Howard has been planning his latest build for years – he admits his first build of ‘Rock Solid’ in the 1980s was supposed to be a Mustang, but he couldn’t afford the $5000 required to buy a body, so bought a $100 Falcon instead! ‘Sweet Sixty Six’ was conceived to be a driver and although he has adopted plenty of late-model technology for the Mustang, Howard has kept the concept of the car true to the aim of ‘street’. Road-friendly and durable mechanical components include four-wheel disc brakes and suspension by RRS and a 302ci carb-fed Windsor V8 (built by multiple burnout champion Gary Myers) feeding its 385hp to a Tremec TKO five-speed transmission.
“Stuff it, I’m keeping this one forever! I’ve built it to be useful street cruiser with sensible but tough mechanicals. This is really the first car I’ve ever built to suit me, rather than for the judging sheets. It will be used, but is built to what I call a ‘street Elite’ level. This car will be capable of entering in the ‘touring’ classes of tarmac rallies. It’s going to go, stop and handle.”
 
 
Vehicle Specifications:

Car:
1966 Ford Mustang Coupe

Engine:

302 windsor                                                     

Engine Built By:   Gary Myers                                 

Sump:     High energy                                                    

Crank : SVO                                                              

Rods Scat H beams   

Pistons Arias Forged Flat top   10.5                                 

Rings:     Aries                                                             

Camshaft:               Crow Mechanical solid                       

Pushrods:               Crow                                         

Lifters:    Crow                                                                 

Cylinder Heads: World Products Windor Snr             

Rockers:               Yella Terra YT 6610

Platinum twin shaft rockers              

Valves:    World products 2.02 x1.600                         

Valve Springs: Crow Dual                                           

Rocker Covers:               Brodix                                     

Oil Pump:               Hi volume                                                Intake Manifold:         Edelbrok Airgap                

Carb:     Barry Grant 750 Mighty demon manual secondary          

Fuel pump                   edelbrok high volume manual   

Exhaust System:         Extractors and pipes by Howard

Mufflers by Vriflow

Extractors 1 5/8" -1 3/4" -2 1/4" to single 3" Mufflers 2 3" straight through                

Ignition System:               MSD Pro billet Distributor, blaster 2 Coil, MSD 6 Al Ignition 7000 limiter 8.8 MSD leads        

Wiring:  20 Circuit wire loom Installed by Howard terminated by Tom from probag.

Lines:     All lines where possible are hard lines with rubber lines  to body. All Speed flow fittings have been stripped and re anodized In clear for engine bay and black underbody.  Power steering lines are braided covered with black heat shirk to match the rubber

All lines and brakets by Phil Kerjean of FUELWORX SYSTEMS                                                                                                                        

Other Special Items: All engine accessories brackets by Howard             

Radiator/ Surroud  PWR 2 row core assebled By Shauns custom alloy to Howards Design                    

Dyno Horsepower:   385hp @6000  377 ft-lb @4600                                                              


Gearbox:

Tremec TKO five speed

Diff:
Ford nine inch 

Limited slip

3.5 Ratio

Brakes:
RRS four-wheel discs, six and four-piston calipers

Suspenson:
RRS strut front end with power rack and pinion steering, RRS ‘three link’ coil-over rear end

Paint:
PPG Straight tinter

Red D717

Black D789

Silver D767

Interior Highlights:
Front Seats:

  Recaro's from Proton Gt cut and reshaped                                                   

Rear Seats:     Original seat reshaped

Fabrics used: Top shelf vinyl from the states             

Interior Retrimmed By:

Rod lingard of HOT ROD TRIM  

Steering Wheel: Grant wood rim stripped and revarnished                                                  

Dash:      Nissan s15 silvia Crashpad and glovebox. Reshaped by Howard  and plastic welded by Steve of Penrose Motors Unanderra.                                                                              

Gauges: Moon by Classic gauges. All elec mounted Into Silvia cluster with carbon fibre face and led warning lights.                                                                               

Incar Entertainment

The Interior has been lined with ROAD KILL a sound damping material. Covering plenum, firewall, floor, turret and door panels    

Pioneer sound system comprising                           Pioneer AVH P5950DVD Head unit 7” screen

PRS D1100M - PRS D4100F  Amps 1200w plus 150w x 4

        TS D161S– TS D691S Pro series 6” and 6”X 9”

              TS-SW 1241D 12” Slim Subwoofer

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 

Other Notable Features: Fitment of eyelets for clip In harness for track days

Centre mount Lokar handbrake

Retractable belts to all seating positions

XC collapsible column

Removal of grain In all Internal painted areas

Integrated air-conditioning and heating

 

 
 
 
  Sweet Sixty Six Build Photo's | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | paint | trim | final assembly
 
   
Last minute polishing 2am before leaving for Summernats  
   
   
   
This car would not have been Debuted at the summernats without the help of Adam Broomham  (AKA YOGI) manual  
   
   
  More Build Photo's | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | paint | paint| final assembly
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