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1: A functioning hinged hood that latches and a completed front clip that can be removed by pulling four pins? Yes. At long last yes! Bob Thrash pulled it off in a way few people on planet Earth could. The end result is better than we even imagined.
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>> Bob Thrash keeps working his magic and wraps up our front clip finally
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ast month we gave you a quick update on our Project aPocalypSe Horse Mustang, and we are thrilled to finally report that the custom one-off front clip is FINALLY complete.
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With the project back on track, Bob was still working his metal magic when we were headed to press last month, so we really didn’t have a chance to show you the details then. With that said, now we’ve got time to take a look at the
particulars this month so you could see all the work and engineering that went into the final product. The first order of business was the considerable metalwork to both stretch the nose five inches while also
1 converting the front fascia, headlights, and hood from the 20052009 style to the more modern 2013-2014 parts. Thrash expertly stitched the three pieces per side together using ultra-low amperage TIG to protect the thin modern sheet-