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Scratch build body - Panel fitting progress
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Gigantopithecus
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And here I am complaining about replacing floor pans.... Nice work man!
DougG69
Member
65-408, you are a brave man. But it should be very satisfying when you are done to know you brought one back from the brink.
guruatbol
Always on vacation!
"DougG69" said:
That wasn't at the brink, it was over the brink!
My 67 only needed floor pans and the guy was going to crush it.....
Wow again!
I've been toying with the idea of a stroker in my 65, was looking at the 408 pretty hard. That is why the questions in Pete's thread asking about the size of the 351w....
Mel
Mel
65-408, Did you already attempt to install the backup lights onto the rear valance, ensuring that there is not clearance issue with the rear frame cross member. If you haven't done that yet, you might want to for I've seen a couple people, including myself encounter some fitment issues.
blown66
Member
DUDE! I am very impressed. I would never ever get a mustang with just the shell and doing what you are doing. You have done a awsome job.Leep up the good work.
This was a complete car when I got it. I specifically was looking for the nastiest complete car that I could find. Wanted to get all the misc. brackets and parts, etc... I planned on doing a complete rebuild, so didn't want to spand a penny more than I had to. Was looking at $12K drivers at the time, that had rotten floors and would still need everthing redone or replaced (original interiors, etc...)
Found this in maine, for $1800 with a 68 302. Hadn't been driven in 20 years, but was driven alot up till then (in maine). So as you can imaging, the body was pretty much gone... More could have been saved than I kept, but It was actually a pretty easy process building it from new parts like Ford did rather than trying to cut out and piece in one piece at a time (but remember, I had experienced help)...
Found this in maine, for $1800 with a 68 302. Hadn't been driven in 20 years, but was driven alot up till then (in maine). So as you can imaging, the body was pretty much gone... More could have been saved than I kept, but It was actually a pretty easy process building it from new parts like Ford did rather than trying to cut out and piece in one piece at a time (but remember, I had experienced help)...
66benchcoupe
Member
"65-408" said:I had a post on the shell build a while back. That was done last fall with a past co-worker of mine that now runs muscle car metal in seabrook NH. he has been building 1st gen camaros from scratch for many years and is a dynacorn distributor. Got the parts through him (all dynacorn). Some were better than others, but generally all were great for the price. This was his first ford endeavor. We built it together and I learned a ton (he is way up the curve on build your own unibody techniques). we adapted his camaro jig... The shell was built in about 2 months, probably 200ish man hours (including alot of head scratchin and figurin time...).
It has taken me the rest of the year to get the body panels fit (2 small boys, no time)... while working on random mechanical things at the same time, steering, suspension, rear...
Sinse you asked, the plan is:
Exterior:
Plane Jane white and chrome, 17X8 Vintage 45's: 225/45 F, 255/40R
WOW, 200ish hours. Nice. Can't wait to see the finished product!
One question: Are the ROSS pistons off the shelf or custom?
Have a Merry Christmas!
Robert