mustang street machine *WIP*

Well guys this is the newest project out of my garage. I am replicating a car that my girlfriends step-dad just bought. He is going to be doing some track racing with it. His has a 351 with a vortech super charger and is pushin 456hp to the wheels. anyway I am replicating as much as possible. The first thing to do was to scratch a cowl hood for it. next I had to extend the rear wing just a bit. change out the rims for some pony rims, and lower it all around. I also had to scratch build parts of the front bumper. anyway here are the pics as it stands right now....................*Ryan*

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y171/sideshowscrappy/stang.jpg
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y171/sideshowscrappy/stang3.jpg
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y171/sideshowscrappy/stang2.jpg

Well guys this is the newest project out of my garage. I am replicating a car that my girlfriends step-dad just bought. He is going to be doing some track racing with it. His has a 351 with a vortech super charger and is pushin 456hp to the wheels. anyway I am replicating as much as possible. The first thing to do was to scratch a cowl hood for it. next I had to extend the rear wing just a bit. change out the rims for some pony rims, and lower it all around. I also had to scratch build parts of the front bumper. anyway here are the pics as it stands right now....................*Ryan*



Looking good! That should look mean when it`s done!! Maybe drop the rear a scale inch or two though? Looks a little high in the back.
So you built that cowl hood??! It looks flawless!

Thanks hawk. Ya I did scratchbuild the cowl hood, I think it turned out pretty good. And Ya I am going to lower the rear just a tad more. I lowered it 1 scale inch already but it is still a bit too high. Thanks for the kind words...........*Ryan*

Ya I did scratchbuild the cowl hood, I think it turned out pretty good.

Very nice for being scratch-built. Super job on that hood!

liking the cowl hood job. g'luck replicating it!

this will be fun to follow along. what year is this mustang? cant wait to see more of this. keep up the good work.

here are a few updated pics of the interior and the engine that I am using in it. it's not exact but fairly close. There is also a pic of the body after paint and the first coat of clear, and also the replicated roll cage. anyway on to the pics.................*Ryan*

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y171/sideshowscrappy/stang4.jpg
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y171/sideshowscrappy/stang5.jpg
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y171/sideshowscrappy/stang6.jpg
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y171/sideshowscrappy/stang7.jpg

also here is a pic of the car that I am replicating.

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y171/sideshowscrappy/rex2.jpg

nice foxbody, 32v DOHC cool stuff. by the way what are those rims on the 1:1 car?

thanks man. Those are stck pony cobra rims on the 1:1. I am having a blast with this one. It is a christmas gift for him so I am trying to go as fast as I can while still not rushing anything, lol sounds like a double-negative doesn't it, haha..............*Ryan*

na those arent ponys or cobras in the last pic, ive never seen those before. what does he use that car for autocross?

they are stock cobra's I swear, it's probly just the engle of the pic that makes them look funky. And ya he uses it for autocross and SCCA road course racing............... *Ryan*

Hey i see u have an xmod (i think thats what it is) in the back there with a custom body
sorry its a little off topic but im also really into XMods

lol ya that is a full custom x-mod in the works, a looooonnnggg time in the works and still goin. anyway Poncho here is a pic of the rims on the car only differance being that his are aluminum finish not chrome. they are the ones on the far left............*Ryan*

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y171/sideshowscrappy/mustang-700x275.jpg

Looks good so far. Cant wait to see it all complete.

lol ya that is a full custom x-mod in the works, a looooonnnggg time in the works and still goin. anyway Poncho here is a pic of the rims on the car only differance being that his are aluminum finish not chrome. they are the ones on the far left............*Ryan*

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y171/sideshowscrappy/mustang-700x275.jpg

Ryan,
The wheels on the 1:1 are not factory Mustang rims. ROH or Saleen maybe.
See how they have a "lip" on them?
Also notice the slight "twist" in the spokes.
The rims you have pictured above are '03 Cobra rims.

Check with the owner before you slap some "pony's" on your project :iceslolan

ok well regardless of whether anyone believes me or not. I and only I have seen the car in person and the rims ARE cobra's and there is no "twist" to the spokes 675 that is just the angle of the picture. If I had a better side view pic I could show you but I do not because I was jsut taking pics of the peices that I would have to scratchbuild. So you are just going to have to take my word for it or think I am retarded..................*Ryan*

ok well regardless of whether anyone believes me or not. I and only I have seen the car in person and the rims ARE cobra's and there is no "twist" to the spokes 675 that is just the angle of the picture. If I had a better side view pic I could show you but I do not because I was jsut taking pics of the peices that I would have to scratchbuild. So you are just going to have to take my word for it or think I am retarded..................*Ryan*

Alright, what about the clear 2-piece look of that lip...absent on any Cobra rim, from 93 all the way up to '04!!!????

Regardless off the angle in the picture...you need to look at the opposing spokes...if there was no twist, then then they would be at equal angles! Clearly not the case.

ok thats fine have your oppinion, but I know I am right because I have been 5 inches away from them and also have seen all the documentation of the car and ALL the parts on it from new. He bought the car from a second owner who does nothing but race mustangs, and also had immaculate paperwork of every single part that has been put on the car. so regardless of what you think they are cobra rims...............*Ryan*

No worries Ryan, I'm sure you have more than 1 picture of the real car to base your work on, just make sure you post them!

Sorry if I came across like a d**k but I am 100% possitive that they are cobra rims, I am not sure what year they are but I have seen the paperwork of when they were purchased so unless the company they were purchased from had no clue what they were talking about then they must be. I mean I guess it is possible that they were wrong but I doubt it. But I do know for a fact that there is no twist to the spokes at all. I do see what your talking about in the pic because they do look twisted, but they are not, unfortunately tho I do not have a straight side view of the car. I do wish that I had gotten one now though because I also need a better pic of the numbers on the rear quarter windows. but oh well I will just have to work with what I have on those.............*Ryan*

ya dude they are cobra rims for sure we had the same ones on our 92 mustang.