SOLD! 1965 Mustang Pro Touring Coupe

This one of a kind Pro Touring Mustang Coupe was built to enjoy the classic style of the early Mustang with the modern performance and drivability of a modern muscle car. Although highly modified with dozens of custom touches, the intent was to be subtle and add to the classic lines of the car. This car has won many awards and car shows and garners attention everywhere it goes. It has been the feature car for magazines as well as a best of show winner. It was built to be driven and be enjoyed.

Body:
-Original California car now in Arizona. Garaged its entire life!
NO RUST
-Painted 2000 Dodge “Salsa” Burnt Orange. Stripped to bare metal as prep and body work was done with a hammer and dolly, no body filler.
-Custom Miata door handles.
-Late model Mustang exterior mirrors
-Honda CBR gas filler door
-Shelby GT350 Style front valance retaining front bumper. GT rear valance
-Shaved trunk latch. Now releases from inside the car
-All emblems, lettering and antennae shaved as well as stainless rocker trim
-Rocker panels treated with same anti –rock chip coating prior to paint as new BMW’s
-Original Black CA Plates
-Clear turn indicators (only found on European bound T-5 Mustangs)
-Halogen headlights with replaceable H-4 bulbs
-New bumpers, taillights, etc. Stainless professionally polished
-Tastefully tinted windows all around

Interior:
-Complete rewire with Ron Francis custom wiring harness built to this cars specs.
-Full Autometer instrumentation including Boost Gauge and Tachometer in a 1965 Shelby gauge pod on dash
-Mustangs Plus Short throw shifter. Fantastic conversation piece at car shows, even better to drive!
-Billet Specialties half wrap steering wheel
-Sound deadening material used throughout interior
-Dash and rear package tray wrapped in black tweed
-Stock white interior. All upholstery redone with new foam on both front seats
-Pioneer stereo with Boston Acoustic speakers and powered antennae
-Trunk release inside car.

Engine and Drivetrain:
1990 5.0 HO (302ci) fully balanced and rebuilt with the following features. About 10K miles since rebuild:

Engine:
-Edelbrock Victor Jr. Aluminum Heads w/2.02, 1.60 SS valve, port matched intake and exhaust
-Paxton Supercharger overdriven to about 7lbs of boost
-Full roller drivetrain with Ford Motorsport E303 Cam, Billet 9 way adjustable timing set w/ roller Torrington bearing on thrust plate
-Rods rebuilt with polished beams, shotpeened and ARP bolts.
-GT40 lower manifold with Downs Aluminum upper intake
-30lb injectors, 75mm Pro M Mass Air and BBK 70mm TB, adjustable fuel pressure regulator
-MSD 6AL/BTM (Boost Timing Management) Ignition system
-Aluminum cross flow Griffin radiator w/Spahl 2500cfm electric fan
-7Qt, High capacity pan with Hi-Volume Oil Pump and ARP drive
-ARP fasteners used throughout
-Solid TCP motor mounts
-Flowmaster mufflers with H-pipe

Transmission:
-T-5, 5spd transmission built to beyond World Class standards.
-hardened gearsets with billet alum countershaft bearing support to replace the “weak link” stamped sheet metal bearing support
-Hurst Short body used with custom shifter which moves the handle right next your leg, allows 1 ½ inch throw 1-2 gear changes
-Mcloed Kevlar single disk clutch with steel flywheel. Rated at over 700hp. Will not slip
-Mcleod hydraulic throwout

Rear End:
-Ford 9in rear end, housing from a 1957 Fairlane. Not cut down
-3.89 gears. New Detroit Locker

Suspension & Brakes:
-Custom made 17x8 P.S. Engineering GT40 style wheels
-13” Baer front and 12” rear brakes, cross drilled and zinc coated rotors, braided steel lines and dual reservoir master cylinder
-Coil over front suspension with 12x adjustable QA1 shocks front and rear shocks
-TCP rack and pinion steering rack
-Full TCP welded subframe connectors with bolt in center cross bracing
-TCP aluminum cowl and shock tower support w/Monte Carlo bar
-TCP torque arm rear suspension link
-1970 Mustang front spindles for added strength
-5 leaf mid eye rear springs with heavy duty shackles
-1’ front sway bar w/polyurethane bushings

This Mustang has proven to be a fantastic car in every aspect. The car has always run cool including high traffic situations. Being fuel injected, the car is truly a turn key and go vehicle.

