Sick 1965 Mustang P-51 Speedster is a Fun 600+ HP Restomod
In a recent edition of My Car Story, YouTuber Lou Costabile meets with Jorgensen, the proud owner of a 1965 Mustang P-51 speedster, a restomod with a 600+ HP powerplant.
The restomod community has a soft corner for Ford’s lauded pony car. We recently discussed some exciting Mustang II builds. More recently, YouTuber Lou Costabile was lucky enough to get an opportunity to meet Jeff Jorgensen, who is the proud owner of a 1965 Mustang P-51 Speedster restomod. Constable discusses this fun retro-futuristic model in a recent edition of “My Car Story.”
The car we have here is a speedster conversion that pays homage to the legendary P-51 Mustang fighter jets of the 1940s. The sports car also proudly flaunts P-51 livery, complete with red stripes that adorn the rear and a yellow checkered flag upfront. This Mustang’s elaborate wrap emulates the aluminum construction of the iconic fighter jet.
The bodywork of this ’65 Mustang was also heavily modified. In addition to flying buttresses that sit behind the cockpit, the car also gets a new shorter windshield. The interior gets a fully digital instrument cluster, stainless steel pedals, a custom steering wheel, and faux fighter jet instrumentation. Beautiful saddle brown leather adorns the door panels and seats of this 1965 Mustang restomod.
The pièce de résistance of this custom ensemble sits under the hood of this Mustang P-51 Speedster restomod.
Ford’s 5-liter Coyote V8 powers this Mustang speedster, and the powerplant hooks up to a 5-speed manual gearbox. According to Jorgensen, this particular Coyote mill churns out over 600 HP of maximum power. As our readers already know, the Ti-VCT Coyote V8 is good for 480 horsepower in its standard tune. Safe to say, the motor in Jorgensen’s Mustang P-51 speedster received a significant upgrade at some point.
Costabile also got the chance to get behind the wheel of this fun restomod and even drove the Mustang P-51 speedster. The YouTuber shared his experience. “There’s no door handle (exterior), so you have to open it just like I did (using the interior door handles). I mean, the interior you can see is really very well done with the custom; notice all of the custom pieces,” explains Costabile.
He further adds, “The handling is like a go-kart. Wow, this thing just gets up and goes.”
Image Source: Lou Costabile