Vehicle Description
If someone gave you a blank check and told you to build the
ultimate Mustang, it may very well look something like this awesome
1965 Ford Mustang Restomod. Cost was clearly no object in this
build and the result is a Mustang that looks incredible and drives
even better. Featuring a powerfully built 351 V8 mated to an
automatic transmission, all wrapped in miles-deep black paint on a
body that sits on an upgraded suspension, this is the pony car they
told you to worry about.
Forget Shelby clones, everyone has one of those. When you show up
in this dialed-in, slick black coupe, people will definitely
notice. You don't need flashy colors and stripes to stand out when
the workmanship is this good, and the strong, driver-quality paint
emphasizes the solid finish work that probably took forever to get
right. There's a deep luster to the paint that really accentuated
when it's out in the sun, and although it's not perfect, it's
definitely the kind of car that you will turn around and admire as
you walk away from it. The big hood scoop and hood pins are
immediate attention-grabbers, same with the billet grille and
foglight setup, so it will stand out at shows and you should
probably get used to folks at stop lights and gas stations asking
you, "Hey, can I take a selfie with your car before it steals my
girlfriend?" Yeah, it's that cool. It also includes all the
traditional Mustang goodness like the red rocker stripes, the
chromed-out quarter-panel 'gills', to the trumpeted exhaust out
back. And all the chrome and brightwork was shined up nice, so this
baby is ready to be shown off today.
The gorgeous black interior isn't like any early Mustang you've
driven. Fresh black cloth/vinyl buckets are infinitely more
comfortable than the original stools and with a tunnel-hugging
center console, it feels more like 2006 than 1966 inside. A
red-rimmed Billet Specialties steering wheel matches the 6-point
roll cage that was installed to stiffen the body inside, and those
race-ready components really set the tone inside. Sporty AutoMeter
Phantom gauges continue that theme, as does the custom center
console that houses the tall Lokar shifter that manages the
automatic transmission below. Options include tilt wheel, A/C, and
a retro-style AM/FM stereo inside the slick black dash. The door
panels were stitches to match the seats, carpets on the floors keep
the heat and noise away, while the headliner above is taut and
proves that nothing was overlooked in the build of this muscle car.
The work is recent (9,750 miles since the build) so everything is
in great condition, including the back seat that wears matching
seat covers, and the clean trunk lined with fresh carpets.
All the significant upgrades are found under the hood, starting
with a Holley Sniper fuel-injection powered 351 cubic inch V8. With
so few miles on the build, it barks and snarls like the nastiest
Shelby ever built. They decided not to make it look too stock, and
instead gave it a modern showing with shiny valve covers, a
matching Holley open-element air cleaner, and neatly detailed inner
fenders and firewall punctuated with those bright red hood hinges.
Other upgrades include chrome shock tower and engine braces, a
modern A/C compressor, aluminum radiator, and a set of long-tube
headers that feed a Flowmaster dual exhaust system with electric
cut-outs below. An upgraded front clip includes a big sway bar,
rack-and-pinion steering, while out back there's another giant sway
bar and upgraded shocks, all of which make the ride quality
immeasurably better, and a set of Wilwood power 4-wheel disc brakes
stops the car on a dime. Gorgeous 17-inch US Mags are the perfect
finishing touch, and wear staggered performance radials to finish
the killer look.
If you were building it for yourself, this is probably how you'd do
it. So why wait, own this head-turner today!
