RPM Hot Rods chosen to build "Boss Snake" the 2010 Goodguys give away car...
 

Well it been a great year for us here at RPM at the Goodguys shows. With a lot of hard work back here at the shop we have won Hot Rod of the year at Indy, Street Machine of the year top 5 pick at Columbus and a Mighty Muscle pick at Pocono with the 69 Trans Am and many other great awards. It came to us as a great surprise when we were asked to build the 2010 Goodguys give away car the "Boss Snake" 1970 mustang. Its going to be an exciting build and we will be sure to post pictures and information as we go..

Here is a link to the Goodguys site.

http://www.good-guys.com/news/newsSt...px?newsid=1383

Congrats! I can't wait to see this one come together.

Should be a killer build. Keep us posted.:thumbsup:

x2. :cheers:

Congrats guys !! You do great work and deserve the attention you are getting.

Wow, thats going to be sweet

Good for you guys:thumbsup:( That will keep you busy this winter)

Congrats guys!

SW

Congrats!! We will need pics...lots of pics!

X2^^^ I am also looking forward to watching this one come together.:thumbsup:

Congrats. :thumbsup:

Nice to see the '69-'70 Shelby's styling cues used.

Few Pics Of a 335/30/20 in the rear!!!

Congrats on the Build. Ed Capen told me last week you guys were going to pull that off by March. Looks like a lot of work, But great amount of press for ya thats for sure.

Congrats once again

Rodger

That looks good.:thumbsup:

Todays updated pictures. Notched rails and sheetmetal wheel tubs.

Really nice work!
Do you want this moved to the projects forum now?

I think that would be the right place for it now! Thanks

Done! :thumbsup:

Subscribed... :thumbsup:

Sorry that its been a while since we updated this thread!! Parts are rolling in and the car is starting to come together.. As you can see in the pics there was a lot of work needed to fit such a big engine is such a small hole.. Once it was in place we designed engine mounts that would allow room for headers. The engine mounts in the pics will be remade out of aluminum.. In the rear we had to massage and widen the rear quarter panels/wheel openings .75 to allow room for the tires. You can see in the pics where we split the outer rear wheel house to allow room for the quarter to move. Stay posted for more updates!! March is right around the corner. :thumbsup:

Thanks for the update I inquired about, this IMO may be the nicest Giveaway car yet, Hey its a Ford, but Im partial to that year. Plus you don't see many of this year in PT style.

You are definately right.... "IT'S A FORD." But hey, we all like the "F" word.....FREE!!!! LOL!! Free as in 2010 Give Away Car so I guess I can make this one little exception.:willy: :willy:

Looking good! Thanks for showing updated photos..... but now we are hungry for more..... Just don't stop working on that 62 Nova though.



--Eric

Don't worry the Mustang is slated to be done in March(as long as we get the needed parts). The Nova we are pushing on hard and I hope we are Ready for the Faceoff in April!!!

Please excuse my ignorance: Faceoff in April?? What's that?


--Eric

DSE is putting on a 2.1 mile road course & autoX. April 30-May 2 in Hastings, Nebraska. I am hoping to have all the bugs worked out of the Nova by then.

Few pics of the empty bay and the Tremec tranny along with the Quick Time bell housing.

Thank you!

Back to the "Boss-Snake": Tic, toc, tic, toc.......



--Eric

Subscribing....

Looking for shoehorn...:hail:

Finally someone is building a full body mustang.

Man I love the build so far - please keep posting pictures

The shoehorn a month ago would have been great!!!

Updates!!! WIth the deadline quickly approaching we finally received another shipment of parts... The front end is completely fiberglass and needed a lot of love to make it all fit.. We put our crew on the car hard Friday and Saturday to try and get some major work accomplished... Here are some fresh pics... Stay tuned for more !!! First pic you can see how much extra room there is in the engine compartment!! Third pic is the Ring Brothers export brace kit. Since we built the shock towers and raised them from the factory position we have to machine the pieces down that mount to them so they clear the hood. Fourth pic is the Vintage Air assy mounted so we can begin to fab the dash. Pics five and six are inside the truck.. On the right is the battery tray we fabbed that will hold two Optima yellow tops and on the left is the air compressors, valves and fuse panel/wiring harness. Pic seven is the power steering res mounted to the inner fender. Pic eight, fitting the front fenders. Pic nine, preping the firewall for pedal assy. pic ten is a panel we fabbed the mounts in the front of the rear quarter panel and will house the Kicker component speakers.

first pic you can see the panel for the speakers in place.. Second Pic we had to cut the taillight panel out of the body to fit the new Shelby panel in from Tony Branda Mustangs. Pics three and four are the body side vents that we had to cut in to the shell. This body was a 69 and the Boss Snake is modeled after a 70 so we filled the upper vents and made the lowers.

Looking good. When is your deadline?


--Eric

Car has to be at the Scottsdale Goodguys show March 12th..... :thumbsup:

Good thing you and your crew don't require much sleep!


--Eric

Sleep??? Tell me more about this so called sleep thing!!! :lol:

Few more pics with the front end and tail panel mocked up.. Currently the dash being built... We added to the lower bumper to tighten the gap where it meets the eyebrow molding as well... Its starting to come together !!! :woot:

That is all a part of "living the dream" of being a hot rod builder!:lol: Not exactly the rock star lifestyle that we signed up for!

The car is looking good. You have 42 days before you need to leave for Scottsdale. If you work 24 hours a day that gives you 1,008 hours. Should be just enough time to get the car completed in! Have fun.

:rofl: We've been making the guys in the shop ride around inside the trailer when we go places... Its almost like NASA conditioning / testing :goofy: ... We might need the 30 hours during the drive to button up some loose ends.. !!