Photo: Barrett-Jackson
We’ve been extensively covering all things Mustangs for more than two weeks now as part of our Mustang Month special coverage. That said, the reality is that even if we had dedicated an entire year to the thing, we’d probably not manage to bring all the great Mustangs out there into the spotlight.
As a result, we try to select those who appear to us as the best of the best and feature them here. To kick off the week, we start with something we uncovered sitting on the lot of cars that will go under the hammer in June in Las Vegas, at the hands of auction house Barrett-Jackson.
The car is officially titled 1968 Ford Mustang Custom Convertible, and if you look close enough, you’ll find some GT550E markings on its sides for good measure. The thing is anything but stock, as it has been heavily modified by an undisclosed garage and is described as an all-steel build wrapped in white paint with blue stripes.
Visual modifications aside (and there are quite a few of them), the thing is one hell of a mechanical beast. Under the car’s sculpted hood, a Ford Racing Aluminator engine was fitted, with the 5.0-liter beast rocking things like a 2.9-liter Whipple supercharger, DeatschWerks fuel injectors, forged-steel crankshaft, and Mahle forged and anodized pistons.
Worked through a 6-speed manual transmission, the engine develops in this configuration 624 horsepower and 500 lb-ft (677 Nm) of torque, giving it more than enough punch to handle some impromptu or organized racing. Other pieces of hardware help with that as well, from the independent front suspension to the power rack & pinion steering, and right through the Wilwood brakes.
The car is to spin its 20-inch wheel under new ownership in June, but we are not told how much the people selling it are hoping to get. We do know, however, it goes with no reserve.
The car is officially titled 1968 Ford Mustang Custom Convertible, and if you look close enough, you’ll find some GT550E markings on its sides for good measure. The thing is anything but stock, as it has been heavily modified by an undisclosed garage and is described as an all-steel build wrapped in white paint with blue stripes.
Visual modifications aside (and there are quite a few of them), the thing is one hell of a mechanical beast. Under the car’s sculpted hood, a Ford Racing Aluminator engine was fitted, with the 5.0-liter beast rocking things like a 2.9-liter Whipple supercharger, DeatschWerks fuel injectors, forged-steel crankshaft, and Mahle forged and anodized pistons.
Worked through a 6-speed manual transmission, the engine develops in this configuration 624 horsepower and 500 lb-ft (677 Nm) of torque, giving it more than enough punch to handle some impromptu or organized racing. Other pieces of hardware help with that as well, from the independent front suspension to the power rack & pinion steering, and right through the Wilwood brakes.
The car is to spin its 20-inch wheel under new ownership in June, but we are not told how much the people selling it are hoping to get. We do know, however, it goes with no reserve.
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