Nicks fast back conversion

[horse sence]

we have had this sitting for quite a while now . Decided to do a fast back conversion . I marked where to cut and let Nick have at it . This one will be from start to a finished car in candy apple red with white shelby stripes

 

[horse sence]

Got most of it cut and trimmed today ,two people working on it can get a lot done . Still have the tail panel to remove and the driver door jamb has to be trimmed .

 

[02 281 GT]

Looks like a great start!

 

[horse sence]

Looks like a great start!

The only rot i can find is a very small hole in the driver side wheel tub ,just going to patch that

 

[02 281 GT]

The only rot i can find is a very small hole in the driver side wheel tub ,just going to patch that

That’s good. Are you planning to keep the Shelby tail lights?

 

[horse sence]

That’s good. Are you planning to keep the Shelby tail lights?

No ,they will go back to the stock lights

 

[horse sence]

All trimmed out ,tomorrow i will blast the hidden areas and primer . Next week end it will be ready for the new metal .

 

[2Blue2]

This one is on the fast track.
Nick is lucky guy.
Quick! Tell him to go buy me a lotto ticket.

 

[horse sence]

Nick is my nephew

 

[2Blue2]

Nick is my nephew

Well then he's double lucky.
Better buy two lotto tickets.

 

[horse sence]

Sand blasted and in primer ,soon as the primer is dry i will level it up and we are ready for new metal

 

[horse sence]

Blocked up and level ,just waiting for Saturday and Nick.

 

[Potomus Pete]

Another Stangnet super talent. Build a car from scratch how good does it get.

 

[Noobz347]

So, what look is he going for...

This?

 

[horse sence]

Close ! We already have the paint ,will be the first car i have painted in 5 years

 

[Noobz347]

Close ! We already have the paint ,will be the first car i have painted in 5 years

What year is that, exactly?

 

[horse sence]

What year is that, exactly?

The pic is a 66 ,Nicks is a 65

 

[2Blue2]

Ah yes, the old dream Shelby style stang!
I Still covet that old girl.
Will be fun to to see you paint this one.

 

[horse sence]

The last one i built i used everything i could find that was original ford ,that is hard to do now .
Took it to a fairly big event here ,i kept seeing some guy in a black cow boy hat looking in side and out of it ,when he crawled under it i decided to talk to him ,it was Shelbys crew chief haha !
He said he looked it over well and then he asked me if it was real or not ,i showed the display board in front of it that said replica . He told me we did a very good job and he couldnt tell if it was the real thing or not . I didnt get to talk to Shelby his self ,we had gone to dinner when he showed up ,Steve Davis told me Shelby told him we build some fantastic cars ,i had two on display ,made me feel real good .
I will have to see if i can find my pics of the two cars

 

[horse sence]

For some reason i cant find a lot of my car pics or even one of the red fast back . The black GT is the car that beat my red one in almost all the car shows it was in ,it was. Direct match for my black GT fast back ,they were both concourse restorations

the white one was a toy although it was a real GT

my Torino GT 428 4 speed ,originally candy apple red ,i painted it grabber green

i even had a concourse 27 model T . Just a few of around 200 cars i have had ,and i wish i still did .