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Do you think that American muscle combines perfectly with Italian style? Well, at least somebody does, hence the wacky Ford Mustang Fastback STL1 project that was envisioned while an Italian automotive enthusiast was driving across the USA and then from New York City to Buenos Aires in his 1968 Fastback.
You may not have heard about Carlo Borromeo, the creative director at Milan-based design studio BorromeodeSilva. Still, his name appears alongside exotic automotive creations Automobili Amos Futurista and Safarista, the Nardone 928, and the Eccentrica Diablo, among others. As such, no one will doubt his imagination, right?
No one should believe that he's not an automotive enthusiast, either, given his Lancia Delta rally preoccupations or the 2008 trip he undertook in his personal 1968 Ford Mustang Fastback across the Americas. According to the outlet, his Milanese-based design studio is "specialized in automotive design and restomods" like the Lancia Delta, Porsche 928, and Lamborghini Diablo.
But now they want to dip their hands into the "ultimate road trip car, the Ford Mustang." Apparently, he started to think about how the car could be tastefully or crazily (depending on your POV) modified "to become the perfect adventure machine." Obviously, it took them "a few years" from 2008 to 2024 to get the idea from concept to fruition, but now the design has been developed internally, and they have also located the necessary teams to build the car – both in the United States and Europe.
For the time being, of course, they plan to proceed with only one car – theirs. But they're willing to make additional units if there are willing customers. Now, let's see what makes this 1968 Ford Mustang Fastback restomod dubbed 'STL1' so special – aside from claiming to have the special sauce that mixes "American muscle + Italian style." Well, as it is pretty obvious, this first-generation Mustang might send purists running amock crying their heart out because the roof has been chopped off clean, and now all that's left standing is the windshield and pillars actually forming a continuous roll cage along with the windshield frame. But that's not all.
Inside, the atmosphere is racing vintage meets contemporary simplicity and prowess – it sure looks ready for anything and is also capable of taking four persons aboard without feeling cramped. Thirdly, this is an all-terrain American-Italian stallion that could easily run circles around the Porsche 911 Dakar and Lamborghini Huracan Sterrato, showing them how it's done when trying to imagine an off-road sports car with a raised suspension height and off-road tires and wheels.
Last but not least, note the subtle restomod touches like the LED lights, the tubular construction of the 'fastback' roll-cage cockpit, and the big hint that it's not down on power compared to those modern all-terrain sports cars. More precisely, a lot of contemporary technology is going inside this car project to make it capable of coping with a swapped 5.0-liter Coyote V8 engine – the team has already settled on the 2012 Boss 302 Mustang to provide its Road Runner V8 version rated at 444 (331 kW) hp at 7,400 rpm and 380 lb-ft (515 Nm) of torque at 4,500 rpm. Cool, right?
No one should believe that he's not an automotive enthusiast, either, given his Lancia Delta rally preoccupations or the 2008 trip he undertook in his personal 1968 Ford Mustang Fastback across the Americas. According to the outlet, his Milanese-based design studio is "specialized in automotive design and restomods" like the Lancia Delta, Porsche 928, and Lamborghini Diablo.
But now they want to dip their hands into the "ultimate road trip car, the Ford Mustang." Apparently, he started to think about how the car could be tastefully or crazily (depending on your POV) modified "to become the perfect adventure machine." Obviously, it took them "a few years" from 2008 to 2024 to get the idea from concept to fruition, but now the design has been developed internally, and they have also located the necessary teams to build the car – both in the United States and Europe.
For the time being, of course, they plan to proceed with only one car – theirs. But they're willing to make additional units if there are willing customers. Now, let's see what makes this 1968 Ford Mustang Fastback restomod dubbed 'STL1' so special – aside from claiming to have the special sauce that mixes "American muscle + Italian style." Well, as it is pretty obvious, this first-generation Mustang might send purists running amock crying their heart out because the roof has been chopped off clean, and now all that's left standing is the windshield and pillars actually forming a continuous roll cage along with the windshield frame. But that's not all.
Inside, the atmosphere is racing vintage meets contemporary simplicity and prowess – it sure looks ready for anything and is also capable of taking four persons aboard without feeling cramped. Thirdly, this is an all-terrain American-Italian stallion that could easily run circles around the Porsche 911 Dakar and Lamborghini Huracan Sterrato, showing them how it's done when trying to imagine an off-road sports car with a raised suspension height and off-road tires and wheels.
Last but not least, note the subtle restomod touches like the LED lights, the tubular construction of the 'fastback' roll-cage cockpit, and the big hint that it's not down on power compared to those modern all-terrain sports cars. More precisely, a lot of contemporary technology is going inside this car project to make it capable of coping with a swapped 5.0-liter Coyote V8 engine – the team has already settled on the 2012 Boss 302 Mustang to provide its Road Runner V8 version rated at 444 (331 kW) hp at 7,400 rpm and 380 lb-ft (515 Nm) of torque at 4,500 rpm. Cool, right?
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