'65 Fastback project

[67zo6Camaro]

Not much to say here except Wow.

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

[Tom.A]

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

[John510]

Awesome Matt!

[Vince@Meanstreets]

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

[Matt@BOS]

you guys are all too funny. So, who is up for a little group road trip to the east coast? 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

[Matt@BOS]

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 The idea was to make something that looks vintage GT350ish and won't draw too much attention to itself.

[Flash68]

Dude. Looking soooo good.

[Swain]

Looks good Matt. Props to trying things on your own.