RPM Hot Rods chosen to build "Boss Snake" the 2010 Goodguys give away car...

[c10addict]

Well it been a great year for us here at RPM at the Goodguys shows. With a lot of hard work back here at the shop we have won Hot Rod of the year at Indy, Street Machine of the year top 5 pick at Columbus and a Mighty Muscle pick at Pocono with the 69 Trans Am and many other great awards. It came to us as a great surprise when we were asked to build the 2010 Goodguys give away car the "Boss Snake" 1970 mustang. Its going to be an exciting build and we will be sure to post pictures and information as we go..

Here is a link to the Goodguys site.

http://www.good-guys.com/news/newsStory.aspx?newsid=1383

[wiedemab]

Congrats! I can't wait to see this one come together.

[tones2SS]

Should be a killer build. Keep us posted.:thumbsup:

[XcYZ]

Should be a killer build. Keep us posted.:thumbsup:


x2. :cheers:

[gearheads78]

Congrats guys !! You do great work and deserve the attention you are getting.

[customcam]

Wow, thats going to be sweet

[RECOVERY ROOM]

Good for you guys:thumbsup:( That will keep you busy this winter)

[Streetking]

Congrats guys!

SW

[awr68]

Congrats!! We will need pics...lots of pics!

[70rs]

Congrats! I can't wait to see this one come together.

X2^^^ I am also looking forward to watching this one come together.:thumbsup:

[fleetus macmullitz]

Congrats. :thumbsup:

Nice to see the '69-'70 Shelby's styling cues used.

[RPM HOTRODS]

Few Pics Of a 335/30/20 in the rear!!!

[ironworks]

Congrats on the Build. Ed Capen told me last week you guys were going to pull that off by March. Looks like a lot of work, But great amount of press for ya thats for sure.

Congrats once again

Rodger

[tones2SS]

Few Pics Of a 335/30/20 in the rear!!!

That looks good.:thumbsup:

[RPM HOTRODS]

Todays updated pictures. Notched rails and sheetmetal wheel tubs.

[awr68]

Really nice work!
Do you want this moved to the projects forum now?

[RPM HOTRODS]

I think that would be the right place for it now! Thanks

[awr68]

Done! :thumbsup:

[customcam]

Subscribed... :thumbsup:

[RPM HOTRODS]

Sorry that its been a while since we updated this thread!! Parts are rolling in and the car is starting to come together.. As you can see in the pics there was a lot of work needed to fit such a big engine is such a small hole.. Once it was in place we designed engine mounts that would allow room for headers. The engine mounts in the pics will be remade out of aluminum.. In the rear we had to massage and widen the rear quarter panels/wheel openings .75 to allow room for the tires. You can see in the pics where we split the outer rear wheel house to allow room for the quarter to move. Stay posted for more updates!! March is right around the corner. :thumbsup:

[nvr2fst]

Sorry that its been a while since we updated this thread!! Parts are rolling in and the car is starting to come together.. As you can see in the pics there was a lot of work needed to fit such a big engine is such a small hole.. Once it was in place we designed engine mounts that would allow room for headers. The engine mounts in the pics will be remade out of aluminum.. In the rear we had to massage and widen the rear quarter panels/wheel openings .75 to allow room for the tires. You can see in the pics where we split the outer rear wheel house to allow room for the quarter to move. Stay posted for more updates!! March is right around the corner. :thumbsup:

Thanks for the update I inquired about, this IMO may be the nicest Giveaway car yet, Hey its a Ford, but Im partial to that year. Plus you don't see many of this year in PT style.

[214Chevy]

Thanks for the update I inquired about, this IMO may be the nicest Giveaway car yet, Hey its a Ford, but Im partial to that year. Plus you don't see many of this year in PT style.

You are definately right.... "IT'S A FORD." But hey, we all like the "F" word.....FREE!!!! LOL!! Free as in 2010 Give Away Car so I guess I can make this one little exception.:willy: :willy:

[HWY Nova]

Looking good! Thanks for showing updated photos..... but now we are hungry for more..... Just don't stop working on that 62 Nova though.



--Eric

[RPM HOTRODS]

Don't worry the Mustang is slated to be done in March(as long as we get the needed parts). The Nova we are pushing on hard and I hope we are Ready for the Faceoff in April!!!

[HWY Nova]

Don't worry the Mustang is slated to be done in March(as long as we get the needed parts). The Nova we are pushing on hard and I hope we are Ready for the Faceoff in April!!!

