Building a DIY Wide Body Kit for my Mid Engine 67 Ford Mustang Fastback 

I do custom composite work like this. A great trick is put aluminum foil over the tape, and you can remove the whole under structure. Works like a reverse plug. Love the build!!

That catch on the design and the change is genius. I envy people who have an eye for that stuff. My brain just sees all the gaps filled with tape and is like "Done! It's wide bodied now!" but you made the character of the car speak through those fenders so much more. Bravo

these blue tape timelapses were some of the most satisfying

No. The reason you fall behind on the deadline is because you done start early enough. lol

This build, and the production quality of recent episodes is amazing. The tunes are on point, and I am loving Chris's energy output, positivity. Oscar, as per usual, is killing the fab work! This guys skills overall are seriously impressive. Would be good to see some film on the rest of your team and their contributions. You all kick a$$ !!!

"As you can see it, it, it's not there..." 🤣🤣🤣🤣 That got me

Good call with the back fenders. Excited to see you pull this off!

"Sema ready" isnt actually a high bar just sayin.

Greetings from Germany🇩🇪, your videos are awesome.👍🏻

Bro.. I love this channel. The creativity, ingenuity and passion you guys display is infectious. I can not wait to see this build. Well done gentlemen!

I use a similar technique for widebodies/flares/sub boxes...except I stretch spandex over the skeleton and just brush the spandex with resin so it tightens and hardens before I lay the glass fibre down.

For the love of man... Get yourselves a fiberglass roller. Those air pockets between the layers killed me. You'd have a much nicer finished product. Stronger and straighter. And it would be easier to body work. I was a fiberglass repair man for 18 years.

Have you thought about starting these projects sooner so you have enough time?

Mustang Stingray :D I think it would really be cool to integrate functional air intakes in the rear fenders, since this is a mid engine mustang.

Might need air suspension so that you have that stationary stance while still being able to drive it at a little higher ride height

I would've gladly gone to help you guys build this kit. It's always fun bringing a render to life. 🤙 Just let me know if you'd like some help on this build or any future build.

I love the new plan to follow the rendering, looks so sick!

Looking amazing guys... The body kit is looking like a 1972 corvette stingray

It might help with the fabric to use an iron instead of the heat gun. You make several passes at increasing temps. It would help to be able to control the shrinking of the fabric a little more. That is how they do it in aviation at least.

The angles of the front archs are giving me major 60's Stingray vibes, its an interesting look combining it with the Mustang. Amazing work as always, really makes me want to try something like this myself!

Looks incredible guys. Just one tip from a guy who built fiberglass Humvees for military training simulators. Spend a couple extra minutes with the brushes and pound those air bubbles out between laminations and the whole layup will be massively stronger. Also a quick scuff with 40-80 grit helps each layer bond to the previous. You guys can obviously make anything!

Was just watching your truck episode ! Then this came along !

As always, it is great to see your design mind and Oscar's metal talents at work. It looks as though you will have minimal ground clearance, however. Tire rubbing is no fun.

Damn you Chris! You are an utter genius!!!! You are a wizard with your creativity! Makes me feel like my 66 mustang swapped onto a 2018 mustang is just bland and boring 😂

Damn, it looks like Oscar is doing all the work.

I don't know what color you were going to paint the car but the blue (at 26:00) of the tape on the right rear quarter seems perfect.

Terrific build, thank you for walking us through it! Was that music at 8:20 inspired by the BH Surfers? I watched the video at 1.5x speed, and it sounds very inspired!

Again, Oscar did everything. You are the choreographer and money guy

Do you have a trailer that is wide enough to transport it?

Because the 70 doors are plainer than the 67's, I find it disappointing that the two horizontal lines at the rear of the 67 doors are just disappear into nothing. Personally, I would exaggerate those lines more and more towards the rear of the door, so that they can flow into the new widebody fender with a big scoop. Like a Testarossa on steroids.

6:10 now that's an insane view

so i used to work for the super yacht company sunseeker and i was a fibre glass laminator..... it pains me to see that they didnt roll out the air pockets 😥 that glass will be fairly brittle now that it has air pockets , apart from that this build is gunna be sick 🤙

This tape method is genius! Really gets the gears turning in my mind for my Dodge Magnum project.

i have an idea but i want 10% of sales why not make a product that is fiberglass tap where it fiberglass sheet a sticky activate then a layer of proactive for the next strip then add the activator on top to form the mold .. add layers then sand to fit.. the best part of this is the glue is the most brittle part so you can weave in other things other then fiberglass

Gotta use a roller dipped in acetone to get those bubbles out of the fiberglass. It will much stronger and save you days of bodywork. Available at any composite shop. Very cool project, keep after it!

“Really really” x 132 “Very very” x 45

Loving this Wide Body Kit, it will be one of the best looking 67 mustangs out there! ✌😎

Dear Santa. Oscar has been a very good boy this year and deserves an English Wheel and lots of sheet to practice with.

B is for Oscar! B is now just filming and managing. Its a joke. Good work guys 😀

Your fab table kills me ahaha! With everything you have and a giant warehouse. You use a plastic folding table as a fab/welding table and some cheap tools! Such a bad ass build

I thought it was the 70's quarter window that made the rendering look so much better than I could ever imagine a 67 body being but I'm starting to think a lot of it came down to that ledge you just added, it's IMMENSELY better, and more authentic. Very nicely done 🤗

This is outstanding. I wish I would have known about the aircraft material when I started my build on my '71 Mustang. I did use a lot of tape on the console build. A few of the guys at the military craft shop could not believe I used tape and cardboard to build it. Right now it is sitting under my carport gathering dust. I can't complete the build due to my back issue. You are breaking my heart seeing how you guys make it look so easy. Keep it going.

