Original Sin

Hey thanks StangNut, means alot coming from you (seriously), you've been a great help to me and lots of others. I purposely went with the smaller stick on Pony's for exactly the reason you stated.....I think the 94-98 versions would be too big (just my thoughts though), and with the same emblems on the wheels, I didn't want to overdo it. Besides, on the original GTA, there are no Pony emblems at all but with holes, I had to do something (no body filling allowed!!!!).

I didn't know where the locator holes were and I didn't want to rip the GT emblems off before I did, worried that the smaller Pony's wouldn't cover them up. Kevin (05Stangkc) is the BEST.....I e-mailed him at his shop and he TRACED the outline of a GT emblem in his parts dept. onto a piece of paper (with the locator holes penciled in), scanned it and e-mailed it to me. Thankfully, the holes are located in a north/south position, right in the middle, offset from each other by a little more than a pencil width. The small Pony's covered them without a problem!!

So don't worry, whichever size you go with, either will fit.

Thanks again, Mark

sonic98gt

You beat me to it! IMO though, the stripes should be black. I want to make a clone of my mom's '67.

05mach1

Looks great! I got sliver bulltt wheels on order for my GT356.

swingle007

Very nice work Mark ...another nice set of '05 throwback mods...great to see!!!!!!!

Congrats,
John

Original Sin

Yeah, thought of it but no, no black vinyl roof on mine to contrast them to

No sarcasm intended, I'd kill for your '67, who wouldn't.

Treadhead

All I can say is WOW! That really is beautiful. I hope the snow melts soon so you can drive it around and show it off.

Sonic05

Very nice! :worship: It's so good to see people making their cars original, not just plain stock, or the same darn thing everybody else is doing. That's what I love about this new car . . . so many directions to go . . .

I love seeing what everybody has done, so I can get an idea of what things I want to do. Thanks for the pics!

lwing18

Thumbs up. Looks great.

Post more pictures when you get a chance.

mizanin

Really love the M U S T A N G on the rear. A while back there was a photoshop with F O R D on the front hood in a retro manner. Don't think I'd do that, think it'd be too much.

Also like the black bullet wheels.

mustp51

Ah Man! You took my idea with the letters on the rear deck
I have a set of them sitting in the drawer waiting for mine. Reproductions for the '68.
Very nice! The more pics I see of LL, the happier I am with my choice.

Original Sin

You're right about the hood F-O-R-D lettering. I have them, was gonna put them on, but for some reason decided against them (for now anyways). I saw the photoshop too - liked it, so did Ford if that alleged spy shot of the retro grill is any indication.

And P51 - your lettering placement instructions (they were a female dog to line up properly) are somewhere in the string. They'll save you some time when you're putting them on. Have fun.

Mangler

Looks Great!


What did you use to black out the rear panel?

sonic98gt

Yeah, thought of it but no, no black vinyl roof on mine to contrast them to

No sarcasm intended, I'd kill for your '67, who wouldn't.
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Don't think I haven't told my mom that a thousand times. That thing is 100% orriginal, and is optioned to the HILT! Tilt away steering wheel, AC, full upper and lower consoles, orriginal paint, orriginal motor, etc., etc., etc.

And you're right, that vinyl roof may look a little funny on the '05. I'm very envious of you, btw. Nice job on the car!

Original Sin

It's just vinyl - Rob from Autographix Design did a fantastic job on the stripes and the panel. Much easier - and cheaper - than paint or a smoke panel.

Fazm

I am all sorts of confused now. Does this mean that previous year wheels will fit, or just those particular rims? I got a set of 17x8 2000 cobra R wheels (real ones) that id love to use on my car if they would fit.

Original Sin

Oooooh, be careful. First, are ya sure they're 17x8's. If they're 2000 Cobra R's they should be 18x9.5. The 98's & 99's were 17X8 and should fit - they're the same backspacing/offset as mine. After 99, they were either 17x9's or 18x9.5 as above - with offsets that are too far off from stock.

Take a look at www.gefracing.com. They mounted a bunch of FMS wheels, including a Cobra R I think, and in opinion they stick out way too much at the rear - because of the offset difference.

Any of the newer 17x8 FMS wheels with backspacing of 5.72" (they use that measurement instead of offset) should work - mine did perfectly. Hope this helps,

Mark

elvism

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Well it's still snowing and I'm still not driving. But....spent a bit of time at the dealership the past few days. New wheels (from the '04 collection and if anyone says they don't fit, take a look), new badging and striping, both from '67 and got rid of the GT emblem from the side fenders. I put on a pair of running pony's (didn't want anyone saying I had "GT" twice on each side LOL) to cover up the locator holes. Finally, black-out vinyl on the rear and my final retro touch, M-U-S-T-A-N-G lettering on the trunk lid, ala 67-early 70's. And oh yeah, the side mouldings are GONE!!! More pics in nicer surroundings on a better day when all this white crap is melted.

Anyways, here it is and I'm so proud. Now if I can only drive it somewhere .
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only thing i dont like is the white stripe. doesnt look as classy. someone else told me today thats "im glad u didnt get that stripe on bottom of ur car". i like the stripes from from hood to truck. just my opinion

StangNut

Hey thanks StangNut, means alot coming from you (seriously), you've been a great help to me and lots of others.

Thanks again, Mark
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Mark,
I'm not sure what I did, but that's great to hear as I have also received a LOT of help from others on here. It's nice to know I could return the favor even if it's indirectly.
Thanks for the info on the holes. I replaced the GT's with the ponies on my my '03 and now I'm seriously considering doing it to the '05. Can you email or post that "diagram" KC sent you?

Fazm

hrmm... they could be 17x9 but they have 245 tires on them... so i dont know. Guess the only way to see if they will work is try them

Original Sin

Mark,
I'm not sure what I did, but that's great to hear as I have also received a LOT of help from others on here. It's nice to know I could return the favor even if it's indirectly.
Thanks for the info on the holes. I replaced the GT's with the ponies on my my '03 and now I'm seriously considering doing it to the '05. Can you email or post that "diagram" KC sent you?
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Hi Jason. Here's a pic of the diagram. I'll also make a separate post (In Exterior Mods) so anyone else wondering about the holes can find them easily.

So DO IT, you'll love the look!!

Regards, Mark.