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Old 11-18-2008, 04:22 PM
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I've been posting my Mustang project over at Pro Touring,but I kinda feel like my Cuda was featured here so:For those who haven't seen it.I found a total peice of crap Mustang Fastback in a junkyard for $400 and thought I would challenge myself to build as exotic a Pro Touring car as I could for $5000.Built the chassis from scratch,with C5 corvette front suspension,and Nascar truck arm stuck I got off of Ebay,tried the Ford Mod Motor route,but found it to be too expensive,so I sold it and went the LS1 route.Rear is a Dana 60 with 410's and a powerlock out of an old Mopar powered bread truck.Sheetmetal is dirt cheap for mustangs so most of the panels have been replaced.The width of the C5 vette stuff forced me to go the Imsa Monza wide body route.I truthfully have already blown the budget,with the last pile of sheetmetal I purchased,the budget is floating around $6,240. http://57hemicuda.smugmug.com/galler...08514066_RN8P8




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Old 11-18-2008, 04:47 PM
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I've been posting my Mustang project over at Pro Touring,but I kinda feel like my Cuda was featured here so:For those who haven't seen it.I found a total peice of crap Mustang Fastback in a junkyard for $400 and thought I would challenge myself to build as exotic a Pro Touring car as I could for $5000.Built the chassis from scratch,with C5 corvette front suspension,and Nascar truck arm stuck I got off of Ebay,tried the Ford Mod Motor route,but found it to be too expensive,so I sold it and went the LS1 route.Rear is a Dana 60 with 410's and a powerlock out of an old Mopar powered bread truck.Sheetmetal is dirt cheap for mustangs so most of the panels have been replaced.The width of the C5 vette stuff forced me to go the Imsa Monza wide body route.I truthfully have already blown the budget,with the last pile of sheetmetal I purchased,the budget is floating around $6,240. http://57hemicuda.smugmug.com/galler...08514066_RN8P8
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Old 11-18-2008, 10:51 PM
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pretty cool - I like these sorta projects! And the LS engine for all intents and purposes is really just GM taking the small block Ford and perfecting it, which Ford should have done v. that mod motor mess IMO so it is more appropriate in many aspects than the mod motor would have been.

Keep the pix coming as progress is made. Immediately reminded me of Libby's car - I suspect you are aware of it but if not pix are on this site - he did some cool stuff with older Fords as well (his Fairlane was in PHR mag and also on this site)

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This build was the inspiration for my build up.Keep up the great work.
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Thanks for sharing the link with us, it will help me a lot.
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Finished the quarters,still not sure if I'm going to put some sort of trim ring on the side vent.Made most of the wheelwells out of an old Ford van side.She's looking really pretty fat{I don't mean phat}What a pile.Can't wait to get started on the front fenders. http://57hemicuda.smugmug.com/
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Old 12-03-2008, 08:36 PM
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Looks wicked, man, that is going to be killer when you get it done. Glad to see someone else going the truck arm route, makes me feel a little less crazy
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I love the low-buck route; makes me wish I was better at it.

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Wow, awesome pics. What a cool project.
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