$5000 budget Mustang by Ron S

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Its my Dodge Power Wagon

11-16-2008

Just finished welding the quarter and new rocker in place.Still don't know if I will put some kind of bezel around vent,but it feels good to finally have parts on for keeps.Man is the car wide,I think I'll have to call it a 66 Mustang Fatback.Ron

12-3-2008

Got the quarters and rockers finished,made wheelwells out of an old Ford van side.Finally starting to look like a car again.can't wait to start on the front fenders.Ron  http://57hemicuda.smugmug.com/

12-5-2008

Thanks guys,its been alot of fun building this,unlike my Cuda or Camaro,which had me doing nothing but prime and sand,until I have no finger prints left.I think I'm going to put a belly pan under the back of the car,covering the fuel tank etc,because the front and center are so flat .Once thats done I figure I'll hook up the fuel line,and take it for a spin.Still have to bend the front down bars and build some coil mounts,and of course the front flares.A smear of mud and a gallon of paint and shes done.Ron

12-11-2008

Can't beleive I'm doing this but, the panel, and the panel beneath it was pretty rusty.The under panel isn't avalible so I'll have to make.Still can't get over how cheap the panels are,they make Camaro parts see expensive.If this car would have made it RTTH,I can guarantee it would still be driving around with jagged sheet metal all over it.Ron

12-21-2008

I'm using the cheap circle track cell that Jegs sells.It is in a powder coated can,I did modify the pick up to run a internal fuel pump.Ron

Finally got a little time to play.Fitted the tail panel, this has got to be the most like a car this thing has looked since I've owned it.I'm not going to lie, this shot gives me a bit of a chubby.Ron