Blue My Mind, 1972 Ford Maverick

[HotRod47]

Nice! Does the car match your original vision?

So, that is an interesting question, and of course is hard to answer with a simple yes or no.

The original plan with this car was a simple driver, a $5k budget. Nice paint and an engine trans swap. That all went sideways within the first 30 days when I ordered the custom front suspension! After that I had to really soul search and come up with what my vision really was now. What was the plan? I put all those thoughts and ides rolling through my head and had this rendering done. In the end the car is almost 100% matching to it other than the side stripes. I changed them because a few years ago Ford started putting the Boss stripes on everything from new Mustangs to F150 pick ups. They became too common and very blasé now. So instead I decided to do my version of the Shelby GT350 stripes.

I'm now over 1500 labor hours and the money, well I am at least 5 times the original plan. Had I had to pay for labor, holy hell I could not have afforded the car!



This rendering was done 5 years ago. So I ask you, how close did i hit the target?