Virginia Classic Mustang Blog: August 2015

Aug 31, 2015

Just the Details...1966 Shelby Brake Side Scoop Repair

Repairing the original brake side scoop on the 66 GT350 Shelby.
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While Jeremy at Maple Hill Restoration was repairing the hood on the early Carryover GT350, he decided to also tackle the original side brake scoops. They needed a bit of work, but it was nice to be able to use the originals. Check out the pictures!

If you missed the Blog posts about the hood, check them out below:

Click here for Shelby Hood Restoration Part 1

Click here for Shelby Hood Restoration Part 2

Repairing the original brake side scoop on the 66 GT350 Shelby.
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Aug 28, 2015

65-66 Mustang Back Up Light Body - Show Quality - New Parts!

1965 and 1966 Mustang Show Quality Back Up Light Body
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We recently announced the availability of our super nice, show quality parking light bodies on our Virginia Classic Mustang Blog. See more by clicking on this link.

We now have the 65-66 Mustang Back Up Light Body in the same super quality. These back up light bodies also feature great chrome, correct color wiring with proper plugs, the correct size rubber grommet, and correct socket assembly. These are really nice!

Order by clicking on the links below:

65-66 Mustang Show Quality Back Up Light Body - RH

65-66 Mustang Show Quality Back Up Light Body - LH

1965 and 1966 Mustang Show Quality Back Up Light Body
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Aug 26, 2015

Carmel-By-The-Sea Concours on the Avenue

1965 GT350s, 5010 and 5S061 head to the Carmel-By-The-Sea Concours on the Avenue.
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Monterey Car Week (www.montereycarweek.com) should be on every car guy's bucket list. It was especially true this year as the GT350 was the featured marque at the Rolex Historics (Monterey Motorsports Reunion) at Laguna Seca Raceway. There are tons of events including numerous shows, tours, and auctions. You just can't do it all!

Our week kicked off with the Carmel-By-The-Sea Concours on the Avenue. It was a great show! You can't really get the full idea of how good the show was by looking at just a few pictures here...especially since we are only posting the pictures of the Shelbys and Mustangs.

We will start off with the above picture showing 1965 GT350s, 5010 and 5S061 as we follow them out of the hotel parking lot to the show.

If you are a fan of all types of cars like us, there was a lot more to be seen!

We will have more pictures from the week soon!

Aug 19, 2015

65-66 Mustang Parking Light Body - Show Quality - New Parts!

We now have exact, show quality, chrome parking light bodies for 1965 and 1966 Mustangs and Shelby GT350s. These new parts are really awesome! These bodies feature great chrome, superb fit, correct cast part numbers, exact wiring colors and plugs, and proper part number on the wiring.

These details separate the nice cars from the exceptional cars!

Now in stock. Order at the links below:

65-66 Mustang Show Quality Parking Light Body RH - Click Here!

65-66 Mustang Show Quality Parking Light Body LH - Click Here!

Aug 12, 2015

Just the Details...Hood Restoration on 66 Shelby (Part 2)

Fiberglass Shelby GT350 Hood.
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Jeremy at Maple Hill Restoration continues to restore the original hood on '66 Carryover GT350 6S033. If you missed the first part of this report, you may want to click here to check it out.

After prepping the metal frame, the fiberglass skin was temporarily installed to fit it to the car. The frame was then permanently attached to the skin with 3M Panel Adhesive. The outer edge was finished off for an original appearance. When the Shelby hood was originally manufactured, the outer edge was really the only thing holding the skin and frame together. On the "new and improved" hood, this is just done to duplicate the original appearance.

Of course, as is typical of these hoods, there were cracks out from the scoop that also needed repair.

It took a lot of time and effort to pull this off, but it's going to be a very nice hood!

Enjoy the pictures and look for our next post showing the repair of the original brake cooling side scoops.