OTE Design, 1967 Mustang build.

[OTE Design & Fabrication]

Originally Posted by slownova

so i gotta ask, is it really that little of work to make a coupe a fastback or is just the pics make it easy? if so why not find a fastback to start with?

Pictures make everything look easy. LOL! It is not that hard for someone that has done a great deal of panel replacements. Like I said, the supply of nice fastbacks is getting low, but there are a ton of coupes out there. This way we leave one more uncut fastback out there for the resto guys or the home builder that is going to use bolt in suspension. We are using a tube chassis on this one, and doing a lot of mods to the body. So as far as I'm concerned, I could have started with a pile of sheetmetal on the floor and built a car, but a car built from a pile of sheetmetal on the floor would not have a title. It will make more sense as the project goes on and you see the extent of the modifications. Besides, I'm a fabricator. This is what I live for!

[Blake Foster]

do you think it is more economic to do what you have done considering all the extra prep time. or would you have been better off to buy a dynacorn body????
wondering?

[OTE Design & Fabrication]

Originally Posted by killer69

do you think it is more economic to do what you have done considering all the extra prep time. or would you have been better off to buy a dynacorn body????
wondering?

As far as this particular project is concerned, cost is not an issue. It is not a major undertaking for an experienced fabricator to do this. We originally were going to use a Dynacorn body, but since it does not come with a title, we decided to start with an original car. This way, we retain enough of the original body to keep the title legitimate. So to me and my customer, it makes it more cost-effective due to the dramatic reduction in red tape! Again, given the heavy mods we are doing with this car, even if we would have started with a Dynacorn body, a large portion of it would have ended up in the scrap bin anyway.