Few automobiles are capable of stirring the soul as much as the GT500. Added to the Mustang’s lineup for the 1967 model year, this variant is rocking an FE-series 428 engine in Police Interceptor specification. A year later, Carroll Shelby decided to shoehorn the Cobra Jet in the engine bay of the otherwise tame pony car, creating the so-called King of the Road.
Chassis number 67400F9A02110 is neither of those. Back in 2014, the peeps at RK Motors Charlotte were crazy enough to restomod this bite-the-back-of-your-hand beautiful fastback with a Jon Kaase Boss Nine 527. Purchased at $37,000 and tweaked by Kaase himself, the 8.6-liter colossus vastly overshadows the original engines despite a rather conservative tune.
According to the North Carolina-based company, the monstrous lump develops 711 horsepower and 806 pound-feet (1,093 Nm) of rubber-melting torque. Created by the RKM Performance Center to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Mustang, this one-of-one restomod is augmented by FAST electronic fuel injection, Wilson Manifolds fuel rails, a low-profile air cleaner, tall intake, aluminum heads, stainless valves, Moroso breathers, Oliver connecting rods, a billet crank, forged pistons, and stainless headers.
Affectionately named RK527 for obvious reasons, the first-generation ‘Stang puts the power down to the Ford 9.0-inch rear axle with 3.55 gears and Moser axles through a T56 Magnum six-speed manual. The row-your-own transmission is joined by a few more no-nonsense upgrades, including the Lakewood/QuickTime bellhousing, McLeod hydraulic twin-disc clutch kit, custom driveshaft, a Total Control Products hoop, Detroit Speed Aluma-Frame front half, and Detroit Speed QUADRALink four-link rear end.
Any corner-carving setup needs proper brakes, and the RK527 does not disappoint in this regard. 12- and 13-inch drilled/slotted rotors are squeezed by four- and six-piston Baer calipers, and the rubber shoes come in the guise of 245/40 and 335/30 by 18-inch BFGoodrich g-Force Rival summer tires.
Tasteful inside and out, the red-over-black muscle car is listed at $309,900, translating to three well-equipped Shelby GT500s from the S550 generation.
After a 1:43 scale model of a Ferrari 250 GTO sparked Mircea's interest for cars when he was a kid, an early internship at Top Gear sealed his career path. He's most interested in muscle cars and American trucks, but he takes a passing interest in quirky kei cars as well. Full profile
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