Meet Rob Reynolds and Andy Cof-
fey, the owners and operators of GT’s
Mustang Shop in Springtown, Texas.
GT’s Mustang Shop is an enterprise
that focuses on the restoration of 1964
1/2 through 1970 Mustangs. Rob and
Andy specialize in the metal work.
They don’t finish a car out, but when
a car leaves their shop the metal work
is incredibly well done.
Of course there’s a back story
here. When my wife Pat and I finally
decided to restore our ‘67 GT500,
67400F4A03179, we didn’t know
where to begin. We hadn’t been active
in motorsports since we stopped drag
racing more than twenty years earlier.
We began by looking in Mustang
magazines and going to local car
shows where the range of opinions as
to who did what, prices and quality
was overwhelming. The opinions and
options were so different we still didn’t
know what to do. In an odd way,
maybe that, in itself, was useful
knowledge.
My thinking was that Pat and I
would do the grunt work and sub out
the specialty work. One thing that
happened very quickly was Pat saying
this was not going to be a husband and
wife team effort. “
No way!
” was she
going down that path. The next real-
ization was that my abilities and facil-
ities were not up to snuff to do the car
the way we wanted it done. With those
basics being settled we started looking
at restoration shops. In short order,
Danny Walker and Mid-Cities Mus-
tang, in Euless, Texas, became the
shop we were interested in.
Having agreed on the path for-
ward, Pat and I visited Mid-Cities, in-
troduced ourselves, and told Danny
what we had in mind. Of course he
does this for a living and was ready to
have the car picked up in a day or two.
Pat and I were still worried about
what he would think once he saw the
car so we badgered him into driving
out to look it over before we did any-
thing. A very polite and patient man,
Mr. Walker obliged our request.
On a rainy October morning,
Danny and Rob came out to look at the
car. Years spent in the Northeast, drag
racing and sitting in various storage
locations had taken its toll. It was still
intact and Danny said it was a good
car to work with, but short of disas-
sembly and media blasting we
wouldn’t know for sure what we faced.
Pat and I couldn’t fault that logic.
What really sold us on Mid-Cities
was Rob’s enthusiasm. He looked at
the car from a dozen angles, walked
around it a few times touching and
rubbing various panels, and looked it
over again. At that point he wasn’t
even trying to hide his enthusiasm;
Rob really wanted to take on our car.
That clinched it: Mid-Cities it was.
Before too long the car was at Mid-
Cities Mustang. We were still learning
the ropes, so Pat and I were Danny
Walker’s first, and probably only, cus-
tomers to ask for a signed receipt for
our car. Again, that polite gentleman
just smiled and went along with us.
Mid-Cities Mustang is a classic
car repair and restoration shop that
specializes in all aspects of the older
Fords and Mustangs, including insur-
ance work, routine maintenance, disc
brake conversions, engine overhauls,
custom body work, full restorations
and paint.
Over the time our car was there
Pat and I spent what time we could at
the shop and came to know Rob and
one of the other guys, Andy, pretty
well. Both spent many, many hours on
3179’s sheet metal and fiberglass. This
series of pictures doesn’t capture
everything they did, but it does offer a
glimpse into the extent of damage that
needed to be repaired. That’s Andy
working on the cowl and floor.
The SHELBY AMERICAN
Summer 2017 68
Sometimes they overlap.
– Bill Devlin