The SN65 project car
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MustangMatt1966
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that front fender with the air extractor is awesome....it looks great from the back view....mmmmmmmmmmmm
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I've been following this thread since a few months before the Great Server Crash
You and you're brother have done spectacular work. I wish I didn't live on the other side of the country, I'd love to see that beast(boy I hope you can get it to be shown at SEMA). You have much to be proud of.
You and you're brother have done spectacular work. I wish I didn't live on the other side of the country, I'd love to see that beast(boy I hope you can get it to be shown at SEMA). You have much to be proud of.
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Personally, I think the vent makes the fender look unfinished, I would prefer no vent, but it still looks like quality work and it isn't my car. Nice going!
Hi S,syborgtwinturbo said:
Acid dipped and "E" coated. Cool... let me know the details when you are done.
We are typically at the shop M-F 8 to 5. Sat 8 to noon. If you (or any one else for that matter) would like to stop by the shop, just give us a call at 630-762-0387 first. We don't want you stopping by and not be able to see the car.
Hi DF,darkness falls said:
I have not compiled a list, but that is a good idea. I will work one up and post it at our website.
Hi Reen,reenmachine said:Have a good one, and remember to have an extra one for my birthday this Saturday!
I actually had more than an extra one for your birthday. My wife would say "your not having another beer are you" and I would say "I have to... It's ReenMachines B-day."
Your car looks like it is moving along nicely. Is the completion date within sight yet. Ours is like hitting a moving target.
reenmachine
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Completion date? What's that?????SN65 said:Hi Reen,
I actually had more than an extra one for your birthday. My wife would say "your not having another beer are you" and I would say "I have to... It's ReenMachines B-day."
Your car looks like it is moving along nicely. Is the completion date within sight yet. Ours is like hitting a moving target.
As you very well know, it'll be much easier to put a completion date on the next car, but this one comes with a giant grain of salt. How do you put a firm date on how long it will take to do something nobody's ever done before? It'll be done when it's done -- sometime this fall. I mean, I just spent a whole day making the center caps for the wheels.
On top of that, the next little "hiccup" coming along is the fact that my wife Christa will be having our first child sometime in the next week!! I plan on spending a lot of time on that project as well!!
Hi All,
just a little note. a new update is posted at the site. I'm real busy right now.
Catch ya'll l8r.
just a little note. a new update is posted at the site. I'm real busy right now.
Catch ya'll l8r.
Hi All,
This weekend (as with everything else lately) was a struggle. We bolted the entire front end together (save the bumper) and discovered a number of minor alignment issues. The headlight buckets and "eyebrows" posed the greatest problems. Getting the correct relationship between the upper valance, the bottom of the eyebrows, the bottom of the grill, the outside edge of the eyebrows to the fender, the hood to the eyebrows, the top of the grill to the eyebrows was a royal pain in the butt. every correcting adjustment threw another area out of alignment. After a lot of tighten this, loosen that, move this, tweak that, pry here, bend there and hammer & dolly everywhere, we ended up with the alignment we wanted.
After that Wayne went over the body one more time before rolling the car into the booth for final priming. Wayne just needs to finish the passenger side fender and the front valance and we will finally be ready for color. Once we get through these steps and get the car painted, final assembly will fly by.
While Wayne was struggling with the front end panel alignment, I trial fit the dash end panels. One screw holds them in place and they look great. Once we get the windshield pillars painted I will be able to perform the final assembly on the dash. I can't wait for that phase. Once I finish the dash, I can move on to the rest of the interior. Once I have the interior finished, Wayne should have the rest of the front end bodywork complete so we should be able to bolt everything up, turn the key and drive the car over to the alignment shop. That will be a great day. Hopefully it will come soon.
I have included some photos of the intercooler, heat exchanger plumbing. The final assembly of these items will be performed after the installation of the cold air intake system. This may seem backwards, but the 4" diameter cold air intake system mounting flange does not clear the installed heat exchanger plumbing. Maybe I should include this info in the owners manual. Which makes me wonder. When you spend 1/2 mill on a custom car do you get a comprehensive leather bound owners manual or do you get a cardboard box with some of the aftermarket manuals thrown inside. Maybe you just get the keys, a handshake and a "good luck" as you drive off into the sunset.
Catch ya'll l8r
This weekend (as with everything else lately) was a struggle. We bolted the entire front end together (save the bumper) and discovered a number of minor alignment issues. The headlight buckets and "eyebrows" posed the greatest problems. Getting the correct relationship between the upper valance, the bottom of the eyebrows, the bottom of the grill, the outside edge of the eyebrows to the fender, the hood to the eyebrows, the top of the grill to the eyebrows was a royal pain in the butt. every correcting adjustment threw another area out of alignment. After a lot of tighten this, loosen that, move this, tweak that, pry here, bend there and hammer & dolly everywhere, we ended up with the alignment we wanted.
After that Wayne went over the body one more time before rolling the car into the booth for final priming. Wayne just needs to finish the passenger side fender and the front valance and we will finally be ready for color. Once we get through these steps and get the car painted, final assembly will fly by.
While Wayne was struggling with the front end panel alignment, I trial fit the dash end panels. One screw holds them in place and they look great. Once we get the windshield pillars painted I will be able to perform the final assembly on the dash. I can't wait for that phase. Once I finish the dash, I can move on to the rest of the interior. Once I have the interior finished, Wayne should have the rest of the front end bodywork complete so we should be able to bolt everything up, turn the key and drive the car over to the alignment shop. That will be a great day. Hopefully it will come soon.
I have included some photos of the intercooler, heat exchanger plumbing. The final assembly of these items will be performed after the installation of the cold air intake system. This may seem backwards, but the 4" diameter cold air intake system mounting flange does not clear the installed heat exchanger plumbing. Maybe I should include this info in the owners manual. Which makes me wonder. When you spend 1/2 mill on a custom car do you get a comprehensive leather bound owners manual or do you get a cardboard box with some of the aftermarket manuals thrown inside. Maybe you just get the keys, a handshake and a "good luck" as you drive off into the sunset.
Catch ya'll l8r
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Hi E,Edbert said:
Yes it is. The customer has run a little low on funds and the project is on hold right now. Hopefully that project will resume shortly.
Hi All,
While I spent yesterday reviewing engineering specs and BOM's, Wayne continued to plug along. Here we can see the final guide coat on the chassis / body. How does the car look in black? Dave said maybe we should paint it yellow and black so that we can achieve that often attempted, never achieved faux bumble bee effect. A little wet sanding and the car will be ready for the final color.
After the passenger side fender and valance are complete, we will disassemble for paint. At that point, things will really start to fly.
Catch ya'll l8r
Bob
While I spent yesterday reviewing engineering specs and BOM's, Wayne continued to plug along. Here we can see the final guide coat on the chassis / body. How does the car look in black? Dave said maybe we should paint it yellow and black so that we can achieve that often attempted, never achieved faux bumble bee effect. A little wet sanding and the car will be ready for the final color.
After the passenger side fender and valance are complete, we will disassemble for paint. At that point, things will really start to fly.
Catch ya'll l8r
Bob
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