Anybody else run across this? Looks pretty kewl (and EXPENSIVE) http://www.autoblog.com/2012/06/16/ford-wants-you-to-give-the-gift-of-some-assembly-required-for/ They do a 1940 Ford body and several different mustang shells too
I saw a picture of the 1940 in my local paper this morning. Pretty cool that they are making these cars. Maybe they will make a Maverick!!!
I don't see those feeds so I missed it. Thanks for the link. My newspaper said the 1940 body was $11,000. Seems real cheap for a 1940 body. The REAL 1940 bodies fetch quite a bit.
Bob Drake had started the process for having those bodies built. Pretty amazing. I'm waiting to see the 1966 Mustang convertible bodies.. I have a friend with a 68 fastback body, and another that bought the 69 fastback, pretty amazing to see.
man..if you dont care about having the 'old original' parts necessarily, that would be one sweet route to go!!
These bodies are made by Dynacorn. For about $15,000 delivered, it makes sense to consider these as a starting point as compared to an old car with "some rust". "Some rust" often becomes complete floors, torque boxes, fenders, etc. That being said, these shells are not perfect, by any means. But they are light years ahead of a lot of the "restorable" cars out there. If you are paying someone else to do the body work, then they really make sense. This is a link to an analysis of the good and the bad of a 67 Fastback body that a Stangnet member is building. http://www.stangnet.com/mustang-forums/threads/1967-dynacorn-fastback.858956/
That was an awesome thread to read thru! Thanks for sharing Think I'm about to hijack my own thread here... Just read something on the forum recently about welding subframe connectors on in the "loaded" position. Barely know what a subframe connector is, but it looks like they're doing it on the rotisserie in that build thread. Any guesses as to why, or what affect it would have?
Rusty and Brian are metal masters! You need to go over to Mustangsandmore.com and look at some of the other cars they are restoring. They make some of the Mavericks I've seen around here look like showroom stockers! I think they could build a car just with replacement parts. I wish Mavericks had the support Mustangs have, but it'll never happen.
