Magnaflow Foose Mustang Part 1

Today

on muscle car, the guys team up with Chip Foose to customize a 2010 Mustang with a new paint scheme, body kit, exhaust and more. It's phase one of a project you could end up winning.

Welcome a muscle car. A lot of different rides have been defined as muscle cars and some like the AM

were only around for a few years.

Others like the Camaro when the challenger, but they're enjoying a modern day revival. But there's one that's been flexing its muscle for a solid 45 years.

The Mustang to celebrate this milestone, Ford is introducing its newly redesigned model for 2010

Magna Flow has donated this Fresh off the line Mustang to muscle car. It's a star GT. So it's no slouch. But we've got a few ideas to give this thing more attitude

straight off the showroom floor. It's rated at 315 horsepower when you control those horses with a third pedal, it's that much more fun.

The breaking is downright impressive even in stock trim and with a flick of a switch, the only traction control here is in your right foot,

but stock's not what we're about here. Now, we got some plans for this thing and the best part we're giving it away when we're done. That's right. One of you guys is gonna be driving this 2010 mustang. A lot of automotive legends have stopped by to pay us a visit here at the power block, but not one of them has had time to just hang around and help us out.

Now, we really wanted to transform this thing into a one of a kind of ride. So we invited back one of our favorite guests. And this guy is known for his unique designs and he's gonna help us transform this bone stock GT

in a muscle car is Magna Flow Mustang Chip Foose. How you doing? Great to see you. Thanks

to see you. Thank you very much. So, what's your vision for this thing?

Well, I know that uh you know, first of all, I'm excited that we're gonna be one of the first groups to get to customize the new 2010 Mustang,

but it is gonna be a mag film Mustang and their colors are black, yellow and red. So I gotta get to a drawing table, figure out exactly what we're gonna do

and we're gonna end up painting the whole car. That's what man we'll get you set up

with a few supplies, some good reference shots and the car park 10 ft away. Chip gets to work on his preliminary sketches.

He starts with a series of free hand line drawings. These allow him to get the right angle and proportions for the final sketch.

Each new drawing builds on the last and gets him closer to the vision that's in his head.

Let's do that one. It's pretty cool.

Once the proportions are correct, he fills in the details and starts adding some color.

This process takes at least four hours when dealing with a stock car that can take a whole lot longer when you throw in custom body mods or if he's dealing with a one off project.

That's beautiful. Thank you.

You've done this before. Yes, I have but never on a 2010 Mustang.

You know, I wanna thank Ford Motor Company for donating the car to the project. Absolutely, man. Give us a fun project to play with.

Well, hey, while you've been hard at work over here, me and Tommy, we've been knocking parts off that thing left and right. So I think we ought to put some more on. Absolutely. Hey, stick around because right after the break, we're gonna start mounting up some new parts.

You get another look at that game.

I will like it

coming up. We're adding some pipes to this pony and chip works on his lines.

Hey, we're back.

We've been pulling parts off this thing for hours and I'm about ready to put something back on it.

Chip looks like Magna flow has hooked us up. What do we got? Yeah, this is Magnum Flow's Competition series. It's a true stainless steel 2.5 inch cap back system designed just for the 2010 mustang

should bolt ride on. Give us a nice aggressive sound. Good deal. I bet it helps us out in the performance area.

Yeah, from the cap back and the true X pipe,

it's gonna give us probably a gain of about 18 horsepower and 23 ft pounds of torque. Good deal. Let's get it on.

Let's do it.

This kid is a prototype for the 2010 Mustang and Magna Flow. Nailed it,

everything fell into place just like Henry designed it himself,

man. You wasn't kidding about this thing just being a bolt on. I told you,

you gotta hear it.

Well, if you'd hurry up, we could hear it.

You gotta get it on the ground, get it sanded first. That's right.

We pulled an all nighter last night and got this whole car wet, sanded and pratt. We're just about ready to roll it into the booth.

Actually, before we roll in the booth, I'd like to get all the graphics laid out so I can step back and take a look at it

because when you, the booth can't get away from it

works for me. Great.

Just like with any other all over paying job, we can't do anything until we get it all messed up.

Now, anybody that's familiar with Mustangs. Knows that Jack Rush

makes a pretty cool aftermarket kit that he bolts on to the Mustangs. Now, we were privy to uh actually knowing that he already produced a

2010 Mustang set

and we actually got a set for this car. Now, one of the things that uh I looked at when we looked at the rear wing and this little tail and we're bringing this graphic that comes back. I wanted to trim that off. So I've already done it on the other side.

And what you'll see

is when you line those up, the other side will lay nice and flat and we won't have the tail dropping down.

It's a pretty cool part just making a slight alter change. And, uh,

Jack hope you're not upset, but I think it's gonna look pretty cool

when laying out graphics. The first step is to find the center line. This is the most critical step when laying out stripes.

Once you have the center line established, you can build off of it to get the width that you want.

Now remember when you're laying out graphics, if it looks right,

it is right. Tape is easier to remove than paint. So take your time and make sure you're happy with the layout before you grab your gun

with the layout finish. It's off to the races.

Don't go anywhere. There's more of the Magna

Foose Mustang coming up

during the break. We finished covering up what needs to stay gray and got it wiped down to prep it for color.

Custom paint is exactly that

custom. So, not much comes straight out of the can. Well, that's what I'm thinking is just spray this, so it's just a real light coat. It would warm up the yellow a little bit, but at least we'd have that pearl effect

without being so orange.

I don't want that much Orange

chip has been using Basf's

Diamant

line of paint for a lot of years and knows the toners well enough to mix and match for the colors that he wants.

I like this color here though.

