1965 Mustang Coupe Build...

[langleylad]

Looks great , what did you use for your final cut ? . I'm doing my final cut before I buff and I'm using 3000 grit trizact on a d/a and it looks awesome !.

[Z06killinSBF]

What color is that?

[digitalsolo]

Thanks! I used Meguiars Unigrit for the main cutting and Trizact for the final cut.

The color is BMW Laguna Seca Blue. 2003 M3 to be specific.

[LS122]

One of my Favorite colors, 03 to be specific. Going to (already does) look great. Are you going to leave the wheel centers as they are now?

[craigF]

Great build. Better paint than some of the professional panel shops around here. Well done, inspiring.

[digitalsolo]

Are you going to leave the wheel centers as they are now?

I'm planning on different wheels. Enkei Hypergrams in satin bronze.

Thanks for the compliments all! I'm really looking forward to getting it all assembled.

[andrewb70]

Blake...check your PM...need your help!

Andrew

[digitalsolo]

Updates!

Ordered (and received) some goodies:

FAST 88# fuel injectors:



Corbeau Trailcat seats:



Painted the inside of the door with texture paint and stain black:


Sound deadened the roof, floor and passenger door (still need to do the driver door and rear seat pass through area (which has been welded shut):


And started building a center console! This is just construction foam and hot glue. I am going to wrap it in fiberglass, then sand/finish it and wrap it in vinyl/leather upholstery.

[digitalsolo]

Wired up the glovebox mounted fuseboxes. The one on the left is power windows (2 relays per window) and the one on the right is the ancillary systems like HVAC, stereo, IGN+ controlled enablement of the power windows (runs the other fusebox), power door lock ECU power, CANbus ECU power, etc.):



And the center console wiring, mostly done. There is a ton of stuff here. The center console contains:

1. Stereo, which has a USB CANbus adapter to read and display ECU information from my AEM Infinity using an AVR compatible microcontroller assembly and code I authored.
2. BMW E36/E39 window switches for all power windows, including an "all down" window switch.
3. BMW E36/E39 power door lock "unlock" button
4. AEM Trim Pot for fuel/boost map control.
5. "Billet Buttons" hazard button (lights up surround when active)
6. "Billet Buttons" traction control button (lights up when pressed, which disabled 3 channel traction control in the AEM)
7. A few spare connections for future use if needed (like signal when parking brake is set).



And the center console progress. It's now fiberglassed, finished out and wrapped in leather-look vinyl. The top plate is aluminum and attaches with neodymium magnets. I don't have the armrest in place yet, but it will be shortly. The top plate will get painted black texture finish to match the dash/door panels/etc. The shifter boot isn't quite finished out yet and I still need to make one for the parking brake lever (as well as a handle for that).

[JayinMI]

That Joying radio makes baby Jesus cry. lol
(I install car stereo for a living, and most of the Asian android based stuff has a short shelf life, tho the Joying isn't the worst.)
Everything else 10/10. Love the build.

Jay

[digitalsolo]

For the purpose of showing gauge data, it'll work. ;) I have to have an Android setup, so I figured I'd rather a (sorta) cheap unit vs. 1000 dollar nice unit that will be outdated just as quickly. :D It's hilariously light, though, haha.

[Z06killinSBF]

Looking good! I like that layout for the console, came out clean.

[Project Bike Truck]

Wired up the glovebox mounted fuseboxes. The one on the left is power windows (2 relays per window) and the one on the right is the ancillary systems like HVAC, stereo, IGN+ controlled enablement of the power windows (runs the other fusebox), power door lock ECU power, CANbus ECU power, etc.):



And the center console wiring, mostly done. There is a ton of stuff here. The center console contains:

1. Stereo, which has a USB CANbus adapter to read and display ECU information from my AEM Infinity using an AVR compatible microcontroller assembly and code I authored.
2. BMW E36/E39 window switches for all power windows, including an "all down" window switch.
3. BMW E36/E39 power door lock "unlock" button
4. AEM Trim Pot for fuel/boost map control.
5. "Billet Buttons" hazard button (lights up surround when active)
6. "Billet Buttons" traction control button (lights up when pressed, which disabled 3 channel traction control in the AEM)
7. A few spare connections for future use if needed (like signal when parking brake is set).



And the center console progress. It's now fiberglassed, finished out and wrapped in leather-look vinyl. The top plate is aluminum and attaches with neodymium magnets. I don't have the armrest in place yet, but it will be shortly. The top plate will get painted black texture finish to match the dash/door panels/etc. The shifter boot isn't quite finished out yet and I still need to make one for the parking brake lever (as well as a handle for that).

Looking at this E-brake set up I might go and put a handle in. I was thinking of doing the hidden electric one. Any reason why you went with the handle over the hidden one?

[digitalsolo]

I can modulate a manual e-brake handle as needed, and by feel. I can't get that with an electric unit. In my eyes, that makes the electric worse, while costing something like 20x the price this setup cost (20 dollars). If I was building a show car or something, I'd probably be fine with an electric, but I think for something I plan to track and use for who knows what, having the ability to use it as an e-brake, and not just a parking brake, seemed beneficial.

[1bad68cat]

Wired up the glovebox mounted fuseboxes. The one on the left is power windows (2 relays per window) and the one on the right is the ancillary systems like HVAC, stereo, IGN+ controlled enablement of the power windows (runs the other fusebox), power door lock ECU power, CANbus ECU power, etc.):



And the center console wiring, mostly done. There is a ton of stuff here. The center console contains:

1. Stereo, which has a USB CANbus adapter to read and display ECU information from my AEM Infinity using an AVR compatible microcontroller assembly and code I authored.
2. BMW E36/E39 window switches for all power windows, including an "all down" window switch.
3. BMW E36/E39 power door lock "unlock" button
4. AEM Trim Pot for fuel/boost map control.
5. "Billet Buttons" hazard button (lights up surround when active)
6. "Billet Buttons" traction control button (lights up when pressed, which disabled 3 channel traction control in the AEM)
7. A few spare connections for future use if needed (like signal when parking brake is set).



And the center console progress. It's now fiberglassed, finished out and wrapped in leather-look vinyl. The top plate is aluminum and attaches with neodymium magnets. I don't have the armrest in place yet, but it will be shortly. The top plate will get painted black texture finish to match the dash/door panels/etc. The shifter boot isn't quite finished out yet and I still need to make one for the parking brake lever (as well as a handle for that).

Would you mind sharing where you got the glove box mounted fuse blocks from. I need a set for my power windows and auxiliaries as well.

[digitalsolo]

They are Littelfuse HWB60-W units, I bought from Waytek wire.

[1bad68cat]

They are Littelfuse HWB60-W units, I bought from Waytek wire.

Thank you digitalsolo.

[JayinMI]

And started building a center console! This is just construction foam and hot glue. I am going to wrap it in fiberglass, then sand/finish it and wrap it in vinyl/leather upholstery.

I can modulate a manual e-brake handle as needed, and by feel.

It looks like the arm rest would make it hard to use the parking brake other than for parking. If you were trying to control a drift or something, it seems like the arm rest would in the way. But you can't really (or comfortably) go without an arm rest nowadays. Interesting idea about the center console, using foam as a base. Looks like it's coming out nice.

They are Littelfuse HWB60-W units, I bought from Waytek wire.

These are among the units I'm considering for my build when I get that far.

Jay

[sodak65]

looking great, whats that arm rest from??

[andrewb70]

.... whats that arm rest from??

Presumably so that he doesn't tip over and capsize.

Andrew