Slickness...

 

You know the grat thing about this design, it could be made with an older or newr mustang, and still look great.

 

something i've always wondered about is how the 68 deluxe hood with the turn signal scallops would look with a 67 shelby scoop. only i would make the turn signal cutouts into air extractors of sorts. with the airflowing over the hood right there i would think it help to pull hot air out from under the hood, anyone else got any ideas on that? another thing was to maybe exagerate the front of the opening a little bit by "building it up" in the front so that it actually stands up a little in the front instead of being flat

 

Someone should do this hood in glass for the early cars:

 

buckfu,

I saw that you mentioned you were considering some Cragar rims. Here are a few pics I thought you may want to see. They are Cragar Street Stars, size 15 x 8. They look great from behind, and they didn't require any modification to the rear tubs. No problems w/ rubbing up front during turning, either. IMO, less is more w/ classic mustangs and rim sizes. I think anything bigger than 17 inches in diameter just starts looking goofy, esp. if the car isn't lowered. Good luck.

 

From the side:

 

Beautiful car...and those rims suit the car really well.

 

buckfu-would billetbadges do any for me-or was that a one-time thing?
I'm doin a 68 restomod FB

 

Thank you.

 

Hey everyone, just got back into town.....

Thanks to everybody for all the feedback - good, bad, ugly I appreciate it. Thanks to 68Notch for the pics.

bullitman 68 - The best I can suggest is contacting Steve at billetbadges.com... here's his email: maxrsmart@***.net. Tell him Bart referred you to him.


Got a mirror question for ya'll..... I had a pair of loaner 69 sport side mirrors to see if we could mount them on the doors rather than the stock chrome ones...We couldn't see a way of doing it. It either hit the glass or was repositioned so far off that the driver would've been seeing nothing but the ground. Has anyone put these kind of mirrors on their car? if so, how? Otherwise we're just gonna get a set of repro stock ones.

 

new image of the emblem

 

......and a new image of the FFF w no side scoop and the louvers on the fastback.....look better?

 

Nah... I think the problem is no one likes the stock louvers. What about a '65 2+2 setup or a '66 window?

 

try some 69/70 cougar sport mirrors since the mustang units didn't work, they look exactly the same, in fact the base is the only difference, and they mounted more like the 67-68 cars did. i think the 71-73 cars were similar in mounting as well. here's a tip, a lot of the 70's fords with sport mirrors used the same housings as the 69/70 stangs but just with a different base, might be time to do some junkyard scrounging

 

Thanks Bnickel, I'll see what I can find....Here's a photo of the finished prototype...has some cleaning up to do, but it's looking pretty slick!

 

Yes, that looks good.

The emblem looks fantastic! About how much are those costing you?

 

Ditto Blake's comments. Looks tight. When can we expect to see it mounted to the car?

 

Looks very nice, wonder if you could integrate some body lines in order to bring a persons eye to the emblem

 

Oh, and what rims are you going to use??

 

I've always like the Boyd Coddington Rallye wheels since they have a similar look to the Shelby wheels in your first post: