{"id":21464,"date":"2012-12-16T17:37:14","date_gmt":"2012-12-17T00:37:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/?p=21464"},"modified":"2013-11-24T15:39:01","modified_gmt":"2013-11-24T22:39:01","slug":"budget-pro-touring-mustang","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/budget-pro-touring-mustang\/","title":{"rendered":"Budget Pro-Touring Mustang on the Track"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mr_social_sharing_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<!-- Social Sharing Toolkit v2.2 --><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.myrideisme.com%2FBlog%2Fbudget-pro-touring-mustang%2F&amp;media=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.myrideisme.com%2FBlog%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2012%2F12%2Fpro-touring-mustang-fastback.jpg&amp;description=Budget+Pro-Touring+Mustang+on+the+Track\" class=\"pin-it-button\" count-layout=\"none\" rel=\"lightbox[21464]\"><img border=\"0\" src=\"\/\/assets.pinterest.com\/images\/PinExt.png\" title=\"Pin It\" \/><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><fb:share-button type=\"button_count\" href=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/budget-pro-touring-mustang\/\"><\/fb:share-button><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-count=\"horizontal\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/budget-pro-touring-mustang\/\" data-via=\"myrideisme\" data-text=\"Budget Pro-Touring Mustang on the Track\"><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><div class=\"g-plusone\" data-size=\"medium\" data-annotation=\"none\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/budget-pro-touring-mustang\/\"><\/div><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a class=\"mr_social_share_email\" href=\"mailto:?subject=Budget Pro-Touring Mustang on the Track&amp;body=https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/budget-pro-touring-mustang\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-sharing-toolkit\/images\/icons_small\/email.png\" class=\"nopin\" alt=\"Email\" title=\"Email\"\/><span class=\"mr_small_icon\">Email<\/span><\/a><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"linksalpha_button linksalpha_link\" href=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/social\/mobile\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/budget-pro-touring-mustang\/\" data-text=\"Budget Pro-Touring Mustang on the Track\" data-desc=\"1966 Mustang Fastback - Pro-Touring on a Budget \u00a0 One of the hightlights of the Optima Ultimate Street Car Invitational (aka OUSCI) was meeting Ron Schwarz, the owner of this extremely well done - homebuilt - 1966 Ford Mustang fastback. Sporting all the pro-touring trim, MyRideisMe.com featured\" data-image=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/pro-touring-mustang-fastback.jpg\" data-button=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img src=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/images\/social_share_button.png\" alt=\"Share\" class=\"linksalpha_image\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/scripts\/loader_iconbox.js?v=2.4\"><\/script><\/span><\/div><h2>1966 Mustang Fastback &#8211; Pro-Touring on a Budget<\/h2>\n<p><em><strong><a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/pro-touring-mustang-fastback.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[21464]\"><img class=\"alignnone  wp-image-21466\" style=\"margin: 4px; border: 2px solid black;\" title=\"Budget Build Pro-touring 1966 Mustang Fastback\" alt=\"mustang fastback, 1966 ford mustang, 1966 mustang fastback\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/pro-touring-mustang-fastback.jpg\" width=\"575\" border=\"2\" hspace=\"4\" vspace=\"4\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/pro-touring-mustang-fastback.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/pro-touring-mustang-fastback-150x99.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/pro-touring-mustang-fastback-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/pro-touring-mustang-fastback-575x381.jpg 575w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>One of the hightlights of the Optima Ultimate Street Car Invitational (aka OUSCI) was meeting Ron Schwarz, the owner of this extremely well done &#8211; homebuilt &#8211; 1966 Ford Mustang fastback. Sporting all the pro-touring trim, MyRideisMe.com featured this car long ago as part of a how-to story: <a title=\"5 Tips for Building a $5000 Pro-Touring Mustang\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/5-tips-for-building-a-5000-pro-touring-mustang\/\" target=\"_blank\">Build A Pro-touring Mustang for $5000<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The key point was, as you can imagine, &#8220;Do it yourself&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>With a few stickers, new wheels and a new, budget blowing LS motor, Ron&#8217;s Schwarz&#8217;s Mustang now cracks the wallet closer to $15,000, but I&#8217;d guess is still many thousands on-the-cheap compared to the other competitors at the Optima Invitational.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/pro-touring-mustang-fastback2.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[21464]\"><img class=\"alignnone  wp-image-21467\" style=\"margin: 4px; border: 2px solid black;\" title=\"Ron's pro-touring at speed on the Spring Mountain track\" alt=\"Fastback mustang, 1966 ford mustang, pro-touring mustang\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/pro-touring-mustang-fastback2.jpg\" width=\"575\" border=\"2\" hspace=\"4\" vspace=\"4\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/pro-touring-mustang-fastback2.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/pro-touring-mustang-fastback2-150x115.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/pro-touring-mustang-fastback2-300x231.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/pro-touring-mustang-fastback2-575x443.jpg 575w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Unbelievably, Ron finished 33rd in the Design challenge. I don&#8217;t know what those cats are looking for, but this was a ground up car featuring only what&#8217;s needed to go fast. Other than that, Ron finished just outside the top 20 on the Hot Lap Challenge and the Speed Stop Challenge, but did bring home a top 20 in the Autocross.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>At least he can say he tied with the Lamborghini!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">See all of the<a title=\"OUSIC Pictures and Stories\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/tag\/optima-ultimate-street-car-invitational\/\" target=\"_blank\"> 2012 Optima Invitational Stories &amp; Pictures here<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"mr_social_sharing_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<!-- Social Sharing Toolkit v2.2 --><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.myrideisme.com%2FBlog%2Fbudget-pro-touring-mustang%2F&amp;media=&amp;description=Budget+Pro-Touring+Mustang+on+the+Track\" class=\"pin-it-button\" count-layout=\"none\"><img border=\"0\" src=\"\/\/assets.pinterest.com\/images\/PinExt.png\" title=\"Pin It\" \/><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><fb:share-button type=\"button_count\" href=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/budget-pro-touring-mustang\/\"><\/fb:share-button><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-count=\"horizontal\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/budget-pro-touring-mustang\/\" data-via=\"myrideisme\" data-text=\"Budget Pro-Touring Mustang on the Track\"><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><div class=\"g-plusone\" data-size=\"medium\" data-annotation=\"none\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/budget-pro-touring-mustang\/\"><\/div><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a class=\"mr_social_share_email\" href=\"mailto:?subject=Budget Pro-Touring Mustang on the Track&amp;body=https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/budget-pro-touring-mustang\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-sharing-toolkit\/images\/icons_small\/email.png\" class=\"nopin\" alt=\"Email\" title=\"Email\"\/><span class=\"mr_small_icon\">Email<\/span><\/a><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"linksalpha_button linksalpha_link\" href=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/social\/mobile\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/budget-pro-touring-mustang\/\" data-text=\"Budget Pro-Touring Mustang on the Track\" data-desc=\"1966 Mustang Fastback - Pro-Touring on a Budget \u00a0 One of the hightlights of the Optima Ultimate Street Car Invitational (aka OUSCI) was meeting Ron Schwarz, the owner of this extremely well done - homebuilt - 1966 Ford Mustang fastback. 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