Scotts 65 Mustang project.

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What started out as a simple restoration sort of snowballed in to a restomod, then quickly became a full custom.

This 65 is 1 of 2 that we plan on finishing for Columbus this year. Although we know the competition is stiff, we can only hope to at least place. The "touring" cars is a new ave. for us as we typically live in the street rod market.

Anyhow, here's a few pics and I welcome all comments, positive or negative.

I have a few pics of the chassis I'll post, but here's a shot I like of it getting ready to go under the car.



early stages of motor mock up



rather than welding the chassis to the body, we opted to make custom mounts (not shown, the washers are for mock up) that will make for less road noise and nicer overall feel to the car.






some trunk work



basic fuel tank

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starting on the trim for the tunnel







you can sort of see here where the tunnel is flared for the exhaust. The exhaust runs under the drive shaft then exits and go through the frame.

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you can see here the drip rails are shaved already. Here is Geoff working on the door gaps.




A cool little door pull was added ( I call it the change holder)



handles and locks shaved...



bear claw installed along with the new striker

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gas filler and trunk lock are gone





couple overall outside shots

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sweet, the motor showed up.





On to the interior



Custom center console



This is a good shot to see how the chassis sits. On most full frame Mustangs you lose precious seat height. The way we do ours you can channel the body right inside the door line, and retain full leg room.

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This is the beginning stages of the new front end. Geoff made a new lower valance





not sure if you can tell here, but the filler peice has been made to fit the new bumper that has been trimmed, recessed, raised, narrowed, and what not, LOL



New bumper location from the side view

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New inner fender panels complete with body line that wraps around.







core support has been given a bit of treatment

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The car was really missing something. Oh, I know, how about a set of side scoops. These have the matching mesh that is in the new grill



the rear ended up getting a new panel and the rear bumper was narrowed and recessed.





New grill trim was made out of sheet metal and the old pt metal one was ditched

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Wow - just when I think that it's all been done - Scott wow's again!

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core support cover and trim pieces

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here's a shot of the rear. A custom set of led's were made. they look pretty sweet



here's an under shot of the hood scoop. It's functional and retains the factory contour under the hood of the bracing.

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Well off to paint.





we really wanted to stay away from the big scoop thing, once it's all painted, i think the hood and all the proportions are going to look fantastic.

[oestek]

Very nice! Great pics... thanks for posting!

[SamHatco]

Excellant craftmanship. You should be proud of your work. The owner is one lucky guy.

Sam

[CruizinKev]

man niiiiiiiiiice! looks killer

[FadedSS]

looks great man keep up the good work

[PROTREE]

wow excellent work keep pics comming cant wait to see finished car

[Motown 454]

WOW Amazing fab work. I really like the rear quarter air intakes.

[r.a.w.rods]

Very Nice!!

[GT500KR_Vert]

really nice job