click above image to view more pics of the StangNet Mustang GT500
StangNet.com is putting the finishing touches on its latest project car, and it's a doozy. Of course it's a Mustang, a modified GT500 to be exact. Teaming up with Classic Design Concepts, a mini-automaker all its own, takes the StangNet GT500 to a place average tuners would usually fear to tread.
For starters, the StangNet GT500 sports CDC's Glassback roof, which looks like a painted piece of sheetmetal from a distance, but upon closer inspection reveals itself as perforated metal that allows occupants inside the car to see right through the roof. The car also sports a custom made ducktail spoiler, new lower front grille/spoiler, body-colored mirrors, MY2008 HID headlamps, louvered scoops over the quarter windows and a hand-painted pair of blue racing stripes.
The car's performance has been enhanced with a new suspension from Steeda, functional brake ducts in place of the standard GT500's foglamps, CCW SP20 19-inch wheels (deep dish in the rear) wrapped in BFGs, and a Magnaflow catback exhaust coupled to an MRT H-pipe. The interior is largely unaltered so far, save for the addition of a Ford GT push button start system.
The car will be present at the Mid-America Ford Performance and Shelby Meet in Tulsa, OK around mid-June. Come November it will also appear at the SEMA show in Las Vegas where we'll likely see additional modifications made for the big show.
[Source: StangNet.com]
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Petey @ Jun 6th 2007 8:35PM
Seems like there's a 'NEW' Mustang variant, special edition, or custom one-off project EVERY FREAKIN' DAY on here.
Tim @ Jun 6th 2007 8:57PM
Looks like one helluva car. Can't wait to see it at the shows!
F451 @ Jun 6th 2007 10:29PM
Tastefully done, but you can kiss the front nose/spoiler gone in one week's worth of real-world driving.
craig @ Jun 6th 2007 11:01PM
It is a duesey indeed.
Not a "doozy."
Quattrofan @ Jun 6th 2007 11:13PM
Yawn!
mblommel @ Jun 6th 2007 11:21PM
Slow news day = story about new tuner Mustang
Carlos @ Jun 7th 2007 1:25AM
"upon closer inspection reveals itself as perforated metal"
Really? looks like perforated vinyl to me, same stuff they use for ad wraps on buses and promotional vehicles.
I could be wrong but I dont think that perforated metal would do very well directly on top of glass.
I couldnt find any specific info on Stangnet.com so I hope that Autoblog didnt just make this part up.
Jaymez @ Jun 7th 2007 5:03PM
My thoughts exactly. I'd expect flexing to scratch the hell out of the glass if it were perforated metal.
It's probably the best tunerfied 'stang I've seen in a while.
david mcmahon @ Jun 7th 2007 4:08AM
G'day from Australia,
I'm a Ford man too, and I didn't realise the racing stripes were hand-painted.
Very interesting piece of auto trivia. Thanks for the great pix.
Cheers
David
http://david-mcmahon.blogspot.com/
Christopher Watts @ Jun 7th 2007 9:09AM
Nice looking car. Nice addition to the round of tuner ideas. The wheels are very, very nice. I don't care for stripes; painted or adhesive, but otherwise, this car is on point. People may as well accept the fact that this car (the Mustang) is popular. Always has been. Always will be. If you don't like 'Stangs why are you wasting your time reading these articles and posting empty comments?? Save the space for the fans and we'll catch your comments on the next post over super-expensive exotics that most of us will never be able to own...but that we all know SOOO much about.
Sarge @ Jun 7th 2007 9:36AM
Well said Chris Watts, well said...
Slapyo @ Jun 7th 2007 10:24AM
Latest info can be found here: http://www.stangnet.com/GT500-Project.html