BoilermakerFan
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I have a '95 GT Convertible roller:
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It has the black and tan interior:
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I have a black steering column for it and I'm swapping in a black passenger airbag. The carpet will be switched to black with tan floormats. The seats will be redone to black and tan. I will probably dye the tan to a darker shade, closer to the new saddle brown.
The engine will be a forged internals 393W with ported and larger stock 351W heads for now, then switching over to Kaase P-38 heads. The intake will be a TF R-Series with a SCT chip and dyno tune.
I've always loved the look of the old Hurst GT350H:
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And I love the look of bronze wheels...
So I've found the XXR 530s in bronze:
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And by luck I found the perfect green metallic color when one of these past me on our local expressway:
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The color is exactly the right shade and has a bronze undertone in the metallic. The cost for the paint is reasonable too. So I'm going to paint the car the Jeep Green Metallic. Not a Ford color, but it's perfect for what I wanted. I'm going to have the Maximum Motorsports convertible roll bar powdercoated a bronze to match the wheels.
Now here is where I need opinions... I have the Cobra front bumper and I love the look so it's staying. I'm probably going to get a functionally vented 3" Cobra R hood too since I need the clearance. I was going to debadge the car, but now I'm thinking of doing the Cobra badges in bronze since I'm basically building a larger displacement clone of the '95 Cobra R except in a convertible. My transmission is even the '95 Cobra R's TR3550. Do I build it as more of clone or debadge and just keep the style pieces I like? It's really not going to be a true clone, I'm converting the rear tails to vertical units. I've tried to grow in favor of the horizontals, but I just do not like them, not even the Saleen versions... The rear spoiler will also be deleted.
The front suspension will be an AFCO PerfectFit tubular K-member with their coil over suspension. It's aimed at drag racers, but it's completely adjustable and perfectly suitable for AX fun too. The rear axle is going to stay solid with the MM torsion/PHB setup. I'm seriously considering having the AFCO K-member, arms, and a selection of other components under the car powdercoated or painted bronze to tie the color scheme together...
Which leaves one last major piece to decide on a color... the top. The top is the black vinyl and it's done. I was going to get a '03 black Cobra top, but now I'm thinking the Saddle cloth top would actually look better. I know a lot of guys don't like the saddle, but I think with my dark green metallic and the bronze it would look much better. Thoughts?
Once I decide on a few other items, the work will begin.
- BMF
It has the black and tan interior:
I have a black steering column for it and I'm swapping in a black passenger airbag. The carpet will be switched to black with tan floormats. The seats will be redone to black and tan. I will probably dye the tan to a darker shade, closer to the new saddle brown.
The engine will be a forged internals 393W with ported and larger stock 351W heads for now, then switching over to Kaase P-38 heads. The intake will be a TF R-Series with a SCT chip and dyno tune.
I've always loved the look of the old Hurst GT350H:
And I love the look of bronze wheels...
So I've found the XXR 530s in bronze:
And by luck I found the perfect green metallic color when one of these past me on our local expressway:
The color is exactly the right shade and has a bronze undertone in the metallic. The cost for the paint is reasonable too. So I'm going to paint the car the Jeep Green Metallic. Not a Ford color, but it's perfect for what I wanted. I'm going to have the Maximum Motorsports convertible roll bar powdercoated a bronze to match the wheels.
Now here is where I need opinions... I have the Cobra front bumper and I love the look so it's staying. I'm probably going to get a functionally vented 3" Cobra R hood too since I need the clearance. I was going to debadge the car, but now I'm thinking of doing the Cobra badges in bronze since I'm basically building a larger displacement clone of the '95 Cobra R except in a convertible. My transmission is even the '95 Cobra R's TR3550. Do I build it as more of clone or debadge and just keep the style pieces I like? It's really not going to be a true clone, I'm converting the rear tails to vertical units. I've tried to grow in favor of the horizontals, but I just do not like them, not even the Saleen versions... The rear spoiler will also be deleted.
The front suspension will be an AFCO PerfectFit tubular K-member with their coil over suspension. It's aimed at drag racers, but it's completely adjustable and perfectly suitable for AX fun too. The rear axle is going to stay solid with the MM torsion/PHB setup. I'm seriously considering having the AFCO K-member, arms, and a selection of other components under the car powdercoated or painted bronze to tie the color scheme together...
Which leaves one last major piece to decide on a color... the top. The top is the black vinyl and it's done. I was going to get a '03 black Cobra top, but now I'm thinking the Saddle cloth top would actually look better. I know a lot of guys don't like the saddle, but I think with my dark green metallic and the bronze it would look much better. Thoughts?
Once I decide on a few other items, the work will begin.
- BMF
Evansville, IN.
