$5000 budget Mustang

[Ron S]

I went to the Who the heck are these guys section of the open discussion .Tony L got Larry to change it for me,because I sold my Cuda at Barrett Jackson 2 years ago.Ron

[Restomod]

Gotcha...

[Norm Peterson]

Linky


Norm

[Nate K]

Ron what fuel cell are you using?

Nate

[Ron S]

I'm using the cheap circle track cell that Jegs sells.It is in a powder coated can,I did modify the pick up to run a internal fuel pump.Ron

[Ron S]

Finally got a little time to play.Fitted the tail panel, this has got to be the most like a car this thing has looked since I've owned it.I'm not going to lie, this shot gives me a bit of a chubby.Ron

[cantvalve16]

Dynomite! Can't wait to see what how the look works with what you do to the front fenders.

[Nate K]

I'm using the cheap circle track cell that Jegs sells.It is in a powder coated can,I did modify the pick up to run a internal fuel pump.Ron

They list them with a right rear pickup when you had yours apart did it look like you could modify it to pickup from both sides.

[Ron S]

It would easy to modify,its nothing but an aluminum peice of tubing.I don't know if a dual pick up would work.If it sucked air from either side it would cause the same lose of prime.At least I think it would?Ron

[craigs73]

i like the rear flars alot better now how about those front fenders

[Twentyover]

Finally got a little time to play.Fitted the tail panel, this has got to be the most like a car this thing has looked since I've owned it.I'm not going to lie, this shot gives me a bit of a chubby.Ron

Think it does to most of us. Only in a testosterone laden, manly way though

[Ron S]

With all the bending and stretching of all this sheet metal,I was worried about fitting the glass and tail panel,but they were a perfect fit.

With all the different cars I've backhalved thru the years,it always amazed me how out of square the bodies get.I guess its just years of holeshots takes its toll on the sheetmetal.It was kind of nice starting with something you knew was straight and square.

You can kind of get an idea of truley how much bulge there is in that quarter panel,from the pic.Ron

[Restomod]

YEAH man looking good!! Cant wait to see it with the fronts done.

[Mr.VENGEANCE]

i love it..

[dusterbd13]

this thing is sick.
you sir, are my hero.

Michael

[nicks67camaro]

love it!

[Simbad68]

[preston]

Yeah that's how my coupe body was. Get the front tip on center, line up the door posts perpindicular to the center line, and the back end of hte car is 1" off center. I tried twisting the roof around, also tried isting it so front and rear are on center, but then the firewall and front clip would have been askew. It might seem weird when you're building and attaching everything from scratch to a tube frame that you can't line it up, but the entire body indexes off the roof and that's what I was stuck with. YOu have to budget your time somewhere and I wasn't ready to start pie cutting and welding the roof and sail panels, although in retrospect it might have been worth it for building my "dream car".

I too am eagerly awaiting the front flares.

[craigs73]

[Ron S]

Yeah that's how my coupe body was. Get the front tip on center, line up the door posts perpindicular to the center line, and the back end of hte car is 1" off center. I tried twisting the roof around, also tried isting it so front and rear are on center, but then the firewall and front clip would have been askew. It might seem weird when you're building and attaching everything from scratch to a tube frame that you can't line it up, but the entire body indexes off the roof and that's what I was stuck with. YOu have to budget your time somewhere and I wasn't ready to start pie cutting and welding the roof and sail panels, although in retrospect it might have been worth it for building my "dream car".

I too am eagerly awaiting the front flares.

Don't sweat it Preston,we all have to come to a happy medium.I did a car a couple years ago,that I built the rear frame for, X'ed the corners, knew it was square.When I tried to install it in the car,the tire hit on the one side and was 2" in on the other.When I measured the car using string and tape measures,it was like 3" out of square,and didn't have any evidence of being wrecked. That is why I was so suprised as to how straight and square this body fit on this frame.

I also bought a new subframe for my Camaro from a manufacture that will remain nameless.Couldn't get to bolt in the car{thought the car was tweeked}When I got the tape measure out and X'ed the corners on the subframe, it was 1.75" out of square.The frame was never shipped went right from they're shop into my truck,so it didn't get bent it shipment.

It was then that I desided that I could build it better then that.There are some quality manufactures out there though,that build some really nice parts.It pays to do your homework.Ron