Mustang parts

silver campaign

Well lads and lassies,
I'm new to this forum,
I'm in the process of diggin out my dads low mileage 74 mustang from the back of the garden.
I want to know where I can pick up some parts for it, mainly cosmetic like badges and trim etc.,
Any help woul be much appreciated.

dubtom

Two sites that are good www.nationalpartsdepot.com and www.californiamustang.com.

Both will do everything you can think of for a mustang although I personally find california cheaper for delivery. They will send by usps, post basically, where npd will send by courier unless you specifally ask for post.Both have advantages obviously, post is cheaper but takes longer etc.If I recall correctly NPD require that you call because your abroad,but you order online with california.Good luck with the car, hope to see you around if your in Dublin.

mustang68

NPD have a pretty good selection of things, their catalogue is very good and they give good advice, things like: "you don't need to get one of them". california is better for shiney stuff.

Has the car been sitting up for long, any pictures?

Plenty of Mustang owners here to help.

silver campaign

Cheers lads,
I'll have a look at both of those sites.
It's been sittin up a good while.
Dare I say maybe ten years??
I don't know much about them to be honest, I'm more of a VW man.
I'm not even sure exactly what model it is. I'll get some pictures up when I get a chance.
Are there any owners clubs, or do ye ever meet at shows or anything..

dubtom

There are plenty of shows in the summer months and I'd never turn down the chance of a spin in mine;) There should be a plate on your drivers door and your windscreen, if you get the numbers it can tell you details of the car, if you post them up here I'll have a look in my book.

mustang68

Where are you, if your not far from Dublin I'd love a look, just to see what a car that has been away for ten years was like. I have another mustang friend who would be more mechanical then me.

Is it running ok?

silver campaign

I know the Vin no. is
1fabp28380f111841.
I'll see what else i can find...

It's white with red interior. It was acquired by the American embasy in Dublin from a German base and registered in 1974. Thats about as much as I know as regards the history without checkin with my dad.
I know it was mechanically perfect before it was left lyin, don't know what it's gonna be like to be honest.
I'm in Longford by the way.
Cheers for yer help by the way.
I emailed those places, just waitin to here back....

mustang68

Ahhh, the Mustang II, like this

The VIN didn't return anything when I ran it though the decoders, I wonder what its history was, I'd say it was very intresting. Might be worth doing a proper VIN search for it.

I wouldn't rush to order shiny parts if you haven't started it yet, you may need to by engine things and you can save on postage by ordering together.

think that there was another thread here about starting a car that has been off the road, essentially change fluids and take a look at the engine to make sure it turns freely, and clean out the fuel lines and carb.

Eric318

Hello folks, itz seems to me that the Ford Mustang has been a rather popular car in Ireland: there seems to be lots of them around. Any particular reason for that? Just curious.

silver campaign

Thats the one, do you know if there are many of them in Ireland
Yea, I'll check what is needed in total before I order anything.
Where can you do a proper VIN search

dubtom

My book only has codes from 64-73, your vin with letters for the 3rd and 4 th digits are different to 64-73. The first digit would be the year as in 1=71, second digit a letter, F= dearborne. The next two are numbers on mine, which denote bodytype, but yours are letters. So it would seem that a completly different system was used from 74 up.A search on Mustang vin codes came up with this

which is completly different to yours, maybe check somewhere else on the car, the windscreen,drivers door,should be several badges there, or under the bonnet, the vins could have been moved for later models. It's important to have and decode the vin because it tells you everything you need about the car, engine, colour,interior trim.