1967 The Fast and Furious Mustang From Tokyo Drift! JUST WOW!

If you have watched the movie, then you know the car. Yes, you are right it is the Tokyo Drift`s Ford Mustang that appears at the end and settles everything. The whole structure and style of this Fast and Furious Mustang was inspired by the Ford Falcon compact. The Ford Mustang was officially introduced to the public in 1964 at the New York World`s Fair. It is then when the Mustang became a megastar. Ford Mustang had, in fact, minor details obtained from the two-seat Ford Thunderbird and the Lincoln Continental, while a detail is taken from Ferrari`s grille.

However, the Mustang is a result of hard work and extreme knowledge in engineering. Therefore, Ford Mustang won a lot of prizes including the Motor Trend Car of the year, the Tiffany Design Award for “excellence in design” and others. The Ford Mustang  initially had a 2.8 liter 6- cylinder engine mated with a 3 speed transmission. The engine had power to produce 105hp and a torque of 156 lb-ft. However, as time passed the engine of Ford Mustang changed.

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Universal Studios needed a car for their next movie and they had the 1967 Ford Mustang into consideration, but the only hindrance was Mustang`s V8 engine. But, they found solution for that, too. They modified the engine with some Japanese details. For Universal Studios to make this car suitable for the role, it had to buy some elements and put them in the car. However, not a lot of elements could be found in shops and therefore a lot of elements had to be made in a factory.

Here`s one curiosity. The Skyline is a car with 4 wheels ride, while this Fast and Furious Mustang has rear wheel drive and in order to make the Mustang properly working, they incorporated the 1998 Skyline GT-S`s manual transmission with 5 speeds in the Ford`s rear end. Another engine used in the movie was a Ford Windsor V8 engine with 430 cubic inches that was able to produce 375 hp. Finally, the Mustang was able to develop speed from zero to 60 mph in 6.7 seconds.