Oh, yeah.

Mixing custom paint isn't just a matter of getting colors you like. But getting colors that all work together, the D BC wire will go over that silver pretty quick.

That gray.

Yeah. Why don't we do that then? I think that's gonna be our best bet just over thin. It.

So you don't get a whole lot of millage on it, but

it's gonna save us a big old edge.

Let's do that.

Do better plans.

You know, I'm just checking the color against the gray.

I

like that contrast.

I like that.

I was gonna darken it up a little bit there. A little blue in there.

No maroon.

So it stays in the red family. Still

keep

it a little purple. That's cool.

Some old school colors and dig it

bright warm colors. Are also very transparent. This layer

of white will reduce the number of coats needed

when you're spraying a car. There can be a lot of distractions. Just keep your focus and try to ignore what's going on around you.

With the white down. The yellow cover is quick and easy.

We're only using two coats that means less of an edge for the clear to have to bury.

Now, the reason I took the yellow and ran it down a lot further is because it'll make it a lot easier to lay down the red later. So you always got to think ahead and custom paint.

What I'm doing right now is I'm recreating all the tape lines that were originally put on the car when it was all gray.

What we did then

was masked off, what was to stay gray,

pulled everything up so we could spray the yellow.

Now, I'm masking off what's gonna be yellow

once that's finished, we'll spray a little bit of red on the quarters. We'll lay out the red graphic, then we can paint the whole car black, get it all on mask, make sure it's clean, then we can clear

it.

What I'm doing right now is actually almost unnecessary because it's gonna be covered by the wing, but

we don't have the wing in base coat yet.

So I'm gonna go ahead and lay out the graphics as if there wasn't gonna be a wing on this. It'll look better if we ever take the wing off.

You know, just it'll show that the quality of the paint job is, is really there.

But the wings actually gonna cover all of this part of the graphic comes out to about the center of the deck lid here

and then the graphics are gonna roll up on top of that wing as well and tie it all back in.

I gotta say this is one of my favorite parts of doing a car. It's uh

you know, first you've got a mental image in your head of

what you want it to look like.

I've done the drawing

and now actually laying the graphics out on the car,

but it's not until it's all finished color, sand, rub pinstripe. You got the wheels and tires on it and the car is sitting at the right stance.

That's when you really get to uh step back

and enjoy that sense of accomplishment

with the yellow stripes laid out. It's time for the red.

I'm laying down a wider section than needed to give chip more room to lay out his design.

I'm keeping the gun at an angle to the panel to reduce the build up on the tape edge.

Next chip follows up with more tape to cover where the red stripe will be before the final color goes on.

It's time to tag team this pony to lay down the black. Now I got to say sharing the booth and spraying such a high profile car alongside chip. That was the highlight of this project for me

after letting it dry for about a half hour, it's time to reveal the Mustang's new look.

The graphics are almost done, but it's just not the Magna Flow Mustang without one final detail.

After a good cleaning, it's time to tag team at one more time to bury all that work under four coats of bass, 5300 clear

and

let her know

after the break, check out the awesome transformation as phase one of our Mustang build is buttoned up.

Now, the plastic lenses have been sanded with 1000 Grid.

What we're getting ready to do here is we're going to put a darker candy over the top of it

which is gonna bite right into it

and then we're gonna put a satin clear over top of that. It's gonna look very cool.

I know it seems like a lot of work for such a subtle change. But the details make all the difference. Every lens on the car is being treated to a flat clear,

minus the tent for the headlights and fog lights.

Well, this is a pretty cool Ford, but we're about to make it a little cooler.

Now, this is a production wheel by MH T. It's a Foose

Legend wheel.

It's a powder coated gray finish with, we've got real lucky. It actually matches the gray on the mustang

and then it's got a machine lip finish.

But before the mustang is totally finished,

we're gonna add a red pin strap around the edge. We're gonna back it up with some bear brakes.

It's finally time to hang some parts to see Chip's Vision become reality.

Now, back in my younger days, really, the only thing I used mothers for was their detailing products. So it was really good stuff. But now with their professional line, literally from color sanding to the time you pull in through the gates of the car show. It's mother's all the way, man. You can't argue with that. Look at it.

Take one rendering, three car guys, 72 hours and one brand new 2010 Mustang mix them all together. And what do you get? Muscle cars? Magna Flow Mustang. Now it looks pretty close to the rendering, but believe it or not, it's only about 90% there.

First of all, I want to thank you guys, I've had a great time here at muscle car, but

we've got a list of companies we've got to thank for this project. First of all, Magna Flow for having the vision Ford for ponying up with the new Mustang

rush

for giving us the cool body kit.

Pelli forgive us the tires to wrap up those Mh T Foose 20 inch wheels. We got BASF who gave us all the paint

and of course, we detailed that with the mother's products

and of course the car sounds so good with the magnum flow exhaust system.

I still think it could have a little better stance. Yeah, we're nowhere near done with this thing. We still got to throw some pinstripe at it. Hook up the suspension and throw some performance upgrades at

it. I tell you, chip in between working on the car and everything else we've had going, I did a little something for you.

It's a little clock if you notice

did, did a little flake and a little fade, some pinstriping on it for you. But if you notice there's, there's no numbers. There's no,

there's a reason for that after working with you for the last three days. I've come to the realization.

You have no concept of the passage of time, dude. You're an animal. I know the deadline, we gotta get it done. That's all you focus on the deadline.

So there you have a clock with non numbers. Thank you for coming out, man. I really,

I also wanna thank Robert from Magna Flow for all the help. He, he's given us too. Absolutely. He's a good dude.

Right on beer on me. Let's get out of here.