'65 Fastback project

[FETorino]

Originally Posted by Matt.A

Yep, that money could probably get us a vin and a roof!


Matt

I know a guy who will give you some $$ for some seats to get you and Ron closer to that 70 fastback goal.

[Matt@BOS]

Originally Posted by FETorino

I know a guy who will give you some $$ for some seats to get you and Ron closer to that 70 fastback goal.

You kidding, I should be able to straight up buy a '70 fastback for those seats

It's not too late to buy the drivetrain from the Ford GT though, the owner only wanted 15k for it complete, from dry sump to Ricardo transaxle. Just get rid of your back seat. I'm sure the guys at the Roadster shop can make it work. You should do it. You would be my hero.

Matt

[Ron in SoCal]

Originally Posted by Matt.A

It's not too late to buy the drivetrain from the Ford GT though, the owner only wanted 15k for it complete, from dry sump to Ricardo transaxle. Just get rid of your back seat. I'm sure the guys at the Roadster shop can make it work. You should do it. You would be my hero.

Matt

x2! Go Rob, Go...

[Rick D]

Originally Posted by Ron in SoCal

x2! Go Rob, Go...

X3 Rob,

[FETorino]

Originally Posted by Ron in SoCal

x2! Go Rob, Go...

Nope I want my seats from the future and my motors from the past.

My little retro mil will have more hp and weight less than that supercharged mod motor.

I'm going to see if I can find some money to put that GT drivetrain in a 1st gen. Now that would be cool.

Originally Posted by Matt.A

You kidding, I should be able to straight up buy a '70 fastback for those seats


Matt

Ok now that your warm to the idea of selling them let's talk price

[Flash68]

Originally Posted by Matt.A

You kidding, I should be able to straight up buy a '70 fastback for those seats

It's not too late to buy the drivetrain from the Ford GT though, the owner only wanted 15k for it complete, from dry sump to Ricardo transaxle. Just get rid of your back seat. I'm sure the guys at the Roadster shop can make it work. You should do it. You would be my hero.

Matt

Come on Rob.... be the real Rob in So Cal and be all that you can and should be.

[FETorino]

Originally Posted by Flash68

Come on Rob.... be the real Rob in So Cal and be all that you can and should be.

I'll buy the drivetrain if you put it in your Camaro.

[Flash68]

Originally Posted by FETorino

I'll buy the drivetrain if you put it in your Camaro.

Done! I'd put a SB2 in a Pantera... I don't see much of a difference.

[Matt@BOS]

Got some work done on the passenger side quarter. I'm definitely going to have to do the driver side one this way too

After my first attempt I learned that it would be much easier to fit if I kept all of the edges of the original panel in place. Pulling and stretching the face of the panel while also trying to keep the edges in place before spot welding wasn't the greatest idea. I guess you could say I was asking that quarter skin to do too many things at once. This time around I made sure to give my self a reasonable amount of overlap that I could probably trim away later if need be.



The first problem I ran into was getting the wheel opening to line up and have the right curvature. Two things that weren't good happened. One, I found out that pulling everything out just increased the radius and upset the arc of the wheel opening to the point where nothing lined up. Second, the '65's quarters are pretty straight up and down, and moving the the upper section of the wheel arch out was not pretty. Essentially, it just swiveled up, and started to look concave. You can see in the picture below that the sides stick out more than the top. I managed to fix this by relief cutting the inner lip, and massaging things until I got the shape I wanted. I also slid the middle piece of the quarter down to close some of the gap that I'd created.



With the added width of the new quarter I've got room for brake ducts, or diff and trans coolers, or something...

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Finally it is starting take on a little more shape. It is taking on more of a '69 Camaro side profile, and I don't think that's a bad thing



Matt

[coolwelder62]

Originally Posted by Matt.A

Hey guys, thanks for all of the positive feedback! Pictures don't even begin to cover the amount of time I've spend working on this thing. At first I think at least half of my time was spent just looking at things and trying to figure out how to approach each different area of the car. I was really cautious (at least I thought I was) about trying to get things to fit, without any real knowledge of how to accomplish what I wanted. They guys at the shop, have been incredibly helpful taking the time to show me techniques, but just like anything else, you generally aren't good at something the first time you try it. Dealing with that bent up quarter doesn't bother me in the least. The fenders and doors really tested my patience though. I had to completely remake those at least once, and have made so many cuts to remove high and low spots that it felt like a never ending process. That for me has been the hard part. Now that it is starting to resemble something I felt more comfortable sharing with everyone.

Since I'm going to start working on the quarters soon I figure that I need to be thinking about packaging the rear suspension. Tom, I know I talked with you about running an '04 Cobra IRS. I kicked that idea around for a few months, but I don't like the really wide track width associated with it. The rear wheels would have almost zero back space, and that would mean I would need the fronts to match. Not really sure I want to do that.

I've been looking at Mike Maier's setup and it really isn't bad for the price. right now, I think that might be what I'm leaning towards. It also looks cool, and I want this car to have an equal emphasis on looking cool and going fast.

DSE will be shipping their Mustang stuff within next month or so, and I would also love to have some of their parts on this car. Their suspension also allows you to put a Coyote motor in the engine bay. They even offer an option for LS engine mounts. I don't have a Coyote motor right now, but I do have an LS2 I've also collected a TR6060 that is practically brand new, and still have my old T56 which needs to be rebuilt. Hopefully some combination of those parts will work.

This evening there are a few more comments I'd like to get back to, and a few more pictures to post up!

Matt

Matt,I like the Idea of an LS power in a ford chassis.It's kinda like givin Cindy Crawford a new Boob job.