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A father and son in Strasbourg spent two years restoring a 1968 Mustang GT Fastback built to the same spec as Bullitt’s most famous chase car. Days after finishing it, the groom drove it to his own wedding. Here’s the story behind the build — and why the ’68 GT Fastback remains one of the rarest, most requested Mustang body styles ever made.
Tom’s Refurb pulled a 1966 Mustang fastback out from under a trailer home after twenty years of neglect, and what might be a real GT turns into a rebuild full of honest, unedited mistakes — including one so specific that a retired service manager couldn’t stop laughing while he watched it happen. Between a recurring cameo from a neighbor named Papa John and a T-shirt that doesn’t survive the shoot intact, this is barn-find content built on candor instead of polish. What actually went wrong with that oil pump?
Springtime Yellow paint makes this 1967 Mustang Fastback look cheerful, which undersells what Ford actually changed that year. The 1967 model was the first significant redesign of the Mustang, wider and longer specifically to make room for a big block, and it was also the last year for the legendary K-code 289. Ford built just over 71,000 fastbacks that year against nearly half a million Mustangs total. Read on to find out what makes the fastback the one enthusiasts chase.