TMS Fox Project car!!! Project Twice Bitten!
4/24/07, 07:38 AM
#41
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Hey Paul,
Great choice on the hood. I've had 2 hoods by HOFibertrends and been completely satisfied with them both. Had (I believe it was) a 2 1/2" on an '89 LX and the 'R' hood on a '98 Cobra. These guys do great work, so much so that Ford uses them, and they're easy to deal with. I'll definitely use them again when it's time for a hood for the 'vert. Do me a favor and when you're ready to buy tell them I said Hi.
Skip Hamer
Great choice on the hood. I've had 2 hoods by HOFibertrends and been completely satisfied with them both. Had (I believe it was) a 2 1/2" on an '89 LX and the 'R' hood on a '98 Cobra. These guys do great work, so much so that Ford uses them, and they're easy to deal with. I'll definitely use them again when it's time for a hood for the 'vert. Do me a favor and when you're ready to buy tell them I said Hi.
Skip Hamer
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4/24/07, 07:41 AM
#42
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Yes, I've dealt with Dave there for a while now. He makes a stock reproduction SVO hood as well which is a nice piece. His emphasis is on light weight and quality. I've installed a lot of fiberglass hoods over the years and been happiest with his.
4/24/07, 07:53 AM
#43
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I'd forgotten their names, been close to 10 years since I bought the 'R' hood at Bowling Green. They took care of me, said they would go home to their shop and find their best hood and ship it out for me.That's service. Funny story, I remember when they first got started, the came to Bristol for the Fun Ford race. I got to talking to them and they told me they were working out of their parents' barn. Bought the hood for the LX not long after that. Man have they come a long way.
4/24/07, 05:17 PM
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It varies by hood....I weighed 2 SN95 hoods once and there was a 9lb difference. The center of the HO hood is not finished but when painted and then sprayed with a semi gloss black you get the impression of a nice, neat hood pad. Cervini has more layers underneath to finish it smooth making it more for appearance and less function of weight savings. My pet peeve though with the Cervini hood is the embossed name underneath and if you try to remove it you go through the layer creating a lot of work. Unless you are paying me to advertise, don't force it on me is my opinion. Another issue that I think they may have changed by now was the latch design on the Cervini hoods....I've heard of more than 30 of their hoods over the years fly up as a result.....I haven't heard of any recently which leads me to believe they may have finally changed this.
4/24/07, 06:08 PM
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I don't mind the Cervini's name on there (it can prove to people you have quality stuff), but I understand how some people don't like to advertise, BBK is another company that plasters their name everywhere. I went with Cervini's because I read at multiple forums that you don't have to worry about fit and finish with them, and the body shop told me it was the best quality fiberglass piece they ever painted. I had hood pins installed at the same time so I don't have to worry about the hood flying up, but I read that you should always use hood pins with fiberglass hoods
5/2/07, 09:01 AM
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Hopefully soon but we have been buried with show season preperations by customers so it's slowed down while we catch up on those. I'll get some more posted soon though...
5/2/07, 10:09 AM
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Yeah, that time of year again. In the same boat myself, trying to get ready, so I know where your coming from. There just does'nt seem to be enough days in a month anymore.
5/23/07, 08:03 AM
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5/23/07, 05:16 PM
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I'm waiting on Brad....but other than that I went ahead and picked up some steel, we are going to make our own jacking rails and bracing...pics hopefully in a couple weeks. We have a '69 fastback that we are about to paint that has taken up a lot of time lately...I'll post pics of that in the early model section
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7/27/07, 04:24 PM
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Yes...sort of....we are working with some people planning some cool additions. Mans-Motorsports will be working with us on the necessary synthetic fluids we will be using....We will be working with Baer Brakes for the stopping power....Dynamat will be working with us for our NVH needs and we have some others we are contacting while planning the powerplant and other areas of the project.
I'll get more info to you guys as I can. We are fabricating our own chassis stiffening components and just need to get going on that and then it will head into the paint booth....
I'll get more info to you guys as I can. We are fabricating our own chassis stiffening components and just need to get going on that and then it will head into the paint booth....
7/27/07, 09:16 PM
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Hey guys,
I got the priviledge of visiting Paul's shop the first week of July and I can verify that the guy is SWAMPED!!! He had more projects going on than I could count!! It is great to hear that he's making any progress on this car!!!
I got the priviledge of visiting Paul's shop the first week of July and I can verify that the guy is SWAMPED!!! He had more projects going on than I could count!! It is great to hear that he's making any progress on this car!!!
9/12/07, 10:49 AM
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Actually yes....I will have some more pics on Friday. We have decided to Soda blast the bottom of the car which will take place on Friday. This just makes life a lot easier with how we want to refinish the bottom of the car and it will wipe out some of the small surface rust areas that are located under the back of the chassis.
