-06T19:49:50Z")
I can give you a hand Joey :tup: _Working on a Camaro_ _shudders_ šŸ˜› ---
**Author:** ![camarojoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c67d28/32.png) [@camarojoe](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/camarojoe)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2007, 7:51pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/my-1968-mustang-fastback-now-satin-black/23335/123 "2007-08-06T19:51:01Z")
[quote=ā€œTrueBlue,post:122,topic:23335"ā€] I can give you a hand Joey :tup: _Working on a Camaro_ _shudders_ šŸ˜› [/quote] What you doing tomorrow at 5:30? šŸ˜ƒ Come on, anyone can work on a Mustangā€¦ hehe ---
**Author:** ![Anonymity](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/anonymity/32/7215_2.png) [@Anonymity](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Anonymity)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2007, 4:39am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/my-1968-mustang-fastback-now-satin-black/23335/124 "2007-08-07T04:39:40Z")
looks nice, but why did you paint the door white b4? ---
**Author:** ![TrueBlue](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/trueblue/32/7245_2.png) [@TrueBlue](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/TrueBlue)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2007, 4:44am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/my-1968-mustang-fastback-now-satin-black/23335/125 "2007-08-07T04:44:46Z")
I tried to match up old paint based on a trim ring (couldnā€™t fit a fender in my 300M) and the color was drastically off. The mismatch is in the pictures back a page or two. Joe, today at 5:30 is booked. Iā€™ll shoot you a PM so we can get your Mustang knockoff on the road. šŸ‘ ---
**Author:** ![Anonymity](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/anonymity/32/7215_2.png) [@Anonymity](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Anonymity)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2007, 4:48am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/my-1968-mustang-fastback-now-satin-black/23335/126 "2007-08-07T04:48:48Z")
[quote=ā€œTrueBlue,post:125,topic:23335"ā€] I tried to match up old paint based on a trim ring (couldnā€™t fit a fender in my 300M) and the color was drastically off. The mismatch is in the pictures back a page or two. Joe, today at 5:30 is booked. Iā€™ll shoot you a PM so we can get your Mustang knockoff on the road. šŸ‘ [/quote] understood. looks nice, are you going to go back to white later? ---
**Author:** ![TrueBlue](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/trueblue/32/7245_2.png) [@TrueBlue](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/TrueBlue)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2007, 4:52am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/my-1968-mustang-fastback-now-satin-black/23335/127 "2007-08-07T04:52:24Z")
Nope, eventually (over the rest of the winter šŸ˜› ) I will be doing the remaining bodywork and squirting it back to Highland Green. HG requires a black base coat so I figured two birds - one stone. Plus Iā€™m itching to get it on the road and drive it! ---
**Author:** ![TrueBlue](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/trueblue/32/7245_2.png) [@TrueBlue](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/TrueBlue)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2007, 11:49am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/my-1968-mustang-fastback-now-satin-black/23335/128 "2007-08-10T11:49:00Z")
Plates go on tonight, registrationā€™s set šŸ˜› Just dropped a new alternator and battery in it, starts everytime now on the first key. Excited as hell to try her out! šŸ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![Nikuk](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/nikuk/32/7254_2.png) [@Nikuk](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Nikuk)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2007, 11:54am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/my-1968-mustang-fastback-now-satin-black/23335/129 "2007-08-10T11:54:41Z")
fucking fantastic!!! :tup: šŸ‘ ---
**Author:** ![2TurboZ](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/2turboz/32/7577_2.png) [@2TurboZ](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/2TurboZ)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2007, 11:54am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/my-1968-mustang-fastback-now-satin-black/23335/130 "2007-08-10T11:54:43Z")
awesome! ---
**Author:** ![BuickGN](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/buickgn/32/7200_2.png) [@BuickGN](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BuickGN)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2007, 12:10pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/my-1968-mustang-fastback-now-satin-black/23335/131 "2007-08-10T12:10:45Z")
wow, stop over the house my dad would love that car!! great job!!! ---
**Author:** ![Quattro\_Krant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/ac91a4/32.png) [@Quattro\_Krant](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Quattro_Krant)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2007, 12:29pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/my-1968-mustang-fastback-now-satin-black/23335/132 "2007-08-10T12:29:20Z")
Project threads rock:headbang: ---
**Author:** ![camarojoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c67d28/32.png) [@camarojoe](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/camarojoe)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2007, 12:39pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/my-1968-mustang-fastback-now-satin-black/23335/133 "2007-08-10T12:39:39Z")
[quote=ā€œTrueBlue,post:128,topic:23335"ā€] Plates go on tonight, registrationā€™s set šŸ˜› Just dropped a new alternator and battery in it, starts everytime now on the first key. Excited as hell to try her out! šŸ™‚ [/quote] Mustang show tomorrow at Summit. Bring it! :tup: ---
