$5000 budget Mustang

[454bug]

Hows the Bug coming Ray?

Little by little... the project is gettin' there...

It's the tale of the workin' man... travel, catch up at work and home, carve out some money for the project, work on the car, travel, catch up at work and home, carve out some money for the project, work on the car, etc, etc...

I'm learning to deal with things with a lot more patience then I thought I would ever have to! I want it done right away and it CAN'T for a number of reasons (budget, schedule, energy)... But I'm in it for the long haul so it will get there eventually!

BTW, GREAT PICS!!! It looks like you guys had a blast!

[RS_Customs]

Looks like a hell of a lot of fun!

I really like the picture of you and Mike on page 23 picture nasajuly-05828.JPG

Would be a good motivational picture for the joy of accomplished projects.

Robert

[Ron S]

Yeah Robert, Mike was joking that the only thing that would make it better would be if his car was in front. I might get this pic blown up.

[John Wright]

I wonder how much weight is on those right side tires....LOL

Looks like it's biting pretty hard.

[LSXZ28]

That's an awesome pic Ron!

[rixtrix1]

Car looks great, Ron.

[Ron S]

Always hated the nose on this car, thought I would try something different. Cobbled this together with cardboard and blue painters tape, figured I would try the most simple first. It would have a splitter attached to the bottom of it. What do you think? seems a little boring to me. I'll try another style tomorrow, need to find one I like, because I will still have to make a mold,then the part out of fiberglass.





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[srh3trinity]

That looks pretty good. I think the opening in the new bumper should mimic the shape of the grille or be completely different. I realize that this is a rough mock up. The blue painters tape actually looks pretty close to the grabber blue.

The other thing you could do to get some ideas on the front bumper design would be to get a rendering done. But that might break the budget for the build.

[Jim Nilsen]

Hi Ron, since it is just painters tape you could put 2 or 3 vertical dividers in the slot and see what it looks like ? If you put them in it would allow you to make the piece a little lighter and still not have it distort at 150 mph. It would also make it so it didn't resemble the upper part as much. The splitter will really give it more of a aero look and if you do it in black it would be a good contrast from the ground up.

Lookin good !!!!

[CruizinKev]

would look great! much better than before

[Chevelle LT1]

Agreed, much better! Heck, just leave the painters tape and run it as-is! Repairs will be so much cheaper....

[Bjkadron]

I'm thinking that painters tape won't handle the high speeds very well.. :D

That looks like it should work.. But you might want to do something different with the lower opening.

[Ron S]

I was thinking about taking the bottom 2 inches along the length of the bumper and stepping it back about 1.5 inches, then having the splitter on the bottom of the recessed section. That will be version 1.2. I wish were better at photo shop, or had the skills of Chip Foose.

[John Wright]

Can't wait to see it with the splitter in place.....looks great


go on, DUIT!

[GrabberGT]

I was thinking about taking the bottom 2 inches along the length of the bumper and stepping it back about 1.5 inches, then having the splitter on the bottom of the recessed section. That will be version 1.2. I wish were better at photo shop, or had the skills of Chip Foose.

IMHO I think it needs this. It would look much better.

[ArtosDracon]

You'll probably want to swap out the painters tape for blue duct tape for rev.2, that stuff can take 200mph ya know. ;)

[MSTSFabbed]

My 2 cents is less is more on that front end. It kinda looks like Jay Lenos chin haha. With the bigger cowl hood and wicked flared fenders it tends to make the front look bulbous if that makes any sense?

I realize this is the same bumper you have but sheck out the tapered effect of the front splitter and how it slims the massive flares on this 66.
sportscarmag.com
I couldn't find more info or a better pic sorry.

I Freakin love this car!

[preston]

I've always disliked that opening on the early Shelby valences, looks like one big hole in the front of the car, even with a bumper splitting it up. So I think you are on the right path. I don't think you should "recess" the bottom that will just create extra drag and possibly reduce not increase downforce. I like what you have I would mimic the shape up the upper opening or make it a little more like the bottom opening on the late model (2004+ ) shelbys, you know flat on top but curved corners ont he bottom. Like someone said less is more and keep it simple. Tie that off with a splitter and it will look nice.

[ironworks]

FINALLY!, got all the oil leak stopped. The oil tank which I got off Ebay,had a hairline crack in it which I could not find, only leaked when it got hot. Was hoping to have the new grill and front bumper made before Motorstate, but it looks like thats not going to happen. This is turning into the one step forward and two steps back project. Ron

It's not that I have been completely hidden under a rock, but this shot of your build is awesome. I have seen plenty of track shots of the car but these kind shots get my motor running.

[John Wright]

I realize this is the same bumper you have but sheck out the tapered effect of the front splitter and how it slims the massive flares on this 66.
sportscarmag.com
I couldn't find more info or a better pic sorry.

I Freakin love this car!

Here's the pic...