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HEY, RICHARD.
YOU'RE NOT GETTING VERY FAR WITHOUT YOUR KEYS.
Richard: WHEN I STARTED GAS MONKEY GARAGE, MY GOAL WAS TO BUILD IT
INTO THE COOLEST HOT-ROD SHOP IN THE WORLD AND A GLOBAL BRAND.
THIS '68 MUSTANG, IT'S BEEN WITH ME THE ENTIRE JOURNEY.
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MY BUDDY JAY RIECKE COMMISSIONED ME TO BUILD THIS '68 MUSTANG
ABOUT 12 YEARS AGO, AND WHEN "FAST N' LOUD"
GOT GOOD TO GO ON THE AIR,
I REALLY WANTED THE CAR, AND HE GAVE IT BACK TO ME,
AND THAT WAS THE BEGINNING OF THIS CAR
AND I'S JOURNEY FROM A SMALL SHOP BEHIND FITZ'S GARAGE
TO A GLOBAL BRAND.
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A LOT OF THINGS FELL BY THE WAYSIDE
WHILE I WAS BUILDING THE BRAND, INCLUDING THIS CAR.
SEEING SMOKE COME OUT OF HER BROKE MY HEART.
I KNEW IT WAS TIME TO TURN THIS
MUSTANG INTO A BADASS DAILY DRIVER AGAIN.
THE FIRST STEP IN DOING THAT WAS TO GIVE HER A HEART TRANSPLANT.
WE PULLED THE STOCK 302 MOTOR
AND REPLACED IT WITH A HIGH-PERFORMANCE 347 STROKER
PUSHING 400 HORSEPOWER,
AND THAT'S ABOUT 200 HORSEPOWER MORE THAN IT HAD.
TO MAKE SURE THAT POWER GETS DOWN THE ROAD,
WE INSTALLED AN AUTOMATIC OVERDRIVE MONSTER TRANSMISSION.
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WITH A LOT OF POWER AND HIGH PERFORMANCE,
YOU GOT TO BE ABLE TO STOP, SO WE WENT WITH
WILWOOD DISC BRAKES, FOUR PISTONS FRONT AND BACK.
ONE OF THE BIGGEST PROBLEMS I HAD WITH THIS CAR
WAS KEEPING IT COOL IN THE SCORCHING TEXAS HEAT.
TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN, RON DAVIS RADIATOR.
NOW, THE ONLY SMOKE COMING OUT OF THIS CAR
WILL BE FROM THE TIRES.
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AS COOL AS GAS MONKEY IS ALREADY,
NOW FIGHTING OFF THE TEXAS HEAT IS A BREEZE
THANKS TO VINTAGE AIR AND ONE OF THEIR TOP AC UNITS.
THIS CAR HAS BEEN WITH ME THROUGH THE YEARS,
THE GOOD TIMES AND THE BAD,
AND I'M GLAD WE FINALLY GAVE IT THE LOVE IT DESERVES.
WE SET OUT TO GIVE MY MUSTANG NEW LIFE,
AND AS YOU CAN SEE, WE NAILED IT.
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