I figure if it's good enough for a car like the Aston Martin, it should be good enough for our Mustang hood. However, aesthetics won out on making these vents have more of a clean look and closer to the Aston vents that the hood was inspired by. I've done some research on this subject, and that's why we designed our 1st gen Camaro hood vents that way as well as the vents for 2nd gen Camaros that we will be making. One thing though, to optimize flow out of those hood vents, a 1/8' lip should be added to the leading edge, that will help create a small pressure drop inside the vent that will help evacuate air. Here's the finished hood pattern which we are making molds from The radiator sits so far back in the car that the more forward recess on the underside is actually where the core support is. We looked at the underside and we didn't want to have to completely redo the underside bracing, and they needed to be functional, so we reallly only had one area where they made sense. Next we really needed to look at exactly where it made sense to position the vents on the hood. Here's a screen shot of the computer model we did in Solidworks We also realized from these illustrations that the secondary vents off to the sides and further back on the Aston hood just made the Mustang hood too busy, so we decided to axe them.

You can see by the illustration below that the Aston hood's vents are too rounded at that corners for the more angular Mustang, so we tweaked them to be sharper. More foam, then bondo over the foam and lots of sanding and eyeballing with templates Here, we performed rinoplasty on the beak and started to build up the hump in foam I really like the vents in the Aston Martin DBS hood, so we had that as our inspiration. I wanted to modernize it while giving it a functional aspect to boot. I never liked the stock 69-70 Mustang hoods with that 'beak' or 'ironing board' in the middle. Here are some pictures of the evolution of our hood design which shows how much work that goes into making a custom part to reproduce in carbon fiber. Modern Driveline Tremic 5spd, Kevlar clutch, Quick Time bell housing.ĮVOD Industries - One of kind rims patterned after late 60's Indy car Michelin PSII Front 275/35ZR18 Rear 345/30ZR19 - Mick’s Paint - Eric Thorsen Custom Upholstery - Redline Gauge Works.Electromotive hidden ignition & fuel injection system.Jon Kaase Boss 9 punched to 521 cid – 805hp.Baer Brakes - 6 piston calipers, 14' Rotors.Flaming River electric power steering, rack & pinion, U-joints and shafts.Currie Enterprises - nodular 3rd member.Maier Racing rear suspension - push rod activated cantilever inboard.JME front suspension - push rod activated cantilever inboard.Here are the specs: Anvil Auto - Carbon Fiber Hood, fenders, chin spoiler, deck lid, rear quarter extensions, and rear spoiler Steve had the Mustang stripped and had the suspension bits (JME front, Maier Racing rear) on it and a Kaase Boss Nine engine mocked up in it at the Pure Vision display at the Grand National Roadster Show this past January. It had very little rust and only some driver's side rear damage which isn't an issue (you will see why later).

Upon Steve's approval, I made a deal with the guy and we went over to the his house to pick it up. He went over to the owner's house one night and called me to tell me it looked like it could be the one. After looking everywhere on the west coast, I found one on e-bay right in Steve's back yard in Simi Valley, CA. So, Steve and I decided to look for a good, clean original '69 sports roof that would make a good candidate to go under the knife. Steve did a little homework and realized that some of the components from the '66 project could work on a '69. I told Steve that the early Mustangs just weren't my cup of tea, but if it were a '69 (my favorite) I may just be interested. OK, some of you have known about this build and some may have seen some magazine blurbs about it.now, it's finally time to track the build here! Anvil Auto is breaking into the Mustang world in a very huge way! It all started when I heard that Steve Strope of Pure Vision () (Hammer, Z Nova, 515 Charger, Petrol Charger, etc., etc.) had a '66 Mustang project for sale.

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