You either loved or hated the SVO Mustang, which boils down to either you got it or you didn’t. I can’t help but think the new EcoBoost Mustangs will garner the same response from the muscle-car community.

The video after the jump follows the step-by-step build process of a Cobra Jet from a shell to a complete car.

Latemodel Restoration’s latest build: the SVE Pace Car – Project 777. This killer S-197 was first fortified with plenty of suspension and rim/tire upgrades before it saw a ton of track lapping on many of the Texas road courses.

This, my friends, is automotive gold! Seriously, we should celebrate manuscripts like this backed with cinematography this grand.

His license plate says, “SRY LSX,” and to be honest, it would take a seriously fast LS-powered car to take down this Coyote-powered S-197 with its simple, but effective single-turbo setup.

Here’s something you don’t see too often: a twin-turbo, Coyote-powered Lincoln Mark VIII that pulls like a big dog on the top end.

By today’s standards, Fox Bodies, and most muscle cars for that matter, aren’t considered safe. No airbags, no ABS, questionable seat belts, but hey: they had padded steering wheels, right? Well, having them, and having them stay in place during a crash is a different story as you’ll see.