Project Boss 340 (our 1990 Mustang LX drag-car build) is like a tree with many branches. First and foremost, there's Boss 340, the car, as well as Boss 340 the engine, and there also are many other things (branches) of the project effort that all are important contributors to our mission to take the 'Stang to the dragstrip this November (PSCA's Street Car Super Nationals in Las Vegas) and run it for all its worth.

The little EZ-GO golf cart that we recently acquired is one of the project's branches that actually has me pretty excited. Not as much as the engine and car, of course, but I guess the fact is that I'm such a "car guy" that I dig any type of vehicle that can start as one thing and be modified, updated...transformed into something much better.

Our new pit-support vehicle falls in this category. While it isn't "junk," per se, it isn't a show-stopper, but it has plenty of potential to look better and really be a cool piece of equipment in 5.0's racing effort when we finally get out to the track with Boss 340.

It's time to get things crackin' with the golf cart's makeover, and the crew at Catalyst Industrial Marking (parent company of Raceskinz...those cool-ass, carbon-fiber, S197 Mustang GT interior and exterior treatments that we've talked about in the magazine) are taking care of it for us, as a warmup to the "new look" paint and graphics job they'll be giving the Boss 340 Mustang, at some point in the not-too-distant future...

On Wednesday, I dropped the golf cart off in the more-than-capable hands of the CI Marking team, led by Tirrell Lazada-Smith. The crew (Ty Henry, Todd Chiappini, George Bryand, Milton Gittens and Clay Bush) came out into the parking lot to check out their new project, and almost immediately started making "we can do this, and this, and this, and this" suggestions for upgrading our pit buggy.

The instant brainstorming session was really cool, and based on the things I've seen this crew do with vinyl graphics, paint, upholstery, etc, I'm confident that we'll have the baddest cart in the pits or wherever we take it.

This initial effort is truly just a precursor to some very big things that are yet to come. CI Marking will be giving Boss 340 a complete, custom-designed body wrap that we will be covering in detail in a future issue of 5.0 Mustang and Super Fords, and present to you a new-school option for giving your 'Stang a new look--that is a lot less time consuming and far more versatile than a custom paint job.

Of course, I'll throw a couple of "teaser" blogs out here for you as well, but make sure you stay tuned to the mag for the report on the Boss' appearance upgrade, from concept to application. In the meantime, if you're interested in dressing up your Mustang, especially an S197 or Shelby GT500 (KR's, too), I suggest you get with the Raceskinz Web site and see what they've got to offer (www.raceskinz.us.com), or call Catalyst Industrial Marking at (818) 988-0577 to see when they can get your Pony in for stripes, graphics, or even a full wrap.