How this Mustang went from clunker to racer for under $1500 | #TBT

David S.
By David S. Wallens
Aug 7, 2025 | Ford, Ford Mustang, #tbt, $1500 Challenge | Posted in Features | From the Aug. 2000 issue | Never miss an article

Photograph by Tony Giese

[Editor's Note: This article originally appeared in the August 2000 issue of Grassroots Motorsports. Some information may have changed.]

After our article featuring the inaugural GRM $1500 Challenge appeared earlier this year, some people cried foul, saying the cars at the event could not have been built by average people with their average tools. These skeptics said the cars were too fast and 100 …

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RacingComputers
RacingComputers GRM+ Memberand Dork
8/14/25 2:49 p.m.

Great Blast from the past

brandonsmash
brandonsmash GRM+ Memberand Dork
8/15/25 8:13 a.m.

That's a great read! I will say, though, the OCR also seems to have dropped a rocker stud. 

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