can i swap an 05-06' aftermarket fiberglass body onto a 5.0 platform?

 

I guess anything can be done for the right amount of money, but the real question is.... why?

Mark

 

Where did you find an aftermarket 05-06 body from ???

Yeah, and why?

-Ivan

 

i love the look of the new stang, but it's out of my price range... vfn fiberglass (www.vfnfiberglass.com) offers a complete fiberglass body, but it requires the use of lexan windows, which (i think) would make the car illegal for use on the street. I was thinking i'd swap the body onto an old carbureted fox, drop in a nitrous 427ci stroker small block, and have a really kickass 500+ horsepower car that looks like it just rolled off the show room floor for less than the price of a new gt. I wouldn't have to worry about emissions and stuff because technically it's still a 20 year old car, future upgrades would cost half as much, and if I use an '81 or earlier donor car I can insure it as a kit car/ classic. Oh, and since it's fiberglass, it'd be light as hell... a call to maximum motorsports or griggs could make it handle like an all out race car. Is this worth looking into?

 

ok, that is a body modification...re-bodying a car is against the law and basically is swapping the VIN...

 

even if the vehicle is over 25 years old?

 

just wait and get a V6 05 Stang recked, pay to get it refurbished then you can drop whatever engine in their.

 

sounds like a massive amount of work. Personally, i think its a bad idea. JMO

 

Yes you could do it but for it to be licensed in your state, it would have to be constructed in a KIT form and the manufacturer would have to provide/issue you a certificate of drivability in that state for it to even be consisdered "street legal."

I would think that there would be no way in hell that you could swap a new body on an older frame and somehow find it to be licensable and legal for street use.

But then again, look at all the Crap we see out there on the road already.

Good luck to you, I'm sure that with the right money and "friends" that anything will be possible.

-Ivan

 

In md you can do that and just have to get it registered as a hot rod. Which is what any car that is highly modified is supposed to do.