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Only at the 1965 12 Hours of Sebring race, the Daytona Coupes had a stylized “Daytona” script near the side openings in the hood. Since then, this has been associated with the coupes. I wanted something more factory looking so I created a two piece emblem. The top is stainless steel which is polished and the bottom is an aluminum piece that is anodized black. The aluminum has holes for mounting pins.

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Since my dash will be modeled off the Ford GT and I wanted the car to look like a factory car, I had some custom gauges made by Speedhut. I used Adobe Illustrator to make the custom artwork. I then sent the artwork to Speedhut. The result were gauges that use ISO logos instead of works to identify the gauge. Since I am located in Canada, I also wanted the speedometer to have km/h and mph. I also added out of range "red" areas.

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Updated 02-16-2011 at 04:49 PM by RonSchofield

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I took a Trickflow rear end cover and did some CAD work and then gave it to the machine shop. The result was a one off cover. Sadly, this will only be seen in presentations at car shows.

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Updated 02-16-2011 at 02:52 PM by RonSchofield

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I decided to make my own VIN plate. Because of all the time and modifications in this build, I wanted to have my name on it as a record of the builder.

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Updated 02-16-2011 at 02:52 PM by RonSchofield

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I plan to use this blog to highlight and describe some of the custom work that I did in building my custom coupe. Hopefully this will give others some ideas. If anyone has questions, please ask.

Ron Schofield