HPI Customs: 67 Mustang Fastback Project

[cjperry81]

Originally Posted by 64pontiac

The body came from Florida, and we had to do a fair amount of sheet metal replacement, inlcuding floor patches, drip rails, quarters, wheel lips, firewall, wiper cowl, rear window lip, trunk floors, and quarter extensions. We also made quarter panel end caps to eliminate the pot metal seamed piece.

We made custom brake styling scoops, but unfortunately the body shop that was to paint the car cut them out and sent them home in a box for us, replacing it with their own. Unfortunately, their own version looks like 68 shelby scoops, and the car is a 67. I liked ours better, but whatever. Needless to say, they didnt paint the car, and we had to shoot the engine bay and chassis so we could carry on !!! We also made a custom spoiler, and put a sheet metal shelby tail light panel on.

First of all I love your project. Im a huge mustang fan and im doing a 65 Coupe right now. I like your out of the box thinking. Im tired of all the aftermarket mustangs looking the same because the same 3 parts are available to everyone. So awesome job! My real question is how did you make the side scoop alteration. I tried to get a pretty good fab guy to do that exact thing to mine about a month ago and they tried but cant find a way to do it with out making the spike be separate from the body instead of molded and seamless?

[64pontiac]

Thanks for the compliments! To answer your question: We fabricated two "boxes" to weld in where the chrome insert normally would be, then flush welded the spear into the quarter and door skin.

Unfortunately, those got cut out by a sabatuer body shop (yes the same guy that left us with a mess on the RS-V, they went at the same time) and replaced with basically a 68 style scoop. We pulled the car and sent it to a new shop, but our work was already removed and the customer couldn't afford for us to do it over again, despite him wanting it.

[64pontiac]

Some more progress pics for you.





Got the exhaust tacked together ready to be TIG welded, turned out pretty good for having to do some unconventional routing.

[64pontiac]

Finished TIG welding the exhaust, so took some pics before we put it in! Enjoy

[67XR7]

great build!!!

[64pontiac]

Ok so I have been slipping on photo updates since our crazy hectic move. (We moved to a new location, and not just into an existing shop, no we had to build our own by ourselves while still running a business!!!!! )

Here is some random shots of the car, its done and gone for now!

[64pontiac]

[hifi875]

Nice!!!!!

[Rols574]

Could you elaborate on the work done on the air vents on top? they look to be 66 styled vents and where they welded in? they look flush with the body

[fleetus macmullitz]

Tyler,

Big fan of the '67-68 fastbacks.

I really like the unadorned grill on your build.

How's it ride and drive?

Vids I hope...