Hellraiser build thread

Badhand said:

Not technically 6G, more of a 1G meets 6G build - but thought some of you might be interested in it as it is definitely a Mustang.

Bit of background on me and the name. Yonks ago I built an '05 Mustang street/track car that ended up being known as Hell Yeah. I hit hard times and had to sell it on, but always said as soon as things got better, I'd be back bigger and better with something even more special.



So things got better and I started thinking about a project. Having always loved the classic 'Stangs, but wanting something that handled as well as the S197 I'd lost and even as good as the S550 which was just coming out, I came up with the idea of building something along the lines of the Agent 47 Harbinger, Ken Block's Hoonigan or Vaughn Gittins RTR-X. A '69 pro-tourer basically. Classic body but modern motor and suspension.

Some of you may know I run a UK Mustang forum for all model year Mustangs so I decided it would be fun to combine as many generations as possible into one as a Forum Project car. Realistically though, (and should I say this openly?) there's not much from 1970 to 2005 I'd want on it! I considered the classic Mustang2 front end upgrade, but then thought stuff it, we can make something better than that!

I'd always had a thing for coupes and decided, as they are always cheaper than the Fastbacks, I'd start looking around for a good half-finished '69 coupe project for as few dollars as possible. I started scribbling on napkins to get a feel for the project and to get some inspiration in the time it was taking to find something suitable.





Then I started getting carried away and commissioned a 3D render from some talented bloke off the interweb. It's all visual styling at this point, with some basic ideas of where I was heading... 4" ride height, big 18x 10/12 wheels and bolt on arches to accommodate the extra track and lowered stance. Oh and a big ol' wing!



At least, that was the plan. And then I bought this:



And this:



And this:



And these:



And this:



And this:



So that's a '69 Mach 1 Drag race project from Texas, which is the first spanner in the works - it's not a coupe - but was such a bargain I couldn't turn it down. And is where the name comes from. This was found in a field and left for dead for years. It was finally resurrected by some dude named Duane and I thought as we're bringing it back from the dead and it's Hell Yeah's successor, Hellraiser sounded cool. A project has to have a name right?


Then there's the second spanner, a Ford Racing Coyote crate engine, ECU, ancileries and T56 gearbox and Mrs. Badhand.

I'll keep going if any of you 6G lot are interested...

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