Car and Driver's Top 10 Best Cars for 2010

This year, for the 28th running of our annual 10Best competition, the rules were simple. First, we raised the price cap from $71,000 to $80,000 (roughly three times the average transaction price of a new car) in the belief that 80 grand is the current point of automotive excellence’s diminishing returns. Cars get more expensive than that, but they don’t get much better. More important, raising the cap makes eligible nominees in two other vital categories: luxo-sport GTs and luxury sedans. Never mind that only two new cars qualified (and one was about to be replaced in a few months, so we left it out). Second rule: As is the norm, we invited back 2009’s 10Best winners and all the new or significantly altered cars for 2010. Every qualifying vehicle must be on sale no later than January 2010, ergo the complete absence of vaporware. In all, we hosted a total of 58 automobiles at our secret base hidden amid the farm plots of southeast Michigan. We flogged the cars for a week over our long-standing route, which serves up everything from smooth curves to pockmarked apexes to first-gear corners to high-speed straights to elevation changes.
Keep Reading: 2010 10Best Cars
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2010 Audi S4
Back in 2004, when the S4 introduced the entry-level luxury-car segment to V-8 power, it was named a 10Best Car. Fast-forward six years. The all-new S4 lost a couple of cylinders but packs a silky, 333-hp supercharged V-6 (it makes just seven fewer horses than the old V-8 did) and might be the most controversial car on this year’s list.
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2010 BMW 3-series / M3

Attacking our 10Best loop each year in a 3-series gives you the sense that this car has been designed for the sole purpose of oozing along that twisting, cratered section of pavement. There, it has a cohesive fluidity that’s unmatched by any of its competitors. But then, the 3 feels similarly sublime on any other stretch of road, too.

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2010 Cadillac CTS / CTS-V

Now entering its third year as a 10Best winner, the Cadillac CTS plays at the top of a segment packed with some of the best cars in the automotive kingdom. Its interior is gorgeous, with a truly expensive feel, and it is more spacious inside than most of its similarly priced competition. Outside, the CTS combines uniform shapes and sharp angles that borrow from nobody. But the way the CTS drives is what we keep falling for year after year—its moves are as crisp as its exterior lines. The CTS manages to blend refinement, driving dynamics, comfort, and performance in a refreshing, even exhilarating, way that satisfies enthusiast drivers and luxury seekers simultaneously.

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2010 Ford Fusion Hybrid

It’s an unlikely claim, but the Ford Fusion hybrid is in fact the most advanced car on this list. Through the body of this unpretentious family sedan runs the sturdiest bridge between the tech of the 20th century and that of the 21st. ______________________________________________________

2010 Honda Accord

In 28 years of 10Best competition, Honda’s Accord has made the list 24 times. Somewhere in Japan, there are about 200 engineers wringing their hands and asking each other, “Where’d we go wrong in those four losing years?” Maybe that’s why the car is so good. ______________________________________________________

2010 Honda Fit

The overachieving Fit is one of our quick-draw answers when people ask us which car to buy. It’s all the car anyone needs—big fun, and as cheap to own and operate as a hamster. Despite the Fit’s microbial footprint, it takes truly Sasquatchian dimensions to be discomforted inside, and all that space is surrounded by quality materials and thoughtful design unmatched in many vehicles costing much more.

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2010 Mazda 3 / Mazdaspeed 3

The latest Mazda 3 arrives with more than just a shiny new wrapper. It’s more refined, too. In both 148-hp i and 167-hp s versions, the basic Mazda 3 feels more like a genuine car than most of the econoboxes it competes with on price—a bare-bones i starts at $16,045, and the s begins at $19,790. Material quality, ride quality, and chassis control are all a class above. If there are beancounters at Mazda, they don’t get anywhere near the suspension. Getting behind the wheel of the Mazda 3 is a comforting reminder that there is a fun-to-drive car for every economic stratum.

