Looking good MAtt! Can I drive this one when it is done.. since you have already let me drive the SHelby.. :D

Matt it looks great!! you had it all fabed up on that side when I was there. Would love to see it in person now. Awesome job!

Pretty impressive Matt! :thumbsup:

I like the wheel choice matt, I went to look at the next Gen stuff and one thing lead to another and well....... without starting some big debate or argument on driverz inc, did you buy those wheels recently and if so where? thats all just want to wheel shop some more.

Matt

That just keeps looking better :thumbsup:

That is going to be one sweet Mustang :D

Get a windsor based stroker with dry sump and you're ready to rock.


:cheers:

I like it!:thumbsup:

I know its a little early but have you given much thought to color? This combo actually looks pretty nice. Kind of a monochromatic, silver grey kind of look.

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I dunno Cris, how good are you at buffing cone rash off of clear bra?

Still up in the air on that one Rob. I want a nasty old school motor, but I also think I might want to drive this car across the country, and a blown mod motor would be great for that.

Matt

I've actually been thinking color all along. There are a couple light silvers with some interesting fine pearls, that look really slick, which I like. However, I'm leaning towards a twist on the iconic Shelby white and blue color scheme. I'm going for more of a vintage vibe than on my last build, so I'm probably going to have to stay clear from thousands of tones of grays I like. :lol:

Matt

A project name your wife will like: "50 shades of Gray!" :rofl:

Brilliant! Think about it next time your massaging those swollen fenders. :unibrow:

Don't have a wife. I started this Mustang a couple months after the girl very near and dear to me moved across the country. Coincidence... maybe, but it's not what you'd think. She has been in town recently and really wanted to stop by BOS to see the Mustang. Then she asked where the Camaro was because she missed it, so we had to drive down the street to say hi to it. She was dismayed to find that it currently has no engine. (I should mention now that I once asked if it was loud and annoying, and she said no - can you believe that?). After Visiting the Camaro she wanted to brew a batch of beer together (her choice was an English IPA). Oh, and she stopped by to make some sourdough bread today. It gets baked tomorrow, thanks to some obscenely long recipe from a bakery up in Dave's neck of the woods. Yes, I helped, and yes I compensate for partaking in such domestic activities by owning obnoxious muscle cars :lol:

Honestly, I need opinions. Should I just give up now and resign myself to life as a dorky, obsessed, car building, "racing Monk?" What are my odds at finding another woman that shows interest in, and enjoys said cars, is intelligent, attractive, funny, and brews beer, etc. etc? The only other woman, who I ran into at a car show, who genuinely liked my car, genuinely liked my car, and showed it way more interest than either myself, or the guy who later claimed to be her boyfriend. I cannot utter upon Lateral-G any of the things she said she wanted to do to my car. Just know, whatever is being posted in Ron's thread about trannys and shafts and, well I won't go on. In any case, none of that holds a candle to the things she talked about doing to my Camaro. No amount of clear bra, or instant detailer, or cleaner wax, would ever be able to make things right again.

I really wish I could say that either part, or all of this little story was either embellished, or fabricated, but the truth is, well... sometimes all you can say is that the truth just is.

Matt

Uhh Matt and why do you let this "friend" of yours live across the country?? Sounds like you need to keep her close to you!!!

Honestly my friend, my advice is stop looking!

I was president of the "He Man Woman Haters Club" after my divorce... single Dad of two girls... didn't date as a rule. Put my girls and my military career first. It worked, got both girls thru high school and college successfully, rose to the top of the ranks and got good at being alone.

Just when I swore I'd never get married or have kids again, I met my beautiful young bride! We now have to incredible little boys together and I've never been happier!!!

Last night after putting the boys to bed she said simply "What are you going to do in the garage tonight while I read my book?" She loves my car... loves the way it sounds with 3" dumps... loves the friends I've made in the hobby... and encourages me to spend time in my man cave.

