Collecting cars as a hobby is way overrated. You have taxes, bad roads, problems with storage, and the eternal nagging wife are just some of the challenges you'll be facing.
How about collecting model cars? Well, that a bit geeky and it's also too mainstream. Making your own cars from kid's play Lego – now that's what a real man does.
Jokes aside, this copy of the Ford Mustang created by Sheepo's Garage is seriously wild. The GT500 has neat party tricks, like replica front and rear suspension, a steering system that actually works and full disk brakes all-round.
Oh, and did we mention it has a real five-speed gearbox and V8 engine block with cylinders that fire in the right order? How's that for awesome. The only problem is putting it in gear that is a bit tricky, but other than that it's your ultimate hobby car.
Hey, we can’t help ourselves, we need to hear those figures again; we’re talking about the numbers that make this muscle car one of America’s favorites cars on the market. Its capability to accelerate with alarming force, the 662 horsepower engine, you name it, this is a car that deserves more than 60 grand, yet the starting price is lower than that. Sure, there are some downsides about the actual car, such as the unrefined interior and lumpy ride.
Now, it also depends on which of the model you go for, but if we were to talk about the new design, then we are discussing an independent rear suspension. Not that we have any favorites, after all we wouldn’t mind any of the older generations Shelby Mustang cars either.
The scale model in question is designed after the fifth generation Ford Mustang, which means we’re looking at the a revival of the Shelby nameplate that packs high-performance versions of the classic model but this time designed and built by Ford at its assembly plants.
Mihnea's favorite cars have already been built, the so-called modern classics from the '80s and '90s. He also loves local car culture from all over the world, so don't be surprised to see him getting excited about weird Japanese imports, low-rider VWs out of Germany, replicas from Russia or LS swaps down in Florida. Full profile
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