Please excuse my ignorance: Faceoff in April?? What's that?


--Eric

[RPM HOTRODS]

DSE is putting on a 2.1 mile road course & autoX. April 30-May 2 in Hastings, Nebraska. I am hoping to have all the bugs worked out of the Nova by then.

[RPM HOTRODS]

Few pics of the empty bay and the Tremec tranny along with the Quick Time bell housing.

[HWY Nova]

DSE is putting on a 2.1 mile road course & autoX. April 30-May 2 in Hastings, Nebraska. I am hoping to have all the bugs worked out of the Nova by then.

Thank you!

Back to the "Boss-Snake": Tic, toc, tic, toc.......



--Eric

[GregWeld]

Subscribing....

Looking for shoehorn...:hail:

[syborg tt]

Finally someone is building a full body mustang.

Man I love the build so far - please keep posting pictures

[RPM HOTRODS]

The shoehorn a month ago would have been great!!!

[c10addict]

Updates!!! WIth the deadline quickly approaching we finally received another shipment of parts... The front end is completely fiberglass and needed a lot of love to make it all fit.. We put our crew on the car hard Friday and Saturday to try and get some major work accomplished... Here are some fresh pics... Stay tuned for more !!! First pic you can see how much extra room there is in the engine compartment!! Third pic is the Ring Brothers export brace kit. Since we built the shock towers and raised them from the factory position we have to machine the pieces down that mount to them so they clear the hood. Fourth pic is the Vintage Air assy mounted so we can begin to fab the dash. Pics five and six are inside the truck.. On the right is the battery tray we fabbed that will hold two Optima yellow tops and on the left is the air compressors, valves and fuse panel/wiring harness. Pic seven is the power steering res mounted to the inner fender. Pic eight, fitting the front fenders. Pic nine, preping the firewall for pedal assy. pic ten is a panel we fabbed the mounts in the front of the rear quarter panel and will house the Kicker component speakers.

[c10addict]

first pic you can see the panel for the speakers in place.. Second Pic we had to cut the taillight panel out of the body to fit the new Shelby panel in from Tony Branda Mustangs. Pics three and four are the body side vents that we had to cut in to the shell. This body was a 69 and the Boss Snake is modeled after a 70 so we filled the upper vents and made the lowers.

[HWY Nova]

Looking good. When is your deadline?


--Eric

[c10addict]

Looking good. When is your deadline?


--Eric

Car has to be at the Scottsdale Goodguys show March 12th..... :thumbsup:

[HWY Nova]

Car has to be at the Scottsdale Goodguys show March 12th..... :thumbsup:

Good thing you and your crew don't require much sleep!


--Eric

[c10addict]

Good thing you and your crew don't require much sleep!


--Eric

Sleep??? Tell me more about this so called sleep thing!!! :lol:

[c10addict]

Few more pics with the front end and tail panel mocked up.. Currently the dash being built... We added to the lower bumper to tighten the gap where it meets the eyebrow molding as well... Its starting to come together !!! :woot:

[Roadster Shop]

Sleep??? Tell me more about this so called sleep thing!!! :lol:

That is all a part of "living the dream" of being a hot rod builder!:lol: Not exactly the rock star lifestyle that we signed up for!

The car is looking good. You have 42 days before you need to leave for Scottsdale. If you work 24 hours a day that gives you 1,008 hours. Should be just enough time to get the car completed in! Have fun.

[c10addict]

That is all a part of "living the dream" of being a hot rod builder!:lol: Not exactly the rock star lifestyle that we signed up for!

The car is looking good. You have 42 days before you need to leave for Scottsdale. If you work 24 hours a day that gives you 1,008 hours. Should be just enough time to get the car completed in! Have fun.

:rofl: We've been making the guys in the shop ride around inside the trailer when we go places... Its almost like NASA conditioning / testing :goofy: ... We might need the 30 hours during the drive to button up some loose ends.. !!

