'65 Fastback project

[glassman]

Some how i missed the updated pics. Waaaay nice dude!!!!

So, if the muttstang and camaro reside next to each other in the garage, will they get along? or will one of them just not start or move mysteriously?

Anyways, the rendering is one of my fave's, but the color combo won't be that?

[Matt@BOS]

Some how i missed the updated pics. Waaaay nice dude!!!!

So, if the muttstang and camaro reside next to each other in the garage, will they get along? or will one of them just not start or move mysteriously?

Anyways, the rendering is one of my fave's, but the color combo won't be that?

Which rendering are you looking at? The grey and red one, or the white and blue one?

[Matt@BOS]

I guess its time for an update after a couple hundred some hours of body work and paint prep. this last month has been a great experience, of, once again learning why custom stuff takes so long. I'm thinking 10X the cost of a "bolt on" parts.

I had to make the bottom part of the rear bumper as well as build some lines to transition from the quarter extensions. Fun.

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Jon pretty much sanded his ass off for a month and a half straight to get the car ready for paint, before heading back home to Hawaii.

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Ok, now for colors! I've probably been driving myself, and everyone I know, crazy trying to find a white and blue that I think works together to create a vintage feel like the original Wimbledon White/Guardsman Blue cars. the '65 GT350s are iconic cars, and I think we can all close our eyes and imagine what they look like, which is great, but wimbledon white actually looks kind old, dirty, and brown in person, especially on an entire car. I never realized a lot of the newer whites lean towards a grayish, greenish tint, which isn't what I was looking for, so we did a couple spray outs and picked this color on the right of the test panel. It's just a tiny bit less brown, and a little brighter than Wimbledon white, which was the original color of the car, BTW.

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[Sieg]

Go Matt Go!

Looking real good buddy. :thumbsup:

[GregWeld]

It's just fabulous! Good choice and reasoning on the white. I'm only pissed because Jon is laying on the beach now and I'm not.

[JohnC]

Love the shade...congratulations, Matt!

Excellent choice!


John

[efs69]

Looks great Matt!!

[waynieZ]

That looks sweet Matt! You've done an excellent job. I can't wait to see it on the ground all painted with the wheels and tires on it.

[enzo]

PAINT??? No way!!!
Good Job guys

[Matt@BOS]

Go Matt Go!

Looking real good buddy. :thumbsup:

It's just fabulous! Good choice and reasoning on the white. I'm only pissed because Jon is laying on the beach now and I'm not.

Love the shade...congratulations, Matt!

Excellent choice!


John

Looks great Matt!!

That looks sweet Matt! You've done an excellent job. I can't wait to see it on the ground all painted with the wheels and tires on it.

PAINT??? No way!!!
Good Job guys

Thank you guys!

Greg, you should go to the big Island. It is a place of miracles. The island has managed to turn Jon into a happy grump.

[Matt@BOS]

Time for a few more photos!

Louvres are finished! and we are never making another set again. between everyone at the shop, we probably have close to 100hrs in the pair. They bolt on and off and look exactly like a factory type part, but different, haha.
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I assembled the front valance today, with its aluminum radiator ducting box, brake ducts, and fog lights.

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And, Lastly, the mostly finished engine shot!
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See you guys in a week!

[DBasher]

Looks great Matt! I'd love to see some of the detail shots of the radiator/ducting you've done up front. Keep up the good work!

:cheers:

[Matt@BOS]

Looks great Matt! I'd love to see some of the detail shots of the radiator/ducting you've done up front. Keep up the good work!

:cheers:

sure thing! I'll try and remember to snap a few shots before it all goes together. it is an overly complicated system though. I basically decided I wanted a ram air setup to gain a few horsepower and have a cool symmetrical engine bay, and that meant using a lower wider radiator, which gets its airflow almost entirely from the bottom grille.

[GregWeld]

Looks great Matt! I'd love to see some of the detail shots of the radiator/ducting you've done up front. Keep up the good work!

:cheers:




Show up at SEMA and take some pics dude! Don't be lame.... LOL


I see some stuff on the car that would look really good on my Mustang... so I'm going to take some tools with me. Why take a picture when you can just take the part. :D

[LS7 Z/28]

Turning out amazing! So clean.

[Sieg]

Exceptional Matt!

