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Gillis Restorations
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Welcome to our Gillis Restorations channel where we lovingly say we do "all things Mustang!" We have several Vintage Mustang projects under restoration right now. Here's a few - an Eleanor Mustang, '69 Mach 1 Mustang, '68 Mustang Coupe Restomod, '66 Mustang Convertible, Coupe to Fastback Conversion, '67 GT Mustang, '70 Mach 1 Mustang, and finished is my '69 Cobra Jet Mustang Drag Car I've owned over 50 years! Interested in Mustangs? Follow along with our build projects right here! Gillis Performance Restorations has been a full service family-owned restoration/modification shop since 2004. Some projects are ground up, some are resto-mods, some are mechanical work, and some are paint jobs only. Again, we have a passion for Mustangs & Fords and are happy to share our knowledge. Stay to the end of very video and SUBSCRIBE!
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rusty.gillis (check us out on Facebook!)
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www.gillisrestorations.com
(727) 847-7983
#GillisRestorations
rusty.gillis (check us out on Facebook!)
rusty@gillisrestorations.com
www.gillisrestorations.com
(727) 847-7983
1969 Mustang 351 Mach1 - DELIVERY DAY!
As anyone will tell you who's ever restored a classic Mustang, it's a journey of love, surprises, learning, delays, and yes, heartbreak too! This car came to us through the Mustang Club of Tampa and a friend of mine who's a member, I'm also a member. We always tell people to be ware of shiny paint and owners should know that this '69 Mach 1 Mustang when it was all said and done had to have almost ALL of the sheet metal replaced! Some surprises included an undercarriage that was so rusted out it was unsafe to drive, replacing the Complete floor from the firewall to the taillight panel. The biggest surprise was the original rusted out quarter panel with Mach 1 stripe UNDERNEATH THE QUARTER PANEL that was now rusted out!! Someone had done some funky body work for sure! Brian actually caught that one early on because the measurements were off a bit. However, as we all know, things work out in the end when you have the kind of expert team we have at GPR who stick with it and do whatever is necessary to make it right! On Saturday Steve was waiting in his front yard when we pulled up to his house, excited and ready! He'll be installing the upholstery himself along with a few other finishing touches, 'cause he's a car guy!! We hope you'll be on the lookout for Steve and his Mustang at a car show very soon because he's ready to show her off! Thank you Steve! May you have many years of enjoyment with your "new" Mustang!
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GILLIS PERFORMANCE RESTORATIONS LLC
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Website: www.gillisrestorations.com
Email: rusty@gillisrestorations.com
Address: 6330 Pine Hill Rd. #7, Port Richey, Fl. 34668
Phone: (727) 847-7983
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GILLIS PERFORMANCE RESTORATIONS LLC
Facebook: rusty.gillis (Check us out on Facebook!)
Website: www.gillisrestorations.com
Email: rusty@gillisrestorations.com
Address: 6330 Pine Hill Rd. #7, Port Richey, Fl. 34668
Phone: (727) 847-7983
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1973 Mustang 351 Restoration
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This 1973 Mustang 351 Restoration will be painted back to it's original blue with no vinyl top, and we'll be replacing the automatic with a 5 speed transmission. The car's been in the family for 49 years. It looks like it has had some major bodywork some time after May 2008 because it had a "new" left front fender. It had body damage in both doors, and a new rear valance. The Mustang had been p...
1968 Mustang Restomod
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This Mustang was a Coupe that had been made into a Fastback Eleanor over 10 years ago in California, and unfortunately they hadn’t done a good job. On this build project we’re doing a lot of custom work and in this 6th episode we're getting her ready to actually take to the Mustang Club of Tampa's annual car show where she got rave reviews! Hope you'll subscribe to our channel! Here's some of w...
1966 Restomod Mustang restoration final episode
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Each and every build project we do at Gillis Performance Restorations is special, but this one turned out absolutely magnificent!! When I look at all the pictures I hardly know what to say except I can't believe we built it! Possibly the reason I enjoyed it so much was because of the fun we had doing all the custom work! Here are just a few things you'll see in this final episode! Again, ENJOY!...
