The Raven fastback -- an update

bbenthin

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#2 · May 7, 2005

Great post Bill, thanks for the update. :highfive:

 

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StangLover37

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#3 · May 7, 2005

Thats some impressive work. Great job :highfive:

 

BossBill Discussion starter

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#4 · May 7, 2005

It took about 4 hrs to do the passenger side as there is a lot of trimming you need to do on the box top if the floors are already in. And you need to take the pre-built box apart at the factory spot welds. This is some thick stuff (14 ga if I remember right). The drivers side took half of that time. Less triming and it just flat fit better.
All told about 8 hrs to do this including prep. If we did this every day, maybe 4.
But, you could probably double this time if you did this on jackstands. This was a PITA to do even with all surfaces available at the twist of the Rotiss.

Some things to mention about Rotiss restorations.
I've done work on the bottom of this car before I built the Rotiss. After I put it on the Rotiss, I noticed that there is just no way you can do the same quality of work on your back as you can when the panel is right in front of you vertically.
The amount of time it takes to do things on any part of the car (roof, sills, floor, etc) goes way down.

Since time is money it just costs less to do it this way. On top of that the qaulity goes up by leaps and bounds.

So it's easier, takes less time, quality goes up, costs less.

 

Verndog

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#5 · May 7, 2005

Impressive pics!! That will be one "thorough bred" Mustang when complete. Great Job. :highfive:

 

BossBill Discussion starter

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#6 · May 7, 2005

Kevin -- And after all of this work, it's going to be a "RestoTech". Although the body will remain mostly stock, it will probably have few 65 mechanicals or interior.
I have other cars I can put paint dots on!

 

Verndog

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#7 · May 8, 2005

Gottya! :winkgrin: No problem with that. I was playing with words mostly....in that, a "thorough" job is being done. I hear you on the whole "dot" thing...it really doesn't make sense if you actually intend to use the car IMO.
I see you are fairly close to me..I'd love to come by and check out your setup....and pic your brain of course. :biggrin:

 

BossBill Discussion starter

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#8 · May 8, 2005

Hmmm, I must losing it as I'm usually the first guy out of the box with the double meanings...
The car is in Auburn (on the hill overlooking Auburn Downs).
It will be back to my house in Maple Valley in 2-3 weeks. We only get Saturdays to work on this, so this takes some time. Meanwhile the shop is a disgrace. There is crap everywhere from welding up the coilover and fabbing up the rear quarters on the Hulk.

 

Stroked66

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#9 · May 9, 2005

Very impressive Bill.

I'm afraid to even think what I would have done had I had access to a rotisserie

 

BossBill Discussion starter

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#10 · May 11, 2005

Ya, you wouldn't be driving it right now!
You tend to get carried away.
Insert your "well done, medium rare" jokes here.