Looking forward to seeing this in person. :thumbsup:

[Vince@Meanstreets]

excellent work Matt.

[Ron in SoCal]

Can't wait to see it Matt!

[Vegas69]

:clap: :beavis:

[glassman]

Matt, that thing looks beautiful!! Great taste in all the design imo, wouldn't change a thing. Congrats on your build, just over a year? anyways, looking forward to seeing it.
Where will it be at SEMA?

[Flash68]

Outstanding Matt.

[waynieZ]

Very Nice Matt, the paint looks like glass. All that hard work definitely show off now.

[Matt@BOS]

Very Nice Matt, the paint looks like glass. All that hard work definitely show off now.

Thanks Wayne! The credit all goes to Jon and DJ for the paint and polish. Jon got everything as close to ready as possible while he was out, and DJ spent a little extra time on a few spots before shooting the color and and color sanding and polishing it up.

For an old cream colored white car, it is really shiny!
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[WSSix]

Love it! The engine bay is so clean. I really like how you incorporated the header panel with the engine intake manifold.

[Tom.A]

Looks great Matt!

[Mac&Otto]

Absolutely Fantastic!!!! Great Job Matt.

Cal

[Mathi]

outstanding work! I really love every piece on that car!

[syborg tt]

Holy Crap that is Freaking Awesome right there !!!!!!!!



And, Lastly, the mostly finished engine shot!
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See you guys in a week!

[HWY Nova]

Where will it be at SEMA?

Where will it be at SEMA?



--Eric

[fleetus macmullitz]

I didn't think any build on here could surpass #badmotorfinger, but this one has.


:BlahBlah: :BlahBlah:


Seriously though, this one's extremely drool worthy. :thumbsup:

[Al Moreno]

Holy Crap that is Freaking Awesome right there !!!!!!!!


That what she said........

Great job Matt!

[Matt@BOS]

I thought I posted a couple shots of the car mostly together, but I guess you guys were just excited about the engine lol.

We will be in the Spec Clutch booth at SEMA, so come say hi!

And, with no further ado... Here it is:

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[Chad-1stGen]

I thought I posted a couple shots of the car mostly together, but I guess you guys were just excited about the engine lol.

We will be in the Spec Clutch booth at SEMA, so come say hi!

And, with no further ado... Here it is:

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WANT!!!!!!

[syborg tt]

Absolutely beautiful


Marty-MJ
www.garagescene.net

[Barnburner]

Beautiful!

[glassman]

that is by far one of the best fastbacks i've ever seen!!! Job well done bud!!

If you get the Optima golden ticktet, you gonna flog it? And if you don't, you still goin to flog it?

[Matt@BOS]

Absolutely beautiful


Marty-MJ
www.garagescene.net

Beautiful!

that is by far one of the best fastbacks i've ever seen!!! Job well done bud!!

If you get the Optima golden ticktet, you gonna flog it? And if you don't, you still goin to flog it?

Thank you guys! It was really fun putting it together with Dick this week. You can never really tell what kind of attitude the car is going to have until all of the lights, wheels, and trim go on! The goal was to build a car where all of the exterior modifications blended together, to create something different without any stand out parts. Basically, if Chevy guys can tell it isn't stock but can't tell what is different on the body, we've accomplished our goal :lol: There is actually no billet on the exterior of the car, which is almost un pro touring, and almost no modern styling cues. When we finally stood back and looked at it on Thursday, or Friday, it looked so clean, I was a bit worried it wouldn't hold a candle to many of the other top notch pro touring cars that are headed to this years show.

Anyway, I walked into the shop this morning with Gregg to take care of a few little issues, and snap a few shots to submit for a couple of the SEMA design contests, and the natural lighting filtering in through the sky lights made my job easy.

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Oh, and Glassman, it's a car. I'm going to drive it. :unibrow: And I also kind of want to prove that it isn't just a show car. :) Right now it runs and drives, and is free of leaks (so far - knock on wood). It has an oil cooler for just about everything, big tires, and some good suspension under it. It also has about two miles on it, so there is that...

[GregWeld]

You built one hellofa car Matt! Can't wait to see it. Not you - but the car. Hope Steve is coming down... I'd like to see him. And Dick... and your mom. :lol:

[Chad-1stGen]

Doesn't look like it but did the diffuser work out and make it on?

