I’m a 3rd year student studying mechanical engineering and I bought a 66 mustang about 2 years ago as a project to put on my resume. The car is a complete project car so I’ve been rebuilding everything. Your videos have been so much help both in deciding what to do and how to do things. I’m getting close to putting the front of my car back together so this video came at a perfect time. Thank you again
Andy, you are truly a "Damn the Torpedoes" kind of guy...I bought one of these things at Carlisle In Pa this past summer, for $300 bucks. No shipping costs, and I could inspect it, and walk it to my car. In my research, the fittament issues you showed on video, were par for the course. Adding metal reinforcement plates on the backsides of the lower fender mounting points, is a good upgrade, to prevent cracking the apron, for those intend to "drive" our cars. Aggressive trimming that top edge is normal. On the driver's side, a combo of bending-re-contouring that lower fender flange forward. Then trimming the contact portion of the apron to fit and close that gap. Love watching you, 😍 doing what I'll be doing for myself this spring 🌱... Take care pal....
Yeah, it's too bad these bumpers need so much work to fit the car. I could not find a company that made what I wanted at a reasonable price, so I guess it's up to me to fill in the blanks. I'm hoping my paint guy can help a little, we'll see when it's done. :)
It's actually pretty close for one of those aftermarket pieces that rarely fit anyway. I little cutting , nips and tucks will match that up with oem stuff nicely. Good work.
Good job Andy! It is tricky to get everything to fit, and all the bolt holes to line up. There is still one bolt on my 67 that I couldn't get to fit for anything, so I had to leave it. fortunately, it isn't noticeable.
Just painted my 70 fastback a gunmetal grey color by Lamborghini called Grigio Lynx. Not sure what color you're going with but I get comments on mine every day. Looks awesome
Andy, It looks great. You got a FAR nicer piece than I started with when I did this install a number of months ago.. By the way you just made your car faster in two ways. It looks faster (ha!) - looking more like an R model than before, but the real reason is the weight difference. That R model front valence weighs nothing compared to the hunks of steel you just pulled off.
Yeah, I wasn't expecting it to fit like OEM, but I was hoping for a little better than what I got. But that's based off of nothing, I've never worked with this stuff before, I probably got lucky with how well it fit. :)
Looking good, Andy. Honestly I think you lucked out with that valance. It seems to fit better than most I've seen. They all require some massaging but yours went on pretty uneventfully. I'm staying tuned to see if the mounting plates for your brake ducts are going to plug n' play with your Wilwood brakes. I have the same mod in my sights for later next year. They should fit, but - as usual - I'm going to wait for you to take one for the team before I commit :D
While it looked relatively painless, this bumper-thing is a PITA. I've had a little time with it since I filmed this and I'm not happy. However, I have nothing to compare it to, so it may be as you said and I got lucky. I intentionally leave out some of the time I spent with making this fit as there's no way to make it entertaining, and nobody wants an hour long video that should really be cut down to less than 10 minutes. For the brake ducts, I'm not sure what to do here yet as they are right in front of the core support. There's not much room between the end of the duct and the car, so the ducting would likely take a 90 degree turn immediately behind the bumper, and I'm not sure if it'll all fit anyway. Unfortunately I won't tackle that until I get the car back from paint. :)
@@AndyKruseChannel I remember reading an interview with one of the surviving Shelby OVC and he said even back in the day the hoods and the other fiberglass parts for the R models were a PITA to fit. That's just the nature of fiberglass. I know from working in a boat factory that the molds and jigs used for forming parts start to deform after a while, and before you know it you're producing parts that are inches off compared to parts made at the beginning of the production run.
How did you end up mounting the parking lights? I bought the Cobra Automotive racing valence. There are holes for the housing to fit in but nothing to mount to??
