I was obsessed with the 69 Mustang. The 64 to 73 Mustangs were all incredible machines but the 69 stirred something within me. The aggressive look and stance reminded me of a shark about to attack and devour anything that challenged its presence. So I knew all along I was looking for a 69, fast back if I could find one. You must realize these cars are in limited numbers in South Africa and were imported via private individuals who had a love for the American Mustang. Pickings were always going to be slim, especially a mustang that had not already been molestered or previously refurbished. I spent hours on Ebay going over mustangs but importing one was legally out of the question as South Africa has banned the importation of left hand drive motor vehicles since 2000. So what is here now is all that is ever going to be here. I finaly found my Stang on Auto Trader. Personally I was looking for a daily driver with my personal touch. Meaning no racing cams or superchargers, something that's easy to drive to the store and when I park it in the shopping centers parking lot I was not going to be overly worried that a shopping cart is going to scratch my custom paint job or body kit. Just a head turning daily driver with my personal touch. My personal touch came in the form of color choices both on the outside and the inside, a nice set of wheels and chrome in all the right places.So I visualized from the outset what my stang could look like and tried to make that vision a reality. I found this mustang online of what I had in mind and the picture below is what the near complete Mustang looked like. My stang was never meant to copy a picture but be a personal interpretation of it. Make it your own, the world is not going to appreciate another "Gone in 60 seconds" Eleanor clone. Not everyone will like your interpretation of a mustang that's fine. But the people that do see what you see will love it almost as much as you. It is an amazing feeling to invoke this sort or response in people just by having them look at your Stang.
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