Factory Restore or Restomod?

[Blue77]

Hi all, noobie here; but if you don't mind I'm going to jump right in...

Ok, i'm getting my mustang up to the house this weekend (poor baby has been neglected long enough). I need to decide what I'm going to do with her. I'm either going to restore to factory, or restomod.


The car is a 1973 Mustang Mach I, with that, it almost seems a shame to do anything but a factory restore. The problem is parts, since it is so 'rare' a body style, it is almost impossible to get parts for it. Doing custom 'restores' only go so far (you can't do custom interiors that look EXACTLY like the origional, esp since there is almost NO chance of finding an intact factory origional to copy).

I'm really torn. I would love to do a factory restore, but then the HP and suspension are VERY limited (post '69-'70 the same engines took a real nose dive as far as HP went (due to fuel and emissions issues), and they weren't quite there for performance suspsensions either).

What are your opinions?