cant say much now but I will post pictures before the SEMA show. I will debuit the car on this sight..

 

Very cool of you.

 

Bordom strikes again!
BTW, I can't wait to see the real one.

 

that looks pretty awesome matt

 

Mike,

If you do a lightbar, I like the look of the concept light bar (meaning, use the brushed metal).


Also, since it's a vert the seats will be pretty important. I would do something like the new GT500 - which is a throwback to the pony interior - with the two tone leather inserts. And the white or colored stitching is a must!


A double-din nav system would look nice from the outside (Pioneer D1?).

I love the way you embraced the retro cues of the Mustang, but modernized it on your last car. Maybe a modern approach to pin-stripes (with micro tribal accents or something) or flames (ghost pearl red on tungsten?).


Of your stuff you have to use the ducktail (you know I am a fan) and the center mount fogs.

 

Seems like a lot of people want a modern take on a 1968 Shelby vert. Side scoops. Light bar. Snake nostril hood.

 

matt! thats friggin insane!!!!! in a good way lol nice PS work i lives it

 

I can't wait to see it!

 

Wish I had seen this thread earlier....

But, if you do a 'vert, it needs a tonneau (speedster) cover IMHO. Not necessarially a light bar though -- could go either way.

I personally am over the retro thing -- it is being beaten to death and everything looks the same. Clean and modern while still being agressive and clearly differen than stock would be my approach.

 

Thanks!

 

I would like to do a fiberglass tonneau but frankly its not pratical. Others are going to do it for SEMA but it will be for show use only. You wont be able to buy it. The soft top sits about 5 1/2 inches above the deck. Your choices are to completly remove the soft top by un-bolting it from the car then putting a smooth tonneau on or building a tonneau that goes over the soft top but then sits about 6 or 7 inches above the truck lid- this would look stupid. It could be then used on a normal basis but again its not going to look good. Ford built the soft top so it sits above the rear trunk. It doesnt tuck down below the surface line.

 

I don't know, I don't think it looks that bad. Not ideal by any stretch of the imagination, but better than stock IMHO.


(this is a chop of course)

 

your right! that looks good! I went out and looked at it again today. The other problem is making it small enough to fit in the trunk of the car. Also, what do you think about it covering the back seat?

 

Doesn't need to fit in the trunk IMHO. If that is a big issue, you could make it two-piece (not my preference though).

Also, for me, the point of a tonneau/speedster is to cover the back seat and make it look like a two seater. Plus, it makes it look longer and cleaner to me (especially without the light bar).

 

We did discuss making it two piece and spliting it down the middle so that it would fit in the trunk but it still wouldnt fit if you made it big enough to cover tha back seats. The idea being that if you did go into production on this piece and you had the tonneau on, then you wanted to put the top up, you need to be able to store the tonneau. ( asumes you are away from home) Again if you are only doing a show car, its no big deal. For us however, we dont like to put anything on a show car, that we dont intend to build and sell. We are more interested in product development and customer input than we are a trophy at a show.( those are also nice but again we want to be able to develop and offer working product first)

 

Would the two-piece fit in the back seat instead of the trunk? I would imagine having to put the top up away from home would be an unexpected occurance and wouldn't happen too often.

Either way, I would still buy a 1 piece tonneau. Though, living in So Cal, we don't have to worry about putting the top up too much.

BTW, weren't Saleen's old speedster covers 1 piece?

 

I think the Saleen one was but the back end was smaller. To do this thing right it would be pretty big.. A two piece that just covers the soft top might fit in the trunk but if you wanted to cover the back seat, I two piece wont fit in the trunk. We always talk about compromises and form vrs function. Its doesnt happen too often where both form and function work together without compromise...

 

I still think it would be worth it -- especially if the two-piece fits in the rear seat area with the top up.

Anyway, another part I would love to see produced are painted, smooth headlight buckets ala all pre-'70 Mustangs:

 

I think you should be part of our design team! Nice!

 

I would like nothing more.