Here is the condition of the vehicle when it was first picked up from the Auction. This car was one of the last shells being built at UP and as you can see in the pictures the fiberglass work was being done properly and would only require a minimum of body filler. Unfortunately the sheet metal work required some significant repair as you can see in the floor pan pictures. If this car was completed at UP this would have been covered under layers of "sound deadener." Once all of the fabrication is complete the entire shell will be blasted to address the surface rust.

The rebuild process begins! We first addressed the poor floor pan replacement. With the extent of the damage done by the replacement we felt it was better to replace the entire floor pan with a single piece heavy gauge unit. Framework was built for the rotisserie to support the vehicle in several spots in addition to cross bracing welded in to maintain the integrity of the shell while the floor pan was replaced. Several additional hours were spent grinding down the ugly welds from the original sheet metal work. We are painting the undercarriage of this vehicle so you can see why we go to such lengths to for a high quality finished product for our client.

Next we have the installation of our new custom front coil over suspension. This replaces the entire front end of the vehicle and allows us to delete the strut towers which is beneficial to our build for many reasons. We are installing a Total Control Products Pushrod rear suspension with a FAB 9 housing and TCP sub frame connectors with cross brace and driveshaft loop.

Now that our front suspension framework is installed its time for our mock up engine and transmission to determine correct placement of the drivetrain. We have relocated the engine rearward and lower for better weight distribution and handling. The firewall has been removed and will be replaced with a smoothed firewall for better appearance. The transmission tunnel has been modified to clear our relocated drivetrain and allow us the clearance necessary to properly set our driveline angles. Once firewall is in we begin the fabrication of the apron panels and radiator support. You may notice that in earlier pictures we purchased a set of pre fabricated aluminum panels, but with the location of certain components it became necessary to fabricate our own. The front body components have been reinstalled and braced to proper height so we can fabricate our new apron panels and radiator support. Next comes the locating of our radiator, intercooler, and A/C condenser. All of these systems have been carefully planned out as to maximize airflow and visual appearance. All of our bracketry will be custom built for ease of serviceability. In fact, when we are completed with the fabrication the entire front of the vehicle will be removable down to the frame rails for ease of service.

Fabrication on the front end is nearly complete.  The mounts for the front lamps and hood hinges have been built.  All of the fabricated front inner panels have been flanged with the mounting bolts hidden from sight.  The lips of both fenders were stretched beyond repair where they bolt to the apron panels so new fender lips were fabricated for proper appearance.  We fabricated mounts on our apron panels for a set of billet hood hinges.  Many hours were spent in final welding and dressing of the fabricated panels for fit and finish.  Detail work is what makes a car like this stand out above the rest.  This engine bay will be painted so all of the metal work has to be perfect! 

Our super cooling radiator is a custom piece we designed with the manufacturer Be Cool Radiators to take advantage of our clean engine bay and larger than normal radiator support opening.  It features integrated dual fans and a variable speed fan controller for maximum cooling efficiency. Our Air Conditioning condenser and Radiator are mounted hidden behind our fabricated radiator support and for a cleaner visual appearance we are also fabricating a radiator support cover.

Our intercooler, condenser, and radiator have been mounted in our fabricated radiator support.  Our hidden roll cage has been fabricated to complete our rough sheet metal fabrication.  We have moved the vehicle over to mechanical fabrication.


Months have passed since our last update on this project and to the untrained eye it may not look like much has been done.  To anyone educated in the world of custom automobiles you know that the small details are what make a custom car…. Well custom.

Our entire vehicle has been wired from an unterminated Painless wiring harness that we have custom modified for our heavily customized Mustang.  To this we have wired our own relay panel to manage power distribution our numerous electrical items; headlamps, multiple cooling fans, oil cooler fans, power brake pumps, driving lights, turn signals, and the list goes on.   To this we’ve added our Old Air Products electrically controlled A/C system- no notchy cables or manual cooling valves here.  We’ve wired our brand new set of Autometer Shelby signature gauges (Only available for purchase through Revved in the United States!!)   We’ve installed our custom stereo system with an Alpine head unit (with Ipod control of course!) with 4 Rockford Fosgate rear speakers and a tri-axial dash speaker powered by a Rockford Fosgate amplifier custom mounted in the trunk.   All wiring and plumbing has been routed out of sight for a completely clean visual.

Our power brake and hydraulic clutch system have been plumbed in stainless steel line all hidden from view inside fenders and behind body work with braided stainless steel lines running to the axle and to the wheels.  Our service brakes are Shelby signature Baer 6S calipers with 13.5” rotors on all four wheels.  The parking brake system is routed directly into the body from the wheels with the equalizer system hidden inside our rear package tray to continue our clean visual to the undercarriage.

Our Gessford Machine built 511ci All aluminum Shelby FE has been dressed with a custom pulley system to mount the massive Procharger F1-R supercharger.  Procharger required that we run a cog belt system for the boost levels we are expecting and thus we custom built our pulley system to accommodate this plus the flexibility for pulley changes without having to disassemble the front of the engine.  With our pulley system installed we are beginning work on fabricating our intercooler and air intake systems.   We have had a set of custom stainless headers built by our friends at Stainless Headers Inc. with 2 1/8” primary tubes to allow our large cubic inch, force fed FE to breathe.  After completing our intake tract we will be completing the fabrication on our exhaust.

We are tying up loose ends left and right and hope to be disassembling this one for final body and paint soon!  We will be posting updated pictures of this project soon!

-Revved Automotive Concepts