The SN65 project car

[SN65]

Sorry to bother you for that, but thanks again!!

Scott

Hi S,

No bother at all. It is I who should be thanking you for your interest and support of our little project.

Catch ya’ll l8r.

Bob
Come see this WIP at
Julian's Collision Center
http://www.julianscollisioncenter.com/

 

[User Name]

Hey SN65, Ive been folowing for a few months now and what you are doing is incredible!! Mustangs are a passion for me and combining two of the greats into one car is genious. I love the photos and was wondering if you have a online gallery or plan to have one with all the pictures of the car in progress. I came about after the server crash so I never got to see any of the begining pics or anything. Keep up the good work and thanks for keeping all of us SN65 feinds up to date. Later, JR

 

[SN65]

Hey SN65, Ive been folowing for a few months now and what you are doing is incredible!! Mustangs are a passion for me and combining two of the greats into one car is genious. I love the photos and was wondering if you have a online gallery or plan to have one with all the pictures of the car in progress. I came about after the server crash so I never got to see any of the begining pics or anything. Keep up the good work and thanks for keeping all of us SN65 feinds up to date. Later, JR

Hi JR,

Not to worry. When all is complete I plan on creating "the great compilation".

To date I have over 4,000 posts to review. As of this morning we have past the quarter mil mark on total views. The top dog is Stangnet with over 80,000 views, but SVT Prformance is closing the gap pretty quickly. Over the past month this thread on SVT has averaged just over 750 views per day brining their total to just over 56,000 views.

Thanks to all for their support and interest.

Bob

 

[backsix]

Fender Flares

what fender flares did you finally use?
what application/source?


I saw the pic of bonding w/ visegrips.
I saw the note about 3M 8115 Panel Bond Adhesive.

amazing project. Thanks for sharing.

 

[SN65]

what fender flares did you finally use?
what application/source?


I saw the pic of bonding w/ visegrips.
I saw the note about 3M 8115 Panel Bond Adhesive.

amazing project. Thanks for sharing.

Hi BS,

Don't laugh, but those are the same flares used on the "Eleanor" cars. We had to modify them quite a bit, but they gave us the profile we were looking for.

Catch ya’ll l8r.

Bob
Come see this WIP at
Julian's Collision Center
http://www.julianscollisioncenter.com/

 

[67coupe351w]

Also, as we get closer to the completion, we have decided to only show detail shots. We are going to save the long overall shots for the big finish later this month.

You know thats sort of like locking your best friends (Us..ok maybe not) out of your garage.

I'll settle for being locked out if I can be the first to drive it

 

[SN65]

Hi All,

We are getting down to crunch time here and are looking for additional hands.

So...

If you live in the St Charles, IL area. If you are really into mustangs. If you are mechanically inclined (or have body working skills). If you are not afraid of hard work, etc, etc, etc....

Send me an e-mail at [email protected]

Bob

 

[SN65]

Hi All,

I am having a real tough time deciding on the seats to use (if you remember, the Cobra seats sat about 2" to high).

I have considered Recaro, Sparco, Flow Fit, Corbeau, etc...

There are so many choices out there that I am having trouble making up my mind. Also, I have never planted my butt in any of these seats. This makes the decision very difficult at best.

As far as requirements go, I want seats that look, feel and fit similar to the 03 Cobra seats. I would really like them to be leather with suede inserts, but all leather will suffice. Electric controls are not mandatory, but they would be nice if I can keep the seat 2” shorter than the originals. The seats must be useable with a 4 point harness. And I also need the seats to fold forward (for access to the rear).

The seats need to be a compromise of performance and comfort (If they are not comfortable, I will never complete the power tour next year). They need to accommodate butts of all sizes (you never know who is going to end up driving or riding).

The Sparco Milano, Recaro LXF, Cobra Misano L, Corbeau legacy, etc... all look pretty good, but all I have to go on are the looks.

So... Your input would be greatly appreciated.

Bob

 

[1320stang]

Surely there's someplace in the Chicago area you can go and "plant your butt" in these to see how they feel. Maybe there are some members in your area that have these seats in a car that you could try for feel.

