[DRJDVM's '69]

Then back to the rear of the car.... the next was the rear valance. After making a plan, it was evident that it was going to be a real PITA to bolt and unbolt the tank once the valance was welded in for good. So Tim came up with a new way to mount the tank...completely strapless...very clean..




Then the valance.....we went back and forth with a design...lots of back and forth with overall width and depth etc etc.....

Nice and tight against the tank...it flows real well into the tank...especially without the straps


Then we had to design an exhaust opening...lots and back and forth again... I wanted some of the "stock Cuda" look but something that flowed with the valance recess. We tried several different ones....... alot of the rear of the car has been inspired by Sick Fish so I wanted to not do a carbon copy...... but none of the other designs really worked and looked right....so the final design is alittle more "Sick Fish" that I was originally shooting for, but boy does it look good. Tim and I went back and forth about that.......in the end he convinced me that "what looks good, looks good".....yes someone has already done something very similar but look at all the 1st gens and Chevelles etc that copy each other over and over again....if it looks good it will get repeated no doubt. Its when people dont copy you that you need to worry...