'65 Fastback project

[Matt@BOS]

Originally Posted by chetly

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Ask Mike Maier what its like pulling a motor at an event. 2013 SCCA SOLO Nationals first day of a 2 day event while his wife is driving, the windage tray comes loose and gets sent through his oil pan. He and his codriver have to drive later that day. They pulled the motor via a forklift, welded the hole in the oil pan and got everything back together in a mater of hours just in time for his run group. He and his wife went on to win their class National championship with the car.

Moral of the story is never give up and when handed lemons make some lemonade...

I don't remember how it came up, but I remember talking to Mike about that. It's really nothing too unusual to him. Don't know how he has the energy.

[Matt@BOS]

I've been getting a bit more fab work done on the Mustang recently. I can't wait until I get to the point where I can assemble things rather than make them. designing stuff is very time intensive, not necessarily just in the labor hours, but also in the amount of time spent approaching the design. I often find myself stopping and taking a break until I figure out, what I feel is a good way of building something.

Since the I can count on one hand the number of time I have had passengers in the back seat of the Camaro, I figured having a back seat wasn't a concern this time around.

I've also gotten a roll bar mocked up since the last time I posted up any pictures of the car.






Sill have some final trimming to do, but it is etch primed so I can leave it alone for a while, if I like.

[ironworks]

Not sure if this helps, but your design kinda follows a pic I have been using as guide for a project we have going. Might help you see the end result.

Looks good.

[Matt@BOS]

Wow, that's a Bentley, isn't it?

Our interior guy is much handier than I am, and I was thinking of having him build a removable section that would cover up the shocks, and look a little more similar to the Bentley's design, in that I wouldn't have as large of a big flat shelf behind the rear seats. I also wanted the rear cover to try and dampen some of the noise from the shocks if I'm going on a long drive.

[ironworks]

Originally Posted by Matt.A

Wow, that's a Bentley, isn't it?

Our interior guy is much handier than I am, and I was thinking of having him build a removable section that would cover up the shocks, and look a little more similar to the Bentley's design, in that I wouldn't have as large of a big flat shelf behind the rear seats. I also wanted the rear cover to try and dampen some of the noise from the shocks if I'm going on a long drive.

Yeah it looks clean. Car is coming along. Keep it up

[enzo]

Originally Posted by Matt.A

I've been getting a bit more fab work done on the Mustang recently. I can't wait until I get to the point where I can assemble things rather than make them. designing stuff is very time intensive, not necessarily just in the labor hours, but also in the amount of time spent approaching the design. I often find myself stopping and taking a break until I figure out, what I feel is a good way of building something.

Since the I can count on one hand the number of time I have had passengers in the back seat of the Camaro, I figured having a back seat wasn't a concern this time around.

I've also gotten a roll bar mocked up since the last time I posted up any pictures of the car.






Sill have some final trimming to do, but it is etch primed so I can leave it alone for a while, if I like.

looks really nice Matt - it was hard to picture when you were explaining it to me... but I like that a lot.

[GregWeld]

Looks great Matt!

[JakeR]

Nice progress Matt! It's come a long way since I saw it a couple months ago.

[ccracin]

Looking good Matt! Way to represent the home builder!

[waynieZ]

Nice job Matt, Its looking good.