It usually takes days, weeks, and sometimes months to create a show vehicle, but the San Diego-based Stangpede Mustang club has set out to prove otherwise.

In front of a live audience at the 2008 San Diego International Auto Show, the Stangpede team transformed a stock 2008 Ford Mustang GT into full-blown show car in exactly six hours.

This wasn’t the first time that Stangpede has built a Mustang show car - they have previously built vehicles at auto shows in Orange County and Las Vegas as well as last year in San Diego . However, this build was somewhat different because the newly-modified Mustang will be featured in the upcoming The Fast and the Furious 4.

"We love having a live audience watch us build Mustangs, but this car is extra special because millions of people will see it," said Ernie Sigala, Club President of Stangpede.

The completed Mustang will appear in the movie with the Stangpede banner and will also appear at shows across the country.
The build-up was done using the very best aftermarket products available for the Mustang. The Stangpede team added an LNR body kit from Blow-By Racing, TruFiber GTS hood, Saleen 550-hp supercharger system, suspension and brakes, MAC full exhaust system, Classic Design Concepts Glassback roof, and a vertical door kit from Vertical Doors, Inc.

Several sponsors took the extra step and even helped out with the build. Chris Jones, owner of Blow-By Racing helped install the supercharger, and Mac Jones Jr. of MAC Performance took on the installation of the exhaust system. DiabloSport co-owner George Najarian was on hand to tune the car using a Predator tuner, and Brad Diez from Speedzone Paint and Bodyworks was present to make sure the Mustang’s Candy Apple Red paint remained spotless. NOS Energy Drinks provided plenty of beverages to keep the team energized during the build.

"We had tremendous support from our sponsors and couldn’t have done it without them," said Sigala.
Stangpede San Diego Dream Build Mustang sponsors and features:

• Legacy Entertainment: Owners of 2008 Mustang GT
• Blow-By Racing : LNR body kit
• TruFiber : GTS ram-air hood
• Saleen : 550-hp supercharger kit, 20-inch wheels, Racecraft suspension with watts-link, shocks, springs, and sway bars, 15-inch brakes, Speedlab carbon fiber racing seats
• MAC Performance : Complete exhaust system include shorty headers, h-pipe, and side exhaust kit, chrome radiator cover, chrome fuse box cover
• Classic Design Concepts : Glassback roof, deck lid trim panel, dynamite sequential taillights, hood pin appearance kit, hood struts, detail corral
• SS Inserts : Under-hood stainless hardware kit, 8-inch fixed black antenna, billet chrome fuel door, polished stainless interior trim pieces, stainless steel license plate and frame
• Vertical Doors, Inc : Vertical door kit
• Kustom Shop : Candy Apple “Legacy” Red paint
• Hardcore Mustangs : Pre-show preparation of Mustang
• DiabloSport : Predator custom tuning
• Killer Glass : Borosilicate glass radiator hose
• Modern Image : Vinyl decals
• Aces Land and Sea : Fuel and oil catalyst
• Speedzone Paint and Bodyworks : Painting and buffing
• Mechanix Wear : Work gloves
• Lucas Oil

For more information on Stangpede, visit Stangpede.com.

 

It's surprisingly tasteful for a F&F movie car....

 

I would say they...."assembled" the car....a feat in itself...very impressive!...however...everything was prepainted and set out and everything...oh well...nice job!

 

looks good except for those lambo doors, the interior looks awesome, but id probably take the red across the dash

 

That chris jones is a sexy biatch.

 

+1 on the interior.....those seats are awesome.

 

Wow I'm rather impressed with thie F&F4 .... I'm not too big on the vertical doors, but the chromed Saleen supercharger is lovely.

Hopefully a halfway decent character gets this car!

 

Huh, not bad. Maybe I will actually catch this flick in the theater.

Anyone know what rims those are??

 

they's probably crash it intp a wall...and if that means one more eleanore body kit down then I can live with that

 

Hopefully is don't end up like the Saleen and '68 fastback in the other movies.

 

I'm sure it will get run over by a mack truck like the stang did in F&TF2 because it couldn't keep up or handle well enough for the ricers!

 

im with everybody else...vertical doors ftl......anybody know anything about the movie? theyve sucked..lol

 

All the bad a$$ american muscle gets totaled while the ricers own the streets; you know what I think about this... :gay:

 

well actually i think its gonna focus more on american muscle...makes sense leaving off tokyo drift with the american muscle comment and all...who knows

 

Very well done,

 

The hood make the car look like a Dodge RAM. It wants to be a KR hood but the line are over done.

 

sweet Ride......................when is the movie due out??

 

I do like the rest of the car though. That side draft is NICE! Anyone know if it kills HP???

 

I went to HCM lats weekend and saw this car, its AMAZING. Big props to them for doing such a big thing in a small time..

 

All the Stangpede show cars kinda look the same. Not knocking the supporting vendors of the car, but they roll in with these two god aweful chameleon painted cars here in SoCal and other than the paint, they look a LOT like that car. Lambo doors, body kit, etc...

Anxious to see how the car gets used though!