That ole Mustang just has a old coolness about it

“Doesn’t run very good so I should lower it first”…….you speak my language

Watching guys like you and T. Angelo filter the RK vibes through your own style is fantastic.

I think you need your own pet Turkey lol, Tom was great and love the random Mustang II episode. Never expected it on here, good stuff

You're the king of random vehicles everyone else dismisses as junk. I love it!

Love the Turkey walking around in the shop...

The Turkey was funny made the wife and I laugh. Low rider Mustang, ok that's cool. I'd like to see 4x4 on air bags. But either way man good stuff. Have a good weekend. Like button energized, algorithms stirred.

My buddy had one, 2300 4 banger. They never made power. His had a killer sterio in it, was very dependable. And we had a blast in it in high school in the 1980s. Chasing girls, drinking Little Kings, mullets, the whole 80s vibe. Car brings some memories

Seeing you even slightly struggle, with your skill level, when welding on the ground, under a car, with little to no room.... just made me feel so much better about myself when I struggle trying to do the same LOL

🦅🇺🇸💪😎👍 way cool thanks for the video keep on keeping on

A KZfaq first....a shop turkey! Excellent!

Best part was the turkey stealing your shot! great video, thanks for sharing, really enjoy your channel

These mustangs are special one of a kind❤️

This is Awesome to watch! Old school for the win. Diggit

Such a cool project, car man. Even though it's not a big money, Mustang, it still has the old-school feel, and still have that Rad factor when you're in it. Give it a stage one cut polish, and I bet the paint will come back. The wife and I just brought home a 71 Mustang mach 1 351C C6 fastback, and it's all there. We are going to get the car back on the road, not a full restoration. Just make it safe and drive it.

There's just something neat about those old Mustang IIs! Love the project, good luck with it!

It's inspiring to see one of those around let alone going down the road. They were definitely undervalued.

loved this episode. I hope the turkey becomes a regular LOL

those factory spoke hubcaps are rare to find,they'll make for good swap meet sales. And you may want to replace the timing belt since thats been sitting so long. But thankfully that's a non interference motor if it does break . I do enjoy your projects. keep up the awesome videos Dave

Dave is a master of the safety squint. Also, part of me hopes you make this mustang really cool and it makes everyone want one.

18:50 NAILED IT!! LOL. "Is this crazy or what? I am totally in the PINTO.....in the Mustang 2" Exactly. That's what that car IS! Not that I mind I've owned both before and loved them both! The 1973 Pinto I had was my very first car ever. I bought it when I was just 15. It was a Hoot! That Iron Duke did me no wrong at all and had some pep to it. IMHO from a 15 year old perspective at the time anyway lol! But IMHO TODAY that Mustang is going to need a big honkin A$$ TURBO to be any fun or get you around with any kind of cred LOL.

I’ve always liked this style mustang. When I was in middle school a kid in high school had one with a v8 dropped in it and it was painted jade green with silver flake. Would walk past the high school on the way home and the seniors would do burnouts while leaving. Made me a gear head.

First car was a hand-me-down 78 Mustang II, fastback with t-tops. Silver w/black sport interior and the factory aluminum mags. 4cyl/4spd. I hated that car. I loved that car. I'm missing that car watching this series, as I would love to rock that bad boy right now. So ugly it's cool now! Some killer memories and teenage adventures with that Mouse-stang.

Tom the Turkey..by far the best part! Love your work sir keep it up.🇨🇦🛠️

I've watched you help Derek on a couple of projects at VGG and figured it was time to come on over and start watching your videos. Liked and subscribed and look forward to watching more.

Thought I was seeing things when I spotted Tom in the background from under the car. But nope ! There he was ! You’ve got your work cut out for you though, making that car cool.

Inspirational video! Now I’m fired up to get back into one of my projects over the holiday weekend. It’s cool to see an older car getting on the road without breaking the bank…gives us all hope.

Those old Pinto four bangers will run forever, just like the Jeep 4.0. I had one in a 1979 Mustang. Zero to sixty in never, but it was very reliable.

MAN! This brought back memories. My first car was a ‘75 mustang. (Four years old at the time). I had to sell it 6 years later after my first son was born. I LOVED that car.

You're one of the most talented welders and fabricators I've seen do some very intense projects but it's equally satisfying to watch you cobble together a basic exhaust that comes out mint!

As a kid I've always wanted one. Hopefully I can get one someday

I've NEVER seen old tint come off like that! so satisfying

A clean II, look forward to the progress.

That looks like my wife 1st Mustang in 81-99New Edge still running two Mustangs games n over 4p yrs👍🇺🇸

Great show!

