mywickedshelby Posted December 3, 2012 Report Share Posted December 3, 2012 great progress Dan, cvant wait to see her all done! MY500SS said it best, hard to think of your car looking better than it already did, congrats again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blown Away Posted December 4, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 4, 2012 Hard to think it could happen, but she's gonna look even better than before. , Fantastic stuff you're doing Dan. Marji and I are also looking forward to seeing everyone in a few weeks......gonna get our party on. great progress Dan, cvant wait to see her all done! MY500SS said it best, hard to think of your car looking better than it already did, congrats again! Thanks guys! And yes Dan, Can't wait till then!!! Dan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cali_KR Posted December 4, 2012 Report Share Posted December 4, 2012 Thanks guys! And yes Dan, Can't wait till then!!! Dan Must post Xmas is early for Dan & Laura :happy feet: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blown Away Posted December 5, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 5, 2012 Stopped by on Tuesday. Hood is painted and striped along with front and rear bumpers. The trunk wasn't completely prepped to the painters liking in time, so it will get painted today, along with the black textured portion under ther hood. Then assembly and color sanding on Thursday, and I take possession on Friday!! Sorry for the pics as they were taken thru the paint booth's windows. Another one of their projects was cleared when they did my stuff, but if you look closely, you will see the stripes carry over underneath the hood. Dan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FordRocks1 Posted December 5, 2012 Report Share Posted December 5, 2012 Awesome!!! Nice seeing a job done right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IASHELBYGT Posted December 5, 2012 Report Share Posted December 5, 2012 It looks great Dan! Thanks for the info you gave me. Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HARALD KELLEY Posted December 6, 2012 Report Share Posted December 6, 2012 Stopped by on Tuesday. Hood is painted and striped along with front and rear bumpers. The trunk wasn't completely prepped to the painters liking in time, so it will get painted today, along with the black textured portion under ther hood. Then assembly and color sanding on Thursday, and I take possession on Friday!! Sorry for the pics as they were taken thru the paint booth's windows. Another one of their projects was cleared when they did my stuff, but if you look closely, you will see the stripes carry over underneath the hood. Dan Stopped by on Tuesday. Hood is painted and striped along with front and rear bumpers. The trunk wasn't completely prepped to the painters liking in time, so it will get painted today, along with the black textured portion under ther hood. Then assembly and color sanding on Thursday, and I take possession on Friday!! Sorry for the pics as they were taken thru the paint booth's windows. Another one of their projects was cleared when they did my stuff, but if you look closely, you will see the stripes carry over underneath the hood. Dan Looks great Dan My car will be done next week. Polishing paint etc and reassemble. Looks like my grill is flush. To me it looks ok that way and several others said the same thing. I am not going to try and change it now. Are you relocating your washer nozzles to the wiper arms? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blown Away Posted December 6, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 6, 2012 No problem Dave, anytime. Nice Harald. Yep, relocating the washer nozzles. Dan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halsey Posted December 7, 2012 Report Share Posted December 7, 2012 How are you putting the screen in? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blown Away Posted December 7, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 7, 2012 How are you putting the screen in? It gets epoxied in. Dan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blown Away Posted December 7, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 7, 2012 Stopped by today and unfortunately issues came up during color sanding and some repainting is going to be required... But I would rather it take longer and be done right. Dan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vapor08GT500 Posted December 7, 2012 Report Share Posted December 7, 2012 Agreed +1000. You will never remember how long it took once you get it back and are happy. Have it done where you are happy. Can't wait to see her all done!! Alex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HARALD KELLEY Posted December 19, 2012 Report Share Posted December 19, 2012 Dan, how is the project going? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ITHERTZ66 Posted December 19, 2012 Report Share Posted December 19, 2012 Question, with the IC whipple,did you get excessive heat under the hood? Why the change to the Deep draw - purely cosmetic? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HARALD KELLEY Posted December 27, 2012 Report Share Posted December 27, 2012 Dan, how is the project going? Gentle Bump! