Matt is a really patient guy. He has spent way too many hours of his life telling me about every little detail on his '69. If he had some kind of build book, or detailed display he could probably have gotten more than a few hours of his life back
This is my personal favorite Mustang body style, but the execution on the rest of the car is just jaw dropping beautiful. The front and rear suspension is ridiculously cool. The way that the rear cantilever system was tied into the interior is unreal. I don't even know what to say about those one-off wheels, except that they look like they belong on the car today, and yesterday.
Thanks everybody for your kind compliments and for taking the time to look at build thread and this feature. Scott, thanks for showing it off!
I finally got a chance to drive it on Wednesday (Feb. 2nd). The guys from cars.tv wanted to take some video of it in action so we took it up the steet from Pure Vision and I did several passes over a bridge that doesn't get much traffic. The engine still needs to be dynoed and then the suspension needs to be dialed in, but I got to feel the power and hear the sounds eminating from the exhaust and all I can say is, WOW! I've driven some high power cars before, but nothing with over 800 h.p. Of course I didn't want to thrash it the first time out and on public roads, but it feels solid, stiff and very powerful. It would be an interesting comparison to a real Trans Am Mustang from back in the day.
Also, it was the first chance that I had to look at the car from a distance which gives you a different perspective and it really looks cool and menacing. Thanks again, to everybody involved with the build and to everyone on this forum for taking notice and providing feedback!
Brian Hobaugh SCCA National Tour June 2014
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