The Gulf blue and orange livery on the Le Mans winning Ford GT40 coupled with a Hot Wheels ‘69 Mustang was inspiration enough to set David Gil on a journey. Ultimately, the mission was to transform his 2012 Kona Blue Mustang Boss 302 into the car you see here.

Inspired by a movie? Sure, especially if the inspiration is from Ford v. Ferrari. A Hot Wheels car? Its usually the other way around. The car inspiring Hot Wheels to replicate it in miniature form.

It all started from David sitting in a 1969 Boss 302 years ago. As he put it, “That was it for me.” David has been a Mustang fan for many years. Proof? He’s owned a 2002 GT, 2001 Roush convertible, 2001 GT, 1995 GT, 2003 Mach I and a 2001 Bullitt.

That brings us back to the current car. By sheer luck he found the 2012 Boss 302 on his way to a car show. He missed the show….The 2012 is his daily driver. He bought it with 44,000 miles on the clock and it now has 84k.

David will tell you he loves change. He can’t keep something stock. He tormented his close friends with his “crazy” ideas. While explaining to fellow Mustang enthusiast Sally Arredondo the history of Gulf Oil Corporation’s involvement with the Ford GT race program and showing her the hand held example of the livery colors on a ‘69 Hot Wheel’s Mustang, the idea stuck.

The life expectancy of a wrap is two to three years. They can fade and/or crack if left on too long but some can last as long as seven years.

David recommends a ceramic coating and washing it two times a month. A pH balanced soap you would use on your car’s paint would work. If a panel gets scrapped or chipped, depending on how deep the damage is, the panel can be re-wrapped. If it’s a small area, the whole panel doesn’t necessarily need to be replaced.

Cost? Usually a wrap will start around $2500 and can exceed $3500 depending on the size or more importantly, the complexity of the job. David would recommend Next Level, but unfortunately they have since gone out of business.

David isn’t content to stop at the wrap. He’s added TSW wheels and Falken tires installed by JBA Speed Shop complete with JBA decals to the front bumper and a TSW logo on the wing.

What’s next for the Gulf Boss 302? You’ll have to ask David. Until then, it’s a wrap.

After months of research, David found the Gulf color codes for the vinyl wrap and a shop to do the work. Next Level Styling was recommended by a friend. The car was sequestered for a week. The orange stripes where vinyl too and applied directly to the blue vinyl. Some of us will remember Colorforms from the sixties. Vinyl sticks to vinyl. It’s the same concept.

The numbers and decals followed the same process. They were custom cut with the Gulf decal applied in multiple sections. Since the Hot Wheels Mustang was number 69 to denote it’s build year, David took heed and christened his number 12.

Check out this time-lapse video of the entire process.