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Result: my footballer friend is sending texts wanting to know about a Mustang Super Snake. And I'm on the Internet seeing what the bloody hell he's on about.

Holy Cow. What a car. It isn't what you'd call 'lovingly restored and authentic in every detail'. But then this is America, remember, where an 'authentic' Elizabethan house could have been built yesterday.

To explain. There was only ever one Super Snake Mustang and now it tours the country, amusing people called Bud and Skip. The new Super Snake is made by a 'legendary' company - probably formed in the last two weeks - called Unique Performance.

What it's done is take an old Mustang and bring it up to date using products I've never heard of. It has, for instance, a Currie 31 Spline 9" Posi-Traction Trac-Locker Differential.

And that's before we get to the Chris Alston Chassisworks Power Steering Rack and Baer Tracker Bump Steer Adjustable Tie Rods. Or the Baer 13" x 1.1" Track System, PBR aluminium front brakes.

But it's under the bonnet that things get really interesting because there's a 427-cubic-inch (large) V8 engine, which produces 525bhp (a shit load).

And if you like, they'll fit a supercharger which takes that up to 725bhp. And you don't need that translating. 725bhp renders all the suspension stuff irrelevant because it doesn't matter if it corners at 2mph. With that level of grunt up front, you'll make up time on the straights.

However, the best thing about this car is the way it looks. At first, it appears to be a normal '67 Mustang with huge tyres and a bulge on its bonnet. But if you look closely, you can see it's been modernised. It looks fabulous, and that's probably why there's only one left.

So what I've done is told my mate that it's rubbish. And I'm giving serious thought to buying it myself.