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Car Forum / Ford / Ford Mustang / August 2005SN65: Bob Julian's Retro-Cobra
He has homologated all the stuff and pix from Horsepowered, plus a LOT more into a website: http://sn65.com/ "Call us today at 630-762-0387 and discover what it takes to own one of the finest custom mustangs ever produced." My guess is you start with a pile of twenty dollar bills roughly equal in volume to a blown dohc 4.6. Just browsing through those pix I can't imagine how many man hours they've got in that project. At $50-70/hr? Yikes. 180 Out > "Call us today at 630-762-0387 and discover what it takes to own one of > the finest custom mustangs ever produced." > My guess is you start with a pile of twenty dollar bills roughly equal > in volume to a blown dohc 4.6. Just browsing through those pix I can't > imagine how many man hours they've got in that project. At $50-70/hr? > Yikes. 180 Out, Yes, it certainly wouldn't be a budget racer, that's for sure. And I wonder how business would be now that the current Mustang (with a much better chassis) with its retro body sells for only $20K-$25K. Still I give them credit for a very interesting project. The only think I object to is the ugly fender flares. Patrick '93 Cobra >> "Call us today at 630-762-0387 and discover what it takes to own >> one of the finest custom mustangs ever produced." [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > Patrick > '93 Cobra Considering that you thought the Focus was cute (or something to that effect), I'll take that comment with a grain of salt.. > >> "Call us today at 630-762-0387 and discover what it takes to own > >> one of the finest custom mustangs ever produced." > >> My guess is you start with a pile of twenty dollar bills roughly > >> equal in volume to a blown dohc 4.6. Just browsing through those > >> pix I can't imagine how many man hours they've got in that project. > >> At $50-70/hr? Yikes. > > Yes, it certainly wouldn't be a budget racer, that's for sure. And > > I wonder how business would be now that the current Mustang (with a > > much better chassis) with its retro body sells for only $20K-$25K. > > Still I give them credit for a very interesting project. The only > > think I object to is the ugly fender flares. > Considering that you thought the Focus was cute (or something to that > effect), I'll take that comment with a grain of salt.. What I said was is that I have always liked the 3-door Focus. It's not an awesome looking BMW M-Coupe, but it's still a neat looking little car! Patrick '93 Cobra NoOption5L@aol.com wrote in news:1123337785.373385.50060 @z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com: >> >> "Call us today at 630-762-0387 and discover what it takes to own >> >> one of the finest custom mustangs ever produced." [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > Patrick > '93 Cobra As has been said before, beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Personally, I think the Escort is a lot better looking than the Focus. I also think the fender flares on Bob Julian's SN65 look pretty damn good. But everybody's got their opinions... > >> >> "Call us today at 630-762-0387 and discover what it takes to own > >> >> one of the finest custom mustangs ever produced." > >> >> My guess is you start with a pile of twenty dollar bills roughly > >> >> equal in volume to a blown dohc 4.6. Just browsing through > >> >> those pix I can't imagine how many man hours they've got in that > >> >> project. At $50-70/hr? Yikes. > >> > Yes, it certainly wouldn't be a budget racer, that's for sure. > >> > And I wonder how business would be now that the current Mustang (with > >> > a much better chassis) with its retro body sells for only $20K- > >> > $25K. > >> > Still I give them credit for a very interesting project. The > >> > only think I object to is the ugly fender flares. > >> Considering that you thought the Focus was cute (or something to > >> that effect), I'll take that comment with a grain of salt.. > > What I said was is that I have always liked the 3-door Focus. It's > > not an awesome looking BMW M-Coupe, but it's still a neat looking little > > car! > As has been said before, beauty is in the eye of the beholder. > Personally, I think the Escort is a lot better looking than the Focus. > I also think the fender flares on Bob Julian's SN65 look pretty damn > good. But everybody's got their opinions... My thing is I don't like alterations to the factory sheet metal. While Bob Julian's work looks first-rate, to