[c10addict]

We have been hammering away on the Boss Snake.. Here are a few updated pics for you all.. The first is a filler panel we made to go between the lower area of the rad support and the lower valance.. Not only does it look cleaner but it strengthens the fiberglass valance if you clip a yellow cone or two with it..:thumbsup: The second pis is a panel we made to cover the rear floor area.. Under the panel is where the air tanks are mounted for the suspension, Third pic is a panel we made on the inside of the engine bay that flows off of the bottom of the radiator, again just to give the engine compartment a cleaner look. Pics four through seven and pic eight is the work we did to the rear bumper.. The gap between the bumper ends and the taillight panels was a bit to much for our liking.. We cut apart the bumper and added to the ends for a tighter fit. We also sucked the bumper in tighter to the body. Lastly is the dash we are making for the car. In this pic it is in the early stages.. It is undergoing changes as we speak...

[syborg tt]

The car is looking is great.

I really like how the dash is turning out.

[byndbad914]

:rofl: We've been making the guys in the shop ride around inside the trailer when we go places... Its almost like NASA conditioning / testing :goofy: ... We might need the 30 hours during the drive to button up some loose ends.. !!
Not only funny but true! I worked in a trailer a few years back on a SouthWest Tour car between SoCal and the race in Phoenix. I have an issue with motion sickness as is and you never realize how much motion those trailers are constantly in 'til you are puking in a bucket between header bolt installs :faint: That rolling motion is worse that sitting in a fishing boat.

[waynieZ]

Nice work it looks great.

[c10addict]

We have been pushing VERY hard on the "Boss Snake" Here are a few pics for you. First one is a cover we made over the rad and rad support. Second is the dash we fabricated, third is the headers we had to fab to fit on the very large motor in the very small hole :lol: , lastly are the rear interior panels that will get powder coated then wrapped... We will start on the body work today and hope to have it painted with in a week!! Coming down to the wire!! Stay tuned!!

[waynieZ]

Very nice.

[bentfab]

Nice tin work !!!:thumbsup:

[c10addict]

Thanks for all your compliments guys.. We are prety much done with all the fab work and the body work starts at sunrise tomorrow... Hope to have the car painted before we leave for Autorama next Wednesday morning. Here are some more pics.... We cut the center of the fiberglass good out and built a scoop to resemble the one in the rendering. We also carried the scoop back on to the wiper cowl to give it a finished look.... We also made a panel to hold the defroster vents in the top of the dash and cut holes for the Kicker tweeters... We fabbed a fuel filler neck out of stainless.... Lastly we made an exhaust tip that exits under the center of the bumper out of the roll pan like in the rendering as well...

[c10addict]

few more of the exhaust tip

[c10addict]

UPDATES!!!!! We have been rolling hard on the Boss Snake AKA project Sleepless Nights!!! :willy: The car was painted over the weekend and final assembly started Monday... We have everyone in the shop hammering away to get it ready for next week... Here are some updated pics... 1st pic getting it all masked off getting ready to spray the Herculiner, 2nd pic Josh laying down the Herculiner, 3rd The effects of a 15 hour work day and a not so heavy duty respirator :fluffy: Lastly the Herculiner laid down, the engine compartment painted and the Dynamat going in...

[lilcraigford]

Wow! The car is looking fantastic. I'm really excited to see pictures of it coming together. I feel like it isn't often that you see this body-style Mustang getting the Shelby treatment either. Again, looks great!

[c10addict]

Here are more pics of the progress... 1st rear end is under the car and ready to go. 2nd Front suspension is under the cr and the brakes are on and ready. 3rd and 4th Dynamat installed, 4th batteries mounted and ready to be wired. 5th Dash painted and ready to be assembled and put in the car. 6th Ride Tech compressors and valves mounted and being hooked up 7th Vintage Air box going in and MSD being mounted. 7th Exhaust hung...

[c10addict]

Late in the 4th quarter last night we put the motor and trans in for the final time... We designed the motor mounts/plates and then powder coated them... 6 Days and counting!!! More pics of todays progress to follow... :unibrow:

[ironworks]

I really like how you coordinated the battery tops with the paint color.... NICE :D

[syborg tt]

car looks aweome - i can't wait to see it in person.

[Roadster Shop]

Once the carpet and headliner are in, all of that extra time you spent laying out the dynamat so there is no overlap and all the logos line up should really pay off! :lol: Don't worry, we do the same sh*t on every car we build too.

The car is looking great. This thing is way over the top for a give away car. 13 days with 4 guys working 24 hours ends up being like 1,200 hours. Should be more than enough time to finish the build!

[waynieZ]

The car looks great. I can't wait to see it finnished. You guy's are amazing.

[RECOVERY ROOM]

I really like how you coordinated the battery tops with the paint color.... NICE :D

I thought the same thing....

