As many of you know, I have the good fortune of being able to check out and make performance and/or appearance changes and enhancements to all sorts of Mustangs. Well, the all-new, 2010 Mustang is upon us, and Ford is giving interested (and creative) enthusiasts a chance to "design" killer appearance combos for the new Pony right away. Check out how, after the jump...

With the 2010 Mustang's official public debut happening this week at the Los Angeles International Auto Show, Ford is offering Mustang lovers a unique opportunity to electronically customize a "Twenty-Ten" 'Stang, and see it built right before their eyes in a Mustang Garage on the show floor. “Nobody has done this before with a new vehicle as popular as Mustang,” says Mark Conforzi, chief designer, Vehicle Personalization.

The "Mustang Garage" area features 3 computers that show visitors can use to create their ideal Mustang, using accessories from Ford Vehicle Personalization that are available in a variety of colors and finishes (wheels, stripes, spoilers, hood scoops and side scoops).

One design will be selected every hour, and a car will be built in front of the crowd to show exactly what the customer designed. Members from Galpin Auto Sports, best known for Pimp My Ride, will install the customers’ choice accessories on one V-6 convertible and one Mustang GT coupe, and when the car is complete, the newly customized Mustang and the proud designer will have their picture taken together.

"It’s the first opportunity where we can show the world we have this great new Mustang coming out, and we are offering a lot of new accessories with it,” Mark says, adding, “anything that looks technical is in fashion. More machine-like, low-gloss technical-looking surfaces are a strong trend, and in the right application, they look very cool.”

With that in mind, several unique finishes are offered on 5 wheels – black chrome, gunmetal gray powder coat, satin gold, chrome and high-gloss metallic white. Other accessories, like hood and side scoops, spoilers and the like will be available in silver, black or body color – plus a carbon fiber package (which should draw Editor Steve Turner in like a fish to a worm).

Each of the 43 accessories to be offered for the 2010 Mustang will be on display in the Mustang Garage exhibit, giving visitors a clear idea of all the accessories they can leverage to make the new Mustang their very own.