Always loved those mustang IIs, I owned one back in the late 80s early 90s, was a fun car, especially after I swapped the 2.3 4 cylinder with the C3 automatic to a built 302 with a hopped up C4.

I never had love for the Mustang 2, but I believe in the dirthead shed! Bring back the $100-500 beaters!

Love this car Dave! Will make a sweet cruiser! There's a lot of things you can do with that 2.3!

Old Grant steering wheel, had one on my 79 notchback. Been a long time...Crazy eyes came from all that POWER!

My mom had one of those when I was a kid. Prime red gray. I’ve always dug those Mustang 2s

I've never been a fan of those, but as I've gotten older, and as much as I hate new cars, I'm thrilled to see you putting it back on the road. I saw a guy out in a 74 Pinto Wagon last week, and I was genuinely excited to see it out, and I never really liked those either. I guess getting old changes your/my viewpoint.

I've had a bunch of these Mustangs. I've always been a fan of the Mustang II's. That one looks pretty solid. I like it. It looks like a cool project. If you plan to drive it much you might want to throw a washer and nut on your driver side transmission crossmember bolt. It would run better if you rebuilt the carb. And a low pressure electric fuel pump would save a lot of cranking to get it started.

Dave, I think you found your newest cohost. Turkey Tom is a great mascot.

I have a 78 Cobra II...I love these cars

That II is in pretty good shape for its age. Not all rusted out.

The 2.3 was a great running little engine. I had an 80s ranger with one and I beat on it for a couple years and it never gave me a lick of trouble.

This video was fun! I had a 1976 mach I with a 302. I got tired of trying to convince my wife that it was a cool car😂so sold it. BTW cars always run better when lowered. Thanks for the vid!

Great video, I’ll subscribe and start watching. That said it’s a Mustang II, shouldn’t let it rot!

I love those. My dad had one with a 302 in it. Those tiny tires never stood a chance 😅

Would love a 2.3 manual. Great balance and perfect for building up a nice turbo charged motor.

Sweet! Maybe I'm weird but I've always liked the Mustang II's. I especially love the whitewalls and smoothies - I had a Celica when I lived in Washington with the same look.

You would've been miles ahead if you'da cut a wrap out. Heating them never works out... long term or short. My bro had a 74 Mustang II back in 87. Lowered it, primed it n filled the backseat with 15" woofers. Glad you're giving this Mustang II some TLC

This project rules, Dave! Watched every episode of DED and I'm so glad that you're still going here on KZfaq. Keep it up! I daily a '95 YJ Sahara so the Jeep updates are especially appreciated.

"It doesn't run very good so I'll start with lowering it" literally lol_ed that was great

some days I look at mine and I second guess how cool if at all it will be..... but it is fun to tinker with it

Rule #1 about a project/daily driver…..make it safe 1st…. “brakes didn’t work right for a minute “if your planning on driving it to work tomorrow that should have been the 1st thing you took care of….. besides that it’s a cool ride and I wish you luck with it

Dave that is a really nice and rust free Mustang 2 ,,,, Unbelievable,,,, almost all of them have the front fenders are rusted and more…. Awesome

That's one big ass turkey!

Welding an exhaust under a car that's just a few inches above your chest sucks and I have done way too many times, but if that's all you can do that's what you do . Lol it's going to be a cool little Mustang 2 👍

Great show

Tom the angry turkey stole the show!

Always a big fan of them mustang ll

I wish I had a such a chill turkey as that.

Tom the Angry Turkey is great! My motorcycle got ran over once and the tow yard had a guard turkey. It was a big, aggressive tom and they hadn’t had a theft since they’d got him. That was over a year! They had to walk me out to it with a big push broom and one dude refused to go out their anymore!

I love this!

This will be sick once it’s on the ground! Keep it up!!

This is becoming such an excellent show as you find your groove. It started out great, but it's getting even better.

Raddest mustang builder alive

Dirthead Dave's Driveway Exhaust Shop and Turkey Farm. Sounds like a new business idea to me!

Dude!!! that Toyota mini truck @5:00 is RAD!!

Great job man I love watching your episodes such a cool guy

You've done it again! Always the man that just makes rad stuff out of what others wouldn't look at! Great work homie

Awesome! I like it. I saw one a few years back that someone had put the Cobra decal kit on the Gia like this one. Looked pretty good.

My first girlfriend had a 1993 ford escort GT. It had the same starter… that sound took me back lol. It’s weird how cars I hated back in the day are now suddenly cool.

