1968 Velocity Restorations Ford Mustang
Giving a first-gen Ford Mustang the full-bore restomod treatment.
Velocity Restorations is a Florida Panhandle-based company that takes first-generation Ford Mustangs and Broncos (among other vehicles), strips them down to their essence, and rebuilds them better than new. Velocity Restorations builds them at scale, rather than as one-offs — the company says they're building them 10 at a time — so their business model sets them apart from most other custom shops that traffic primarily in bespoke builds.
While the Velocity car may look almost identical to one that somebody would have driven off the Ford lot for the first time back in '68, it has been substantially upgraded. It sits on a new chassis from supplier Roadster Shop, featuring double wishbones up front with compact Fox coil-overs and a larger sway bar up front and a coil-sprung rear axle securely located with five links. It also has rack-and-pinion steering in place of the original car’s steering box. Power comes from a brand new 5.0-liter “Coyote” crate V8 straight out of the Ford Performance Parts catalog, much like the one under the hood of a brand-new Mustang GT. The engine is mated to either a six-speed manual or 10-speed automatic, with power sent through an old-school Ford 9-inch rear axle with limited slip differential. Large Baer disc brakes, with six-piston calipers at the front and four-pistons rear, sit inside 17-inch wheels.
The new mechanical package is wrapped in original sheetmetal that's been refreshed and painted in dripping-wet premium BASF paint …
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(photo credit: Will Sabel Courtney)
