Smugmug, huh?

Sounds like one of your companies.




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I prefer Picasa. Easy to use and friendly to visitors.

Coyote 8 stack

Matt wow the car looks great I love the low slung look how I missed this thread I don't know it looks great the only thing this thread is more pictures!!!!! its like reading text books in school bla bla bla show us more pictures just kidding keep up the great work and pick a ford motor perhaps a twin turbo v6 would fit better then the 4 valve super huge new ford motors, but you can also do a little more back tracking and cutting to get this to fit as well you have the skills and your making us proud already so don't stop now!!!:thumbsup: :thumbsup:

Thanks Eric! Glad you're enjoying watching this car come together. I cut out the shock towers this week, so I should have plenty of space for a big fat mod motor. I would move the engine back a couple inches, but I don't think it would fit under the cowl. :_paranoid

So lengthen the hood and move the whole cowl and firewall back. We do it all the time. Makes it look nice.

But, but... that would involve putting a Chevy style cowl hood on it, and at that point I might as well just throw a Chevy motor in it. I'm also not sure that my current builder is talented enough to fabricate that to an aesthetic and functional level that I would be happy with. I've heard there are some guys out in Bakersfield, and... Damn it, I'm at a loss for Bakersfield jokes at the moment.

Ok, got things working with photobucket on my computer. I went to upload photos and realized I had been slacking on progress. I also realized I'm not a prolific picture taker like others on here. There are lots of different parts of the build that I took pictures of, but most of the time I failed to capture either the beginning, middle, or end of each little sub project. :lol:

The drip rails had little patches of rust, and while it would have been easier to shave them off, I really wanted to leave behind as many classic elements of the car as possible. On my Camaro I wanted to incorporate a bit of a modern grand touring vibe to an old muscle car, but on the Mustang I'm try to stay away from a flashy car show custom type of look. So, off I went making new section of the drip rails. It probably took me 25 plus hours to get the shape right so that the trim would fit. At this rate, I need to hire a pro if I ever want to finish.

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Next I had to replace the "rear cowl panel." the edge around the glass, as well as the metal under it was all rusted out and everything underneath had to be made from scratch. I need to give a hat tip to Craig of Paradise Wheels in San Marcos for lending me some original fastback glass to test fit. Craig owns and maintains vintage race cars, (mostly Shelbys). If you're in the area, his shop is worth dropping by.

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Finally with the main parts of the body in primer, it was time to work on the front of the car. I've always like the the Shelby "R" valance, but have also been bothered by the fact that it looks to awkardly cluttered with holes. So, how does one go about making it better? By adding Camaro parts, of course!
I started with the old busted up fiberglass Marquez Design '69 Camaro front valance. I cut out everything but the rounded mounting ring, which I used to locate the park lights, and then filled in the rest with fiberglass/Fiberal. For the amount of space I needed to fill (3.5" max) the fiberal was more than strong enough, and much easier to sculpt with than fiberglass.

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Right now the front end is back off the car so that I can install the aluma-frame. When it goes back together the BOS body shop with clean up where I left off, get everything to a presentable level of fit and finish and prime it!

Matt

So happy to see you're not just another pretty face!


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