68 GT500KR Vert - Lateral-g Forums

GT500KR_Vert · #1 03-26-2014, 08:07 AM

The stang-aholic fiber glass was pretty good quality. It's really only the lower valance that is throwing everything off - the other parts just weren't the greatest fit or were a little thin in areas, but according to multiple people, the original Shelby fiberglass, which they made the molds from wasn't that great either from the factory. I've looked at a ton of pics of original shelbys - fitment sucked on a lot of them.

Z06Joe · #2 03-26-2014, 11:35 AM

Awesome project!!!

preston · #3 03-26-2014, 12:46 PM

Yeah fiberglass sucks in general. I am building a '68 Shelby clone and I used the headlight buckets (from NPD) but fabricated everything else in aluminum (as its a widebody). I have a Maier Shelby decklid (coupe) and it fits pretty good considering, gaps are a bit big but the "curve" is good. Damn thing only weighs 1 lb less than the steel decklid though I thought the point of FG was to save a few pounds. I also have a Maier 3" cowl hood left over and it has always had a nice fit, so it is hit and miss with FG parts. For my Shelby clone I"m trying to decide whether to use the FG hood and widen it using fiberglass or just build one out of aluminum from scratch.

GT500KR_Vert · #4 03-26-2014, 02:10 PM

You can't beat doing it yourself, you would probably spend as much time fixing the fiberglass one. I can say that the stang-aholics Hood and Trunk were perfect. The headlight buckets were a fair amount off, the tailpanel was really off, the rear quarters were slightly off, and the lower valance was completely off.

The MustangPlus ground effect were actually really good. They fit really nice and really help widen the body.

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Originally Posted by preston

Yeah fiberglass sucks in general. I am building a '68 Shelby clone and I used the headlight buckets (from NPD) but fabricated everything else in aluminum (as its a widebody). I have a Maier Shelby decklid (coupe) and it fits pretty good considering, gaps are a bit big but the "curve" is good. Damn thing only weighs 1 lb less than the steel decklid though I thought the point of FG was to save a few pounds. I also have a Maier 3" cowl hood left over and it has always had a nice fit, so it is hit and miss with FG parts. For my Shelby clone I"m trying to decide whether to use the FG hood and widen it using fiberglass or just build one out of aluminum from scratch.