Bite The Bullitt

In less than two years, Bob Boyce created this incredible bullitt-themed pro touring Mustang by himself in the back shed

- Andrew Broadley

When you’re building a car to the calibre of Bob Boyce’s 1968 Mustang fastback by yourself in the shed, you’ve got to keep your nose to the grindstone. Bob picked the car up in October 2018 with the hope of knocking it over in 12 months, but may have underestimated the monumental amount of hours the job required. In actual fact, there were 2300 of them, and it’s a credit to the man that he managed to dedicate that volume of time to the project and see it through to completion in less than two years, all while juggling a full-time job, a wife and five young’uns.

“It was no easy task!” he assures us. “There were a lot of long days, nights and weeks in the garage. I began sharing pictures of the build on my Facebook page and it quickly started to gather a following; the classic Mustang crowd is an awesome group of people.”

The level of interest in the build grew to the point that Bob decided to establish a Boyce Customs Facebook page (@boycecustomcars) and YouTube channel (youtube.com/boyce1020), which no doubt kept him accountable for any lack of progress, if not motivated to work! “I’m not very good at presenting or producing videos, but I had a lot of fun doing it and sharing info that I hope will help others as they build their own cars,” he says.

The first thing Bob did when he got the car home was go right to work with the welder and plasma cutter, adding bracing and then removing the entire front clip, firewall, floor, rear quarter panels, inner and outer wheelwells, boot floor and chassis rails. It’s fair to say that he removed more than he kept, being the roof, sills, and A- and B-pillars.