With the foundation in decent shape, the design direction was also dialed in.
The plan was simple: retaining the character of a '69 with enough detail and nice modifications that truly set it apart. Not just 'another' '69. Somewhat of a 'concept car' feel with a contemporary edge within the lines of the 1st Gen, a little nod to some exotics and hypercars with some of the finishes and styling cues. We wanted to flex our design, 3D, machining and printing muscles a little too so this seemed the perfect car to do it...
Custom fab began with minimising the drip rail detail:
With some of the mods we had planned, there wasn't really a way to 'ease into' them...most involved some pretty drastic cuts and throwing out some pretty large pieces of the car. Case in point, the tailpanel:
With the opening roughed in, we could mock up the profile of the new bumper and how it would integrate into the corners.
Keen eyed amongst you will notice some slight changes in the lower rear later on. With such a radical cut and fab, we started in one direction and then changed slightly as we saw it, stared at it ...stared some more... tweaked here...moved a piece there. Just part of the process. Cardboard, tape and bent tig rod curves work well for us up to a point. When it comes to much larger areas involving multiple surfaces, planes, converging shapes etc, sometimes a two steps forward, one step back approach is needed...
Underside with central insert mocked up and vented 'closeouts'. We also transitioned the lower rear quarters by removing the pinchwelds and making a new smooth transition to meet up with the rear diffuser area in the same plane.
What hood latch are you using and do you have any closer pictures of it? I'm looking for some ideas on a project of my own and I like the direction you chose.
is that yellow a "common stock" paint code? Or custom blended?
It's McLaren "Volcano Yellow".
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Excellent fabrication and design work.
What hood latch are you using and do you have any closer pictures of it? I'm looking for some ideas on a project of my own and I like the direction you chose.
Thanks! I'll see if I have any. I believe it was a 05-13 Porsche latch.
Picking up where we left off, the next job was the side scoops. Always a signature feature of most '69s so we decided to use it as a nice contrast area against the yellow. Some sheet metal mods to the area to highlight more of a 'scoop' with a fabbed accent bezel.
With a fairly decent fabrication project nicely reduced to 4 images (), we turn our attention to the rear spoiler...
Stock as a visual starting point.
As with many of the features, we wanted it to look cohesive with the car and not a 'hey look at this spoiler'. We decided on a simple more 'blended' and slightly lower look with a stepped detail (this detail escalated as you will soon see...)
Step 1...remove skin. Makes any welding, hammer work and underside access a lot easier without the bracing in the way.
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), we turn our attention to the rear spoiler...
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