49 Ford Cobra Svt

[Raul_Perez]

Here's my 49 Ford coupe that I customized and converted to a hardtop. The front end and hood are custom parts from the AMT '50 Ford convertible kit. The rear quarter panel fins are from an AMT '57 Ford. The interior is from a '97 Mustang Cobra.

Here you can see where the front and rear wheel openings where cut to match the look of a '57 Ford.

Here you can see the reshaped rear window. It needed to be enlarged to fit the look of the hardtop conversion.

Here's a decent shot of the Mustang dash panel.

The engine and most of the components under the hood are from the AMT '97 Mustang SVT Cobra. The master brake cylinder is from the Revell '32 Ford 3 window coupe.

The exhaust system is from the '97 Mustang. The rear axle and ladder bars are from the Revell '32 Ford 3 window coupe.

Edited December 11, 2007 by Raul_Perez

[lonewolf]

Man, that's different. I like it a lot.

[Raul_Perez]

Tony,

I'm glad that you liked it. I'm actually on the fence with respect to the styling. My stuff is typically more subtle than this.

I'm still not sold on the proportions of the design. The fins help add length to the back of the car to offset the look of the long front-end, but I think that the roof is still too bubble shaped with respect to the rest of the design. Oh well, I can always sell it on eBay when I get tired of looking at it...

[Raul_Perez]

I like the overall design of yours, but something is out of place; I'm not sure what it is. perhaps it is the rounded top that is conflicting with the more angular front & rear of the car. either way, it's a pretty cool design study.

I did something similar to yours , but w/ out all the body mods. I used the Super stallion mustang engine & interior in my 49 ford. one pic:

rest of the pics:

http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v390/Dak...0Ford%20Custom/

I found the mustang interior tub fell into place w/ pretty much zero modifications, which was nice. did you have the same experience?

Mike,

You got it right, it's the roof. I really struggled with this one to get the look of a cohesive design. After I installed the front end clip from the '50 Ford kit the rear of the car was out of balance so I installed the 57 Ford quarter panels. That's when it was really apparent that the roof no longer looked right.

Opening up the side windows to make it a hardtop helped, but then I had to reshape the rear window. At that point it was either live with it or find a new roof, which I really didn't want to do.

I didn't use the entire Mustang tub for the interior. I grafted the dashboard from the Mustang onto the stock one. That way you maintain the fit with the windshield. Then I fit and added the center console. From there I made door panel inserts that matched up with the sides of the dash. Lastly I cut out the stock rear seat and replaced it with the seat from the Mustang.

I really like yours better. You can still see that it's a 49 Ford coupe. I built a 50 Ford convertible that's styled much like yours. It has the engine and drive train from the Revell 32 Ford coupe with just the seats from the 97 Mustang. I left the original dash and door panels in place.

Did you see the pics I posted "On the Workbench" of my 49 Merc? I also has the 97 Mustang interior and SVT engine installed.

Edited December 11, 2007 by Raul_Perez

[Clay]

Just thought I would go through your finished models since I brought your Pickup back to the top.

I love this and all that youve done with it. Its like a real car with the swapping of front ends and what not.

Dont just love it when Marines get bored?

[Roadkill2525]

How come you haven't brought this to the different shows?

[RJ44]

You did a really good job coming up with something with a different look. Nicely done.