What you’re looking at is a brand-new Ford Mustang GT, powered by the Coyote 5.0-liter V-8 engine. Sitting on top of the donor car is a fiberglass body kit, designed to replicate the look of a 1969 Mustang Boss 302. (David Undercoffler / Los Angeles Times)
To get the look, Retrobuilt fused fiberglass body panels to the existing rear quarter panels and door skins and then replaced the front fenders, hood and rear desk with fiberglass parts. (David Undercoffler / Los Angeles Times)
Meanwhile, the marker lights, front and rear bumpers, taillights, front grille, door handles and mirror housings are all original (remanufactured) parts for 1969 Mustangs. (David Undercoffler / Los Angeles Times)
The car is then painted to a color of the buyer’s choice and mounted on a tire and wheel package of the buyer’s choice (this car has 18-inch rims). (David Undercoffler / Los Angeles Times)
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The side stripes you see here were added by Retrobuild, but it couldn’t add the “Boss 302” text for trademark reasons. Since Ford owns that name, Retrobuilt customers have to add that themselves. (David Undercoffler / Los Angeles Times)
In addition to the body modifications, the conversion kit includes a MagnaFlow cat-back exhaust, an Eibach suspension and fresh-air intake. The cost for the project is $30,000 on top of the price of the donor car. The model you see here also has an optional $1,100 paint job. (David Undercoffler / Los Angeles Times)
The process takes six weeks. Retrobuilt says it has already converted 17 cars for customers and is working on five more. (David Undercoffler / Los Angeles Times)
Though the exterior isn’t, the interior is straight out of the 21st Century (David Undercoffler / Los Angeles Times)