 

[Dr_Pain]

Hey Bob,

First time contributing to your thread but have been eyeballing your project for months. Thumbs up brother!!!!

As far as seat suggestions, have you ever thought about the Corbeau GTS II leather seats. They offer confort, support, and have all around fitment for several body types (in addition to providing a little vintage nostalgia). True, the four point harness may look a little more out of place than if you used a seat that has the dedicated holes in the upper back area but in my opinion it is a small compromise.

Height issues are minimal. They are manual seats but do have the multipoint reclining features. You can also get them with a manually inflatting bladder for the low back support. Here is a pic of the seats I will be putting in my 68 fastback project. Hope it helps!!!

 

[Focker67]

Those seats look sweet, do they come in Parchment?
sorry to hijack.

 

[Route666]

I like the sport Corbeau seat overall, as it is like the GTS, but comes in a wider version, and is more subtle. It also has the inflatable lumbar and leather options.

 

[SN65]

Hi All,

What a rush. Lately I don't know if I am coming or going.

Anyway....

Wayne has been busy solving body fitment issues. Here are a couple of shots. The first is of Wayne hard at work. He is contemplating the gaps. If you listen closely you can hear the buzz as he thinks about the best way to even out all these inconsistent gaps. He has had to weld extensions on to some panels while trimming back others.

Shush. Be very quiet. We better move on before we disturb him.

Next is a photo of what the gaps look like before Wayne works his magic. Compare that to the 4th shot showing the repaired gaps on the opposite side of the car.

Last we have a shot of the car starting to go together for final bodywork. We are currently fitting / clearancing the hood (stock 65 with a bulge for the massive blown 4.6)

Wish I could go into more detail, but I really have to get back to work.

Catch ya'll later.

Bob

 

[backsix]

Hey what's going on in the last pic with the front fender flare? are you going to flare out the stock metal or bond on the elenor style?

 

[Edbert]

Hey what's going on in the last pic with the front fender flare? are you going to flare out the stock metal or bond on the elenor style?

Those flares (front and back) are like the 03-04 Cobra flares.

 

[SN65]

Hi All,

Here is our current problem

No the problem isn't Wayne. The problem is the width of the front track.

If we leave things exactly as they are, we will end up with a front wheel flares that stick out about 2 1/4", while the flares on the back stick out about 2". If we do this the car will have a rather strange appearance where the front track looks wider than the rear. To resolve this issue we need to shift the front wheels inboard about 1". This will give us a 2" rear and 1 1/2" front flare, which should look more appealing. We were giving consideration to resolving this issue by using front and rear wheels with different backspacing. We didn't really like this idea because we want the wheels to look identical on all 4 corners and a 1" diff in backspacing would be pretty obvious.

So, we called our friends at Maximum Motorsports and asked them if they could make us a custom lower control arm that would be 1" shorter than stock. They recommended that we use a fox control arm which is 3/4" shorter than the SN95 piece.

Wo Hoo!!!

This will solve a number of issues we were having all across the board.

Well, back to work on the fenders, hood and front end.

Catch ya’ll l8r.

Bob
Come see this WIP at
Julian's Collision Center
http://www.julianscollisioncenter.com/

 

[SN65]

Hey what's going on in the last pic with the front fender flare? are you going to flare out the stock metal or bond on the elenor style?

Hi BS,

We are going to follow the same procedure on the front as we did on the rear installation. We segment and flare the metal to the basic shape and then we bond the Eleanor style flare to the roughed in metal. We then work the lines of the FRP flare so that they resemble the lines of the 03 Cobra flares.

Bob

 

[krash kendall]

If the control arm doesn't work, why not use all four wheels with a deeper backspacing and install spacers in the rear?

 

[Jester67]

If the control arm doesn't work, why not use all four wheels with a deeper backspacing and install spacers in the rear?

That was my first thought.

 

[cougar_68]

It looks like they already have the rear tires all lined up with the flares. If they move them out with spacers they would have to redo the flares.