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Norman Sargent named his restoration shop “Grave Robbers” for a simple reason — it revives cars everyone else had given up on. His passion traces back to a childhood ride in his stepfather’s 1967 Mustang Fastback, a car built the year Ford redesigned the Mustang to fit bigger engines. That personal history now shapes how his shop approaches every barn-find project that comes through the door. Read on to find out what makes his approach to restoration different.
Overhaulin’ built its entire premise on secrecy, owners were lured away from their cars under false pretenses while Chip Foose’s crew tore the vehicle down to bare metal and rebuilt it as something unrecognizable. This 1970 Fastback came back wearing a 625-horsepower stroker big-block and a Vegas casino-themed name earned at the 2004 SEMA show. Read on to find out what it actually took to turn a stock Fastback into a high-roller’s garage centerpiece.
The fastback body style gave the first-generation Mustang its most dramatic profile, and pairing it with the GT package in 1966 created one of the most desirable combinations Ford ever offered on the platform. This example carries both. Read on to find out why the fastback GT still commands a premium over its hardtop and convertible siblings nearly six decades later.
Ford’s 1967 Mustang Fastback topped out with a 390-cubic-inch V8, and the 460 did not exist in any Ford product until the following year. This custom build drops 7.5 liters of 385-series big block into a shell wearing Bullitt-style fastback proportions and Eleanor-style silver paint, riding on chrome Cragar S/S wheels. Read on to find out what has to change to make that swap survive.