As you all know my name is Ernie and I own my own shop in San Diego called Hardcore Mustangs. I mainly work on the S197 bodystyle since it's 80-90% of our business. I enjoy helping customers create their dream stang and seeing them smile when they see their own creation. I have worked on hundreds of stangs in the past 11 years and have given the task of creating the ultimate stang. Here is the story of the car you are about to see....

A little over a year ago I was approached by several sponsors to create a mustang that most people would love. At the same time I was given the ultimate task to create this masterpiece in a time limit. It was brought up to me that there was a certain mustang that was created from stock to a show car in a few days. I made a comment that me and my team can create a better mustang in less time. I reserched and spoke to my team and came up with a dream build in 6 hours or less. Everyone tought we were crazy to think we can create such a feat. For those who know me I challenged myself and agreed to the project. We only had less than 2 months to prepare for the show. I created a dream list of parts for this car in which I contacted the sponsors. Most sponsors agreed to help out with our project. I had to buy a stock 07 GT Coupe from a nearby dealer. Before I bought the car we had to decide on a color that will stand out from all others. We decided on Nittro Blue from Kustom Shop. The car had to have a black base coat so we picked up a 2007 GT Coupe in black. We started tearing up the car the same night and learned short cuts that will help us cut the time during our install. We practiced for a few weeks with suspension, brakes, motor, exhaust, and body parts. We took the car to the 2006 International Auto Show in Anaheim CA. On October 7, 2006 from Noon-4:45pm we achieved a dream like no other, a full show car in less than 6 hours. Here are the specs when we were done.

Sponsors

Saleen --HID Lights, Suspension package, control arms, panhard bar, Extreme 5-spoke wheels, 14' Brake kit
Mac Performance --- Custom side exhaust
Mechanix Wear --- Protection Gear for the crew
Nitrous Express --- Nitrous kit w/10lb bottle
Classic Design Concepts --- Directional Mirrors, Sequential tailights, strut shock kit, Detail corral, floor mats, GT 500 pedals
Blow By Racing --- Full BBR kit, Eleanor hood
Whipple Supercharger -- Full Polished 10lb kit with intercooler
Corbeau --- CR-1 Micro-suade seats
Nos Energy Drinks --- provided drinks to keep the crew up and awake
Kustom Shop --- Nittro Blue custom Paint
HCM --- Labor of course
SS Inserts --- All chrome accents in motor
Lucas Oil --- Support and tons of oil for the car
Diablo Sport --- Hand held tuner
Vertical Doors --- Vertical Door kit
Dunlop Tires --- 275/35/20


Since then we have added these mods

Glass Top from CDC
Fully built engine by ST Motorsports
Fully polished motor by HCM
Full suade door panels by HCM
A-pillar 3-gauge pod with Autometer gauges
CDC center gauge pod with Autometer gauges
Interior accents to match exterior paint

We are still working on making this car better so stay tuned for updates.


This car has helped us launch our business from the ground up. And so we would like to thank everyone that helped us and supported us. Even now a lot of people even on here have been helpful with our business. Thank You.

I hope you guys enjoy the pics and I am opened to any comments, but don't scorch me to death. LOL

Keep in mind this car has won several Best in Shows including (Fun Ford Weekend, Mustangs in the park show) It has also received over 30 awards mostly being 1st place at many different shows.


Here it is completely stock


And now the transformation

 

all i got to say is WOW!

 

I love it except for the vertical doors.

 

Me too! I have to please the sponsors and the different crowds.

 

I am not a fan of the body kit, paint or doors. I like everything else of course.

 

Looks sweet, I thought Id heard the story about this before, but I guess not. Is that a custom color you guys had specially made by Kustom Shop or is it premade and thats just the one you picked? And I always thought that kit was the Cervinis one lol.

 

You can actually order the same paint thru Kustom Shop.

 

I don't like the doors. The car looks sweet otherwise. I have never been a fan of that type of door. IMO you have gone away from Muscle car to Import. If you like those more power to you, it is just not for me.

 

You don't like the doors because you never seen them in person. What you didn't know is that you can open the doors the regular way also. In fact the car makes 561 hp to the wheels with a Whipple supercharger @ 14lbs of boost. It doesn't get better than that in terms of Muscle car. I appreciate your comment but you need to understand that I build the car to satisfy sponsors and mustang enthusiasts that like to modify their mustang.

 

Looks good but hate the Lambo doors....but if I had a sponsor or 30 i would do what they wanted as well.