BOSTON (TheStreet) -- For the car enthusiast who needs more than just an eight-ball shifter, how about a pool table made from a replica 1965 Ford Mustang?
The standard 4-foot by 8-foot slate game top is made from a solid fiberglass body that was molded from an actual '65 Mustang. Finished with high-quality paint and clear-coat, it can be special-ordered in nearly any color, though one might suspect the classic Poppy Red of the original car may prove the most popular choice. Although the length of the car shell is shortened to fit the table pool, it's retained the front and rear in the original size with working lights, bumpers, chrome decals, hardware and alloy rims and tires.
"In the classic car world, there is all sorts of furniture made out of [collectibles]," says Mustang Entertainment Vice President Tony Utegaard, a veteran of the hotel-renovation industry. "There really hasn't been anything done with pool tables, so we developed the idea."
For the past year, Utegaard and his team worked out the logistics of building their dream table and began the process to secure official Ford licensing.
"We had to have that little blue oval," he says.
Ford did its best to garner the pool table national exposure. One of the pool tables will soon take its place in a recreation room at corporate headquarters in Dearborn, Mich. It's a good guess that Chief Executive Officer Alan Mulally will make a guest appearance. |
