Classic Ford Mustang Convertible With 600bhp

We found this perfect Classic Ford Mustang Convertible With 600bhp for $69,900 on eBay and here’s the description of the listing:
Talk about a wolf in sheep’s clothing! On the outside, this amazing 1966 Mustang convertible looks like a clean, black ragtop with a high-quality restoration, but when you start to look a little closer you notice things like the 4-wheel disc brakes, the 17-inch Torque Thrusts, and the slightly raked ride height.
Under the skin, it’s a take-no-prisoners hammer designed to pound anything with less than 500 horsepower into dust, thanks to a 600 horsepower aluminum stroker motor, a Richmond 5-speed, and a heavily fortified suspension. Best of all, it isn’t some Shelby clone with oversized fender flares that will attract all kinds of unwanted attention. No, like all the best sleepers, this one keeps a low profile until it’s time to crack the throttle. By then, you’d better be holding on tight, because all hell’s gonna break loose.

Convertible 600bhp Classic Ford Mustang

The bodywork is a tribute to this car’s overall workmanship, and once you see how good the finish work is, you’ll have no doubts about the quality of the vehicle itself. No Mustang ever came out of the factory this straight, and thanks to that deep, rich paint it has movie star looks that work well with the early Mustang sheetmetal (which is 100% factory original, by the way).
All the original Mustang trim was retained as well, save for a billet grille up front. No shaved door handles, no blacked out bumpers, just beautifully restored jewelry as the Ford designers intended. It wears Hi-Po 289 badges on the front fenders, perhaps as a nod to its K-code ancestors, but it is not one of the tiny handful of real K-code convertibles built by Ford.

Classic Ford Mustang Convertible With 600bhp

Under that factory fresh sheetmetal, however, you’ll find a horse of a different breed. The engine is an all-aluminum 363 cubic inch stroker motor that cranks out in excess of 600 horsepower. With a single Holley 4-barrel and tons of raw aluminum under the hood, it looks like a full race piece that belongs in a Trans-Am vintage racer, not a street car.
There’s an MSD ignition system, billet reservoir for the upgraded power steering system, and a modern serpentine drive system for the accessories, which greatly improves its high-RPM stability. A massive aluminum radiator looks ready for track duty, cooled by a heavy duty mechanical clutch fan. Stepped long-tube headers dump into a custom 3-inch exhaust system with Magnaflow mufflers and give it a snarl that’s ready for the paddock, not the local cruise-in. A new Bendix manual master cylinder feeds new lines and hoses, and all the wiring is fresh.

Classic Ford Mustang Convertible With 600bhp

With that lightweight aluminum flywheel inside a Quicktime scattershield, this one loves to rev, with quick, barking snaps every time you goose the throttle. A heavy-duty hydraulic clutch connects the engine to the Richmond 5-speed I mentioned earlier, and requires a good shove on the clutch pedal to harness all that horsepower. Out back, there’s a Currie Ford 9-inch full of 4.10 gears on a Track-Lok limited slip, and it’s connected by a custom made aluminum driveshaft.
If you’re thinking this sounds like a race car, you’d be exactly right. The suspension is also race-derived, with a Chassis Works coil over setup in front, QA1 shocks all around, a Total Control power rack-and-pinion system, subframe connectors, and a set of Competition Engineering Slide-A-Link traction bars mounted on the heavy-duty rear leaf springs.

Convertible 600bhp Classic Ford Mustang

The beautifully finished interior may actually be the least radical part of the car. Using original materials and patterns throughout, the seats, carpets, and door panels are restoration pieces that would be at home at the MCA nationals. Acres of Dnyamat have been installed to keep it cool and quiet inside, which is a smart idea any time you have the interior out of a car.
The original dashboard has been upgraded with a custom piece full of Auto Meter Phantom gauges, which along with the roll bar behind the seats, is the most noticeable modification. There is no console, but the 5-speed shifter proudly pokes out of the transmission tunnel and wears a leather boot and correctly-marked knob. A new LaCarrera wood-rimmed steering wheel does a great impersonation of the impossible-to-find Shelby piece, and the radio is the original AM unit with an optional 8-track player. Overhead there’s a brand new tan canvas convertible top installed by the experts at RK Motors Charlotte’s in-house upholstery shop. The trunk offers a correct trunk mat and houses the relocated Optima battery.

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