White's '95 GT "Unicorn"

[joemomma]

No and I'm not sure what it's called. My buddy is painting it at the local Ford dealership so it's probably Oxford White like my truck.

Right on. I thought perhaps mine was Oxford after the PO had it painted, but it doesn't match the touch up I have for the truck. I'm going back Crystal when I get it painted next month.

 

[white95]

Progress pictures will trickle in slowly due to the impending doom but I’ll post them when they come to me.

 

[ttocs]

are those the carbon fiber fenders?

 

[white95]

are those the carbon fiber fenders?

No, those are the stock fenders.

 

[white95]

One of the last times you’ll see it this many colors.

 

[ttocs]

the last days of the hano harlequinstang.

 

[92wastheyear]

One of the last times you’ll see it this many colors.

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Dolly will be bummed that you are painting your "Car of Many Colors"

 

[Boostr1]

Did the Unicorn float away?

 

[white95]

Not even so much as a scratch on the car.

 

[Boostr1]

Good to hear, and I guess you're okay too

 

[white95]

Good to hear, and I guess you're okay too

Yessir! Currently nursing a hangover at work lol

 

[white95]

More progress on the paint work!

 

[white95]

Took a bunch of measurements and settled on 4.5” from either edge to the center of the stud and also the center top/bottom of the bracket. The stud is 7.5” from the leading edge of the hood.




Well, I guess I really did kill my dremel. It died after barely scratching the surface.



Wasted a damn hour driving around because Lowe’s AND Home Depot both decided to close early. Decided to try again. Stupid shit works and I was able to make some more progress. Nah. It died again. This time it’s permanent. I’ll replace it tomorrow morning.

 

[ttocs]

what did you say to get the beaver mad enough to chew through the hood and then exactly how did you get it to stop?

 

[white95]

what did you say to get the beaver mad enough to chew through the hood and then exactly how did you get it to stop?

That’s classified.

 

[white95]

Picked up a new and much better Dremel this morning and got back to work.



The light made a big difference!

 

[white95]

Didn’t take long to finish the initial cuts.

 

[white95]

Decided to finish the driver’s side first. Had I went with my initial thoughts and aligned the outer edge of the latch with the hood, I wouldn’t have had to trim more of the reverse side of the hood than anticipated.

Yeah, that’s life.

 

[white95]

The passenger side had an unexpected surprise. Seems this hood had traditional hood pins at some point. They were removed, one of the screws was simple cut and puttied over. I had to drill it out and it left me with a new hole.

That’s life too, lol!





The “finished product”.



After all the work was finished, I took it out for a spin. This things rocks. This thing *really* needs to be tuned and I have some IAC/TPS tuning to do. She likes to die when coasting after a rip.

 

[ttocs]

mine did that as well once it got running. I just bumped the IAC hold up a little at the temp it was dying(hot) and it never did it again. I need to adjust my IAC for starting just a tad now but I suspect I/we can only hope to never be thinking it needs something adjusted in the tune.