Friday April 20th

Finally picked up the car today! It turned out better than I had expected. After getting the Cobra Jet badges lined up on the shaker, we brought her out side for a quick photo op. I still have to get the emblems for the fenders put on and of course I've found another version I like.
I'll keep that one a secret for now, enjoy!

Wednesday April 18th

Project Mach 1 is nearing completion, with the installation of the chin spoiler, quarter window louvers and hood. Check out the shaker system, painted body color and ready to go on the engine.




Here is a brief look at the chin spoiler.

Tuesday April 17th

Well, we enter another week but at least the Mach 1 project is starting to take form. Yesterday the installation of the rear window louver and the duck tail spoiler was completed.

Click on any of the images to see them full size.


Check out the detail on the trunk lid, Chris's hand painted mustang logo really brings out the classic design I wanted for this car.




So heres the pictures of the interior, I finally remembered to take a couple pictures.

Tuesday April 10th

As I walked in to the shop today, I got to watch Chris Finish painting the hood. The beautiful gloss black slowly turns to a matte finish as it dries. I cant wait to see the hood back on the car .




Here's the finished duck tail spoiler, we tried to get this as close to the original as possible. The only problem we ran into was that the 69's body lines allowed the stripe to extend further down the back of the car. So the only option was to extend the stripe on the duck tail spoiler. I think it turned out really nice.



You might not recognize the middle image above, but it started out as the GT badge from the trunk lid. Chris and I shot around a couple options before he suggested the pony logo. My wife told me from the start that I should change the GT to the pony logo when I first brought the car in to be painted, well I forgot, and she continually reminds me of that fact when ever I talk about it. Any way back to the story, Chris ground down the GT logo and HAND painted the pony logo! The last image is a breif look at the engine compartment, all of the painted parts still need to be wet sanded and cleaned up.

Monday April 9th - part 2

After work I headed back over to Leroy's and chris and I started to layout the pin stripe and the over all paint on the hood. And I got to see the hood with the shaker cut out for the first time. WOW! I love this car! Tommorrow the paint goes on the hood, that is of coarse if they can find my hood pins, which need to be drilled before the hood is painted.




Chris and I also finished aligning the Mach 1 stripe on the duck tail, along with out lining the pony logo which will replace the GT badge on the trunk lid.

Monday April 9th - part 1

So , it was another great day at Leroys, Chris had finished up the engine conpartment parts.
The Fuse box cover is going to make a sweet addition under the hood.

The metallic translucent mustang on the air filter cover turned out even better than I had expected.




With the three engine pieces painted, they are sent off to get wet sanded for the final polished finish. The ducktail spoiler will soon be bolted onto the trunk lid.

Friday April 6th part 2

So Friday evening came around and I headed back to meet up with chris. I wont go into to much detail, I think the images speak for them selves.





The Mach 1 stripe was just painted and hasnt been clear coated yet. I'm so impressed with how Chris did these stripes. They where all laid out by hand and the Mach 1 logo had to be cut out with an exacto knife to make the template.






The image above is part of the duck tail spoiler: Below we have the 1/4 window louvers on the right and the Saleen tail light peice in the center; Third image up is the chin spoiler.