1967 Dynacorn Fastback

[QUOTE='68 Coronet R/T;24669]Ha, well at least the deck lid bolted up. Can't believe they didn't have it dialed in better since they make the body and the panels. You would think they'd have some sort of quality control that was better than the factory had 45 years ago.[/QUOTE]

Its all about the money, they dont want to spend any more than they have to. Did you see the show on tv that visited Dynacorn and showed them building a 67 body? The assembly fixtures they were using were crude at best. I do not see how they could get decent results let alone repeatable results without investing is some decent equipment.
 
Brian had to grind and add material to the door

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After grinding

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He also had to do the same to the front

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The left vent window would not fit so Brian had to drill out the spot welds and bend the sheetmetal a little to allow the vent window to go in.

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The bracket on the inside of the door where the bottom of the vent window attaches was in the wrong place and had to be moved

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Other than the omission of rust, this seems like a normal build for you. It is going to look great after you have tweaked trimmed and tuned everything to fit. Dynacorn will probably use your photos to show off "their" product,lol.
 
We went to install the brake pedal and steering column bracket and it would not fit. The dash was installed wrong and had to be moved toward the firewall the bracket was 1" to short from lining up. We compared the distance from the dash to the firewall on my 68 Coupe to determine the dash was in wrong.

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Something fits with just a little modification

The taillights fit after trimming the rubber seal a little

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Once the holes on the fenders were elongated the headlight buckets fit

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The amazing thing was after all the work on the door gaps the edge of the hood lined up with both headlight buckets from CJ Pony Parts. The Dynacorn headlight buckets have been on back order for over a month and I was told probably another two months before they would be available so we got them from CJ's. They are a little ripply and will require some blocking but they fit.

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We have been working on a couple of things I can't show at this time. A modified lower front valance and a future story in Modified Mustangs & Fords magazine showing a period correct looking hood latch with an under the dash hood release.

But I can show this

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Very nice work! Looks great.

Just an idea....Maybe it would be possible to widen the cowl panel a little, instead of triming the hood?

Scott

rusty428cj;24901 said:
Brian had to narrow the hood than weld a strip on the back side

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professor;25883 said:
Very nice work! Looks great.

Just an idea....Maybe it would be possible to widen the cowl panel a little, instead of triming the hood?

Scott
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If you did that the fender would have to be moved out than the door gap at the windshield post would be to wide, the rocker would need a lot of filler because the door would stick out past the rocker, and than the door would not match the quarter.
 
Rusty you and Brian do some excellent/massive metal work on Mustangs and I was only sharing a suggestion from my experience. I have done the "sheet metal shuffle" on many a Mustang and noticed that the '67-68 Dynacorn cowl vent panel is a little too narrow, and maybe the Dynacorn body shell is built around it. Agreed that the fender would have to be moved out.... and if too much, that would look bad as compared to the windshield post. The rocker panel does not need to be touched, as the door can be twisted a little to fit. ( the doors on pre '71 Mustangs will twist easily as long as the upper rear bolt of the vent window is loosened)

Scott

rusty428cj;25890 said:
If you did that the fender would have to be moved out than the door gap at the windshield post would be to wide, the rocker would need a lot of filler because the door would stick out past the rocker, and than the door would not match the quarter.
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This is what Brian has been fabricating. It is an under the dash hood release. The hood required a lot of fabrication along with this latch that came off of another Ford. To find out all the details you will have to read the build story in an upcoming issue of Modified Mustangs & Fords magazine.

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Read all about the under dash hood release install in an upcoming issue of Modified Mustangs & Fords magazine.

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