1968 Mustang GT Restoration #5
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This is our 5th episode of this restoration project, here are a few words from the owner. He found his Mustang GT Fastback on Craigslist in 2012. The ad said it was a "Red Fast Back 4 Speed- Needs Paint" but it had no pictures. He called within 30 minutes and the owner said he was the 3rd person to call - he said he’d purchased it in the early 80's and didn't do much with it, he was retiring an...
1966 Restomod Mustang #4
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This is our forth of five episodes of what will be an absolutely magnificent 1966 Restomod Mustang! Today you’ll see a lot of custom work, so stay to the end to see the finished car! Here is just some of today’s work... * Body sanded, seam sealed, and painted * Laying out and painting Shelby Snake Stripes * Undercarriage sprayed with bedliner * Wet Sanded with 1000, 1500, 2000, and 2500 grit sa...
1966 Restomod Mustang #3
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This is our third of five episodes of what will be an absolutely magnificent 1966 Restomod Mustang! Today you’ll see a lot of custom work, so stay to the end to see the finished car! Here is just some of today’s work... * Drip Rails Removed * Modifying fiberglass rear bumper * Test fitting 302 Engine * Lining up Stang-Aholics front valance * Filler between the lines PLEASE SUBSCRIBE! www.youtub...
1966 Restomod Mustang Restoration #2
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This is our second of five episodes for what will be an absolutely magnificent 1966 Restomod Mustang. Today you’ll see a lot of custom work, so stay to the end to see the finished car! Here is just some of today’s work... * Modifying for Frenched Taillights * Flaring the Quarter Panels and Fenders * Exhaust Cut Out from 1967 GT * Deck Lid cut to clear Taillight * Shelby End Cap Shortened * Rod ...
1966 Restomod Mustang
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We actually connected with this car when the owner was having a 289 engine rebuilt at another shop. He wanted us to install Mustang II front suspension, and we were in for a big surprise when we started sanding the engine compartment which you will see. The owner’s wife didn’t like the color, so next they asked us to paint the car. When we started sanding we found a lot of rust that had been re...
1968 Mustang GT 390 Restoration
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This is our 4th episode of this restoration project, here are a few words from the owner. He found his Mustang GT Fastback on Craigslist in 2012. The ad said it was a "Red Fast Back 4 Speed- Needs Paint" but it had no pictures. He called within 30 minutes and the owner said he was the 3rd person to call - he said he’d purchased it in the early 80's and didn't do much with it, he was retiring an...
1968 Restomod Mustang
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This Mustang was a Coupe that had been made into a Fastback Eleanor over 10 years ago in California, and unfortunately they hadn’t done a good job. While he was driving the car, the owner was in an accident so he took it to another shop where they replaced the wrecked quarter panel and installed Mustang ll front suspension. The owner wasn’t happy with their progress so he brought it to us. We’r...
1969 Mustang 428CJ Mach 1
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This 1969 428 Cobra Jet Mustang was purchased on Bring a Trailer and is a rare car. It was an INTRODUCTORY SHOW UNIT that the District Sales Office diverted to the Dallas Memorial Auditorium for the show per the original Ford invoice. All the show units were built the same. R code 428 CJ, C6 automatic transmission, 3.50 traction - loc rear axle, power steering, drum brakes, Candyapple red with ...
1965 Shelby GT350 Mustang Tribute
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This 1965 Shelby GT350 Mustang Tribute had very shiny black and silver paint when we got it, but you won't believe what is underneath! The inner structure had so much rust the only way to repair it was to get Dynacorn quarter/door frame assemblies. My advice is always, if you're going to buy a restored car, please be sure you have complete and thorough documentation of the entire build project!...
1978 Trans Am Restoration#3
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This is our third episode of this 1978 Trans Am Restoration. Dan is the original owner of this 1978 Trans Am. It looks great in the original photos but he lived in Wisconsin so there was rust! It had been repainted once and was started to bubble up in a few places and he wanted the rust fixed before it got really bad. Check out all three episodes on this classic, it's going to be a beauty! #pon...
