July 2016 Progress

A few pics of the latest progress from the body shop:

More smoothing of the exterior a super long process prepping for black paint.

A cleaning up of the rear inner fender mods. The rear inner wells have been moved inboard all the way the the frame, the micro tub has been opened up and smoothed with larger patch panels. The front inner side of these wells from the factory are very limiting. Will be fun to see what size of tire we can actually fit!

A new radiator core support has made it's on the nose. Next it will be modded with a wider opening to allow for more airflow for the aftermarket three core fox style radiator. This will help keep things cool in the New Mexico heat. We have experienced a number of weeks now at over 100 degree temps this summer in the land of enchantment. 

June 2016 progress

Jeremy's team is back on the body here are some pics.

Inner fender well work so we can fit even more tire.

more smoothing here

passenger inner fender well widening

more smoothing...

Getting all the small ones

laying it down

February 2016 Progress

Panel Prep in the paint booth!

January 2016

December 2015

Gary @ Superior Customs, giving the fastback some holiday spirit.

November 2015 Progress

Some more bump & grind over at Superior Customs. At times it is unbelievable how little body damage there is on this old steed.

And the beat goes on November 2015

After some dust gathering at the body shop, activity on the bodywork has resumed.

Project Updates August 2015

The project is moving forward. This stage the radiator core support removed for modification. The undercarriage will get some clean up love. The 2" widening of the rear inner fender wells. The front valance gains a license plate delete with a custom metal mod to improve airflow to the larger aftermarket radiator. Shaved rockers and emblem holes.

The 8.8 rear rebuild was performed by Dixon Racing.  A complete late model 5 lug swap, jig welded axle tubes 3:73 gears & disc brake hardware. Ford Racing differential cover. 

Strip!

More "spy photos" from friends keeping me updated as they visit the body shop...

The new test rims

So the first test rims for the rear of the car have been acquired. 10.5 X17 FR500 style wheels are what will be used for the testing rear wheel spacing and install of the late model disc equipped 8.8 rear.

Nearly Naked

The crew over at the body shop has put the sanders to work! Nearly stripped of all the paint the raw body is in clear site now. The shape of the panels is surprisingly good.

Removal of the stock paint continues

The crew at Superior Customs continues in the process of removing the factory paint from the chassis. Once the paint is removed then the crew will focus on prepping the engine bay, door jams and trunk area for paint. * shot by Carlos Montoya.

To the body shop!

Phase two, the forgotten fastback makes it's way inside superior customs where Jeremy, Gary & crew with go a round on the chassis. In this phase the paint will be removed to bare metal, rear wheel-well mods will be finished, lips curled and trimmed, custom front gravel pan mods done, panel alignment, jams trunk and engine may painted, the rest of the fine body work will be done and the chassis will roll out in primer sealer for power-train and suspension build.

Forged 347 Stroker Long Block Ready for Duty

Todd over at Precision Motorworks sent me this photo and said it was ready for pick up! Woot Woot!

Assembly Pics of the 347 Stroker

A couple pics of the forged Eagle 347 stocker short block in Ford blue from engine builder and all around Mustang whisperer Todd Short. Can't wait to see the long block!

It's coming

Today I received a great text from Todd Case my Engine Builder...

"What color do you want the block"

Man I love txt messages like that!

Todd knows his way around stangs....

347 Stroker is nearly completed and soon a Body Shop visit

Have been communicating with our Engine Builder Todd.

A while back the decision was made to go ahead with the 347 Stroker in stead of the forged Crate GT40X motor. That motor will be held back for one of the other stang projects. It will probably not find it's way into the 66 4speed coupe but may end up in the 93 Coupe Race Car project. Time will tell.

The 347 stroker will soon be complete have a long pause. Just waiting on me to get a few things like lifters, oil pick up, pan and timing cover. We will need to modify the late model timing cover allowing relocation of the dip stick.to the front of the motor. These older stang chassis do not have room for a large rear sump oil pan. This Eagle froged rotating assembly will come together nicley with the Dart Pro1 Heads and the Motorsport B cam. Even though we do have an Edelbrock Victor Jr intake inventory the project is totally leaning to the fuel injected route with the 93 Cobra intake we have. The full March pulley & bracket kit will look darn pretty with all that too.

Jeremy and Gary over at Superior Customs are nearly ready to take delivery of the roller chassis so they can do their thing. The major body work is already complete and all rust has been removed. Superior will be cleaning up the engine bay, door jams, trunk and spraying them. Then they will be blocking the body and panels and applying a coat of primer sealer.

When that work is finished the chassis will return to the home shop for the mock build.

Should be fun to see her cleaned up and start coming together. thinking about having both hoods prepped, the original metal hood and the aftermarket cowl hood.

It's been a bit of a long road on this one, not everyone stops building a project so they can build a shop to finish the project in. lol!  It's has been a busy time above & beyond that as well. The launch of a new Cafe has the the tenancy to get in the way too. Now 12 months later the new Cafe is doing great and the fastback project can resume somewhat.

Stay tuned....