They are out there my friend, stop looking... she'll find you! :yes:

She didn't feel like there were good opportunities to pursue a career of art and photography in San Diego. I've been given the really great opportunity to do what I want right now, which is something I couldn't have imagined even five years ago, and while I told her I didn't want her to leave, the last thing I'm going to do is tell her should stick around with me if it really interferes with pursuing her passion.

Matt

Is it time to start a Relationships 101 thread?

Im not going to touch this myself. Im lucky to have my wife and family and I couldnt tell you how it happened.

This is something I'd actually be somewhat interested in seeing come together - I've had my fair share of interesting relationships and am now starting to wonder if I'll ever find anyone sane enough to get married to!

Back on track - the fastback looks GREAT! I'll have to stop by BOS in the next few weeks when I finally move back to SD. Figures I find out about all the cool car places after I move away for a year!

Well, first of all, if you want an opinion about a woman, you should know us by now---:ttiwop:

:D

In all seriousness Matt, I'm no Dr. Phil, but I met my wife in college in a class that I needed for a science credit(not my major). The only reason I took the class was because my adviser said it would be an easy science class for me, turns out it was the only "C" I got in college. I did meet my wife there though, so it was worth it in the long run. We have been together for 15 years now, so I guess everything happens for a reason. A bonus is that my wife likes cars and understands my passion for all things automotive. When she wanted to help me change the oil on my car in college I knew that was a good sign.;)
Good luck to ya man.

It might be a trick. Take her to the movies and pull the pop corn trick. See how she reacts then report.

Corey, you're not helping me out here, man. We met at an art class in college our senior year because both of us figured we had enough time to minor in something fun. :lol: For a minute I thought, you know, I do have a picture that might be appropriate. It shows her, in a small gallery where we went to college, facing away from the camera looking at a series of photos she took for a project photographing decay El Toro. I thought, this picture seems relevant, however without seeing her face, she would be kept safe from potential Facebook stalkers. I'm looking at you Doug, since I know we are Facebook friends :lol:

On a side note, Don't wander off at El Toro, not even to sneak in a little apple pie after RTTC. I went to help photograph the abandoned buildings, even if you have a permit. It is downright eerie. There is so little outside noise that you can hear every creak, rattle, clunk, or groan of the old hangers. You never know what noise is coming from where, and it is easy to confuse the noises for footsteps. There were a couple times I thought we were in the same building when we weren't. Some former marines say parts of the complex is haunted. :unibrow:

I'm pretty sure the popcorn trick would not have an impact on things because she is already scheduled to leave on the next flight out of town tomorrow.

Is there some type of subscribe you can do to this thread that will notify me when all this soft message in a bottle romance crap is done? This is getting all drawn out like Mario's thread, Doom, who is not trying to have a front fender unveiling. Just find a pix of Megan Fox and post it up. All this sappy crap is making my wife want to read my latg.

Haha

:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

Seems like we are safe as of tomorrow night.:D

I'll post it up shortly for everyone. :lol:

Let's talk at RTTC--or I'll be at C&C tomorrow morning--then off to a secret shop with A13 for some amazing changes to the car.

Double D

Doh, what ever you do... Do not cry, don't you shead a tear. LOL

Sure thing Doug. We can talk at RTTC, tell Rodger to bring his wife, she will want to hear this story. Everyone else will need a little apple pie to admit to being interested.

Good luck finding that pic on Facebook. there are 85 year olds that are better at Facebook than me. WTF is timeline and why do I have it now?

So you guys quit bugging me, let's just get this over with. Here:
http://i366.photobucket.com/albums/oo103/69MSA/-8.jpg

I could post a picture of all of the boxes that came on a pallet yesterday, but I'll tell you guys right now that I didn't get 300lbs of chocolate and roses, so I doubt you'd care about what is in the boxes. :lol:

Matt

Nice spy shot, let's see one with your arm around her man!!!


