21 December 2007 - I picked-up the 1968½ Mustang Cobra Jet transverse mufflers today.  They look AMAZING!  I still need to cut the inlet and outlet pipes to the correct length, add the alignment notches to the inlet pipes, and add the spot welds to the inlet and outlet pipes.  When the mufflers are finished they will be virtually indistinguishable from the originals.

The floor pan plugs for 1967 & 1968 Mustang and Shelby convertibles are at the platers.  Unfortunately they are closed for Christmas and New Years after today and they did not get them plated.  They promised to have them waiting for me to pick them up on January 8th, 2008. 

6 December 2007 - The floor pan plugs for 1967 & 1968 Mustang and Shelby convertibles have been formed from the blanks.  The above pictures show a comparison between the new reproductions and an original floor pan plug removed from a Shelby GT500KR convertible.  Both pan plugs in the pictures above have had the plating removed.  The new reproductions are absolutely perfect and indistinguishable from the originals.  Even the back side of the plug has been fabricated and formed to exactly match the original pan plug...even though you can't see it when installed.  Final plating still needs to be done, but they should be available by the end of the year. 

1 December 2007 - The muffler sheets have been stamped and are ready to send to the muffler manufacturer.  The stamping of the Ford logo, part number, and date were "toned-down" slightly from the previous sample stampings to closer match the look of the original mufflers.  Click here to see the final "toned-down" stamping.

25 November 2007 - The floor pan plug blanks for 1967 & 1968 Mustang and Shelby convertibles are completed.  They have been sent out for final forming.  Once the forming is completed, they will go out for plating.  I expect to have them available for sale around the end of December.

22 November 2007 - I have added a few pictures of my original paint 1968½ High Country Special Cobra Jet Mustang coupe.  Go to the blue "My Cars" button on the left to see pictures of my 1968 Mustangs.

20 November 2007 - I decided to add a button with some pictures of my cars.  Go to the blue "My Cars" button on the left to see pictures of my 7,156-original mile 1968½ Yellow GT500KR Shelby convertible.  I'll be adding additional pictures of other cars as I have a chance to get them out and cleaned up a little.

6 November 2007 - One of the features of an original Ford transverse muffler is the "hump" or "bump" (see picture above) that is preformed into the outer sheet of the muffler prior to the muffler being "wrapped".  The purpose of the "hump" is to accommodate the seam on the inner sheet that is under the outer-most sheet.  One concern I had when I started this project was whether the "hump" could be accommodated by the wrapping machine used to fabricate the muffler.  If not, it would be very easy to identify one of my reproduction mufflers from an original muffler.  As you can see from the pictures above, the "hump" can be accommodated by the wrapping machine and is exactly like the original transverse muffler shown in the picture.  So, with the "hump" problem solved, and the embossing die in-hand for stamping the logo, part-number, and date, I am ready to begin fabrication of the 1968½ Mustang Cobra Jet mufflers.  The tooling is currently being fabricated to punch the notches in the inlet pipes and will be completed soon.  Please note that in the pictures above the inlet and outlet pipes are different on the two mufflers (orig and reproduction) shown.  The reproduction muffler inlet and outlet pipes are correct for 1968½ Mustang Cobra Jet mufflers, but not for 1969 or small-block Ford mufflers.

1 November 2007 - Ever wonder what goes in those big holes on the bottom of your 1967 or 1968 convertible Mustang or Shelby (see above).  Well, they should be covered with steel floor pan plugs, but they frequently fall out or get lost when removed.  Original ones, if you can find them, are usually rusty and can't be replated.  So I'm having a limited number of new ones made.  Absolutely perfect copy of the originals.  Indistinguishable from the ones that came on your car from the factory.  I expect to have them in about a month (see the prototype above).  All tooling is complete...just waiting for fabrication and plating.   Click here for pictures.

31 October 2007 - The 1969 split-tip Mustang tailpipes are done.  Click here for photos of the newly-completed tailpipes.  

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