Because of your videos.. im getting out of truck driving and goin into auto body tech field

Your guys adjustment to the width of the rear Was just what you needed 👌looks awesome

looks kind of weird but it might be because its unfinished, love the render so if you manage to make it look close to that the finished product its going to be awesome

Hey just a FYI to help with crafting. If you spead some wax on a flat surface. When the wax dries you can lay a sheet of fiberglass on it with resin. When it dries you have flexible fiber sheets you can cut an shape by hand

I know all about deadlines working in the classic car industry, but man I can't imagine trying to tackle a crazy build like this with that short deadline that you have. You are flat killing it though!

We need a longer video showing the glass fibre process in real time please 🙏🥳🤩👍🏼

You shouldn’t be using spring preload to adjust ride height.

Damnit man, You put ideas in my head and motivate me to try and do what you guys do. I already have enough projects but guess i will have to start another one, Thank you gentlemen and excellent work

The rear fender looks Much better after changing the line from the top!! Good job and good eye!

I believe Ceconite is pronounced SEEKONITE

Couldn't you have took the wheel off to figure out it didn't fit before you cut it?

I never really comment but man you and your team just amazes me with your knowledge and skills just always amazed and cant stop watching your builds

loooks sick you guys will definitely win some at SEMA

Those fenders are a bit remenisent of Speed racer Mach 5.. looks awesome 👌

Hell yeah! It's looking really good so far.

The car looks great 👍 looking forward to seeing it when it's finished.

Love these vids!!! Lee them coming! Thanks for the update on “B is for boat” can’t wait to watch this one!!!

Go and check out Mike Pateys process when he’s doing carbon and Glas parts for his planes…. Clean LIGHT and lightning fast…

Front fenders are giving me c3 corvette vibes and i love it!

Y’all making hard work look easy!!

The Mustang is coming along prudently can't wait to see it finished and then see you drive the Beast lol

great call on those rear fenders, they look great. u guys are kicking ass on that build !!!!!

How did u guys make it perfectly symmetric?

CAN WE JUST ADMIT Oscar is a WIZARD

I wish I could go to SEMA, but I live in Australia and the budget won't stretch that far! So I'll just have to enjoy it on video. Looking forward to seeing this build progress.

It's awesome as a relatively new car guy to learn new things. Making my own body kit has always been a dream of mine but since I have never been building any kind of stuff on my own I do not yet have the intuition to figure out techniques like demonstrated on this video myself. Learning new shit is cool.

This better be called Frankenstang

🤩 damn that’s some project Chris, I’m really looking forward to seeing how you create the body kit as I have bumpers that I’d like to create 👌🏻

huge fan from brazil ,been following channel since the GTR and you guys make the best projetcs .. PEACE!

Looking good love the lines. Two layers would be plenty. As far as resin adhering to metal 😬 it will stay for awhile. Any body flex will probably cause a release over time.

Air pockets everywhere on the first and second layer. This is basic body work rules guys. Come on. Am i the only one who knows/saw this??

I personally do really like that little extra curvature in the rear flares. I know it’s not exactly to render but it adds a little bit more extra definition and attitude to the hips

These kind of projects are why I love this channel

The high spot on your front fender higher than your rendering actually looks more like crud. Unless you all change it at the end

as you apply the resin with a brush you should use a small roller to squeeze out the air bubbles, I could see you're full of air pockets, this will create more work later when it dries

Awesome concept, love you cut the 1/4s to widen them first, looks 1,000,000x better. Good luck!

Pumped to see y'all found one local for cheap, that's best-case for sure!

You turned a Mustang into an AMC Javelin.

60s corvette fender vibes? just me....

Heck yah ! This channel just gets better and better. You Videos are dope good sir. 👍

I want to make an all metal wide body-ish kit for a 4th gen 4runner and the skeleton that you made gave me some great ideas for a template.

Moving that main body line made this project imo 💚

18:22 i just fell in love with that three-quarters look instantly! Looking good boys!

Wow. The difference in the look of that thing just by lowering it!! Awesome

Fixing the rear that little bit made a WORLD of difference. Great eye for detail.

That was a great call and the top edge on the rear looking amazing keep trucking

If you paint it also pearl white with custom gt500 wide wheels that would be epic

That's the coolest widebody Kit ive ever seen.

If you had the 3d model it could be fun to print (cnc cardboard or 3d plastic), the exact contours in slices. Unsire if it would work out well

Dude, the flow of the plastic shrink is killer. The tape works, no doubt, just... it's so much work, and.. meh too late now. Killer project. can't wait to see more.

Not first!

Awesome the wide body, it gives a mean look to the Mustang 👍

Automotive designer here. What you're doing with the tape and constructing the planes is actually similar to what we would normally do in Clay on the cars. The only downside I can see is that you're not able to get as much sculpture or crown in the surfaces. I would just give a little caution to letting the fenders have a negative curvature. Always try to be positive in fullness to look stronger. The Pull out of the belt to shoulder line was pretty cool! It's crazy to see the 3D steel lattice work; almost like you're 3D modelling in person.

wow just amazing things you guys always do .....

It’s amazing how quickly you guys knocked that out. And that method of structure…..brilliant!!

Gonna hate on this, all I see is 70s corvette

Such a crucial catch and fix. Nice work. ******Would LOVE to see more of Oscar and the crew shaping those bends in the wire. Is that possible? *******. We learn so much from your explanations and what we see, but there's a lot of craftsmanship that gets glossed over, not that I can blame you with the schedule! But maybe Oscar does a segment on his own? I can see a spin off similar to the Wizard some day once you find a replacement?

Good call on the rear hips. Widening that body line makes a huge difference.