1968 Mustang GT 390 4 speed Restoration
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This is our third episode of this restoration project, here are a few words from the owner. He found his 1968 Mustang GT Fastback on Craigslist in 2012. The ad said it was a "Red Fastback 4 Speed- Needs Paint" but it had no pictures. He called within 30 minutes and the owner said he was the 3rd person to call - he said he’d purchased it in the early 80's and didn't do much with it, he was retir...
1969 Mustang 428CJ Mach1 Boss302 test car bought from Hubert Platt NHRA SS/GA National Record Holder
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1969 Mustang 428CJ Mach1 Boss302 test car bought from Hubert Platt NHRA SS/GA National Record Holder
1965 Mustang - Detroit Speed Front Suspension Installation
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1965 Mustang - Detroit Speed Front Suspension Installation
Rusty's Fab Shop Tour at GPR where we restore Mustangs
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Rusty's Fab Shop Tour at GPR where we restore Mustangs
1969 Mustang Cobra Jet Drag Car Start up, History on the Race Car, Engine Specs and changing the oil
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1969 Mustang Cobra Jet Drag Car Start up, History on the Race Car, Engine Specs and changing the oil
Damn, that's almost the same color as mine.
Acapulco blue with 6 coats of clear
@@gillisrestorations mine is Lapis blue, and was painted around 1999. It's due for a refresh though.
Where are the mach 1 stripes?
I like the clean look without stripes. The owner may want them added later
Glorious work. Sublime craftsmanship by Rusty and Team. Congratulation to the owners. Respect from Fiji. God Bless you all in Jesus' Name.
Thank you, I really enjoy bringing them back from the dead.
What a “victory lap”! Congrats Steve, beautiful car. 🎉
It was a lot of fun delivering it to Steve!!
That came out beautiful. But wouldn't that oil pan mod weaken the crossmember?
In have the same car with a 289 engine. Does the cost depend on the condition of the car?
Restoration work is by time and materials.
How much is the total cost for a project like this?
A lot of $$$$$
Awesome build... How did you convert it to 5 lug?
8" rear end from 1965 Mustang. Front 5 lug brake disc kit for a Mustang ll suspension.
How cool is that? My dad was the Service Manager at Grant Ford during the time you speak of. Red Redmond. Dad put the Flying Horse together and raced it for a couple of years. I remember a bunch of the guys that worked there way back when. I just bought a 69 Mach 1 I'm restoring (not to perfect...street car with some power 351W roller motor and a tremec 5 speed and rack and pinion). It was a basket case but in very good shape. Almost zero rust. Pete Hannon was my dad's best friend and the two of them built the Flying Horse. I'm a corporate pilot but still have a love of Mustangs. Should warn ya...I have a 99 corvette too...hehe Dad hooked up with a 67 Custom with a 427 daytona motor. Very fast car for the day. They also raced a 65 Mercury Cyclone. I have a 65 404 with a hot motor and 5 speed too. Very quick car. I happened across your vid by accident.
I traveled with Pete and the Flying Horse C/S Mustang. I don't think Red ever drove it. Bill (worked in service) started driving it and then Rasco (salesmen). That was my 1967 427 Custom, I ordered it and it was delivered December 1966. I blew up the engine with 872 miles on it. Red fixed it and Dad sold it to him. It would go 100 mph in second gear.
@@gillisrestorations Dad married Pete's daughter Nancy. She was under 18 when he hired her in his office and she just stopped running fast enough. Pete did not talk to my dad for like 40 years. Nancy died a few years ago with dementia. They were married 38 years together. I forgot about Rasco but remember him. Dad did drive the car a few times...nothing permenent. Pete ran a crane and used to unload the hydroplane at lake magori which I took part in. He knew me and it took a long time for him to talk to me. He died with dementia too. I owned Frontrunner Marine for several years....barely kept my head above water. No pun intended. hehe That 427 was a frikin beast man! The starliner was the ultimate sleeper. 3 speed with overdrive. I LOVED it when dad got on it! I was about 13 or 14. I made it on my own without my dad just fine but he never gave me time of day. I got a black belt and got in the karate' biz...big mistake. Got my pilot license and that wasn't a big mistake! hehe My sister went into the Coast Guard for 23 years and then went to work for NASA for 19 years. We've both done pretty well. Eileen lives in Citrus Park near Ocala near my mom. Still love hot cars and motorcycles though! Now I can afford them a lot easier....hehe I've never ran my Comet...I suspect low 13's. If I run it I can't lie about it any more...hehe
Approximately how many man hours went into the car to get it to this stage? You not only “fixed’ the old coupe, you made a much cooler car!
