Project Pegasus 71 Mustang by Goolsby Customs

[Hdesign]

I just noticed someone had commented the 67 Chevelle built by the team at Goolsby Customs and thought it may be a good time to introduce a project I've been fortunate enough to be involved in for months now. I'm sure one of the guys over there will be chiming in soon with some progress pix, specs and updates throughout the build.

Josh gave me a call back in Feb with a slight hesitation in his voice when he told me they had a new project that needed some help. When he told me it was a 71 Mustang, I think he was a little surprised to hear my excited reaction.

These forgotten Mustangs often seem to be passed by at car shows and ignored by the performance crowd looking for something more agile and less barge-like. We took this as an opportunity to knock the ugly off of a potentially great car and get the proportions back under control without losing it's DNA.

I want to thank Josh and Goolsby Customs for letting me take a swing at it.
I hope you like it and comments, positive and negative, are always welcome.

Here's a little icebreaker to get things rolling.....

A quickie photoshop chop to tweak proportions


Here's the rendering we're working from

[ssdesign]

Looks good Ben..
Nice Renderings

[tones2SS]

Should be a cool project.
Killer rendering as usual Ben!

[GoolsbyCustoms]

Thanks for the kind words Ben and eveything you have done , we are extremely excited about this build and the challenges we will face this is a follow up build to the 67 chevelle for the same customer..... sort of the anti-everything the chevelle is it is riding on another Roadster Shop custom chassis... as we could think of nothing else worth putting under this and those guys have to be the absolute best in the business and by far the easiest to work with.

For power I will let the pictures speak by itself.....many more build pics coming soon .....

[Blake Foster]

Well it appears you can make one of these look GOOD!

[Al Moreno]

Nice job Ben, it looks lke you shrten the fron over hang about 6", behimd the front wheel about 2 " and another 4 to 5" of the back. Does that sound about right.

Base on the pictures, those changes loo like they are going to make a major difference.

Thanks for sharing.

By the way, the interior looks killer. I love the door panels, heck I love the whole concept. Sweet project!

[ja.stoner63]

Sweet. I can't wait to learn more.

[Hdesign]

Thanks guys.

I forget the actual dimensions of the cuts but even shaving a little off made a big difference right away. We altered the drip rail area to soften the shape of side window and make the roof look a little less flat. The intent was to create a more refined and aggressive look to the profile of roof and side glass. Another major mod is that we tunneled out the rear deck so there's a pass through on the rear spoiler. This resulted in a more sculpted rear roof but from the side it appears unchanged.

The whole rear of the car and the grill needed some massaging and detail work to achieve a more balanced and modern look. There's a lot of machined parts and fine details that'll hopefully tie the car together and reinforce the contemporary, industrial theme we were going for.

[strtcar]

Originally Posted by fbm37

For power I will let the pictures speak by itself.....many more build pics coming soon .....

How'd you get a 2011 5.0?

[fleetus macmullitz]

Originally Posted by Hdesign

These forgotten Mustangs often seem to be passed by at car shows and ignored by the performance crowd looking for something more agile and less barge-like. We took this as an opportunity to knock the ugly off of a potentially great car and get the proportions back under control without losing it's DNA.

Great to see you guys take on the challenge of improving on the fastback's design. Always liked the front end styling of these cars and the convertible models.