We had a first today on the site. It’s been about five years and John, the builder of Toby’s car and my car, has never made a post or a comment but it seems the lure of 67mustangblog was too much. John has come out of the wood work and answered some of the questions I lots of people ask me.
John posted some comments in this post. However I’ll repost it here:
“Hi everyone,
I am the poor bugger who has the job of putting these together. 
The kit for both Toby’s and Cam’s cars came from Prototype Plus in Melbourne and are a nice kit, but you will still need to do a LOT of fitting and mucking about if you want everything perfect. If you want more info, just let me know. The kit is much better than any of the US kits and works out cheaper. On both Cam’s and Toby’s we have used Fibreglass front fenders which are made by the same guy and look a lot better than the original fenders with the flare glued on. If you would like more info on any of the products or the how’s, I may be able to put something together for Cam to post up. As long as it doesn’t take me away from the job at hand.
Now, in regards to RRS. Yes, they have had some supply issues and are working very hard to fix these problems. I have had a few problems along the way as well, but they have been very helpful in fixing any problems as soon as they are able. They have also been outstanding in providing product backup and technical help when needed.
You will find that if you know how to handle a spanner you shouldn’t have any troubles fitting the gear yourself. I have fitted a fair bit of RRS gear to Mustangs now and find that it does improve the driving experience of these older style vehicle. We do need to have some patients with these guys as the product they supply is pretty much all that is available. They have done the hard yards in regards to ADRs and making the fitting of the products less of a headache when it comes to having engineering/compliance done on the vehicles. Almost all of the available products from overseas will not pass ADRs here and will cause major headaches. I speak from experience.
By the way, I am in no way connected with RRS other than having used their products. I think that they are working pretty hard to improve the problems that they have had in the past and I am confident that they will continue to supply A1 products that will help us improve and enjoy these vehicles well into the future.
Anyway – if anyone has any questions just let Cam know so he can pass them on.
Oh, btw guys. Give us some feedback on the grilles, do you think that the spacers should be painted Black to hide them a little better????”
So there you go. If you have any comments or more questions please post them in a comment below. John constantly reads the site.
Thanks for this post, it’s great !
With regards to the body kit, I find myself struggling to find any info regarding Prototype plus. Any website you could give us and a price etc ?
Besides RRS, TCP seems to be doing some good stuff as well, do you have any experience with them ?
And finally the grills, yes I believe a little hiding of the spacers could only do good to the look of it !
Regards from France
I agree that painting the spacers black would make the grilles look even better then they do now. I know that The Muscle Car Factory in Melbourne is now selling TCP stuff here in Australia so can only imagine they’ve got the ADR stuff sorted as well.
Prototypes Plus sell stuff on ebay as well -the kit itself is around $5k. Steve is the guy who runs it and has had my car in his shop for a while test fitting and re-moulding certain bits to ensure that his lastest parts fit well on an actual car. He is in Carrum Downs Victoria and is improving his kits all the time.
Any chance you can give us his contact details to get in touch ?
Many thanks
Prototypes Plus
(03) 9775 0566
Contact is Steve.
Thanks for the contact details Awright. I have Steve’s email address as well but I will have to dig it up. His kits would be about the only one I would use for the job now, and the Glass front fenders make life a lot easier as well. And look a lot neater too.
Just remember that no two cars are the same and there is still a lot of work in fitting the kits.
OH, I will retrofit the grilles with some black spaces in the next week or so to see how they look.
I will have to look into the TCP products as well. They were never ADRed here so it will be interesting to find out some more about this mob in Melbourne. TCP are a nice product but there is quite a lot more work involved to install this gear into a car, a lot more than the RRS at least. That is unless they have chanced the design. The reason that the TCP front end did not pass ADRs was due to the fact that it required a lot of chassis cutting and mods to fit it, not really a job even for a handy man. It had to be done by someone who knew what they were doing.
Hey guys a bit off topic but what are peoples thoughts on the RHD shells made by dynacorn that RRS can supply, are they a good idea as a starting point for an eleanor build or are you better off getting an old A or C code and doing all the repairs and RHD conversion to it?
cheers
Seven.
Remember and old car is just that , The new shells are thicker and reinforced in all the areas prone to weakness. A factory RHD is the only way to go , the Dynacorn shells take forever to get here but are worth it , no rust or panel repairs, notched strut guards ready to take wider motors and if you go with RRS they are currently organising all the engineering to make it easier to register a new car. A new bodied car has got to be more desirable for true collectors of fine cars. Mate do your homework but all roads lead back to New RHD shells.
Sure it is a good thing to start off with a new shell, and you could very well be saving quite a lot on metal work and stuff BUT it does cost quite a lot for just a “starting point”. Now if you decide to replace every single bit of the car and have the budget for it, why not !