Subtly badged and embellished,...
Subtly badged and embellished, Moroso's GTM show car was also the com-pany's research and development tool for a whole whack of unique S197 offerings. They'll clone one for you, if you'd like.
Maybe not so obvious is that, to Moroso, this '08 GT was more of a research and development tool than show queen. Bought in November 2007, the coupe has been used to engineer and test roughly 30 new S197-era products that now wear the Moroso or Competition Engineering (a Moroso subsidiary) name, which you can invest in for your own ride. Or, if you can't be bothered with picking and choosing off its a la carte menu, Moroso can also build you a full serialized clone of its GTM (not hard to guess what the "M" represents).
We don't have space to list each and every bauble on this striking coupe (Moroso's website, www.morosoracing.com, can help in that regard), but a number of bits deserve special mention. Even at a distance, the lightweight carbon-fiber hood, trunklid, front splitter, and rear spoiler are bound to attract attention. So will the 20-inch wheels that Moroso describes only as "retro-looking" and are 9.5 inches wide on the nose, and a full 10 inches out back. The projector-beam headlamp modules make for a menacing, purposeful mug perfectly complemented by the plain, Bullitt-style main grille and brake-duct-equipped lower grille.Moroso's Paul Minore and Rick...
Moroso's Paul Minore and Rick Moroso are all smiles about the GTM. Below the company's welded-aluminum underhood components lend a race-serious appearance. GTM No. 001's Three-Valve sports a positive-displacement Roushcharger but is otherwise stock.
The interior cocooned within that stout 'cage is well dressed as opposed to over-dressed, and this near-stockness is probably a reflection of the fact neither Moroso nor Competition Engineering make much, if any, interior gear. Even so, the buckets are stitched with "GTM" embroidery, the dash face wears a carbon-fiber-style overlay to match the body components, and a serialized billet dash plate proclaims this to be GTM No. 001.
 |  Eight-point rollcages have...  Eight-point rollcages have been a staple at Moroso' s Competition Engineering subsidiary, and an S197 Mustang setup is now on its application list. Within the protective shell of the 'cage, the GTM has a mostly stock cabin. | |