1965 Ford Mustang Fastback Wide-body (Hot Rod Magazine Project circa 1979)

Ford Mustang 1965 Description

Attention collectors! Here's your chance to own a piece of HOT ROD Magazine history ... a one-of-a-kind 65 Mustang Fastback project car dubbed "Mustang Magic". This story began in the 1970s when a pooped out pony was purchased by HOT ROD magazine's editor, ruce Caldwell, hen transformed into a super street wide-body stallion by custom designer Eddie Paul. This car was featured in 8 issues of Hot Rod from Dec, 978 to Jan, 980 with a cover shot on the Aug, 979 edition. The entire build was consolidated into a 28-page article in the "first" edition of MUSTANG MAGAZINE in 1980 and also graced the cover of Petersen Publishing's Shop Series book titled "Engine Swapping". If you have access to the #1 issue of Mustang Mag, ook it up. You'll be impressed with the work put into this car including a 289 engine blue-printed at the Edelbrock factory in California.
In addition to the car's rich magazine lineage its notoriety doesn't stop there. Mustang Magic's builder, ddie Paul, as a very impressive resume. A few highlights of his career include builds for Hollywood movies like "E.T.", Grease" and "Star Wars". Later he built the "xXx" GTO movie cars as well as the cars in "The Fast & The Furious" and "2Fast 2Furious". In 2007 I sent the car to Eddie for restoration to its former magazine glory days. The restoration completed in 2010 and has primarily been used for local shows since then.