71 mustang fastback - custom wide body kit

[Angelo]

Thanks for the compliment. I plan on sticking to the Medium Yellow Gold colour and changing up the stock stripe to this design. Car needs to feel Racy, long, low and sexy when all is said and done.

[Angelo]

Versus bone stock. I thought the car could have a whole other attitude.

[Mr.VENGEANCE]

such a cool kit!

[Godbolt]

Yeah, that will look great Angelo. Yellow doesn't seem like a popular colour choice on modern cars for some reason and this will be a nice link to the original.

[Angelo]

The other original mustang colour that is s contender is Acapolco blue. My boy likes it. Might help me nail down a final colour lol. Can never make up my mind. Need a few cars I guess lol.

[Godbolt]

I like the yellow/gold, suits it.

[Angelo]

Finally have the brake kit at my shop. Should be going in in the next week or so. Quit the upgrade from 11" single piston caliper. Complete kit from the master reservoir to the new hubs and lines. More than enough for a street machine.

[Angelo]

I'm hammering out the front air spoiler. I've designed the ends to sit off the body like their floating. I can't decide if I cut it the same width all the way across like the black and white photo or if I make it run up higher to the grill like the colour photo. Opinions welcome. Also I'm thinking of fabricating it out of a sheet of fibreglass that is pretty impact resistant since it's only going to be about 5" off the ground. The nose hangs pretty far over the front tires so I imagine I will be scrapping pretty often. Aluminum will get banged up too much.

[Angelo]

Toss up between these two stripe designs. Leaning toward the lower pic. Hope to get a photo with less distortion than my iPhone. Changes everything.

[Godbolt]

Hard to say. At first glance I like the top one, but the more you look at it the better the bottom one looks as it clearly shows off the line in the body that runs from the front to the top of the air scoop on the rear fender.

[Angelo]

Thanks for the feedback Godbolt. Two things I'm sure of is that I don't want to black out all around the car below the bumpers or the hood black out like an original Mach1 and two, I don't want a stripe that doesn't feel like it couldn't have come from the factory. It needs to appear like a possible logical evolution from previous years. The lower image in my opinion gives the front a sort of 70 Shelby chrome surround minus the chrome and it does allow the top body line to be seen. It also visually shortens the car. Not sure I want it to look shorter but it's a great aggressive look. I will try to shoot it with a professional camera so the proportions look less fish eyed. I'm getting great suggestions from a friend Marco who is working with me on on designing the emblem. Another mustang guy with great ideas.

[Optiguy]

Just my two cents here:
If you choose a color that would be in the "family" of colors you might find on a Trans Am Series car, i.e. the Boss 302 kind of colors, or a color that evokes a feeling of those types, I'd go with the bottom style. On the other hand, if you choose a color that's more low-key, "pretty" I'd go with the top. The top graphic looks like something the factory would put on a GT and the lower more like a Boss. Again, just my 2¢.

[1965gp]

I like the stripe in the lower picture- really flows with the lines.

[Angelo]

That makes a lot of sense. If I was going with the Acapolco blue it would have the c stripe in white. If I go with yellow gold like the 72 Boss it will be a black hockey sticks for stripe. I've actually made some small changes to the lower stripe to make it even more Boss like. Thanks for the reply Optiguy.

[Angelo]

Thanks. 1965 gp

[Angelo]

Kind of glad I got it pretty much figured out because it's going to mean I get rid of the side marker light since the stripe lands right on it. I may put a small round one above the stripe. Pays to think ahead.

[1965gp]

I love it- the car continues to look more aggressive.

What about putting the side marker light in the stripe? You could use one off of a 69 firebird or 68 charger. You can paint the housing to match the stripe and tint the lense black? Wouldn't see it until you were standing next to it.

[Angelo]

Sounds pretty stealth. I'm going to think about that. Would look slick.

[Angelo]

My real dilemma is finding a pair of slick mirrors. Don't want to use the stock mirrors. I figure the knowledgeable builders on this site might have a suggestion or link.

[Zenith]

I got a pair of APR GT3 racing mirrors for about $180. They're lightweight quality pieces, but I don't know if the carbon will match what you're going for. Maybe they could be of use on your 68!