Hood is on. Contours are nice. Comes in at 10 lbs lighter than stock. A little heavier than I thought it would be but it's a sweet piece.
underside will be stock Mach 1 so it can be a functional ram air. Lock down holes are closed top and bottom since I will be using a more updated style with a key lock option like I have on the '68the duck tail simply to go broke for. Still want to change up the hood to open from the fire wall/cowl and punch in the other holes to look and function like the 69 SHELBY GT500!I only extended it 3" and added the duck tail. When the bottom curves under it returns to the stock position. What I mean is the top skin is redesigned but the underside of the lid is a mold of the stock trunk so it closes onto the stock weatherstripping. With the added design the new glass trunk is exactly the same weight as the stock steel trunk. 20lbs.Beautiful work! Did you build up the entire trunk lid by your self to?
In this photo you can see where the original trunk underside stopped and how much longer I made it. I will build a filler piece and mend it in so it can be extended to meet the top skin and then added to the original mold.
The effect of setting the headlight buckets back against the rad support.
Im looking for opinions. Considering my "old style meets modern touches" taste on this build, who likes the familiar looking grill lights and who thinks without the lights? Keep in mind, if they stay they won't be orange. They will either be clear or smoke.
There will not be any latch at all. Only the lock downs. So the whole area is completely free. I will however be using a remote latch for the trunk.
The red stud rising out of the aluminum enclosure I made, on the 68 mustang in the above photo, goes through the hood and locks down with this fold down clasp. Very secure and also able to be locked with a key. That is why the stock circle twist down style holes on the 71 hood were filled. The new stud can be fastened to the extension piece that is used to lock down the stock twisting style or it can be fastened to the rad cradle itself at the hood bumper location. It cleans up the whole area and gives me the opportunity to create custom panels that cover up the view of the rad and light boxes. You can also hide things like the MSD box and the hornsThanks Mike. I hope to do this body style justice in the pro touring side of things. Maybe someone will like it enough when I'm done to take a part of this kit or the whole kit and show me something I haven't thought of and really kick it up another notch or two. It's strictly a passion I feel for this body style that's taken me here. I bought the car for this purpose - to build my first kit- after I found out I couldn't just choose a hood from this company and a facia from that company and so on and adding in my own ideas build something different like I did for my 68.
I got my love of all beautiful cars from my dad Stefano. This is another car I own, the one I hold closest to me since I bought it for him this past Father's Day. It was his all time favourite car. 63-1/2 Galaxie 500. He is not with us since July 16. He was my hero. I'm grateful to have his passion for life.
Two car "nuts" having the best Father's Day.
Sounds nice! That was my idea to, to clean up the area between the radiator and grille so i can make a panel that will hide all the accessories. But your hood pins looks a lot more solid than mine, I'm not sure that mine RingBrother hood pins are good enought to hold it. But it could be really nice to not have any sort of latch in front and just have the hood pins. I have to find out how strong they will be if they have to hold the hood. I want to make a carbon fiber hood, so it will not be a heavy hood they have to hold. Do you have any experience with the hood pins from RingBrothers?
No you are right I have never heard anything with a hood falling of. I'll give it a try. I think like you, when they are from RingBrothers, they should be strong enought. 
I had to have air extractors and now they are there. Going to design drop in vents and take advantage of removing under hood pressure and heat - not to mention It looks cool. Page out of King Shelby's book!!