[67Fastback]

Ok - How do I win this? ??? ????

[c10addict]

Late in the 4th quarter! Time still on the clock but getting close!!! :lol: Here are some fresh pics...

[ironworks]

Looks good guys, I'm sure you have not gotten much sleep lately. Let alone for a giveaway car. Congrats the the finish line is in site or at least just a few states away.

[waynieZ]

The car looks awesome! You do excelent work. The motor's nice and snug in there. Good thing the plugs are on top. Some one will be very happy.

[67Fastback]

Ok - How do I win this? ??? ????

^^^ ? :)

[c10addict]

Here is a link to the Goodguys site... They give the details and a link to enter... Somebody is going to win a bad ass car for sure!!!

http://www.good-guys.com/news/newsStory.aspx?newsid=1476

[c10addict]

Intro supplied the wheels for the build... We decided they needed a little powder treatment to fit the theme .... All of the Kicker audio equipment and the Ride Tech Tiger Cage is going in the car as I type this ...

[bill amsley]

lookin good guys,looks like you are doing a killer job. glad to see you doing a major build here in pa. bill

[c10addict]

Well I am proud to say the car was completed and made the trip to Scottsdale!! We honestly worked around the clock the last week to make it happen... One of our guys stayed in the shop working 48 hours straight... Thanks to all that helped make this car come together... 1st pic, fenders on, coming together nicely... 2nd pic, back end about buttoned up, 3rd pic, Hood that we custom made from the hood in eariler pics.. We cut the center out and made our own scoop.. 4th and 5th pic, we had to make new covers for the export braces due to the custom inner shock towers not allowing enough clearance under the hood. 6th, 7th and 8th engine buttoned up and ready to run... 9th the custom hood and cowl panel bolted down for the final time and lastly the front of the car coming together for the final time..

[c10addict]

more pics of the interior coming together... 2nd and 3rd pics are a aluminum bezel we made to hold the radio in place. 4th pic, covering the center console, 7th pic, we used the stock door panels but wrapped them in leather. last three the interior mostly all together..

[c10addict]

more pics of the finished product...As you can see in the first pic the Monster Drinks were everywhere!! you would have thought they were a key sponsor. We took it for a quick shake down... The car is a beast!! We wish we had more time to tweek the car a little but it had to go.. The car seemed very well received at the show and we look forward to getting it back and fine tuning it..

[BumperBuilder]

Car looks awesome! Is it back at the shop or out with the Goodguys circuit?

[c10addict]

Here are a few more finished pics... At the end of the weekend it was loaded in to the Goodguys hauler and will be on tour for a little while... We will get it back in around a month to go over the car and fine tune everything...

[Musclerodz]

Looks sick for a body style I am not fond of. Can't wait to see later this year.

[c10addict]

Just an update... We have the Boss Snake back at the shop to take care of a few minor bugs that needed worked out... We worked around the clock to finish the car before its debut and the test drive consisted of .5 miles round trip... There was no time for anything else to happen, it had to go in the trailer and head to Scottsdale... We have the trans pulled to make a few adjustments and the front wheels were sent back to Intro to be rehooped because the offset was incorrect originally.. We are also going to install sway bars so we are ready to attack the Goodguys autocross!!

[waynieZ]

The car came out beautiful! Very nice work.

[GregWeld]

Just got my GoodGuys magazine -- with the Boss Snake on the cover...

Only thing that jumps out at me is the "mess" on the lower airbag(?). It sure sticks out like a sore thumb.

[BumperBuilder]

Hey Curt just saw a video on youtube of the Boss Mustang in Nashville. Gotta say that is the true definition of "drive it like you stole it"! I could only imagine how you drive a rental!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3LxtSQwu-Y

[c10addict]

Well yesterday at the Scottsdale Goodguys show the Boss Snake was given away.. It will now reside in Missouri with its new owner Tom Ramsey... Tom won himself one hell of a car! Here is a link to the Goodguys website with all of the details http://www.good-guys.com/news/newsStory.aspx?newsid=1659

We had a lot of fun with the car over the summer.. Here are some pics from different events.


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[Jr]

This car sounded great at the optima challenge!

Very nice car.

[tones2SS]

Very cool.
Gotta love that auto-x pic of the car up in the air.:wow: :unibrow:

[MSTSFabbed]

Woooooow car looks AMAZING, but still has some suspension kinks to work out I see... :/