WIZARD MECHANIC FROM KARACHI RESTORED A ’65 FORD MUSTANG AND IT ROARS LIKE A BEAST!

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WIZARD MECHANIC FROM KARACHI RESTORED A ’65 FORD MUSTANG AND IT ROARS LIKE A BEAST!
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Pakistan, a country home to millions of talented people has seen diverse work of art since inception. From arts and crafts to technical capabilities, there’s no limit to the vast talent pool people who live here have.


The love of cars in Pakistan is not an unknown myth, whatever has four wheels and an engine can be customized into anything. However, car restoration, a difficult and lengthy process, cannot be seen very easily.


Source: hobbyshobbys.com
One mechanic/car lover from Karachi has done the unthinkable and shown the country that the love of cars can make you do anything, disregarding how much it would cost. Meet Mr. Shakeel Ansari, a renowned mechanic who turned a scrap frame into a monstrous 6000 cc Ford Mustang.


The sick red 1965 Ford Mustang has been restored from scratch and turned into a vehicle that controls eyeballs wherever it goes. The two-tone vinyl combination on the Mustang makes it look like an absolute beast on the streets.

According to Mr. Shakil, he worked on the car from absolute scratch and it is now in a condition that it roars on the streets of Karachi. Shakil claims he has imported even the smallest parts from the original Mustang company.


The left-hand drive, wherever it goes, forces people to ask Mr. Shakil the price of the car and its specifications. However, the brilliant mechanic does not plan on selling the car as it is his hard life’s work. If you’re a car lover in Pakistan and want to do something similar, you know which mechanic to contact.
https://news.parhlo.com/mechanic-karachi-restores-65-mustang/

 

[Path-Finder]

Classic Mustangs are the best.

 

[war&peace]

Pakistani car mechanics are great. They can refurbish an old car and give it new lease of life at a fraction of the cost. Buying a car is expensive in Pakistan but maintenance is really cheap while it is quite the opposite in Europe.

 

[slapshot]

Buying a car is expensive in Pakistan but maintenance is really cheap while it is quite the opposite in Europe.

Seriously... According to my personal experience anything they fix they open five other issues. Your car is good as long as you mange to keep it away from local mechanics.

 

[war&peace]

Seriously... According to my personal experience anything they fix they open five other issues. Your car is good as long as you mange to keep it away from local mechanics.

You may be right but my experience is different: My father had been using Corolla 98 bought new in 1998 till 2016 thanks to the mechanic in his village near Multan. The whole family especially me and my brother kept begging to him to upgrade but he always convinced us not too because of the immaculate condition of his car until it got involved in an accident in 2016 with a motor-tricycle (similar to tuk tuk) and then we almost forced him to buy a Landrover Freelander (which me and my bro gifted him on his birthday), but to our surprise and dismay, the mechanic was able to repair the dinosaur to working conditions .

It still is working fine and used by our driver for transportation in and around the village though our father promised not to sit in that again...

 

[Mugwop]

Pakistani car mechanics are great. They can refurbish an old car and give it new lease of life at a fraction of the cost. Buying a car is expensive in Pakistan but maintenance is really cheap while it is quite the opposite in Europe.

This Pakistani mechanic may be good but most of them are crooks who fix 1 thing and damage another to make more money of their customers.

 

[war&peace]

This Pakistani mechanic may be good but most of them are crooks who fix 1 thing and damage another to make more money of their customers.

I think it has to do with the long villagers' friendship. But the cost of repair in Pakistan is really low as compared to the west though buying a car is easier in the West.

 

[slapshot]

You may be right but my experience is different: My father had been using Corolla 98 bought new in 1998 till 2016 thanks to the mechanic in his village near Multan. The whole family especially me and my brother kept begging to him to upgrade but he always convinced it not too because of the immaculate condition of his car until it got involved in an accident in 2016 with a motor-tricycle (similar to tuk tuk) and then we almost forced him to buy a Landrover Freelander (which me and my bro gifted him on his birthday), but to our surprise and dismay, the mechanic was able to repair the dinosaur to working conditions .

