This ’68 Mustang Project Gets Prepped for Single Digit Blasts and a 2025 Drag-and-Drive Debut
Two years after making his drag-and-drive debut at the 2022 edition of Sick Week Presented by Gear Vendors Overdrive, Jason Golden continues to refine and improve the performance of his twin-turbocharged 1989 Ford Mustang.
In 2024, Jason and his wife Tina plan to enter The Circuit in the spring, Sick Summer Presented by Motion Raceworks and Rocky Mountain Race Week 2.0. But when 2025 rolls around, we will see the husband-and-wife team rolling in a new ride, this 1968 Mustang fastback.
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“We are in the process of building a new drag-and-drive car,” said Jason. “We learned a lot on this car (current Fox Mustang), what works and what doesn’t, what we like and don’t.” The new car will get a 25.3-spec chassis, and the Goldens enlisted Keith Lopez of FoxRod Racing to weld up all the bars to get that cert sticker.
Starting with an original ’68 Mustang, Trenton Clark was tasked with adding all new sheetmetal, and he will be the one to coat it in color when the time arrives. “We’re undecided on the color, but not gray,” said Jason.
“We are really just getting started on it,” Jason continued. “It will be small tire of course; we like to party.” For motivation, the Maschmeier Performance Engine 400 cubic inch small block Ford powerplant currently sitting in their Fox Mustang will get a new address.
They will also use the twin Garrett 76 G45 turbos, and the Proformance Racing Transmission Turbo 400 3-speed automatic with a Chance billet converter, and a Gear Vendors Overdrive behind it. “We are excited for this,” said Jason. “The yellow coupe weighs 3100 pounds, and our goal is 2800-2900 pounds with this one. You will see plenty of carbon in this one.”
“When I was younger, we bought Fox Mustangs because that’s what we could afford. We wanted 1965-68 Mustangs and old hot rods, but couldn’t afford them. I reached a point in my life that I wanted to build my dream car, a 1968 fastback. When I was a kid, we had a ‘65 fastback and it was the coolest car I’ve ever been in.”
Written by Derek Putnam. Photos courtesy of Sick the Magazine and Jason Golden.
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