Brent Berge's Roush Yates-Powered 1965 Ford Mustang Redlines at 8,800 RPM
A car needs a great hook to make a good impression. Recently it seems the most sure-fire way to make a Mustang stand out was to build it to resemble a prop from the cinematic crash-’em-up genre. Clones — or sometimes tributes as they’re known — are crowd-pleasers.
Not to Brent Berge. “I’m sick of the Eleanor clones and tributes,” he admits, jabbing at the 1967 and 1968 fastbacks configured to look like the hero from the 2000 remake of Gone in 60 Seconds. When the third-generation car dealer set out to make his mark in the Mustang world, he went in a more traditional direction: with exotic power — specifically a Roush Yates Engines RY45.
For those who don’t know the engine, Roush Yates made the RY45 by detuning its FR9, an engine designed for NASCAR’s Xfinity and Monster Energy Cup series. Though branded Ford, the engine only tenuously resembles any Ford product.
