Justin: Hey, guys.
Justin with Americanmuscle.com, here with the monthly update for May.
Now,
this month officially kicks off summertime, which for gear heads means lots of events,
car shows, and races.
And right here at American Muscle, we are already in full swing.
Now
if this is the first time you're catching some of our videos, do yourself a favor and
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videos, including project car builds, detailed product breakdowns, and of course some very
cool events.
Well, as you guys probably know by now, the Mustang just celebrated a massive
birthday last month.
That's right.
America's iconic pony car just turned the big 50, and
to help celebrate, we headed down to Charlotte, North Carolina with thousands of other Mustang
fanatics to help mark the special occasion.
You guys have to check out the video to see
what I'm talking about.
In fact, just click on that button below to give it a quick watch.
We did get a first-hand look of the 50th Anniversary Mustang, the 2014.5 car, that Ford is only
producing 1964 of these models, which will only be available in two colors, the O.G.
Wimbledon White, which is the first Mustang color ever offered, in addition to Kona Blue.
We were lucky enough to chat with Chief Mustang Engineer, Dave Pericak, one more time, where
he let us in on some of the very cool features that'll be specifically made for this 50th
Anniversary car.
Dave Pericak: We have a . . . The pony is back in the corral on the grill.
Dave
Kaeck: Saw that.
Dave Pericak: So that will be unique for this version.
Quarter windows
actually made out of three panes of glass.
Never been done before.
Dave Kaeck: No.
Dave
Pericak: When inside, it's very well appointed.
We got a two-tone interior.
Dave Kaeck: Okay.
Dave Pericak: Black and cashmere, I.D.
badge, Mr. Ford signed that badge.
Dave Kaeck: Wow.
How cool is that?
Dave Pericak: And then each one of these cars is serialized.
So it'd be
one of 1964.
Justin: In addition to that, we did chat with some other Ford V.I.P.s,
including Bill Ford himself and future C.E.O. of Ford, Mark Fields.
Now, we did get to see
the largest Mustang cruise ever assembled, and I have to say it was very cool seeing
all these cars lined up, even despite the less than ideal conditions.
Our good friend,
Vaughn Gittin Jr. was also at the 50th Anniversary celebration, along with his Formula D competitor
and drift alliance, brother Ryan Tuerck, and those guys did what they do best, man.
They
put on an awesome drift display in two RTR Mustangs, and they didn't let the rain get
in the way of their parade, man.
They put out a ton of tire smoke, despite the wet conditions.
Of course, we were really excited to have Project MMD down in North Carolina to announce
that Americanmuscle.com and MMD are teaming up yet again to give away this awesome machine
at this year's American Muscle Mustang show, August 16th, 2014.
Now of course, we had people
in and out of the MMD booth all day long, of course checking out the car and entering
for their chance to win.
I mean, let's be honest.
Who wouldn't want a 590 horsepower,
blown and bagged, 2014 GT with all the trimmings and some of MMDs latest parts, like their
new 551C wheels, for instance, wrapping Mickey Thompson rubber?
Again, guys, you have to
click on that link below to enter for your chance to win.
Keep in mind, you're allowed
one entry per week, and you must be 18 years or older.
Hey, guys.
Just a friendly reminder.
The 551C wheels are now available here on the site.
You can pick these up in the charcoal
20 inch staggered version, like we have installed on Project MMD, but the wheels are also available
in both silver and matte black and in both 19 and 20 inch diameters.
As I mentioned earlier,
the MMD wheels are wrapped in Mickey Thompson's street comp tire, which I have talked about
on the site here before.
Now great performing tire at a very fair price, and if you guys
know Mickey Thompson, you know they're legends in the game and have been designing and producing
quality tires for decades.
All right, split screen time.
If you want to check out the
551C wheels, click on this side of the screen.
If you want to check out some Mickey Thompson
rubber, click on this side of the screen.
MMD is coming in hot this month with some
other killer new products for the month of May, starting with their rear deck lid panel
for all 2013 and 2014 Mustangs.
Now, you've probably already seen this on the MMD project
car here, which we installed in stage three before we took the car out to Vegas.
Since
then, I've actually installed this part on my very own Mustang.
Now, here's the deal
with this part.
Quick and easy install, durable ABS plastic construction, but the kicker is
this rear horizontally embossed design, which flows perfectly with that lower license plate
area, which really sold it for me.