The parking light assembly sandwiches the bumper, where the front half of the light assembly and the back half of the assembly are secured with the bumper in between them. :)
What company did you buy the gt350 bumper from cause for a few years now I have 2 tabs open on my phone (there the oldest tabs I have ha) but for the bumper I was looking at which is same exact style from either Tony D Branda or cobra automotive just making such for good quality and I have talked to Tony on 1st gen mustang page a few years ago seems like that’s good quality
@@AndyKruseChannel oh yeah that’s right I forgot they made them as well and ok thank you I know from many people and different brands trimming is necessary for all of them
Yeah, there's lots of builds out there that I'm not particularly fond of, but I think they still look decent. I'm sure this build will be the same for lots of people out there. :)
"Previous Owner Welded that stud in place..." You are giving him a lot of credit calling that a weld 😂 The bumper looks great on the car. It's a nice upgrade. Are you replacing the fenders too or going to make them work? The drivers side one where they meet didn't look right. Maybe it is just me.
Yeah, compared to my welds, what he has was a weld. :) No, keeping the fenders that are there. The fitment of the passenger fender is decent, but the driver fender fitment is not great, but it's what I got to work with. :)
I’m a 3rd year student studying mechanical engineering and I bought a 66 mustang about 2 years ago as a project to put on my resume. The car is a complete project car so I’ve been rebuilding everything. Your videos have been so much help both in deciding what to do and how to do things. I’m getting close to putting the front of my car back together so this video came at a perfect time. Thank you again
Awesome, glad I can help. :)
fastback or coupe?
andy, thank you for your channel! just found it last week and cant stop watching. please keep going ;)
Awesome, welcome to the party, you've got over 300 videos to watch, so there goes your weekend. :)
Looks great Andy, thanks for another great video.
You’re welcome.
Andy, you are truly a "Damn the Torpedoes" kind of guy...I bought one of these things at Carlisle In Pa this past summer, for $300 bucks. No shipping costs, and I could inspect it, and walk it to my car.
In my research, the fittament issues you showed on video, were par for the course. Adding metal reinforcement plates on the backsides of the lower fender mounting points, is a good upgrade, to prevent cracking the apron, for those intend to "drive" our cars. Aggressive trimming that top edge is normal. On the driver's side, a combo of bending-re-contouring that lower fender flange forward. Then trimming the contact portion of the apron to fit and close that gap. Love watching you, 😍 doing what I'll be doing for myself this spring 🌱...
Take care pal....
Yeah, it's too bad these bumpers need so much work to fit the car. I could not find a company that made what I wanted at a reasonable price, so I guess it's up to me to fill in the blanks. I'm hoping my paint guy can help a little, we'll see when it's done. :)
Awesome video Andy. - Peace and Love from Norway 🕊☮💌♥
Thanks for the support!! :)
Looks Great! I am tackling my 66 FB this winter with a few similar projects. Thank you for making these videos!
You can do it! 🙂
It's actually pretty close for one of those aftermarket pieces that rarely fit anyway. I little cutting , nips and tucks will match that up with oem stuff nicely. Good work.
Right on
Good job Andy! It is tricky to get everything to fit, and all the bolt holes to line up. There is still one bolt on my 67 that I couldn't get to fit for anything, so I had to leave it. fortunately, it isn't noticeable.
Yeah, I've got some of that going on here too, thank goodness for the black magic of video editing. :)
Thanks…I realized I’m missing the backing part to my light assembly
Nice!
Looks great!
Thanks!
Just painted my 70 fastback a gunmetal grey color by Lamborghini called Grigio Lynx. Not sure what color you're going with but I get comments on mine every day. Looks awesome
That would be a cool color. :)
Andy, It looks great. You got a FAR nicer piece than I started with when I did this install a number of months ago.. By the way you just made your car faster in two ways. It looks faster (ha!) - looking more like an R model than before, but the real reason is the weight difference. That R model front valence weighs nothing compared to the hunks of steel you just pulled off.
Cool, thanks!
Nothing ever fits perfectly without a bunch of work.
Yeah, I wasn't expecting it to fit like OEM, but I was hoping for a little better than what I got. But that's based off of nothing, I've never worked with this stuff before, I probably got lucky with how well it fit. :)
Looking good, Andy. Honestly I think you lucked out with that valance. It seems to fit better than most I've seen. They all require some massaging but yours went on pretty uneventfully.