**Author:** ![Nikuk](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/nikuk/32/7254_2.png) [@Nikuk](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Nikuk)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2007, 12:47pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/my-1968-mustang-fastback-now-satin-black/23335/134 "2007-08-10T12:47:47Z")
[quote=ā€œcamarojoe,post:133,topic:23335"ā€] Mustang show tomorrow at Summit. Bring it! :tup: [/quote] If You do attend, post upā€¦ Iā€™m sure a lot of folks wanna come out to see her. ---
**Author:** ![TrueBlue](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/trueblue/32/7245_2.png) [@TrueBlue](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/TrueBlue)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2007, 1:31pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/my-1968-mustang-fastback-now-satin-black/23335/135 "2007-08-10T13:31:43Z")
Weā€™ll see, Iā€™m sure thereā€™ll be a few bugs to worry about first. šŸ˜› Itā€™ll be at the Tubbyā€™s cruise night at Rt.5 in Angola tonight as itā€™s like .0006 miles from my house, can always push her home if need be :lol: I have been thinking about the final plates for herā€¦ right now theyā€™re just alphanumeric. But when sheā€™s done and painted, itā€™ll (obviously) look like McQueenā€™s '68. Considering the movie, _Bullitt_, was based on a book, I decided the plate will read **MUTEWTNS** from the book, Mute Witness ![http://www.mobipocket.com/eBooks/cover_remote/medium/mute%20witness.jpg](http://www.mobipocket.com/eBooks/cover_remote/medium/mute%20witness.jpg) :tup: ---
**Author:** ![camarojoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c67d28/32.png) [@camarojoe](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/camarojoe)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2007, 1:43pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/my-1968-mustang-fastback-now-satin-black/23335/136 "2007-08-10T13:43:31Z")
[quote=ā€œTrueBlue,post:135,topic:23335"ā€] Weā€™ll see, Iā€™m sure thereā€™ll be a few bugs to worry about first. šŸ˜› Itā€™ll be at the Tubbyā€™s cruise night at Rt.5 in Angola tonight as itā€™s like .0006 miles from my house, can always push her home if need be :lol: :tup: [/quote] Just bring it. If it needs fixing, they have the tools, know how, and trailers if need be. I donā€™t think many people would get the book reference in the plate. Iā€™d get something with Bullitt in it if you are resto-modding it like that. ---
**Author:** ![TrueBlue](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/trueblue/32/7245_2.png) [@TrueBlue](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/TrueBlue)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2007, 1:54pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/my-1968-mustang-fastback-now-satin-black/23335/137 "2007-08-10T13:54:31Z")
[quote=ā€œcamarojoe,post:136,topic:23335"ā€] I donā€™t think many people would get the book reference in the plate. [/quote] Thatā€™s totally why Iā€™m doing it :tup: I could do something like TOMBULIT or something but I wanted something the afficionados would dig, ya dig šŸ˜› Tomorrow Iā€™m meeting with a mortage guy so itā€™ll be dependent on that as well. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Stevil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/da6949/32.png) [@Dr.Stevil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Dr.Stevil)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2007, 2:17pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/my-1968-mustang-fastback-now-satin-black/23335/138 "2007-08-10T14:17:41Z")
awesome work tom :tup: Maybe Iā€™ll swing up to tubbys with the goat ---
**Author:** ![TrueBlue](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/trueblue/32/7245_2.png) [@TrueBlue](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/TrueBlue)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2007, 8:46pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/my-1968-mustang-fastback-now-satin-black/23335/139 "2007-08-10T20:46:07Z")
Hooray, daytime pics šŸ™‚ Hosed the thing down. ![http://www.supermotors.net/getfile/551675/original/dcp_0166.jpg](http://www.supermotors.net/getfile/551675/original/dcp_0166.jpg) First cruise night. Of course, the night I go, a sweet ass '67 GT and a '68 fastback show up :lol: Still got lots of looks and comments, two kids walked by saying ā€œthatā€™s exactly what Iā€™d want to do with itā€ šŸ˜› ![http://www.supermotors.net/getfile/551676/original/dcp_0170.jpg](http://www.supermotors.net/getfile/551676/original/dcp_0170.jpg) ![http://www.supermotors.net/getfile/551677/original/dcp_0171.jpg](http://www.supermotors.net/getfile/551677/original/dcp_0171.jpg) ![http://www.supermotors.net/getfile/551678/original/dcp_0172.jpg](http://www.supermotors.net/getfile/551678/original/dcp_0172.jpg) ![http://www.supermotors.net/getfile/551679/original/dcp_0173.jpg](http://www.supermotors.net/getfile/551679/original/dcp_0173.jpg) Brakes need some adjusting - I got home and smelt liningsā€¦ turns out the big Wilwood fronts are ice cold and the drums out back, well, they were stopping the car :ohnoes: Manual steering and manual brakes take some time getting used to. Thereā€™s no power anything on this car, and the few twisties I hit were so nice - the steering, once moving, is well weighted. Gets rubber through third too, sweet. :headbang: Lots of thumbs up. God, what the fuck am I doing on the internet right now?!! šŸ˜ƒ Very satisfied right now, but TONS more to come. ---
**Author:** ![camarojoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c67d28/32.png) [@camarojoe](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/camarojoe)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2007, 9:02pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/my-1968-mustang-fastback-now-satin-black/23335/140 "2007-08-10T21:02:56Z")
Niceā€¦ You probably had a shit eatin grin from cheek to cheek. Bring it out to Summit tomorrow. But if you donā€™t you should at least show up. Call my cell if you do. Iā€™ll be there from 8am-noon and 4pm til ??? The latter time, Iā€™ll be there drinking and hanging out. [Previous page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/my-1968-mustang-fastback-now-satin-black/23335.md?page=6) [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/my-1968-mustang-fastback-now-satin-black/23335.md?page=8)