[Sieg]

It also has about two miles on it, so there is that...

What.......could.......possibly.......go.....wrong . :sieg:

[Vince@Meanstreets]

Car came out great Matt. Such a long journey. My favorite Fastback next to the RB full CF one.

[Matt@BOS]

You built one hellofa car Matt! Can't wait to see it. Not you - but the car. Hope Steve is coming down... I'd like to see him. And Dick... and your mom. :lol:

Don't forget about Jon. I'm picking him up from the airport on Tuesday morning.


Doesn't look like it but did the diffuser work out and make it on?

Nah , it really didn't fit the vibe of the rest of the car, at least for now, it looks better without it. IMO.

What.......could.......possibly.......go.....wrong . :sieg:

I know, right? It could be faster than the Pinto if it doesn't explode or fall apart.

Car came out great Matt. Such a long journey. My favorite Fastback next to the RB full CF one.

When I first saw the Ring Brother's carbon body on display I thought it was the coolest thing ever. Then I thought it would be cool if I pulled molds of the body sides of my car and put them on an RB Mustang body. Oh the potential badassery...

[preston]

almost no modern styling cues

Its been a long journey for me along this path and that is also where I ended up. No shaved door handles, no billet tail lights, no giant diffuser stakes, etc. In fact the more radical the car, the more awesome it is containing it within the vintage look. In my case I'm even contemplating a vinyl top !

Car looks great you have really captured the understated and vintage look despite the radical body mods. Engine bay is amazing too, makes mine look like the steampunk version of a Uboat engine room.

[Al Moreno]

Great job Matt! looking forward to seeing it at SEMA.

[WSSix]

Fantastic job, Matt! Can't wait to see the feature pictures that I'm sure will be taken of the car.

[Vince@Meanstreets]

Its been a long journey for me along this path and that is also where I ended up. No shaved door handles, no billet tail lights, no giant diffuser stakes, etc. In fact the more radical the car, the more awesome it is containing it within the vintage look. In my case I'm even contemplating a vinyl top !

Car looks great you have really captured the understated and vintage look despite the radical body mods. Engine bay is amazing too, makes mine look like the steampunk version of a Uboat engine room.

well the fascia style bumpers are modern. the only thing i would have done different was getting rid of the wing window for a one pice glass. But yes, one could look at it as something that could have been built in the late 60's

[preston]

well the fascia style bumpers are modern. the only thing i would have done different was getting rid of the wing window for a one pice glass. But yes, one could look at it as something that could have been built in the late 60's

Front bumper is actually very similar to the Shelby R style bumper which was also run without a bumper. Body color rear bumper is not vintage but it is the same style and obviously could have been done back then, but they sure loved them some chrome back then.

The one piece side window kits have been universally panned, everyone I have talked to has said it is a major fabrication project and the only part of the "kit" that is worth anything is the glass itself. I've never actually seen one in person. I've seen a photo and it looked nice but also mentioned it was a major project, like a pro shop would have 12-15 hours per side into it.

Wing windows=vintage !

[57hemicuda]

Car came out fantastic Matt. Along the way, I thought the car needed more cow bell, but now that its done I see it was just enough.

Your vision for the car, with just a little modern, and a whole lotta classic, was a smart one in my opinion. Love it.

[waynieZ]

It looks beautiful Matt, you all did a great job on it. We'll need pictures of it at SEMA.

[youthpastor]

it looks amazing and very understated, can't wait to see it!

[65 347]

Matt
The mustang looked great in person, nice details. Congrates on the invite.

Mike

[camcojb]

Matt
The mustang looked great in person, nice details. Congrates on the invite.

Mike
X 1000!!!!!! I went back to that car several times at SEMA, beautiful job.

[lovehamr]

Matt, just finished going through 80 pages of the best build write up I've ever read. And with such a beautiful result. Thanks for sharing all of your trials and tribulations, it's actually been an inspiration. I have a 70 Boss 302 that I've waffled about building for years and I think I'm gonna have to do it now!

Steve the new guy sorta

[jarhead]

turned out beautiful!

[89 RS]

The Mustang turned out great, nice work. :thumbsup:

[DOOM]

The car is friggin ridiculous !! Leave it to Matt to knock it out of the park!