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blown Away Posted December 28, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 28, 2012 Sorry Harald and ITHERTZ66 for the lack of updates. We have been on vacation in Vegas for the past week. The car was supposed to be ready the morning we left, but wasn't to our liking in a few spots, so we left it with the painter, also another issue came to light. Long story short, there was a problem we ran into with the driver side fender. Specificly where it comes to a point over the head lights and meets with the hood. It was tweeked causing a clearance issue between the hood and fender. I had noticed the fender appeared to dip in further on the old hood, but it wasn't an issue. So basically I told the painter we will deal with it when we get back from vacation. We might have to pull the fender off completely and reposition it. The painter said he could try to "massage it" in place, but was afraid that the paint might get screwed up on it. I didn't want to deal with anything and ruin vacation and Christmas worrying about it, so Monday I'll head over and see what needs to be done to correct it. The alignment on the other side was perfect, by the way. And to answer ITHERTZ66, the GT-H hood held way too much heat under it (I assume from the S/C, as I never noticed it much before), thus the desire to eliminate the heat and keep the look of the hood. On a positive note, we stopped by Shelby today and saw Jer. He took time out of his busy day to spend some time with me and my family. THANKS again Jer!! Dan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HARALD KELLEY Posted December 30, 2012 Report Share Posted December 30, 2012 Thanks for the update. It will all come together. Enjoy the vacation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blown Away Posted January 2, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 2, 2013 A quick update. After moving the fender as much as possible, it's still not enough. After a close examination, we were able to see where the end of the fender has been previously manipulated to make the GT-H hood fit properly. We compared both sides and you can visually see where the driver's side fender has been worked over. So... we're going all in...lol The body man is going to straighten the end out which will probably require painting and blending. So instead of picking the car up today (which happens to be my daughter Erica's 18th birthday) it'll be next week... As a teaser, the pic below is how the under hood will look. This was the first go around and a few minor changes have been done for the final. Dan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HARALD KELLEY Posted January 6, 2013 Report Share Posted January 6, 2013 Will be nice when all done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blown Away Posted January 13, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 13, 2013 Picked the car up yesterday evening, just a small item I need to take it back for, but it's finally home!!! After we get the correction made, then it's off to get clear bra'd. Under the hood Back side of the mesh is black to blend in. Dan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ITHERTZ66 Posted January 13, 2013 Report Share Posted January 13, 2013 Looks very nice. I like how you can also see your custom radiator cover under the hood through the grill mesh!! Nice work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IASHELBYGT Posted January 14, 2013 Report Share Posted January 14, 2013 NICE!!! I really like it. This hood may have to be my next purchase. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
REDTAIL Posted January 14, 2013 Report Share Posted January 14, 2013 looks pretty darn good Dan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HARALD KELLEY Posted January 14, 2013 Report Share Posted January 14, 2013 Dan, she looks great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jer Posted January 21, 2013 Report Share Posted January 21, 2013 It does my heart good to see all these Deep Draw hoods being installed. Truly my favorite Mustang hood. Jer p.s. Dan, what paint brand and code did you use for the silver stripes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blown Away Posted January 22, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 22, 2013 It does my heart good to see all these Deep Draw hoods being installed. Truly my favorite Mustang hood. Jer p.s. Dan, what paint brand and code did you use for the silver stripes? Jer it's PPG 5832 Satin Silver Dan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoggiebhr Posted April 27, 2013 Report Share Posted April 27, 2013 Dan, I'm embarking on this adventure as well and I wondered if I could ask a question of two. The underhood section that you had painted black, what type of paint was used? I know this area of the hood is much rougher. Was much prep work down to it before it was painted? I read that you used a 'textured" paint. Do you remember the product name? Is is glass or matte finish? That was more than two questions..LOL. Sorry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blown Away Posted May 8, 2013 Author Report Share Posted May 8, 2013 Dan, I'm embarking on this adventure as well and I wondered if I could ask a question of two. The underhood section that you had painted black, what type of paint was used? I know this area of the hood is much rougher. Was much prep work down to it before it was painted? I read that you used a 'textured" paint. Do you remember the product name? Is is glass or matte finish? That was more than two questions..LOL. Sorry. Sorry for not getting back to you sooner.Not exactly sure what was used, but similiar to a bed liner type product I believe. It's a gloss finish as it was clear coated with the rest of the under hood. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HARALD KELLEY Posted May 10, 2013 Report Share Posted May 10, 2013 I used a textured flat black similar to the some of the Terlingua hoods I have seen. Rock-guard material. Good luck yoggiebhr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoggiebhr Posted May 10, 2013 Report Share Posted May 10, 2013 H0050 - I like that a lot too. I'm crazy anxious about getting it back, or at least seeing some progress on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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