Machspeed 219 Report post Posted June 19, 2019 No doubt that young man is your son there, pops! Nice progress on the car. Looking forward to seeing it come together. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RobotMan 264 Report post Posted June 21, 2019 On 6/19/2019 at 6:48 PM, Machspeed said: No doubt that young man is your son there, pops! Nice progress on the car. Looking forward to seeing it come together. I’ve been told that apple did not fall far from the tree! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
70Mach1rb 1 Report post Posted June 21, 2019 Now this is a nice shop to have such a car in. A car stand on a floor lift. Wow. Never in my life seen that before. If it works! I just have a rotisserie. But thank god I have it. I'm too old to weld and work upside down and backward! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RobotMan 264 Report post Posted June 21, 2019 5 minutes ago, 70Mach1rb said: Now this is a nice shop to have such a car in. A car stand on a floor lift. Wow. Never in my life seen that before. If it works! I just have a rotisserie. But thank god I have it. I'm too old to weld and work upside down and backward! We did the majority of the work on a rotisserie. I moved it to the body cart because the ends of the car are not accessible and I sent it to the paint shop on the cart as well. I use the lift mostly later when I want to work on car from underneath and not on rotisserie. I also am too old to roll around on the floor and weld upside down! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hux 45 Report post Posted June 22, 2019 On 6/20/2019 at 3:48 AM, Machspeed said: No doubt that young man is your son there, pops! Nice progress on the car. Looking forward to seeing it come together. Haha. Little doubt there with young Mike. the apple hasn’t fallen far from the tree Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ridge Runner 1,112 Report post Posted June 22, 2019 That is a picture that should be hanging on your shop wall ,its a perfect father and son image . Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RobotMan 264 Report post Posted June 22, 2019 16 hours ago, Ridge Runner said: That is a picture that should be hanging on your shop wall ,its a perfect father and son image . That’s why we do it is for the memories and of course cool mustangs! 1 Grabber70Mach reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RobotMan 264 Report post Posted August 4, 2019 Mike and I got the seat frames restored. What a lot of work! Time to move on! 2 bigmal and Grabber70Mach reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RobotMan 264 Report post Posted August 24, 2019 Exciting day yesterday as we stopped by and got a first look at the car after paint on the way to drop my oldest son off at college. WOW! What a nice job by Richard Vickers and his guys at Dark Forest. Get to bring it home next week. 1 mikee reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bryonbush 85 Report post Posted August 24, 2019 Man that car looks amazing Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RobotMan 264 Report post Posted August 24, 2019 8 minutes ago, bryonbush said: Man that car looks amazing Yes we are excited how well it turned out. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ridge Runner 1,112 Report post Posted August 25, 2019 Wow! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Grabber70Mach 107 Report post Posted August 25, 2019 That looks spectacular, really like the color. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mike65 475 Report post Posted August 25, 2019 Looks awesome. X2 on loving the color. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
69RavenConv 286 Report post Posted August 25, 2019 Wow, that's pretty. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hux 45 Report post Posted August 25, 2019 That is one lucky son!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
aslanefe 333 Report post Posted August 26, 2019 Looking good. Now comes the stressfull part; how to assemble without damaging the paint. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RobotMan 264 Report post Posted August 26, 2019 8 hours ago, aslanefe said: Looking good. Now comes the stressfull part; how to assemble without damaging the paint. He was not that excited when I told him the first thing we have to do is take all bolted parts off and put them away wrapped up to protect the paint during assembly. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
stangs-R-me 120 Report post Posted August 28, 2019 (edited) Wow that turned out real nice … looks kinda dark for Acapulco Blue, but then overcast sky would do that. Is that the factory color ?? Went back in thread to answer my own question … YES !! Doug Edited August 28, 2019 by stangs-R-me Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RobotMan 264 Report post Posted August 31, 2019 On 8/28/2019 at 10:11 AM, stangs-R-me said: Wow that turned out real nice … looks kinda dark for Acapulco Blue, but then overcast sky would do that. Is that the factory color ?? Went back in thread to answer my own question … YES !! Doug Actually he ended up not liking the paint cards for Alcapulco blue due to being too light as you indicated. He picked out Ultrasonic Blue. The car was originally Winter Blue. His blue is not an original Mach color. But I wanted him to own and love the color. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RobotMan 264 Report post Posted August 31, 2019 Mike took a cool pic today in the shop. His car body in the background with his brother’s Mach in the foreground. 6 Caseyrhe, mikee, Grabber70Mach and 3 others reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ridge Runner 1,112 Report post Posted August 31, 2019 Now where is dads? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RobotMan 264 Report post Posted August 31, 2019 33 minutes ago, Ridge Runner said: Now where is dads? It is in the bay behind the door behind the blue Mach. A 68 Bullit. 2 Grabber70Mach and MAC390 reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Machspeed 219 Report post Posted September 4, 2019 Beautiful! Do you know what he painted the blackout are of the hood with? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
stangs-R-me 120 Report post Posted September 4, 2019 On 8/31/2019 at 5:43 PM, RobotMan said: Actually he ended up not liking the paint cards for Alcapulco blue due to being too light as you indicated. He picked out Ultrasonic Blue. The car was originally Winter Blue. His blue is not an original Mach color. But I wanted him to own and love the color. My brother had a Winter Blue convertible ... it looked OK and I've seen pic's of Winter Blue Mach 1's and it looks better with all the black accents but don't think I could go with it. Always thought Acapulco Blue was nice but saw a 1969 Mach 1 over the weekend in this color at the Sturgis Mustang Car Show and it seemed kinda dull. Saw a few Lime Gold cars at the show too (my cars original color) so I was able to show my wife & sons that vs. the Calypso Coral they've only known it as. No '69's, but both a '67 & '68 Shelby and one looked to be original paint. So imagining this color with Mach 1 black accents, I think it might be a sharper looking combo than either Winter or Acapulco Blue. Anyway ... I think your son made a wise choice with the flashier blue !! Doug Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