Glad to see someone else has a heated coil spring method like mine, my first heated springs on a 92 s10 squeaked and rubbed the shock because I heated 2 on the same side, got another set of coils and did across and they sat straight and got a lot of miles on them before traded for a 99 sonoma and did same thing and put 300k and gave truck to a kid down the road from me who needed a vehicle for college, I was always told you can't do that they will break I haven't yet

This episode was fantastic! Turkey made me laugh. I've found myself in the same situation with my turkey. Loving the variety of content

I was sad after they axed DED, had no idea you started your own channel. Glad I found it!

I always have to pull out the seats and carpet, it makes it so much better to clean them out right away, knock all the gross out of it

I have one almost just like it, I plan on starting on this summer on my channel, I'm droping an old 302 in it, man finding one with hardly any rust is great, I'll be watching

Nice safety squints. But hats off to you, welding is not easy in general let alone on the floor with little room.

I was surprised that 4 banger could turn those 14`` tires . Thank You for sharing your video, and bringing us along . Have a Safe & Happy Memorial Day !

If you can't tell, we, your loyal viewers, heavily invested in this build haha. This is what KZfaq is about. Cars we can all find and build, and The Real World Tech to do it

4:42 this could not sound more like an old tractor 😂😂😂 4 cylinders of fury lmao!!

Liking this series, Really looking forward to you figuring out the vacuum leak in the carb. Ya know a turbo Thunderbird engine and 5 speed would bolt right in :)

She has potential to be cool! Nice work Dave

Fast cheap and fun . That's the shirt i want.

We used to work on and race Pintos and Mavericks back in the day. They shared alot of parts with the Mustang 2's. Pretty cool seeing this build! Look forward seeing how it turns out!

Looks very similar to my Mustang II, color and all. Mine is in much better shape though. I bought it brand new in 1977. It has the V8, not the 4 cylinder. It sits in my garage and gets driven once a month now. As I live in Texas and the AC does not work, it is not fun to drive in the summer(overheating has also been a summer issue here). Due to 1970s quality control and the primitive emissions equipment, it has always had a stalling problem when cold.

Very Nice 👍👍

Turkey and the dog, stole the show.

Amazing that Mustang II is pretty good shape for the age. I haven't seen one in years because not many people tried to save them because they were so unpopular. I have never been a Mustang guy but I have to admit that actually looks kind of cool.

Nice to see some content on a Mustang ll. Rarely see these cars on any of the big name channels. The lima motors especially the 2.3 is an awesome motor. If you're really keen on making this a nice little daily to go back and forth to work, cruise, and take to meets, I really recommend getting a Racerwalsh Oval Port intake and putting in a Holley 350 two barrel or a Sniper EFI on that motor. I personally run the same setup on my 83' Ranger 4x4 with the same 2.3L although it being a cannon port head. It was an easy swap and it made the engine run so much better and I had a big boost in MPG. I deleted all my emissions related components including Smog pump, EGR, Cat, and all the crappy vacuum emissions stuff left over from the stock factory carb. I've put almost 15k miles on the setup and it's never let me down. Only thing I had to fiddle with was the jets when it dropped temperature dramatically where I live. Really recommend the swap considering it'll yield you positive results in all aspects like MPG, reliability, more efficiency, etc.

I've always liked that year Mustang. I think it has a nice look to it!

So happy to see someone giving my old high school rig some love! Mine was a 75 white exterior red interior 2.8 V6 4 speed

Jive turkey and rubber buggy baby bumpers came to mind watching this.

I’ve always felt that the huge orange turn signal in the taillights just ruined the rear 1/4 view of these cars. But after seeing what guys from a vw group use to do, I think that car could benefit from painting the orange red. What the VW guys use to do. Was buy Candy Apple Grape Testors model paint and spray the whole tailgate. It would turn the orange red, but when it lit up with a bulb, still had a orange tint to it. I think that would help restore the rear Mustang like all red tails.

Those wheels look great on the car, a classic look old school is always cool. A month ago I ordered gloss black 15" d slot wheels, chrome center caps ,and lugs for my wj . my buddy's all thought it would look horrible, but I stuck to my gut and those wheels with some mud lug tires look great. Ive got alot of compliments and next up is the 2.5 rough country spring lift ,unless you could recommend a better option .Good luck with the mustang build.

Got it looking and sounding better. Looks like it runs pretty good. Nice KZfaq video.

“It doesn’t run very well so I think we should lower it first.” My mindset exactly. May not run well but it will look cool dang it lol!!

My first car was a used up 78 mustang 2 and I really liked it, I put a 302 from a 69 maverick grabber and some other stuff in it. But for some reason it seemed everyone else didn't like that year of mustang.