It’s Mustang Month here at autoevolution, and for the past few days, we’ve been bombarding you with all sorts of muscle cars of this breed, each exciting in its own way. But when it comes to the Mustang we have here, the list of special things about it is virtually endless.
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by Borning series. Of course, I grew up with the Fast and the Furious and
Gone in 60 Seconds
, and while the first franchise holds no more value for me anymore, at least I still enjoy watching the latter one from time to time. But let s be honest, there s only so much Eleanor you can live with.
And over the past year, I must have seen at least 5 replicas for sale, either in Europe or the United States. It s a cool car, no doubt about that, but let s not forget that diversity is crucial. This 1965 Mustang restomod just recently came to my attention and it gave off
Born in Vernon, B.C., Hilton moved with his family to Kitimat and then to North Vancouver. He’s lived there ever since, and it’s where he raised his own family. As a young man, when Hilton got involved fixing a friend’s motorcycle in 1969, he found himself at Honda Centre on Robson Street in Vancouver buying parts.
“There was a sea of motorcycles there, and I said ‘Wow, you’ve got a lot of repair work here’.” Hilton recalls. “He asked if I was a mechanic, and I soon found myself with a job. I had a steep learning curve, but I was curious and persistent.”
1965 Ford Mustang Is a Lost-and-Found 10-Second Drag Car 21 Jan 2021, 9:50 UTC ·
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Drag racing and Ford Mustangs go hand in hand and have done so pretty much since the first generation of the car rolled off the assembly lines. Depending on the number of changes made to a stock machine, there’s a variety of drag Mustangs out there, but under-10-second cars are what everybody’s dreaming of. 10 photos
The ‘Stang sitting before your eyes is a drag racer by design, and not one converted recently. It was allegedly made this way the same year it rolled out the Ford factory doors and wasted no time in hitting the strips. From 1966 to 1971, it was a regular presence in one of the many racing series of the time, Division 5 AFX.