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Scott, 25, has been a car buff for the last 10 years. "When
I was 15, I liked the boys. All my friends were always guys,
I really didn't have any girlfriends," she recalled.
"So I got involved with helping them out at different
car shows and I got interested in cars. Then I decided I needed
a car of my own."
Her first car was a 1998 four door Grand Prix. She had just
started to customize it with the standard items such as aftermarket
tint and exhaust when she decided she needed a dedicated summer
runner. Always being partial to Mustangs, especially the box
style ones of the 1987-1992 era, primed her for the day she
saw the 2002 Mustang GT on the dealer lot.
"I was driving by one day and saw it and fell in love
with it because everything was white, the top, the interior,
the whole car," Scott recalled. "I just saw the
potential in it. I don't see vehicles as they are; I always
picture them how I can make them."
Within 30 days of purchasing the new car, Scott opened up
the engine's lungs by installing a cold air intake and dual
exhaust setup. "From there it just seemed like a monthly
thing, it was one thing after the other," she explained.
The biggest challenges during the build were fitting the 4,000
watts of audio/visual equipment into the restricted confines
of a convertible and finding aftermarket parts for a relatively
new vehicle.
The end result has been a crowd pleaser and a show winner,
taking six awards in the last year including Best ICE, Best
Custom Convertible and the FRESH award at the Winnipeg World
of Wheels this past March. While the ICE in the trunk generates
the most attention, it is curiosity about what is under the
hood that produces the most amount of questions for Scott
at car shows.
While pleased with the current award-winning setup, Scott
reminded that the auto modification itch can never be fully
scratched. "Everybody always tells me, 'it's finished,
you're done with it.' But there's always something I'm going
to have to chrome or dress up a little bit to make it just
how I want it." However, she conceded the only major
work likely still to come is a gear change to a 3.73 setup.
The next priority for Scott is the purchase of another car
to keep her Mustang and her Ford Lightning company in her
garage. Her eye is on some old American muscle, in the form
of a 1969 Camaro or a 1970 Chevelle.
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