The SN65 project car

[SN65]

Hi All,

Wayne and I have been pretty busy this week. We have been able to work on the car a little, but other maters have been putting demands on our time. :-(

Even so, Wayne has wet sanded and applied the final coat of clear to the doors.

I have been working on installing the interior. I have fit the lower rear interior panels. I cannot fit the upper vent panels until the outside vent assemblies are installed. I have wired up the door ajar switches (pretty cool, they work exactly as the 03 setup with the delay on the drivers side. When you open the drivers door the interior lights don't go off until you close the door, insert and turn the key). I have installed the new carpet and fit the seats (including wiring them up). It is interesting to note that the passenger side is different from the drivers side. This is something that I never really paid attention to. That being the case, I have to relocate the passenger side seat mounting bracket about one inch. This will move the seat a bit closer to the center console giving the passenger a bit more shoulder clearance on the door side. I have the headliner hung, but not glued yet and I have mounted the subwoofer.

Once Wayne gives me the go-a-head on mounting the doors, I will be able to assemble the door internals, locate the window/door lock switches and the speakers.

Tonight is the company X-mass party. I am looking forward to having a good time. As always, I hope the same for you and yours.

Catch ya'll l8r

 

[SN65]

Hi All,

Who is the moderator at this Forum. Or even better, who is in charge of the overall website. I would like to PM them.

 

[1320stang]

2bav8 is the moderator

MRayburn is the site owner

 

[ncsutp]

Hey sn65, any photos of the reassembly of the doors would be greatly appreciated. All of my internals are in a box, and I didn't take them apart!! Thanks.

 

[bigcat]

MRaburn is the site owner... heres a link to his profile.....

http://forums.stangnet.com/member.php?u=4674

 

[steel1212]

LOL I just got done reading the v6 forums about this. I can't believe the mods let that go on. Those guys should have been banned!

 

[SN65]

Hi All,

Wayne made some decent headway on the sanding and buffing of the roof and pillars this weekend. He just has to do a little more buffing and hand glazing and these areas will be done.

I, on the other hand, did nothing exciting save watching the Bears lose to the Steelers. The game may have been disappointing, but it did give me some time to catch up on a few car periodicals. One of the things I noticed is that the fascination with huge diameter rims tucked up as far as possible under the fenders and quarters is still prevalent in the hobby. Fords, Chevys and Mopars alike are all getting the same treatment. This practice is starting to ware a little thin on me. The cars are starting to appear somewhat cartoonish in nature. Also, I do not consider rims over 17" in diameter to be suitable for performance applications. Should not form follow function?

We are currently planning on 17" rims for our project. Personally, I think that these look rather massive on this car and that bumping them up in size would take us away from our overall theme. Even so, people have been dropped me notes saying that the car deserves something a bit larger, say 19's in the front and 20's in the back.

As with everything else on this project, we are going to go counter to the current trend. Hopefully, this decision, as well as all the others we have made, will help bring the car together into a cohesive, fully functioning, reliable, enjoyable to drive, street performance package.

With that said, I have to get back to work. I just went over our check list and we still have a long row to hoe before we are done.

Catch ya'll l8r

 

[gonzothegreat]

20" rims are for ricers or bling MFs, stick to the 17" Bob it's a good choice.

 

[krash kendall]

Agreed. The car shouldn't be a platform to display wheels. I'd rather see pressed steel 15 inchers c/w white walls and '71-'73 Ford dogdishes than wagonwheels and rubber bands!

 

[Bad92GT]

keep the 03 cobras.. in truth the car is STOCK with those rims but actually looks modified.. think about it.. i walk up to the car and go "Oh those 03's look good on that 65" when in fact they are on a 03.. what looks modified is actually stock.. kinda tricky but cool none the less

 

[Stang2Man]

The other thing that would look really sweet would be a Bullit with a 67 or 68 body on it. With of course the Dark Highland Green paint job and the factory Bullit rims.

Remember the 20" rims Chip put on that Blue fastback, they were just a little big for the car.

 

[Z06killinSBF]

Stick with the 03' Cobras. You could stick the 17x10.5's with some 315's under there. That would look killer.

 

[Edbert]

Put me down as another beleiver in 17s as the limit on 65-66 models, 67-70 MAYBE 18s but anything larger on a classic is ridiculous.

Now the new 05-06s look pretty good on 19-20s, but the wheel wells are huge and the overall car appears "thicker" so it does not look as ghetto/ricer/stupid.

Remember the 20" rims Chip put on that Blue fastback, they were just a little big for the car.

I do indeed, made the car look like it was driven by ratfink. Fits perfectly with Bob's term "cartoonish".

 

[95riosnake]

I don't like anything bigger than 18" on mustangs. I think the 17" 03's will look just fine, and like Z06killinSBF said, you could get the 17x10.5's if you were wanting to go wide in the rear. If you really felt like you would be left out in the cold with 17's, the only thing I would even think of doing is putting on a set of 18x9 03 cobra replica rims. I still think the 17's look perfect on the car though. You don't have to be a sheep and do what everyone else does. I think 20's would look ridiculous on your car.

 

[ashford]

IMO 20 inch aluminum wheels only look good on a Kenworth or a freightliner. yes your right about avoiding era trends. look at the "hot" rims from a decade ago now they are fugly and stock rims on the same car look more acceptable. the key here is something simple, 5 spoke wheels have always looked good to me from the Ar23's to modern 5 spoke like your stock cobra wheels.

 

[67efivert]

ill chime in here too i got 16 on one car and 17 on the vert and i wouldnt go any bigget then that i personally like 16 or smaller on stock 65-66 bodys but with the extensive work yall have done the cobra 17 seem to just FIT good luck

 

[BullittStangV8]

Some deep dish 17x10.5's on the rear. Although the stock 03's are still sick on there!

 

[mrpeaches]

that's pretty sexy right there.

i also am not a huge fan of huge rims, but some wide 17-18"s would look great on there. 18x9.5/18x10.5 03 cobras just enough to fill up the wheelwells and not rub.

nice work though, keep it up and keep us posted

 

[DukeGnarley]

I'd stick with the cobras that are on there. They aren't too "blingy" and they give the car a nice high performance look. Also, they just look right in those modified wheel wells.

 

[xj220]

Big rims should only be put on hot rods, finned cars or cars like this one: