$5000 budget Mustang

[TonyL]

Yours is eleventybillion times cooler too!

[Roger M]

Yours is eleventybillion times cooler too!

Co-signed .. Wait, How much is eleventybillion?

Very cool project. Cant wait to see this one done. awesome work!

[Twentyover]

Co-signed .. Wait, How much is eleventybillion?

Very cool project. Cant wait to see this one done. awesome work!

11,000,000,000? 110,000,000,000? Ummmm How about alot?

[Ron S]

Ok,figured how I'm doing the exhaust,dummying up the flares I built,I'm not really sure I'm in love with them either,I'm finding its kind of hard to cover up 5 inches of tire.Truefully,what do you think?You won't hurt my feelings,I hate to back to the drawing board,but I will if they don't grow on me.Ron

[srh3trinity]

I like em. It has a late 80's Porsche feel to it with the fastback roof lines. Maybe you could make a side brake scoop like the blue car pictured above molded into the fender.

[Restomod]

The flairs do have the 80's Porsche Ruf look about them. They will be good.....

[cheapta]

I like it. I've actually considered a similar apraoch to a 65 Nova I'm building. Go for it-they look great!

[srh3trinity]

Just stumbled across this car on the Forgeline site. I thought maybe it would help you out with the flares. http://www.forgeline.com/customer_ga...ew.php?cvk=222

[sutton82]

Those flares look mean.

[Z06killinSBF]

I'm lovin' the flares. I agree with stated above too. Looking hot!!

[cantvalve16]

First of all... lovin' what you are doing with that car. Love the flares. My first thought when I saw them was like the other guys... Porshe widebody.

Now let me preface my next statement by saying that you are light years ahead of me in the fab department and you could button that thing up now and we would all aplaud. That being said, I think it would look cooler if they didn't jet out from the body so... all of the sudden. Maybe a little gentler transition from the quarter into the flare. Like where the 1/4 and the flare meet. And pull the bottoms of the flares (toward the rocker) a little tighter in to show a little bit of tire toward the bottom.

After saying that, I feel like such a jerk. I have done none of what you have and here I am armchair quarterbacking you into the shop. Gotta say, though, your car has motivated me to think a bit outside the accepted norm. I am traditionally a Ford guy, but you have gotten me outside the generally accepted lines of hot rodding and enjoying what we build. Thank you for that.

[Ron S]

First of all... lovin' what you are doing with that car. Love the flares. My first thought when I saw them was like the other guys... Porshe widebody.

Now let me preface my next statement by saying that you are light years ahead of me in the fab department and you could button that thing up now and we would all aplaud. That being said, I think it would look cooler if they didn't jet out from the body so... all of the sudden. Maybe a little gentler transition from the quarter into the flare. Like where the 1/4 and the flare meet. And pull the bottoms of the flares (toward the rocker) a little tighter in to show a little bit of tire toward the bottom.

After saying that, I feel like such a jerk. I have done none of what you have and here I am armchair quarterbacking you into the shop. Gotta say, though, your car has motivated me to think a bit outside the accepted norm. I am traditionally a Ford guy, but you have gotten me outside the generally accepted lines of hot rodding and enjoying what we build. Thank you for that.

Feedback is what I'm looking for, thanks.The flare in the pic is just hanging there and does curve in more at the bottom front and back{I just didn't want to tack too tight}This is probably revision 17,I even tried bulging the whole quarter panel,but it is just too much tire to have to cover up.The quarter is now bulged about 2.5" with a 3" flare.I thought I was the only one that saw the 911 widebody{not that there is anything wrong with that,I love those cars}.Thanks for the feedback.Ron

[dusterbd13]

with your fab talents, why not just widen the whole body? put a X-inch strip the whole way down the car to make it cover? there was a falcon in a mag recently done like that, thats why i thought of it.

Michael

[Z06killinSBF]

with your fab talents, why not just widen the whole body? put a X-inch strip the whole way down the car to make it cover? there was a falcon in a mag recently done like that, thats why i thought of it.

Michael

Hmm.... that is a good idea..

Another thing (if you haven't done it already) is to slice open the top of the quarters/fenders and add some material there. That way it would be a little sleeker. That is if you haven't already did this. Just let me get a couple cups of coffee in me and I'll start rattling off some more ideas. I LOVE the out side of the box. Too bad I also drive a 66 Mustang. Ohh well....

Like this

[Martin71RS]

first thing I thought was Porsche 911 rear.....guess I am not alone in that.

It will look very extreme....
and that is cool !

[Norm Peterson]

I think in the TCP car the front flares would look better if a convex contour was maintained ahead of and behind instead of becoming essentially straight (looking down). Straight lines tend to end up looking concave, and the early Mustang's fender peak only serves to make it more noticeable. I don't think it would require much convex shaping to look a lot cleaner, just that it have some.


Norm

[Young Gun]

Have you considered making a vent into the wheel well and plumb it to be functional in cooling the brakes? Just a thought...anywhoo where are you on the budget?

[Ron S]

The budget got busted on my mad dash to get to RTTH.I'm floating around $5900.00.Everything is here except the windsheild and a gallon of paint.Thought about functioal vents,but thats more time and money.I NEED TO DRIVE SOMETHING!!Ron

[Ron S]

Trying the IMSA Monza look,what do you think?Ron

[huffhinesce]

This car keeps looking sicker everytime you update!!! I kinda liked the fender wells that you had fabbed before but maybe incorporating those vents in with them. Really though to pick I would say you need to get the fronts atleast on one side fabbed up to see which one is better for the whole car. Maybe do a combination of the two?!?! I'm really loving both of them though. This thing is ridiculous and your skills are crazy. Can't wait for more.