me fendar flares always invoke a 70's custom look. The worst being when the rear quarter wheelwell lips would rot out and guys would "fix" it with fendar flares, pop rivets, and Bondo. Patrick '93 Cobra >> >> >> "Call us today at 630-762-0387 and discover what it takes to >> >> >> own one of the finest custom mustangs ever produced." [quoted text clipped - 25 lines] > > My thing is I don't like alterations to the factory sheet metal. Well, given that the track is a couple inches wider than the stock '65, what would you have done? > While Bob Julian's work looks first-rate, to me fendar flares always > invoke a 70's custom look. Seriously, I think he did a very good job of making them look like part of the car as opposed to custom add-ons. > The worst being when the rear quarter > wheelwell lips would rot out and guys would "fix" it with fendar > flares, pop rivets, and Bondo. > > Patrick > '93 Cobra LOL! True. Too funny. > >> >> >> "Call us today at 630-762-0387 and discover what it takes to > >> >> >> own one of the finest custom mustangs ever produced." > >> >> >> My guess is you start with a pile of twenty dollar bills > >> >> >> roughly equal in volume to a blown dohc 4.6. Just browsing > >> >> >> through those pix I can't imagine how many man hours they've > >> >> >> got in that project. At $50-70/hr? Yikes. > >> >> > Yes, it certainly wouldn't be a budget racer, that's for sure. > >> >> > And I wonder how business would be now that the current > >> >> > Mustang (with a much better chassis) with its retro body sells > >> >> > for only $20K- $25K. > >> >> > Still I give them credit for a very interesting project. The > >> >> > only think I object to is the ugly fender flares. > >> >> Considering that you thought the Focus was cute (or something to > >> >> that effect), I'll take that comment with a grain of salt.. > >> > What I said was is that I have always liked the 3-door Focus. > >> > It's not an awesome looking BMW M-Coupe, but it's still a neat > >> > looking little car! > >> As has been said before, beauty is in the eye of the beholder. > >> Personally, I think the Escort is a lot better looking than the > >> Focus. I also think the fender flares on Bob Julian's SN65 look > >> pretty damn good. But everybody's got their opinions... > > My thing is I don't like alterations to the factory sheet metal. > Well, given that the track is a couple inches wider than the stock > '65, what would you have done? The first thing I would have done is learn to spell "fender". Run steelies and dog dish hubcaps...? ;-) > > While Bob Julian's work looks first-rate, to me fendar flares always > > invoke a 70's custom look. > Seriously, I think he did a very good job of making them look like > part of the car as opposed to custom add-ons. Agree, they're probably as good as it could be done. Still hard to look, at least for me, without cringing. > > The worst being when the rear quarter wheelwell lips would rot out and guys > > would "fix" it with fendar flares, pop rivets, and Bondo. > LOL! True. Too funny. You know what I'm talking about... back when the "classics" were hot rods/beaters. Some of the things our generation did to those cars now would be grounds for murder. (Remember wadding up stacks of old baseball cards, now considered collecter cards, with rubber bands?) How times/attitudes have changed. Patrick '93 Cobra >> >> >> >> "Call us today at 630-762-0387 and discover what it takes >> >> >> >> to own one of the finest custom mustangs ever produced." [quoted text clipped - 31 lines] > > The first thing I would have done is learn to spell "fender". LOL! So now we're back to the grammar police... ;) > Run steelies and dog dish hubcaps...? ;-) Love it. But two things: a) On an '03 Cobra chassis? b) The width still would've been about the same. >> > While Bob Julian's work looks first-rate, to me fendar flares >> > always invoke a 70's custom look. [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > Agree, they're probably as good as it could be done. Still hard to > look, at least for me, without cringing. I'd hate to see what happens to you when you look into the interior... >> > The worst being when the rear quarter wheelwell lips would rot >> > out and guys > > would "fix" it with fendar flares, pop rivets, [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > Patrick > '93 Cobra Indeed. Speaking of said baseball cards, remember clipping them to the wheels on your bicycle with clothespins for the "motor" sound? |
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