svt 65 stang

[SN65]

Hi All,

Sorry that I haven't updated the site or posted much lately (5 days since the last update), but I have just been buried over the last week. Working on the car. Working on, sigh, work. Rebuilding my new laptop (Corrupted files drove me to the most drastic of measures. Wiping the system clean an reinstalling all the software and systems). Taking time to show my daily driver at a local car show. On and on...

On a positive note, the body shop did get two projects from people who have been following the build on the internet. One is a 67 Mustang convertible and the other is a Honda rice rocket. The 67 vert needs to be restored after a "small" electrical fire (drivers side engine bay). The "rocket" was in a slight fender bender, but needs a total paint job (Another body shop butchered what was supposed to be a high end "custom" paint job. Here is a photo of Wayne scraping the finish off with a razor blade.



Anyway, I digress...

As far as the car goes, we have been busy little beavers, with Wayne performing a lions share of the work. I have been working on the oil cooler installation, the intercooler mounting, the prop rod installation, etc... Wayne has been working on the drivers side fender and the front grill / valance installation. Following are some photos showing the progress of the past few days. If these aren't enough to keep you satisfied, we have downloaded many more photos at our site.

Prop rod details (Note the installation of the hood bumpers)


Oil filter / cooler details (I still have to install the debris shield). Pay special attention to the lines and fittings used. The lines look like your standard automotive hose, but they are a little bit more industrial than that. These armored hydraulic lines have a burst pressure of 9,000 psi. Also, the internal shielding makes these lines virtually impact resistant.


Flare details (Note the extractor vent)


Intercooler heat exchanger details


Catch ya'll l8r

[SN65]

Hi All,

Just talked to Chuck at Maximum Motorsports. They are helping with all the suspension details and setup. They have helped me resolve a number of issues throughout the project and they just helped pull my a$$ out of the fire again....

I modified the caster camber plate arrangement for clearance and ran the idea past them (of course after I had already made the modification). It seamed like a simple mod straight forward to me. They said that they would run it past engineering and get back to me.

Well, they called back just after I left for the day. Wayne said that they wanted me to call them back ASAP.

I called them back the next morning and Chuck told me not to drive the car as altered. Our simple little modification has reduced the strength of the plate assembly by approx 90%. One little bump in the road and BAM the strut will come right through the hood. He said that the engineer actually came running into his office with the calcs. "The modified plates may not even support the weight of the car just sitting there" he said.

I went over all the details with them and they came up with a "safe" workable solution to my clearance issue.

Thanks MM for saving my butt again.

[SN65]

Hi All,

Time is getting tight and I only had time to updated the website today. I have posted Info on the rear bodywork and revised stereo components. Thanks to all for the input on the stereo. I think you will like the revised system. :-)

Bob

[SN65]

Hi All,

I am getting ready to go an a little labor day get away. So I will be out of the office until next Wed.

Happy holidays, catch ya'll l8r.

[SN65]

Hi All,

Well, I am back from the wilds of northwestern Wisconsin. I am all rested and ready to make one final push to get SN65 roadworthy. Wayne, on the other hand, spent the holiday working. What was he working on you ask? Well, sanding and priming and sanding and priming of course. He is now concentrating his efforts on fitting up the front drivers side fender. I could go into a lot of detail as to what he did and how he did it. but I will let the photos speak for themselves.



I don't know about you, but I really like the way Wayne created the flares / extractor vent detail in the front fender. The finished panel is gorgeous. Wayne did an incredible job on the rear flare detail, and needless to say, the front flares are more of the same. When Wayne came in this morning, he found me just standing in the shop staring at the drivers side of the car. I was walking back and forth and back and forth and back and forth. I can really start to picture the finished results and (even though I can be a critical SOB on occasion) the quality of fabrication and the way all the design elements work together far exceed the picture I had painted with my minds eye.

Here are a couple of "fans" that stopped by the shop. They wanted a brief look and Wayne spent about half an hour answering their questions. I am sure that they would still be talking about the car if a paying customer hadn't shown up.



What have I been doing you ask? Well.... as I said earlier, I spent the holiday in the backwoods of northwestern Wisconsin. A few days relaxing about the house, going out on the boat and pounding down a few drinks (happy hour is at 5PM) have got me ready to rock. I am going to finish the last few plumbing details and fire this sucker up. After that, it is all going to be a downhill rush to completion. I will post some photos of the plumbing configuration this week. I am very happy with the way the final configuration cam out.

Need more photos??? Just stop by the SN65 website.

Catch ya'll l8r

[CAMAROBOY69]

Looks great!!! Thank you for the update.

[SN65]

Hi All,

just a little note. a new update is posted at the site. I'm real busy right now.

Catch ya'll l8r.

[XcYZ]

Simply awesome, Bob.

[Smack_talker]

I agree...looks awesome. I get excited with each pic of the car one step closer to being completed. Keep up the good work.

[SN65]

Hi All,

This weekend (as with everything else lately) was a struggle. We bolted the entire front end together (save the bumper) and discovered a number of minor alignment issues. The headlight buckets and "eyebrows" posed the greatest problems. Getting the correct relationship between the upper valance, the bottom of the eyebrows, the bottom of the grill, the outside edge of the eyebrows to the fender, the hood to the eyebrows, the top of the grill to the eyebrows was a royal pain in the butt. every correcting adjustment threw another area out of alignment. After a lot of tighten this, loosen that, move this, tweak that, pry here, bend there and hammer & dolly everywhere, we ended up with the alignment we wanted.



After that Wayne went over the body one more time before rolling the car into the booth for final priming. Wayne just needs to finish the passenger side fender and the front valance and we will finally be ready for color. Once we get through these steps and get the car painted, final assembly will fly by.

While Wayne was struggling with the front end panel alignment, I trial fit the dash end panels. One screw holds them in place and they look great. Once we get the windshield pillars painted I will be able to perform the final assembly on the dash. I can't wait for that phase. Once I finish the dash, I can move on to the rest of the interior. Once I have the interior finished, Wayne should have the rest of the front end bodywork complete so we should be able to bolt everything up, turn the key and drive the car over to the alignment shop. That will be a great day. Hopefully it will come soon. :-)



I have included some photos of the intercooler, heat exchanger plumbing. The final assembly of these items will be performed after the installation of the cold air intake system. This may seem backwards, but the 4" diameter cold air intake system mounting flange does not clear the installed heat exchanger plumbing. Maybe I should include this info in the owners manual. Which makes me wonder. When you spend 1/2 mill on a custom car do you get a comprehensive leather bound owners manual or do you get a cardboard box with some of the aftermarket manuals thrown inside. Maybe you just get the keys, a handshake and a "good luck" as you drive off into the sunset.



Catch ya'll l8r