WIDE-BODY KIT FROM SCRATCH

[Wide-body71]

Got the materials together today for the rear defuser. By 10 pm. tonight I should have it completed ( minus body and paint of course ) Tomorrow it should be cured up and I get to have a look at it on the car. It will take some will power not to put it on tonight. lol- just like a kid.


Still haven't found any kind of an exhaust tip that suits this opening I made. Any suggestions?

 

[protouringstang73]

Maybe you should get some exhaust tips made by a metal fabricator, so they have that shape as the hole has. It would be a shame just to install some round ones! By the way, it looks amazing what you have done in that time I have'nt been online! What kind of parts did you end with installing to lower the car?

 

[Wide-body71]

Maybe you should get some exhaust tips made by a metal fabricator, so they have that shape as the hole has. It would be a shame just to install some round ones! By the way, it looks amazing what you have done in that time I have'nt been online! What kind of parts did you end with installing to lower the car?

Hi buddy. How's your car coming? I'm excited to see what your up to.

I would agree with you on fabricating custom tips. Don't really know any fabricators but that will need to change. To make a tip would be easy enough to do myself but with a rolled lip or some sort of nice edge is where my abilities fall short I think.

My rear suspension was always going to remain leaf springs so I purchased a pair of slider boxes with roller bearings to replace the sloppy shackles. Lowered leafs and blocks and finishing it with a sway bar in back. Comes to about a 3.5" drop. Same set up on my 68 and it handles great.

Up front has a set of tubular 1" drop a arms and a set of drop springs finished with a corresponding sway bar. Since I'm trying to build the most car I can and not bleed money I think I did well spending about $1200 U.S. for all of it Shipped to my door in Toronto.


Defuser on the car. Going to finish shaping the ends closest to the tire but overall I like what it visually does for the car and if it functions to keep the car sucked to the road a bit better - bonus lol.

 

[Wide-body71]

Been on the exhaust idea for a couple of hours and I think I'm going to go with making it out of sheet metal for the body of it like in the photo and then wrap the face in mesh with a 3" cut out and a ring welded to the opening so the pipe can come up to it.


Easier if I just show a pic of the direction. Not sure if anything will come out further than the grill though and just a single pipe not double. BTW never mind the stripes in green. Only tape I had and just for reference lol.


I just popped in the tail lights and cap to see s more complete picture and now I'm not sure I want to mess with the lights. I may just make them LED and leave them orig.

 

[jimbo]

welcome awesome work very nice

 

[Wide-body71]

welcome awesome work very nice

Thanks

 

[DK73]

Wow that would look awesome [THUMBS UP SIGN] Regards Lars

So I'm a proud owner of one Mach 1 73! Regards Lars DK73

 

[Mustang Dynasty]

Been on the exhaust idea for a couple of hours and I think I'm going to go with making it out of sheet metal for the body of it like in the photo and then wrap the face in mesh with a 3" cut out and a ring welded to the opening so the pipe can come up to it.


Easier if I just show a pic of the direction. Not sure if anything will come out further than the grill though and just a single pipe not double. BTW never mind the stripes in green. Only tape I had and just for reference lol.


I just popped in the tail lights and cap to see s more complete picture and now I'm not sure I want to mess with the lights. I may just make them LED and leave them orig.

You are really taking the last great effort by Carroll Shelby(in only licensing work though in authorizing modification of the 71-2 mustangs(9 mustangs exported to Europe C/O Claude Dubois/Belguim to design into the 1971-2 Shelby GT350/500 EUROPAs where only 6 known to have survived over the years-on file w/SAAC)

 

[Wide-body71]

I will take that as the supreme compliment. Thank you. If one thinks of making a mustang more "race" then one needs to be paying respect to the originator. My favourite cars of all time are the GT 40 ( every year ) the Daytona coupe and the King Cobra. All his doing.

 

[Jeff73Mach1]

I'll be in Toronto in November, will you have this beast done by then? Can I borrow it for a few hours

 

[Wide-body71]

I'll be in Toronto in November, will you have this beast done by then? Can I borrow it for a few hours

It would be nice if it were done but finished or not your welcome to send me a message with details and it would be great if you came by the shop.

 

[protouringstang73]

Maybe you should get some exhaust tips made by a metal fabricator, so they have that shape as the hole has. It would be a shame just to install some round ones! By the way, it looks amazing what you have done in that time I have'nt been online! What kind of parts did you end with installing to lower the car?

