As promised here are some pics. I need to clean the dust off from the shop but it's pretty darn clean. The hood is like glass...

John

 

More...

 

Yet another...

 

Wow! It's beautiul... take some more shots from other angles.

CAn't wait to see it with the Boss Stripes

 

under the hood...

 

I'm cleaning the car up tomorrow and will take a TON of pics at the car show on Saturday. The replacement C-stripes were reordered and will get applied on Monday or Tuesday. I'll probably wait until spring to get the car lowered, the 18" Magnum 500 knockoffs, tires and louvers for the rear glass. I'm still not sure about the 1/4 window louvers, and am waiting to see if somebody has something that will REPLACE the glass with a real louvered insert.

I think the original 1969 Boss 302 theme works pretty good on my Torch Red 2005, and have already convinced the wife to let me get a cheap economy car for the daily commute. This baby needs garaged during the day! I have the '86 to refurbish all fall and winter, so I won't be bored.

The body shop guy is buying one of these for himself. He couldn't get over how well it all came off.

Auto Body Dimensions, Frederick, Maryland.

 

Certainly does. Nice work.

 

That looks great Coming together real nice

 

Looks good.
I think the hood needs something though -- Boss 429 style scoop perhaps?

 

That does look great.

 

The '69 302 didn't come with a scoop--I think the shaker started in 70. I purposely went with the 69 so I DIDN'T have to have a scoop and didn't have to paint the entire decklid black (it looked bad on a photochop).

Now, that being said, I'm probably going to replace the hood next year with either the Steeda cowl hood or one of the RKSport hoods. The car is just a blank canvas, you know...

 

I think the side stripes will really "make" the look, but it's beautiful so far

 

Lookin Great!!!! Makes me wish I had bought a Red and done the 69 Mach-1 Theme!

 

Looks great. I've been looking around for a shop to paint my hood when I get it. Hows the service?

 

Very nice!

 

Pretty good. Including the attempt with the stripes, it took them 3.5 days to paint the hood stripe, wet sand and clear coat twice, and the same with the rear spoiler and taillight area. For some odd reason they didn't bag the wipers during prep, so I had to manually q-tip out the debris from between things, but there's nary a scratch on any surface. All newly painted areas are like glass, and the whole shop was enthused with the project. My son and I are refurbishing an 86 GT, and will take it there to get the body panels worked on and painted once we find all the trim pieces.

If you're in the area, I assume you're going to the Mason Dixon Dragway this Saturday for the big Ford show? I'll have my car entered. Son wants me to drag but I don't feel like cleaning the rubber off the rear fenders...

John

 

Thanks, I'll have to check them out and get a estimate. I heard about the show a few days ago but I haven't decided whether I'll be heading up or not.

 

Looks great John. That's the most acurate Boss replica I've seen so far... except for the gloss black paint. I think it would've looked much better to copy the original matte finish.
But, hey, it's not my car.

Can't wait to see the "C" stripe. What's it going to say?

 

You're right about the gloss, as far as a replica. That's why I'm calling it a "tribute". I tried photochops with the matt black and it just didn't come off right to my eye. I think the Torch Red is just too darn severe although I'm glad I left the chin spoiler matt. A nice orange, or Redfire paint job, maybe, and the flat black may just be the right touch.

For now, I'm leaving "GT" in between the two halves of the "C". I posted a while back asking about alternative emblems, and so far I've found a few, but the ones that I have the most interest in seem to be in development. One is a decal that says "Boss 281", but it would require filling and sanding the holes from the GT emblem. Another is a plastic emblem with the old V symbol with "High Performance 281". I'm leaning towards that. But again, neither is ready for production yet. I've found a couple of sites too:

http://www.qualitymustang.com/emblems.html
http://www.mustangsunlimited.com

Ah well, even with the stripes I have a bit to go, regarding rear glass louvers, the Magnum 500 wheel knockoffs, and a bit more kick under the hood.

John

 

John, I like the idea of "tribute" theme cars.
I can not wait to see the stripe on your car.