69 Superbird MULE car build

[remta1]

first test fitting of nose

[remta1]

guard filling ,looks crude but once ground and painted sweet

[remta1]

to fit the wider nose onto the 69 guards I had to put   "v "   cuts in the top of the nose and in essence "shrink " the nose slightly as shown in the preliminary
nose fitting

[remta1]

using the original hood as is in good shape .I have extended and shaped it to fit the nose contours

[JB400]

Looks good.

[remta1]

cheers   I think I own half the local hardware store with all the materials to build it  .Worth it in the end though

[Bob T]

So worth it. Haha, got a running account at NZ Fasteners  
The flush look is going to be a win   wondered how much you'd need to slice for the width modification .With the current rate of progress, you could be looking good for mid/late Jan eh   I realise the lights will eat up some time though.

As an aside, a mate of mine just got his 4spd Daytona road legal this week, just in time for holiday cruises , O for Oarsome  

[remta1]

[quote author=Bob T link=topic=106375.msg1290957#msg1290957 date= :2thumbs:big:
The flush look is going to be a win   wondered how much you'd need to slice for the width modification .With the current rate of progress, you could be looking good for mid/late Jan eh   I realise the lights will eat up some time though.

As an aside, a mate of mine just got his 4spd Daytona road legal this week, just in time for holiday cruises , O for Oarsome  
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classic Tua quote eh 
I didn't have to shrink very much to make it fit, would love to see some pics of the Daytona 

[Stevearino]

Coming along nicely.

[moparstuart]

Coming along nicely.

[remta1]

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[remta1]

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[remta1]

next up came the fender scoops , I had to narrow these to fit the guard width .I made them more Daytona looking as the 69 guards are are bit squarer and the bubble look didn't quite fit the rest of the contours

[Ghoste]

Are you doing all of the work yourself or is this a project where you have called in help? 

[remta1]

have done most of the work myself , but have a buddy who does the painting side of things he has also helped me with the electrics etc .
He says I always overengineer everything so if it takes me longer to do stuff then that's okay I don't want to take any shortcuts or have regrets

[remta1]

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[remta1]

starting to tidy up the bodywork now

[remta1]

dd

[remta1]

now for the nose , this is by far the easiest part to do ......
decided to use this spoiler , with the stabilisers on the bottom it gives it a race look stance

[remta1]

reminds me of this 

[Bob T]

  cue the music do dooo do do dooooo do

[Ghoste]

You have a nice variety of skillsets then Remta.

[djcarguy]

WOW LOOKING GREAT,totally like the way its working out with 69 hood an fenders. the fenders line an marker lite match with quarter is great. was concerned or up set bout cutting those nice 69 fenders,but great to see ya keep that upper side style line to match. may i sugest drilling an wiring all trimmed off parts together with grill ,for patterns or restoration down the line. not that i wood ever change it back as nice as it is turning out..

     think some road runner hood grills or small scoops wood look good to on it.totally understand not starting with rr hood,cost an shipping an purist up in arms an all that.

MY 1,    only concern i see looks like you may have glassed over some rivets an little snitch plates on scoops   or nose cone??    have seen repairs an custom fiberglass work ruined later on as some aluminum rivets an or screws corroide an cause lumps in the glass work. one friends vette looked like crap bout a year after the nose repair 2 lines of lumps across the nose repair.JUST A IDEA TOO SAVE PROBLEMS LATER?


   looking great, i ordered a bird nose for my dartona custom.thanks for pixs an inspiration.latter DJ  

[remta1]

You have a nice variety of skillsets then Remta.

Call me Jase ,cheers I have learnt lots too, always keen to give things a go ...doesn't always turn out successful sometimes though , but that's life

[remta1]

WOW LOOKING GREAT,totally like the way its working out with 69 hood an fenders. the fenders line an marker lite match with quarter is great. was concerned or up set bout cutting those nice 69 fenders,but great to see ya keep that upper side style line to match. may i sugest drilling an wiring all trimmed off parts together with grill ,for patterns or restoration down the line. not that i wood ever change it back as nice as it is turning out..

     think some road runner hood grills or small scoops wood look good to on it.totally understand not starting with rr hood,cost an shipping an purist up in arms an all that.

MY 1,    only concern i see looks like you may have glassed over some rivets an little snitch plates on scoops   or nose cone??    have seen repairs an custom fiberglass work ruined later on as some aluminum rivets an or screws corroide an cause lumps in the glass work. one friends vette looked like crap bout a year after the nose repair 2 lines of lumps across the nose repair.JUST A IDEA TOO SAVE PROBLEMS LATER?


   looking great, i ordered a bird nose for my dartona custom.thanks for pixs an inspiration.latter DJ  

cheers for the compliments DJ ,like your ideas  hopefully I don't have issues with the glassing really important to get the airbubbles out of the resin
cant wait to see the pics of your dartona build