It doesn't take long to get a 1000 hours in a project that requires a lot of rust repair.
Might as well.
Worth more money as a restomod fastback.
You know it. No harm, no foul.
I had a 1975 Ford Mustang II. Red car, white full vinyl top, coupe. That little car got a crazy amount of attention.
I have taken mine to a few car shows with no drive train and have gotten two paint jobs from it.
Nice work. Where is the front nose from?
Thanks. The nose came from Stang-aholics. We used it on a red 1965 Mustang years ago and a photo is on their website. At this time we have another one in our shop that will have that nose.
Gorgeous!! Well done. Best wishes from Fiji.
Thank you, Rusty
You all do beautiful work.
Thank you, Rusty
Nice to see you here. I have followed your work on the SPI forum for years. I just sibscribed.
Thank you. I have thousands of photos of a lot of different projects and thought it would be good to share.
GORGEOUS!!. What craftsmanship. I dare say this is the best year and bodystyle to display the crisp lines and fitment of these artisanal metalworkers. This beauty when finished can hold its own with the Aston Martins of the era and thats saying something. It stole the show for me in the first James Bond.
Thank you. Wait until you see the next two videos. We built this a few years ago and it was featured in Mustang Times.
Beautiful Cobra Jet Mustang. Sounds Healthy Thanks for showing the video.
A new cowl, yet the vents got covered. Had to be by request from the owner. Your shop does absolutely amazing work! So thorough, and meticulous. If I ever need paint and body work on my 68 GT, I know where to go! However, I bought my Acapulco Blue Deluxe 68 GT in 1989 from the original owner. Never needed much more than a respray. Love watching your videos, and the music isn't bad, also.
The cowl had rust. Will have aftermarket AC and they have you cover the cowl vents under the dash. No it was my idea. I did it on my 1968 Coupe. I will let my wife know. She has a hard time with the music.
Hopefully one day I will be confident enough to try this... Excellent video! I could spend hours watching videos like this!
I came up with the idea and Brian perfected it. It takes time but not that hard to do. The nice thing is you can make the flare as big as you want.
Thank you for saving this beauty!
It's a lot of work, but really enjoy bringing them back to life.
Just found this channel. Nice work! Good seeing great blue oval content
I'm glad you found our channel. We have a lot of Ford projects under construction to share.
Need to see the work being done so i can do it.😁
Watch all the videos. We have two videos at this time on building a fastback. It's a lot of work but if done right it's worth it.
How many hours do you have in the paint work?
I'm sorry I don't know. It was painted awhile ago.
Quick question, how come the inside was only primer and not painted
No need to paint SPI epoxy holds up better than paint and you don't see it.
Hello. The orange paint in the hood.. what kind of paint Is??? Epoxy primer??????
Not really a conversion, but a fastback body shell build!
Well it was a coupe when we started and now it's a fastback
Wow the work you put and so much hidden rust... bet you can't wait to do another 70's Wisonsin muscle car 😅 GREAT WORK +1
I never expected to find that much rust on the undercarriage.
Incredible history of both you and the car!
Thank you
The strike had nothing to do with the retooled reflectors. They would have done it regardless of the strike
Could be all I know is a few things were different after the strike
So how many hours would one expect a professional to charge on completions of all 4 corners?
It's hard to figure. I have never added up the hours from start to finish on just building flares. He is also working on other parts of the car.
Thanks for sharing the pics and videos!
Thank you
Thanks for the quick tour. Hope to see it in person someday.