I'm staying tuned to see if the mounting plates for your brake ducts are going to plug n' play with your Wilwood brakes. I have the same mod in my sights for later next year. They should fit, but - as usual - I'm going to wait for you to take one for the team before I commit :D
While it looked relatively painless, this bumper-thing is a PITA. I've had a little time with it since I filmed this and I'm not happy. However, I have nothing to compare it to, so it may be as you said and I got lucky. I intentionally leave out some of the time I spent with making this fit as there's no way to make it entertaining, and nobody wants an hour long video that should really be cut down to less than 10 minutes.
For the brake ducts, I'm not sure what to do here yet as they are right in front of the core support. There's not much room between the end of the duct and the car, so the ducting would likely take a 90 degree turn immediately behind the bumper, and I'm not sure if it'll all fit anyway. Unfortunately I won't tackle that until I get the car back from paint. :)
@@AndyKruseChannel I remember reading an interview with one of the surviving Shelby OVC and he said even back in the day the hoods and the other fiberglass parts for the R models were a PITA to fit. That's just the nature of fiberglass.
I know from working in a boat factory that the molds and jigs used for forming parts start to deform after a while, and before you know it you're producing parts that are inches off compared to parts made at the beginning of the production run.
Niiiice look Andy!
Thank you! Cheers!
Hey Andy, just curious why you didn’t go with the Maier Racing front valance since you bought the snug fit rear bumper from them?
Ordered at different times. :)
How did you end up mounting the parking lights? I bought the Cobra Automotive racing valence. There are holes for the housing to fit in but nothing to mount to??
The parking light assembly sandwiches the bumper, where the front half of the light assembly and the back half of the assembly are secured with the bumper in between them. :)
What company did you buy the gt350 bumper from cause for a few years now I have 2 tabs open on my phone (there the oldest tabs I have ha) but for the bumper I was looking at which is same exact style from either Tony D Branda or cobra automotive just making such for good quality and I have talked to Tony on 1st gen mustang page a few years ago seems like that’s good quality
Bumper is from CJP. It's not great, but it was in the budget, so she gets installed. :)
@@AndyKruseChannel oh yeah that’s right I forgot they made them as well and ok thank you I know from many people and different brands trimming is necessary for all of them
Looks good with the new valance…can’t wait to see it all painted!
You and me both!
Not my cup of tea but it will still look good
Yeah, there's lots of builds out there that I'm not particularly fond of, but I think they still look decent. I'm sure this build will be the same for lots of people out there. :)
Nice looking, how much did you paid for the apron?
Thanks. $426.80 shipped. :)
@@AndyKruseChannel thanks
I was thinking of getting the on off maier racing for the 66 mustang not sure how similar it is to this one from CJ. Anyone have it?
I thought about that one too, I wish there was some good feedback on if that bumper fit well. :)
O ya I like it 350 clone isn't your car a A code like mine ? 🐎🔧🚗👊💪🇺🇸 hope your saving all them old parts id be interested in them
Not sure what I'll do with the OEM valence, it's in storage for now. :)
"Previous Owner Welded that stud in place..." You are giving him a lot of credit calling that a weld 😂 The bumper looks great on the car. It's a nice upgrade. Are you replacing the fenders too or going to make them work? The drivers side one where they meet didn't look right. Maybe it is just me.
Yeah, compared to my welds, what he has was a weld. :)
No, keeping the fenders that are there. The fitment of the passenger fender is decent, but the driver fender fitment is not great, but it's what I got to work with. :)
Looks great! Punch it, let's go!
I'm the tortoise here, show and steady, with a pinch of 'I have no idea what I'm doing'. :)
Looks great Andy…..some day I’ll have a mustang like that
Thanks!
Looks fine. Perfection is unattainable and overrated.
Thanks!
It looks great. Punch it, let go !.
Thanks!
Those bolts you left gonna rattle
No they wont because they're welded in place, and I took care of them anyways, this was filmed a while ago. :)