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    4/23/2016 8:25 PM  #1

    MachTJ
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    Carbon Fiber mustang

    I was at the Jefferson car show/ swap/ car corral, and I walked past the Ring Brothers display. They offer a 65-66 full carbon fiber body fastback. I checked on their site and its only 40k haha. They had one full on carbon fiber and one that was painted. Here is a picture of the painted car.

     

    4/24/2016 9:55 AM  #2

    boomyal
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    Re: Carbon Fiber mustang

    At least it won't rust out?

     

    4/25/2016 1:03 PM  #3

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    Re: Carbon Fiber mustang

    I wonder how much lighter it is than original steel. Its kinda tempting actually.

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    4/25/2016 2:28 PM  #4

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    Re: Carbon Fiber mustang

    I think that's 40k for the body, you'd have to then put some sort of frame in it. But I guess the people who can spend 40k on a carbon fiber body would then just open up the Detroit Speed or TCP catalog and order all the the other goodies Or have someone like RB build it up.

     

    4/25/2016 3:21 PM  #5

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    Re: Carbon Fiber mustang

    MachTJ wrote:

    I was at the Jefferson car show/ swap/ car corral, and I walked past the Ring Brothers display. They offer a 65-66 full carbon fiber body fastback. I checked on their site and its only 40k haha. They had one full on carbon fiber and one that was painted. Here is a picture of the painted car.

    My son and his friends went out to Jefferson Show on Saturday.  I was thinking about it but had to many projects to work on over the weekend.   It was a perfect weekend for the show!

     

    4/25/2016 5:16 PM  #6

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    Re: Carbon Fiber mustang

    yes it is 40k just for the body parts, I wish I would have taken a picture of the carbon fiber car and snapped a pic of the inside. There was no floor in the car, so you were able to see the chassis underneath. here's the link for the body panels. http://ringbrothers.com/1965-mustang-custom-wide-body-kit.html

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    4/25/2016 6:33 PM  #7

    MS
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    Re: Carbon Fiber mustang

    Those guys make some cool stuff.  They must have some serious financial backing to develop something like that for the very limited few that will ever buy one.

    Money you enjoy wasting is NOT wasted money... unless your wife finds out.
     

    4/25/2016 7:27 PM  #8

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    They can't be serious....For that price...You could buy 2 Dynacorn steel bodies and have enough left over for 2 motors....jj

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    4/25/2016 8:52 PM  #9

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    Re: Carbon Fiber mustang

    jerseyjoe wrote:

    They can't be serious....For that price...You could buy 2 Dynacorn steel bodies and have enough left over for 2 motors....jj

    The Pro-Touring crowd has pro checkbooks...
     

     

    4/26/2016 12:49 PM  #10

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    Re: Carbon Fiber mustang

    I'm out!  Too rich for me but I do like that they think outside the box.

     

    4/26/2016 4:25 PM  #11

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    Re: Carbon Fiber mustang

    Raymond_B wrote:

    jerseyjoe wrote:

    They can't be serious....For that price...You could buy 2 Dynacorn steel bodies and have enough left over for 2 motors....jj

    The Pro-Touring crowd has pro checkbooks...
     

    Butt...you can get the fiberglass version for a lot less....only $27500.

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    4/26/2016 5:40 PM  #12

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    Re: Carbon Fiber mustang

    I've read 200 lbs. for the entire body. 
    Sounds like a lot of money, at first, until you think about how massive an undertaking this is. 

     

    4/26/2016 6:18 PM  #13

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    Re: Carbon Fiber mustang

    Yeah, but you can buy a fiberglass Jeep body for like $4-$5k.  How much more of an undertaking than that is it really?  Carbon fiber isn't that much more expensive that fiberglass.  I've got a catalog lying around somewhere that sells all that stuff, fiberglass, carbon fiber, Kevlar, etc., as well as the resins, gel coats, tools, etc.  The expense is all in building the molds and the curing equipment.  For guys that know how to work the stuff its not that hard, most have aerospace or marine experience too.  The issue here is likely a lack of economies of scale.  Low production volume means that the development costs get spread across a much smaller run, meaning each one is expensive. 

     

     

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