OTE Design, 1967 Mustang build.

[OTE Design & Fabrication]

Time to introduce this project. No project name yet, so we're calling it "Stan" for now, more on that later. First picture is the rendering by Ben Hermance. We are doing extensive body mods to give the sides some shape and a little bit of European exotic car flavor. It will all be riding on a tube chassis and powered by a twin turbocharged aluminum big block ford. I will be adding pictures and more info as we go.
http://i508.photobucket.com/albums/s326/OTEDesign/Stan/frontback-1.jpg

[XcYZ]

Stan looks bad! :cheers:

[HRBS]

Nice !! :thumbsup:

[Ricochet]

Nice rendering! Ben does killer work! Look forward to seeing "Stan" come together.

Brent

[GHOSTDANCER]

Any updates yet ? :lol:

Just checked out your site. Maybe you could post a couple of your builds in the PRO-STREET section.:thumbsup:

http://www.otedesign.com/gallery/getimg.php?p=694&w=1024&q=90

http://www.otedesign.com/gallery/getimg.php?p=572&w=1024&q=90

:cheers:

[OTE Design & Fabrication]

Thanks for the replies guys.:thumbsup:

[OTE Design & Fabrication]

Any updates yet ? :lol:

Just checked out your site. Maybe you could post a couple of your builds in the PRO-STREET section.:thumbsup:

I have that on my list of things to do. :yes:

[awr68]

going to be sweet!! Nice work Ben!!

[OTE Design & Fabrication]

Time for an update. First picture will explain why we call it Stan. I guess the car named itself. LOL!
Second picture shows what we started with. Yes, that is a coupe and we are building a fastback. All we are using from the original car is the windshield frame, doorjams and part of the cowl area. Nice 1967 fastbacks are getting harder to find so we didn't want to cut one up for this project.
Third picture shows all the "coupe" panels cut off.
Fourth picture shows fitting of "fastback" panels.
Fifth picture shows ride height mock up. Front tires will be 275/18 and rear tires will be 335/18.
http://i508.photobucket.com/albums/s326/OTEDesign/Stan/DSC02196.jpg
http://i508.photobucket.com/albums/s326/OTEDesign/Stan/000_1848.jpg
http://i508.photobucket.com/albums/s326/OTEDesign/Stan/000_1855.jpg
http://i508.photobucket.com/albums/s326/OTEDesign/Stan/000_1858.jpg
http://i508.photobucket.com/albums/s326/OTEDesign/Stan/000_1872.jpg

[slownova]

so i gotta ask, is it really that little of work to make a coupe a fastback or is just the pics make it easy? if so why not find a fastback to start with?

[OTE Design & Fabrication]

so i gotta ask, is it really that little of work to make a coupe a fastback or is just the pics make it easy? if so why not find a fastback to start with?
Pictures make everything look easy. LOL! It is not that hard for someone that has done a great deal of panel replacements. Like I said, the supply of nice fastbacks is getting low, but there are a ton of coupes out there. This way we leave one more uncut fastback out there for the resto guys or the home builder that is going to use bolt in suspension. We are using a tube chassis on this one, and doing a lot of mods to the body. So as far as I'm concerned, I could have started with a pile of sheetmetal on the floor and built a car, but a car built from a pile of sheetmetal on the floor would not have a title. It will make more sense as the project goes on and you see the extent of the modifications. Besides, I'm a fabricator. This is what I live for!:cheers:

[Blake Foster]

do you think it is more economic to do what you have done considering all the extra prep time. or would you have been better off to buy a dynacorn body????
wondering?

[OTE Design & Fabrication]

do you think it is more economic to do what you have done considering all the extra prep time. or would you have been better off to buy a dynacorn body????
wondering?

As far as this particular project is concerned, cost is not an issue. It is not a major undertaking for an experienced fabricator to do this. We originally were going to use a Dynacorn body, but since it does not come with a title, we decided to start with an original car. This way, we retain enough of the original body to keep the title legitimate. So to me and my customer, it makes it more cost-effective due to the dramatic reduction in red tape! Again, given the heavy mods we are doing with this car, even if we would have started with a Dynacorn body, a large portion of it would have ended up in the scrap bin anyway.