1967 fiberglass fastback, all aluminum 427 supercharged and racing coilovers all around. "Still waiting to find a sequential manual transmission under 20k "
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1967 fiberglass fastback, all aluminum 427 supercharged and racing coilovers all around. "Still waiting to find a sequential manual transmission under 20k "
I am looking to do this as well. The fastback style is different than the coupe or convertible as shown on the two photographs that you supplied in your post. The ones that CJ Pony sells are steel. The original ones were pot metal. I found one other seller named Macsauto in Kansas City I think. I have heard some VMF posters refer to aluminum-made panels, but I have never found any information on them. If you found aluminum panels you culd paint body color and polich the outer perimeter. I have also heard several VMF'ers say the repros are lacking some of the detail that the originals have.
Installation would require that you drill holes into your rear tail light panel. If you or a future owner ever wanted to remove these, a repair could be performed easily enough. I am lead to believe also that fitting them to your car may require some sweat as the curves on the back of the mustang are concave top to bottom and compounded by an inward curve from the outside corners to the trunk lock, further compounded by variations between the new steel parts and the made by others rear tail light panel.
I think they look good and for my application, I would paint them the same as the body color which for me is a Brittany Blue on a 67 convertible. I am a couple months away from paint, but as soon as I do it I will post a pic to two.
Last edited by sixseven; 01-01-2013 at 10:56 PM.
Reason: better wording, typo correx
Interestingly, these panels were available in body color, or for a little more, charcoal gray metallic. You could also order the regular rear panel in charcoal gray metallic, an option far more rare than the ribbed panel.
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I am looking to do this as well. The fastback style is different than the coupe or convertible as shown on the two photographs that you supplied in your post. The ones that CJ Pony sells are steel. The original ones were pot metal. I found one other seller named Macsauto in Kansas City I think. I have heard some VMF posters refer to aluminum-made panels, but I have never found any information on them. If you found aluminum panels you culd paint body color and polich the outer perimeter. I have also heard several VMF'ers say the repros are lacking some of the detail that the originals have.
Installation would require that you drill holes into your rear tail light panel. If you or a future owner ever wanted to remove these, a repair could be performed easily enough. I am lead to believe also that fitting them to your car may require some sweat as the curves on the back of the mustang are concave top to bottom and compounded by an inward curve from the outside corners to the trunk lock, further compounded by variations between the new steel parts and the made by others rear tail light panel.
I think they look good and for my application, I would paint them the same as the body color which for me is a Brittany Blue on a 67 convertible. I am a couple months away from paint, but as soon as I do it I will post a pic to two.
Never heard of Macsauto in Kansas city.. I know this one old guy up by Westport (middle of KC) that can machine any part for me for the price of the metal and items needed..
You'll probably get the panel before me so let me know how it turns out.. I'm restoring my door glass and frames tonight and i'll be updating my 67 vert thread regularly with pics and such. I'll check out your build thread (if you have one). Again hope to see how it turns out!
Thanks as always! -DT
1967 fiberglass fastback, all aluminum 427 supercharged and racing coilovers all around. "Still waiting to find a sequential manual transmission under 20k "
1967 fiberglass fastback, all aluminum 427 supercharged and racing coilovers all around. "Still waiting to find a sequential manual transmission under 20k "
1967 fiberglass fastback, all aluminum 427 supercharged and racing coilovers all around. "Still waiting to find a sequential manual transmission under 20k "
1967 fiberglass fastback, all aluminum 427 supercharged and racing coilovers all around. "Still waiting to find a sequential manual transmission under 20k "
1967 fiberglass fastback, all aluminum 427 supercharged and racing coilovers all around. "Still waiting to find a sequential manual transmission under 20k "
22GT: I am having a hard time believing as well that this panel is reproduced in steel. I had contacted the Mustangs Unlimited folks in GA and CN last week for clarification. I asked the guy in CN to put his hands on the piece and tell me what it was - he responded steel. I have since emailed for more information as the sales guy could be misrepresenting the part. The folks in GA do not have the part or I would go over and look at it. Given the shape it would seem to be a cast part with aluminum or pot metal being the cheapest of materials.
The fastback pictured in the original post is mine and the silver convertible in the video belonged to a friend of mine until he sold it recently.
The research that I have done indicates that there were four possible rear end treatments for 1967.
1. Stock rear painted body color;
2. Stock rear painted dark argent (gray);
3. Ribbed panel painted body color;
4. Ribbed panel painted dark argent (gray).
Note that when the two tone paint was applied at the factory, the entire area inside the bright trim was painted dark argent. This includes the inside areas of the quarter panel extensions and the area below the trunk lid and above the bumper. This means that the paint treatment shown on my car or the silver convertible is not the way the factory did it so, for those of you looking to replicate the factory two tone paint option, do not use my car as an example of original. IIRC Jeff Speegle posted some pictures of original unrestored cars with the factory two tone paint treatment in an earlier post on this topic.
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1967 fiberglass fastback, all aluminum 427 supercharged and racing coilovers all around. "Still waiting to find a sequential manual transmission under 20k "
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1967 coupe/convertible applique rear panel.
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67 trim panel