For the 2010 to 2012 crowd, MMD is launching the retro
Mach 1 inspired honeycomb deck lid panel.
Now again, another easy install, retains the
factory emblem, durable AB.
plastic construction.
And In my opinion, the 2010 to 2012 cars are
just practically begging for a rear deck lid panel, and the honeycomb option worked really
well back there.
So, if you want to check these deck lid panels out, here's what you
got to do.
If you have a 2013 or 2014 car, click on this side of the screen.
If you want
to check out the honeycomb deck lid panel from MMD, click on this side of the screen
if you have a 2010 to 2012.
Hopefully by now, you guys have had the chance to watch our
latest Mustang Mayhem event, and if not, you know what to do.
Click on that link below
to catch yourselves up.
This time around, in an effort to make things a little different,
we had some modded Coyotes going head to head against some bolt-on Shelby's, and at the
end of the day, the bolt-on Shelby's took home the crown, making a combined 1725 horsepower
for the Coyote's 1477 horsepower, a difference of about 250 horsepower.
Representing strong
for team Coyote was Rob Rabone in his 2011 Mustang GT, which was Paxton supercharged.
We've seen Rob before at our 2014 calendar, and he was even at last year's American Muscle
Mustang show where he took home Vaughn Gittin Jr.'s Personal Choice Award.
Now, besides
laying down over 560 horsepower, Rob and his GT have become pretty Internet famous, thanks
to his bagged ride and his ridiculous plastidip jobs.
His latest creation is this crazy mystichrome
thing going on.
I have to admit it looked very cool in person.
But at the end of the
day, it was all about horsepower, and Christian's all-black sinister 2013 Shelby GT500 had lots
of it.
In fact, Christian ended up laying down the most power of the day, putting down
a ground-shaking 735 horsepower at the rear wheels here in our Dynojet, thanks to a lower
balancer from Innovators West, JLT cold air intake, and a full exhaust setup from Stainless
Works.
Nevertheless, it was a very fun day, and we really look forward to next time at
Mustang Mayhem.
Hey, guys.
Wheel season is officially here, and if you're still looking
for a new set of shoes for your ride, you might want to check this out.
For the entire
month of May, AmericanMuscle is offering a $100 gift card on select wheel and tire kits,
like the Charcoal AMRs with street comp tires.
If you want to learn more about this crazy
deal, just click on the link below.
Now keep in mind, with all of our wheel and tire kits,
you do get to take advantage of free mounting and balancing and free shipping and handling
directly to your door.
This month also features a big rebate going on from BBK that you'll
find exclusively right here at AmericanMuscle.com.
The entire month of May, you'll get up to
$50 off select intakes and throttle bodies from BBK.
Now, we've used a couple of throttle
bodies from BBK on some of our project cars, more recently project Coyote, and a couple
years ago we used one on our 10-second nitrous powered 2011 GT.
We all know BBK products
rock, and if you want to learn more about this rebate offer, just click on that link
below the entire month of May.
All right.
That just about wraps us up here for May,
but before we get out of here, just want to remind you guys that registration for the
2014 AmericanMuscle Mustang show is now open.
So, if you do want to show off your ride,
hang out with us all day long, I highly suggest you click on that link below and do so sooner
rather than later.
On the other hand, if you just want to be a spectator, you don't want
to bring a car, well you can do so and that is completely free of charge.
We've actually
gotten so big that we've outgrown our previous location.
So, we're packing things up.
We're
heading to the legendary Maple Grove Raceway this year on Saturday, August 16, 2014.
Now
every year, our show benefits a great charity, and this year is no different.
A portion of
the proceeds will be going to the Special Olympics, which is very cool.
And again, guys,
you just don't want to miss out on the largest single-day Mustang show in the entire world.
It's a ton of fun, a lot of great people there, a lot of killer Mustangs.
So again, click
on the link below if you want to check that out, and we hope to see you guys there.
All
right.
Now it's time for my favorite part of the video, where we give away some free
loot.
The winner for April's $350 gift card giveaway is Adam from Mayville, Wisconsin.
Congratulations, man.
I hope you enjoy the dough.
Now for May, we want to remind everybody
to enter for their chance to win this car right here.
Project MMD is up for grabs, and
to enter, all you have to do is click the link below right this second if you're watching
this on YouTube, and good luck.
All right, guys.
That does it for us here in May.
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