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If you’re a car enthusiast but didn’t have a car-or at least a cool one-in high school, then chances are you knew people who did. It was the latter for Skyler Hardy, whose classmate cruised the school parking lot with his 1993 Mustang GT. It inspired Hardy to search for his own ponycar, and eventually he found it.
“I was immediately hooked on that car,” said Avon, Indiana’s Skyler Hardy. “As the years went on, I was always looking for one until I stumbled upon a good deal in the local ads-I finally found one for sale that I could afford.” As Hardy put it, the Mustang wasn’t the best one out there, but it was decent and fit within the limits of his budget. The 1992 Fox Body had logged 175,000 miles on the odometer, and Hardy would pile on many more as the Mustang served daily driver duties, but it was a 1992 LX hatchback with the 5.0-liter V-8 engine, five-speed transmission and the now very sought-after Wild Strawberry










Over the years, Hardy’s Mustang received upgrade after upgrade. A fresh repaint of Wild Strawberry by Jeremy Ross along with a Kaenen 4-inch fiberglass hood revitalized the Mustang’s exterior. In 2015, Hardy
swapped 5.0-liter engines, going from the venerable pushrod motor to a dual-overhead-cam Coyote 5.0. He added nitrous oxide to it at first, and then later supercharged the V-8 for the ultimate in power output.


Competitors beware, this isn’t your ordinary wild strawberry...this one’s got teeth!










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Eliminates spring wrap up
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