Since the first horseless carriage took to the road, people have been trying to get their rides to go faster. By 1932, with the introduction of the Ford Model 18, you could buy a V-8-powered two-door right off the lot, with suicide doors to boot.For it's time, the '32 Ford was a powerful and unique machine. Still, the "Deuce Coupe" has remained one of the most-modified cars, even more than 70 years later.
The same phenomenon occurred with Ford's Mustang. Although the Mustang is quickly approaching 50 years of production, the theme has remained the same. Like the '32, Mustangs are available with an optional healthy V-8, yet almost every Mustang owner spends his/her hard-earned cash on upgrades to make it faster than Joe Schmoe's four-barrel down the street.This ever-changing, yet familiar competitiveness brings friends, family, neighbors, and complete strangers together to form a culture known as "hot-rodding." Larry Waters Sr. and Larry Waters Jr. have joined this community in a big way with two blue coupes.
Wild-A-Beast, 1988 LX
After searching for months to find the car he wanted, Larry Waters Jr. of Cumming, Georgia, found an '88 LX coupe in Florida, then owned by Steven McClune. Originally a four-cylinder model, McClune began modifying the body for drag racing but didn't finish the project. Larry Jr. purchased it, and father and son spent the next six months building one fine example of a street/strip hot rod.Larry Jr.'s 408 Windsor is...
Larry Jr.'s 408 Windsor is simple and clean. His father even painted the engine compartment Bright Regatta Blue to match the exterior.
The interior of Larry Jr.'s...
The interior of Larry Jr.'s '88 is equipped with an six-point rollbar, five-point harnesses, Auto Meter gauges, and a B&M Pro Stick.