Blake Meaux
Owner of Mo’ Muscle
Mo’ Muscle Cars in Hot Rod & Restoration Magazine
From the Nov. 2013 edition of Hot Rod and Restoration magazine.
The next generation of restomod masters at Houston-based Mo’ Muscle Cars are cranking out cutting edge classics with an eye to the past.
Back in 2005, Houston-based classic car enthusiast Tim Meaux, like so many other recreational builders around the country, was fed up. For a few years prior, he’d become accustomed to dropping his projects at a seemingly reputable shop, cutting a deposit check, heading home and waiting.
And waiting some more…
At times it could be years before progress was made and, even then, the work was rarely up to his demanding standards. Meaux knew shops were using his deposit to fund work on other vehicles and he despised the practice. Some would even go out of business before completing the work he had paid for.
“The reason I started Mo’ Muscle Cars is because I thought there was a tremendous need for the average muscle car guy to find a place that is dependable, does excellent work and stands behind their work,” he says in the video, posted on the website of the company he launched in response.
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Meet Tim Meaux
– Founder of Mo Muscle Cars
This week on PowerNation Courtney features a gorgeous 1964.5 Mustang from the up and coming shop Mo’ Muscle Cars in Conroe, Texas. Shop Owner Blake Meaux joins us to talk about the build of this Pro Touring pony car for owner Rob Bryngelson. Rob’s dream started with a GT500 5.4 liter engine with a Mammoth supercharger that originally made 820 horsepower! He wanted Blake and his team to build a modern performing muscle car around a 1964.5 Mustang body.
They started by reinforcing and bracing the floor and then coated the complete inside of the car with Lizard Skin sound and heat control. Then they had to make room for the supercharger by cutting the hood, raising it up and moving it back and then coated the underside of the hood in Lizard Skin heat control. The interior is faux leather with a hand-built steel dash with Classic Instrument Gauges and custom console with in house custom machined bezels. In the end, to make the car more drivable, they de-tuned it down to 620 horsepower. It’s an awesome car and a great block of tech for you this week on PowerNation