Pics of GT500 style hood installed on my \'65 FB...ready for paint

Finished fitting it Saturday. Overall it fits pretty well. The height of the back of the hood and the front of the hood are OK, but its a bit high in the middle of the hood. Guess you could say it's bowed a bit more than the fenders. It's as good as it gets and i'm happy with the fit. Take it off tonight and get it painted this week.

I bought the light hinge springs and I tried the hood with and without them. Either way it didn't improve the fitment...just as good either way. The hood is well balanced with them on since it takes very little effort to close the hood so i'm tempted to use them rather than using a prop rod or other means to keep the hood open. As you can see from the pics, I installed hood pins too.

In case anyone is wondering where I got the hood and springs, they came from the Mustang Depot of Las Vegas.

Next week i'm going on my annual flyfishing trip to the Sierras so the hood will have to wait 'till I get back for installation.

So what do ya think of the new look?





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I think it sucks...and what a dumpy nehborhood you live in too!
LOL! just kidding ya[img]/phpBB/images/smiles/icon_lol.gif[/img] Its cool, and when it gets painted, it'll blow their socks off! Nice job on the car[img]/phpBB/images/smiles/icon_bow.gif[/img]
Will it be all black, or are you gonna go with stripes?
Either way, me likey[img]/phpBB/images/smiles/icon_tup.gif[/img]

Very nice, looks aggressive!

The new Mustangs Monthly has a Shelby clone with a very similar hood and one picture clearly shows the same issue with the hood bowed up in the middle of the fenders. Must be their mold.

That looks nice Tracy.............................


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I likey!!!!!!![img]/phpBB/images/smiles/icon_bow.gif[/img]
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That car is just to cool,I don't think it could get any cooler[img]/phpBB/images/smiles/icon_razz.gif[/img]My first new car was a 66 poppy red coup 289 4spd 2barrel with bench seat that I hated[img]/phpBB/images/smiles/icon_spongebob.gif[/img]
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I love your car but I gotta say I'm not that fussy on the later style shelby hood.I love them on the 67-68s but in my humble opinion it looks out of place on the 65-66s.I reserve the right to change my mind once its painted though as with the hood in the grey colour your eyes are automatically drawn to it.Once its in black it should blend in nicely.
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I agree. I love your car, but do not think the hood 'fits', (not fitment wise'), but style wise.
But if YOU like the way it looks, (and you must, because you purchased it,went thru the hassle of fitting it, and are gonna paint it), you keep it.

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On 2004-09-06 19:09, Karl wrote:
Fit looks great to me! You're just too damn fussy[img]/phpBB/images/smiles/icon_lol.gif[/img]
That I can understand because of the rest of the work you have done.Would love to see some 1/4 mile times when or if you do that sort of thing.Your car deserves a feature or write up on its own really.
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Thanks Karl...you've been very supportive throughout my restomod. The pic shows the good side...the passenger side is a bit higher than the drivers side.

I worked on the timing today because I was noticing how I could feel a flat spot in the acceleration in the mid rpm area. I had put a Pro Race damper on the engine since the last timing adjustment and I checked it today to find it set at 18 BTDC...too much advance. I moved it to 14 BTDC...runs much better. So naturally I took it out for a few runs today. I would estimate it doing low 13s to high 12s between 105 and 110 in the 1/4 as it sits today. I hope to drop the exhaust soon and take it in for another dyno test and while i'm at it to get the carb tuned also. I'm very curious to feel how it runs with open exhaust.

Funny you mention the write up, because KB-Silvolite wants to feature my car on their site. They appreciate the free thinking I did in designing the 331 while incorporating their KB322 piston into my design. I hope to see my FB featured on their site in the near future...i'm so appreciative that they would consider my car good enough to feature it on their site...very cool!

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Tracy Blackford: Corona, Ca
'65 FB Mustang 331 with H-beam 289 rods, KB 322's, 282S cam, fully preped 351W heads. Built C4 and 3.50 9" posi


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By the way, I think it looks good. When it's painted it should look slick