That was my first attempt. I wish I would have spent more time on some of the projects. In the future we are going to have a video talking about the project and then show slides of the restoration. You can come by anytime, just let me know a few days before. Thanks, Rusty
Wow!! Thats not a restoration its a resurrection! Amazing body work and ouch the hours put into bringing this back. WELL DONE ! 👍
Thank you. We were surprised to find as much rust as we did since it looked good when it came in.
That's not an original color, owner should be drugged behind a 3 legged mule
Amazing work!
Thank you
Outstanding work! I knew a guy who had a blue one ! That car cornered well for its size ..engine was prepared by holman and moody. He moved to california , not sure if hes still around would like to know if he has it yet.
It has to be chilly Red!❤ its a chilly by nature
It will be a bright red when finished.
Hi Rusty! Seeing what you did with the stock gas tank, it reminded me of something someone told me back in the 70's or 80's. The story is that you can supposedly separate the tank top and bottom as you did, but replace the top with another bottom, effectively giving you a 34-gallon capacity. Handy for less station stops on a street car; not so much for drag use. You ever hear of this, or seen it done? Engine sounds great! Wix Gold filter? Thanks!
I have never heard that. I suppose it could be done but you would also have to weld up where the sending unit goes plus you would have a problem with the gas filler neck. NAPA but they say it's made by Wix.
@@gillisrestorations I talked to my super secret source in Cali. He said that the gas tank thing was done on the '65 R-model GT350's. If you do a Google image search for that car, you can see the setup they ran. Very doable. I think the ticket would be to contact Spectra or Sherman and see if they could attach two new lowers together to avoid the hassle of dealing with used tanks. Nobody seems to repro that exact tank presently. Anyway, keep on with the channel! I have base Montego Q, Cyclone CJ Q, Ranchero GT Q, XR-7 R, and two Cobra R's. Some CJ swaps, too! Keep the faith.
Awesome
Thank you
Interesting to see how you jack the car. As an original owner of a 69 CJ, never thought about using a board like you did. Will try that.
I have been doing it that way since 1969. Jack it up on the strut rod bushing brackets.
Incredible work. Does anybody else notice how cheaply these were originally made? Must have been all spot welded, and the paints were crap for it to have rusted so badly. Again, fantastic dedication to you.
They never expected them to last 50 + years. They only had a 1 year 12,000 mile warranty.
New Fan here! chatted with your brother about stereo amps.. and mustangs.. told me to come look and i am GLAD i did.. amazing work!
Beautiful work
Thank you
You did a awesome job making it into a fast back mustang great job
Thank you
Great work! Beautiful car!
Thank you. I have taken this to car shows and it get a lot of attention even without a drive train.
This awesome! My dream car is 64-66 fastback. Currently have a 66 coupe that my son and I will be restoring.
It's a lot of work to convert one to a fastback but it also worth it in the long run.
I have a question. I am doing a complete restoration and coupe to fastback conversion. I’ve never done this before. I’ve done engine work but not sheet metal. I saw you put duraglass on the door where that body line was welded. What would be the purpose for that instead of bondo? Would there be areas that I would need to use that on my build? Just curious because I have seen other videos where the duraglass was used and this is all new to me. I’m actually starting to put mine back together so this would be a good time for me to learn the difference. I also seen someone use it on the welds for the roof. Y’all do really good work. I’m really enjoying your videos. What’s really cool is you do a power point and some of the stuff I have questions on I screenshot so I can go back and look at it when needed. Thank you and keep up the great work!
Bondo absorbs moisture where duraglass doesn't. You don't want any moisture to get in your welds.
Great job I'm in the middle of a restoration on a 1970 Mustang convertible rare factory M code & Mach 1 woodgrain interior also with a 4 speed manual was parked in a barn over 35 years in Tennessee original owner passed in mid 80s daughter kept it for memories but she said its time for a new home and a true Mustang lover like myself to Restore & give it a better life on the road & car shows!! Forgot to mention has only 38k original miles!! I'm never letting this Mustang go!! 👍😎
Sounds like you found a good one. Good luck with your restoration.