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2010 Mazda MX-5 Miata

The fundamental mission of a sports car is to put smiles on the faces of its occupants, and few accomplish that mission more effectively than the Miata. After all, a sports car, particularly a roadster, is at least as much about transportation for the spirit as it is about simply getting your body from one point to another. ______________________________________________________
2010 Porsche Boxster / Cayman

There are a lot of words beginning with the letter “P” that can describe the mechanically identical Boxster and Cayman—poised and profitable leap to mind—but we think the most appropriate one is perfect. It’s certainly hard to think otherwise when the Boxster offers a driving experience so sublime and so tactile that it’s really only rivaled by the Cayman’s. Every spin of the steering wheel, every push of a pedal, every fat blat from the flat-six engines, they’re all calibrated to deliver one thing: unparalleled automotive pleasure. In fact, the pair proves even more rewarding than the iconic—and much pricier—911. _______________________________________________________

2010 Volkswagen GTI

The latest GTI is the sixth iteration since VW invented the pocket rocket (or “hot hatch” in Euro-speak) back in 1976. And while the GTI has grown larger and more powerful, it keeps its original spirit.
It’s relatively inexpensive and supremely practical yet is an immensely entertaining vehicle that’s as happy meandering around mall parking lots as it is being flogged along a great back road. The 200-hp, turbocharged inline four-cylinder is smooth and responsive, although it doesn’t imbue the GTI with the kind of startling acceleration that the brawnier Mazdaspeed 3 possesses.

Car and Driver's 2010 Top 10 Engines

BMW Twin-Turbo 3.0-liter Inline-6
OUTPUT - 300 hp or 265 hp (diesel), 300 lb-ft or 425 lb-ft (diesel), 101 or 89 (diesel) hp/L FOUND IN - 135i, 335d, 335i, 535i, X5 35d, X6, Z4 For a turbocharged engine, it’s fantastically linear and lag-free, and the diesel is the most powerful and responsive of its kind sold in the U.S. ______________________________________________________

BMW 4.0-liter V-8

OUTPUT - 414 hp, 295 lb-ft, 104 hp/L

FOUND IN - M3 Its blood-curdling shriek and immediate, predictable responses are a large part of the M3’s greatness.
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Ferrari 4.3-liter V-8

OUTPUT - 483 or 503 hp, 347 lb-ft, 112 or 117 hp/L
FOUND IN - F430, 16M Scuderia Spider, 430 Scuderia Revs to 8500 rpm. Will startle the neighbors and possibly break their windows.
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Ford Twin-Turbo 3.5-liter V-6 OUTPUT - 355 or 365 hp, 350 lb-ft, 102 or 104 hp/L
FOUND IN - Ford Flex and Taurus SHO, Lincoln MKS and MKT Raises the bar for turbo off-idle response. Huge midrange grunt. Premium fuel not required.
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GM Supercharged 6.2-liter V-8
OUTPUT - 556 or 638 hp, 551 or 604 lb-ft, 90 or 104 hp/L
FOUND IN - Cadillac CTS-V, Corvette ZR1 Scary-powerful barrel-chested beasts that power GM’s two best-ever cars.
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Honda 2.0-liter Inline-4
OUTPUT - 197 hp, 139 lb-ft, 99 hp/L
FOUND IN - Civic Si This is Honda’s highest-performing nonturbo four, a smooth and rev-happy engine that makes rowing through the gears joyful.
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Lamborghini/Audi 5.2-liter V-10 OUTPUT - 525–552 hp; 391–398 lb-ft; 101–106 hp/L
FOUND IN - Audi R8 5.2, Lamborghini Gallardo and LP560-4 Its supreme power and manic bark cause spontaneous 100-mph-plus mergings onto freeways.
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Mercedes-Benz 6.2-liter V-8 OUTPUT - 451–563 hp, 443–479 lb-ft, 73–91 hp/L
FOUND IN - C63, CL63, CLS63, E63, ML63, S63- SL63, SLS This wicked-sounding, flexible V-8 has lifted AMG’s appeal since ’06.
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Porsche 3.8-liter Flat-6 OUTPUT - 435 or 450 hp, 317 lb-ft, 115 or 119 hp/L
FOUND IN - 911 GT3 and GT3 RS Its strident wail is a big reason why we prefer the 911 GT3 to the Turbo.
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VW/Audi Turbo 2.0-liter Inline-4 OUTPUT - 200–265 hp, 207–258 lb-ft, 101–134 hp/L
FOUND IN - Audi A3, A4, A5, TT, and TTS; VW CC, Eos, GTI, Jetta, Passat, and Tiguan
Smooth and sonorous, it launched in 2005 as a forerunner to the trend of downsized, boosted, direct-injected engines.