I'M sorry to get longwinded but I also forgot to thank Ben Hermance and say how great he is to work with and I hope we did your designs justice
Can't wait to do it again

I just want to say congrats to the Goolsby Customs crew on the Builder's Choice award! These are really the first completed pix I'm seeing along with everyone else! Hats off to them!

They are truly a class act and evidently can run with the big dogs too. It was a pleasure working with the team during the design phase and I really enjoyed the challenge of working on a car that gets totally ignored by everyone.

As far as the top 5 recognition, I think the judges simply had different criteria than the direction this car took. Although, I haven't seen it up close. The plan was to carve a swan out of the "ugly duckling". Then make it into what we envisioned a modern version of a 71 Mustang Concept Car would have looked like had the designers not been heavily medicated and the accountants and execs were locked in a janitor's closet. It was totally re-proportioned with some modern details added to bring it up to date but it was supposed to look like very little was done to it. We just eliminated the ugly elements end emphasized the beautiful ones. By those standards, I'd say it was very successful. Well done Goolsby Customs!:thumbsup:

As we say in Boston....there's always next year.

The car should have been in top 5...Ben awsum design work inside and out, Nuff said

Top five or not it is still absolutely SICK!

It came out looking great guys! That is the car that ford should have built in 1971, or at least as a concept. It came out so nice.

Thanks Ben it was a real pleasure and we will definately be doing it again ..... Soon

And thanks to you too Tracy but I want to make it clear the top 5 cars were worthy of it all and I really don't want anyone to get the impression of us being sore losers or demean the other cars I consider them all my friends and wouldn't want to jeopardize that at all but again thanks for the compliment and I'm not trying to call you out just clearing the air

I agree completely, all top five earned there spot. I really like the fact that you took a overlooked car and made it bad ass. That took some skills by all involved. All the big builders I talked to were impressed. M&M do great interior work also. There good people

I agree with you that the top 5 cars are worthy and absolutley amazing, but I think your mustang was possibly the nicest mustang of all the contenders. Beautiful work and you and your client should be proud.

Ben great design, and build team awesome execution ! I love this car. Beautiful work.

Sweet car - it should have been in the Top 5, IMO.