Do you have the stones to buy a new 2012 Mustang and before the first payment is made take a Sawsall to it? John Heermann did, and the finished work of art will be at the SEMA show should you be going.
Shown here in its factory-fresh black paint and later primer red plus temporary tape job, Heermann’s Mustang is retro styling at its best.
Built under the tutelage of master metalsmith Doug Kielian in his Lincoln, Nebraska Auto Kraft Body & Paint shop, the custom 2012 Mustang GT wears ’68 and ’69 Mustang sheetmetal around it’s nose, tail and rear quarters, all expertly grafted into the basic 2012 body. Even the headlight doors and rear fender caps have been faithfully recreated—both from scratch—the hood lengthened 14-in. and the rocker panels custom built. Add in the quarter windows, side marker lights and vintage bumpers and about the only untouched portion of the car is the roof, although rear window has been raised slightly for the proper fastback angle.
And in case you’re wondering, there isn’t a thread of fiberglass anywhere.
A one-off labor of love, Heermann’s Mustang is not the forerunner of a line of small production run, it’s strictly his idea of what a Mustang should look like. Performance mods so far are a set of Dynatech long-tube headers and X-pipe, a JLT cold air intake, APR carbon engine cover and SCT tuning.
Just 23 years old, Heermann has been working at Kielian’s shop while attending college in Lincoln, but is returning to his Colorado family farm soon. Let’s hope he keeps turning out customs.
That’s Heermann at right with the black shirt; Kielian is at left in white.
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