It still is working fine and used by our driver for transportation in and around the village though our father promised not to sit in that again...

Maintaining modern cars is all about the replacement parts and sadly Pakistani market sucks at replacements. The parts are very expensive as the new cars are so what they do they try to repair the parts. This results in a continuous service expense where repaired part will break every now and then. This allows a constant monopoly where you are always spending money on something you should have replaced in first place.

 

[Mugwop]

I think it has to do with the long villagers' friendship. But the cost of repair in Pakistan is really low as compared to the west though buying a car is easier in the West.

That is true the cost of repair is ridiculous in the west. Fixing the radio or bluetooth can cost hundreds of dollars.
Fixing a minor dent thousands of dollars.

 

[war&peace]

Maintaining modern cars is all about the replacement parts and sadly Pakistani market sucks at replacements. The parts are very expensive as the new cars are so what they do they try to repair the parts. This results in a continuous service expense where repaired part will break every now and then. This allows a constant monopoly where you are always spending money on something you should have replaced in first place.

That's true. But it is same here in Sweden too. I have been using an Audi A4 2015 here and its parts are also considered more expensive than VW, Seat, Volvo and even BMW 3-series and of course far more expensive than all Japanese, Korea cars.

Though I have had no issue so far and with it is fully insured but we have something called sjalvrisk to pay here in addition to the insurance.

 

[xyxmt]

That is true the cost of repair is ridiculous in the west. Fixing the radio or bluetooth can cost hundreds of dollars.
Fixing a minor dent thousands of dollars.

Replacing all breaks will cost you 800 dollars, unless like me you know a illegal caribbean mechanic who would come to your home and fix it at half the cost, or if you are a hobbyist like me you can do it yourself under 150

 

[war&peace]

That is true the cost of repair is ridiculous in the west. Fixing the radio or bluetooth can cost hundreds of dollars.
Fixing a minor dent thousands of dollars.

Exactly, that dent removal and paint jobs are really cheap in Pakistan and that's the most common issue there since people are not so careful and drive dangerously close to each other so scratches and dents are not uncommon. In In Europe and USA, either you should own a good garage yourself and self do maintenance or buy a new car every 5-7 years at max.

 

[slapshot]

Replacing all breaks will cost you 800 dollars, unless like me you know a illegal caribbean mechanic who would come to your home and fix it at half the cost, or if you are a hobbyist like me you can do it yourself under 150

Doing it yourself is the best way to do it. If you can read the manual and have the required tools then its not that hard and mostly it will comedown to few nuts and bolts.

 

[Verve]

Pakistan has talent, and lots of it.

However there are very few mechanic I trust and that's for mechanics anywhere! Cowboys abound.

If something can be fixed/replaced myself with a bit of learning, I do it myself. Have recently repaired the hydraulic suspension of the CL500 and saved myself over £2k in labour cost that an independent Mercedes specialist would have charged. Plus $300 Chinese made Star diagnostic has saved multiple times already in diagnosis costs (£75 for each check/visit - rip off!).

Tools tools and tools ... Fire the mechanic and do it yourself.

 

[slapshot]

Pakistan has talent, and lots of it.

However there are very few mechanic I trust and that's for mechanics anywhere! Cowboys abound.

If something can be fixed/replaced myself with a bit of learning, I do it myself. Have recently repaired the hydraulic suspension of the CL500 and saved myself over £2k in labour cost that an independent Mercedes specialist would have charged. Plus $300 Chinese made Star diagnostic has saved multiple times already in diagnosis costs (£75 for each check/visit - rip off!).

Tools tools and tools ... Fire the mechanic and do it yourself.

No body cares about your things like you do yourself. There is learning curve for sure but its not that much if you are looking replace the parts instead of repairing them. In the end it all comes to down to the tools and proper place for maintenance. If you have big enough garage or tool shed then its a hobby worth investing your time.