From what we can see she looks healthy :)

Nope, that's all you're getting out of me. Maybe you'll see her if I drag her out to an event one of these days. Probably not on the west coast though. East coast/south might be fun though, I've been thinking of shipping my car out there to hit up some events one year. She does have a thing for speed, probably worse than me :lol: I remember driving separately up to the mountains and being asked, "what do you call it when the tires are screeching? You know, when you have to steer the other way."

Matt

Alright, new page, time for car stuff again. I had a little bit of free time yesterday, and couldn't keep myself from opening up my pile of boxes. I was like a kid at Christmas, okay better than Christmas.

Here is what arrived on Friday.

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Alright, who has one of the other four before me? I know Strope got his a couple weeks ago.
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C6 spindles with 5x4.5" bolt pattern hubs, "severe duty" units will be available later in the year.
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Cast aluminum shock and control arm mount, with tubular upper and lower control arms. I'm looking forward to seeing how the new Speed-LIGN adjuster works for changing camber and caster. I cannot believe how much adjustability is built into this front end. I won't go into detail about all of it at the moment though.
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JRI Shocks. These just look well made, I really want get this car on the road to see what all the fuss is about with these. That probably won't be for a while though. These shocks are double adjustable for high and low speed rebound, unlike the former Afco units, which I believe had adjustment for low speed rebound, and compression. As for springs, this kit ships with with 400lb 10 in. front springs. My first thought was that this seemed a little under sprung, but I suppose with an aluminum N/A mod motor up front they really aren't that heavy. Somehow I have a feeling I will be changing things up for my needs.
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Overall, I have to hand it to DSE, I have never seen an aftermarket part that comes close to resembling this. Their front subframe for the Camaro is amazingly well built, but this actually has aspects of today's OEM quality, coupled with the expected delrin bushed control arms, etc. :bow:

Matt

WOW Matt :bow: :hail: :bow: :hail: :bow: :hail: that's just beautiful!!!!

That DSE stuff is really nice to :D :D

Cool parts man, I can't wait to see this Mustang come together Matt.

Not much to say here except Wow.

You know what picture I'm talking about don't you?:lol:

Coming along nice. I think we need more pictures to give our full opinion:D

Awesome Matt!

The 400's might be fine Matt, with the minimal cosine and effective ratio that the DSE geometry has worked into the frame.

:lol: you guys are all too funny. So, who is up for a little group road trip to the east coast? :unibrow: We can't miss Del Mar Thanksgiving weekend though. I was back there visiting her for Thanksgiving (which is when we realized things weren't going to work, haha) and I missed out on just about all of the fun in Del Mar. I'm not missing Del Mar this fall. Priorities, right?

Anyway, Vince, the reason I was thinking of adding more spring up front, was based off of two kinda vague assumptions. First being the fact that I am leaning towards a supercharged Coyote Aluminator engine, which would would put the engine plus intercooler weight in the 525-550 lb range. Second, after sorting out my Camaro, and driving several other similar ones, I'm starting to think I like a little more spring than DSE has been using on the first gens. I am also going to be putting somewhere between a 295-315 tire up front, which means I could probably add a little more spring, especially if the Mustang rolls as much as the Camaro does. Who knows what the car will actually need in order to drive the way I want it too. I might have rear springs that are stiffer than the fronts with the Maier torque arm...

Matt

Update! Been busy patching rust in the drip rails and replacing the panel behind the rear glass. That stuff really is no fun at all. I had to make some of that stuff from scratch. Everyone shaves drip rails, and now I think I know why. I probably had 30 hours into making and fitting the front corner on the driver's side drip rail so that the trim would fit over it perfectly.

Anyway, I started working on something a little more interesting, so here are some pictures. This was my first time playing with the English wheel, and I'm pretty happy I haven't had to make more than one hood scoop... at least so far. Still need to do some more hammering and grinding on it, but it is really starting to come around. Really wish I had big shrinker/stretcher. Making a bunch of cuts probably isn't the cleanest way of doing things.

The scoop is just a little bigger than stock, and will hopefully fit the engine I don't have yet :lol: The idea was to make something that looks vintage GT350ish and won't draw too much attention to itself.

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