RPM 1,190 Report post Posted December 15, 2013 Buckeye, that is one cherry ride! You have done an outstanding job. Be proud young man. Bob Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FordRacing 10 Report post Posted December 15, 2013 Buckeye, that is one cherry ride! You have done an outstanding job. Be proud young man. Bob Agreed! Buckeye: Hope you are going to have a big party when you put the last piece back on. Most of us only dream of having that day come, you're just about there, ENJOY it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
prayers1 153 Report post Posted December 15, 2013 I see you have yet to install the Hood Chrome Molding. I'm very curious on how yours comes out, thats if you used an aftermarket one. I went through 4 pieces. It seems that they all knink in the center and the retaining screws fall out when the nuts are tighten up. I'm still not happy with mine. I did grind down a few metal washers and slid them over the screws and behind the track to keep the screws popping out. I think a few of us here had the same problem. Please post how yours went on and if you came up with a better solution Thanks! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
prayers1 153 Report post Posted December 17, 2013 Buckeye- I had another question. If your doing the Mach 1 theme, are you going to install the chrome wheel well moldings? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jnet4jt 10 Report post Posted December 17, 2013 Been following your thread for a while. She looks really nice. Well done! Gotta say if you ever want to sell, let me know. I'll try to talk the wife into a second one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BuckeyeDemon 211 Report post Posted December 19, 2013 Buckeye- I had another question. If your doing the Mach 1 theme, are you going to install the chrome wheel well moldings? I won't be installing them. I don't think mach 1's came with this molding (thought it was a dealer installed option for any model???). this car is a real mach 1, btw. ...and according to someone on VMF, scarce (i.e. extremely rare) due to the candyapple red...:confused: Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mustangstofear 608 Report post Posted December 19, 2013 I wouldn't believe half of what you read on VMF. Candyapple red was one one of Ford's most popular colors, they put it on everything. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BuckeyeDemon 211 Report post Posted December 19, 2013 I wouldn't believe half of what you read on VMF. Candyapple red was one one of Ford's most popular colors, they put it on everything. believe me, i don't (or any forum). i put out some numbers illustrating a little under 20% and asked for their source of data only to get silence... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
buening 63 Report post Posted December 19, 2013 Doesn't the Marti report tell you how many came in that color? It may not break it down by Machs though. An interesting breakdown of Boss cars by color: http://www.boss302.com/paint.htm Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BuckeyeDemon 211 Report post Posted December 19, 2013 Doesn't the Marti report tell you how many came in that color? It may not break it down by Machs though. An interesting breakdown of Boss cars by color: http://www.boss302.com/paint.htm marti report shows ~22,400 69's were candyapple Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BuckeyeDemon 211 Report post Posted December 25, 2013 i drove it to work on Monday. it was pretty cold at about 32 degrees. the first time i've ever locked the doors and i managed to lock myself out. fortunately i had the trunk key separate in my pocket (keep the keys separate so i don't scratch anything) and had to crawl through the trunk. luckily i'm thin, so it wasn't difficult. applied the stripes yesterday. first time i've ever done this. so there are probably better ways. after washing with soap/water and doing several applications of wax/grease removal/wipe off residue, i applied a reference tape line. i used a product called Slide On Application Gel that i picked up from NPD. i would apply a pretty thick coat to the car. then lay on the decal. i would then spray that with water mixed with a little soap. then used my hand and a squeegee to start working the decal in position to the reference line and also work out the gel and air. i would then remove the top holding paper. hope you are having a good holidays... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RPM 1,190 Report post Posted December 25, 2013 Very nice job. Crazy sweet looking ride!!! Bob Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Snookman35 10 Report post Posted December 25, 2013 Bravo :clap: She looks Amazing!!!!!!!!!!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FordRacing 10 Report post Posted December 25, 2013 Awsome Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Machspeed 219 Report post Posted December 25, 2013 Breathtakingly beautiful! Noticed the hood lip is missing, but then it appears there's not much out there now in regards to quality reports. What will you do for that? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BuckeyeDemon 211 Report post Posted December 25, 2013 Noticed the hood lip is missing, but then it appears there's not much out there now in regards to quality reports. What will you do for that? i bought a repop (corvex?) and it sucked. searched out for a dynacorn and it was even worse. i'm considering cutting the tip to let it flex then welding. given they are so cheap, its probably worth a shot. i certainly won't install it until i'm really confident it won't chew up the paint. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Grabber70Mach 107 Report post Posted December 26, 2013 Looks outstanding. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
70Nightmare 20 Report post Posted December 26, 2013 Nice job Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jmlay 80 Report post Posted December 26, 2013 One would think the hood lip molding would be very easy to reproduce. I envision a machine not unlike the machine that is used for form seamless gutters spitting these out like toothpicks, a couple of notches and a bend in the center... But thre i go thinking again. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jwscarab 20 Report post Posted December 26, 2013 Buckeye that ride looks so Sweet! Congratulations! Are you finished now? I notice every once in a great while a used hood trim oem on fleabay. Not cheap but maybe worth it to keep an eye out. If I run across one I will yell. Sweet ride -u have to be pumped! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Machspeed 219 Report post Posted December 26, 2013 i bought a repop (corvex?) and it sucked. searched out for a dynacorn and it was even worse. i'm considering cutting the tip to let it flex then welding. given they are so cheap, its probably worth a shot. i certainly won't install it until i'm really confident it won't chew up the paint. If there's one thing I know about you, it's perfection. I figured you had something going on with that hood trim piece and was curious as to what you had in the works. It is an absolute shame we can't get a quality re-pop for that piece. Again, the car looks awesome!!! Thanks for sharing your work. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
69gunslinger 14 Report post Posted January 3, 2014 Buckeye, I apologize if this has already been discussed, what tire and rim sizes did you settle on? I am having trouble finding it (100 pages). Awesome job BTW. Your car looks pretty familiar, I love it! Thanks Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BuckeyeDemon 211 Report post Posted January 3, 2014 what tire and rim sizes did you settle on? thank you. i think this is what you're looking for: now have the wheels and tires. finding a shop to balance them proved to be a major chore. seems that many of the complaints about these wheels are probably due to the method of balancing. i probably called about 20 shops in the area and almost all of them told me i was nuts. seems strange given the number of lug centric rims being built. i found some references to the Hunter Engineering balancer that uses the lugs. they have an equipment locator. http://www.gsp9700.com/pub/search/findgsp9700.cfm of course the two kids at the shop had never used the above balancer so i had to wait for the manager to operate the road force balancer the next day. when i picked them up, the kids were able to show me how it mounted to the rims. he said they balanced pretty well, so hopefully that does the job correctly. i went with 215/65R15 on the front and 245/60R15 for the rears. Rims are from Specialty Wheel. front rims are 15X7 with the standard 4.25" backspace. rear rims are 15X8 with a non-standard 5.00" backspace. I don't think they really charged any more for the non-standard backspace. the order was quick. it took a little over a week from order to when they were at my door. Specialty claims there tolerances are half of Wheel Vintiques. the chrome work looks thin too me, but it seems most chrome is these days. i'm a little concerned about clearance in the back. i won't know until the car is reassembled. some interesting points (to me anyways) about the tires. The 215/65R15 diameter measures 25.675". It was spec'd at 26.1". The 245/60R15 diameter measures 26.0". It was spec'd at 26.6". It seems the tires diameter are about ~0.5" smaller than spec. Unmounted, i measured the natural bead width to b 6" and 7" for the tires. Also, the section width grew quite a bit once mounted (3/8" and 5/8") for the two tires. the 215 is on the left, 245 on the right. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BuckeyeDemon 211 Report post Posted January 3, 2014 got the stripes in a nice angle with the sunlight... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Angel 24 Report post Posted January 3, 2014 That looks so cool! Congratulations. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
