This Mustang GT350 re-creation started life as a 6-cylinder 2+2 with an automatic transmission.

This car was restored by its previous owner.

As owner of Amherst Classic Cars, we had to see just how good the restoration was.

We pulled the motor and suspension.

We removed the front clip and began the repaint to Wimbledon white with blue racing stripes, to match the original GT350 color scheme.

The car came with a 289 ready to be rebuilt to high output standards.

The motor was rebuilt by Johnny at Rick's Speedway Performance.

The 289 has flat top forged pistons.

The original 289 had cast iron heads but we installed pro-top live aluminum heads with small chambers and large valves.

It has a torquer cam shaft and a very wide range power ban from 1,500-6,500 RPM.

It has 10:1 compression and puts out over 300 blueprinted and balanced horsepower.

With the demon 650 carb and Edelbrock intake, this car can move out.

Finished off with a serpentine pulley system, MSD ignition, headers a...