Hi buddy. How's your car coming? I'm excited to see what your up to.

I would agree with you on fabricating custom tips. Don't really know any fabricators but that will need to change. To make a tip would be easy enough to do myself but with a rolled lip or some sort of nice edge is where my abilities fall short I think.

My rear suspension was always going to remain leaf springs so I purchased a pair of slider boxes with roller bearings to replace the sloppy shackles. Lowered leafs and blocks and finishing it with a sway bar in back. Comes to about a 3.5" drop. Same set up on my 68 and it handles great.

Up front has a set of tubular 1" drop a arms and a set of drop springs finished with a corresponding sway bar. Since I'm trying to build the most car I can and not bleed money I think I did well spending about $1200 U.S. for all of it Shipped to my door in Toronto.

I have not been working much on it for a while! But I have just made a deal today, I found a new build 351c with 400-450hp where I will be installing EFI and hopefully a serpentine kit from March Performance. And I am looking for a 4R70W automatic transmission with 4 gears instead of an old C6. I am trying to find ways to save some money so I can be sure to finish this car in a short time as I got an invitation to a big car show in Norway in 2017. So the 393w shortblock got traded for a complete 351c and I got money in that deal also so I can buy the EFI system from Holley!

Hopefully I will be starting on the body again really soon!

Thanks for the info on your suspension, sounds awesome and I like the idea of how much stance and comfort you can get for that kind of money, well done my friend!

 

[Wide-body71]

Daniel that invitation sounds like it would be a great place to unveil your masterpiece. I tell you my friend I am surrounded by many many big money builds with over 650hp that my friends have and just about all the honest friends all tell me it's really a handful driving this big powered cars on the streets. Almost not enjoyable and the biggest investment of all ends up being in the gas tank. I always said I loved huge power, when someone else owns it. Lol. I had the opportunity to go with big power but opted not to because to me 450 hp., planted to the ground is a lot of hp. for the street. I think you made a great move and fuel injected is even better. Good luck with the tranny. If your diff gears work well with the tranny and tire hieght, 400-450 hp will throw that car since the 351 makes great torque as well. My 347 should make 450 hp/ 400 ft/lbs torque at around 5000rpm. TKO2 5 speed with a 4:10 gear and it shouldn't be any kind of a poser car but drive able. Hope you get back on it soon.

 

[Wide-body71]

Hi all. I'm taking this new direction for the rear spoiler/ ducktail because it was just too tame to me. I'm inspired by the Lola T70 from 1969. These cars just make me crazy. The flat back on the 71 can support this aggressive look and i feel it gives the back of the car a racier feel.


The whole length of the ducktail will be bonded to the car and painted body colour but the two smaller raised pieces will be made of aluminum and with slide up and down in the ducktail for adjustability.


The ducktail in this photo is the direction I'm looking at. Could there be a more inspiring car? I'm also going with a similar colour scheme but in Alcopolco Blue and White 71ish decals.

 

[Wide-body71]

OR......


....is a cleaner look with no aluminum fins popping up better?


Its a tough call here looking at it and these phone cameras distort things but I'd like to here from you all if I should slot it and slip in the aluminum fins on the ends. It seems to sacrifice clean and thick look for a racy and more abstract look. Or do I go with straight across and clean. One more option is to leave it the way it was but I think I'd rather go one of these ways even though I just added enough hours to kill my paint goals entirely. Oh well.

 

[luxstang]

I prefer the second one with the straight top edge.

 

[Wide-body71]

I prefer the second one with the straight top edge.

Cool. Thx. Mike


I forgot to mention that I found a local place that manufactures this 1/2" hexagon mesh grill that I will be using up front.


and this 1/4" grill for all the other scoop and exhaust openings. Not cheap but definitely worth it.

 

[Wide-body71]

Thinking about it all night and I think in this case less is more. Car actually looks better without a more radical ducktail but I guess unless I got it out of my head and on the car to see I would never be satisfied. Part of the process I guess. Something a more trained eye would have known without having to go through the motions I guess. I liked the simpler version I came u with but it didn't add more than the lines it disturbed.

 

[Chopper]

2nd spoiler looks awesome mate

Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

 

[71_resurrection]

2nd spoiler if you decide to make one, it is very close to what I have in mind for mine... just as soon as I wrap up the hundred other projects I have left first.