Sydney Sweeney is all about the garage — and one lucky fan is about to benefit from her passion by getting a custom 2024 Ford Mustang GT designed by Sweeney herself.
The 26-year-old Emmy-nominated actress tells PEOPLE that her love of cars started at a young age. She’ll never forget the day after she got her driver’s license when her mom randomly told her to stop the car.
“I thought, ‘What’s wrong?’ and she says, ‘Go change the tire.’ And I’m like, ‘The tire’s fine,'” says Sweeney, 26. “She said, ‘Go change it.’ ”
Before Sweeney could get her license, “she had to know how to change the oil, all the fluids and change the tire,” she recalls.
She learned to drive in her great-grandfather’s truck, and during the pandemic she documented the restoration of a 1969 Ford Bronco on her TikTok channel Syd’s_Garage. And she recently restored a 1965 Ford Mustang that she named Britney — not for the pop star, but for the Brittany Blue shade used on cars like Mustangs in the 1960s.
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The obsession with cars runs in the family. Her mother grew up with “a bunch” of brothers and was close to her cousins, who were all mechanics and worked on both cars and airplanes, Sweeney says.
“Like me, she’s very much a tomboy. She always believed that she could do anything a man could do,” says The Euphoria star. “She instilled that in me and wanted me to feel comfortable in a man’s world.”
Now he’s paying it forward with his collaboration with Ford and a giveaway, the winner of which will receive a vehicle at the New York Auto Show this week.
Sydney Sweeney.
Ford Motor Company
Contestants wrote about their own boundary-breaking journey. Sweeney ultimately chose Brittley C., who happens to live in Sweeney’s hometown of Spokane, Wash. (PEOPLE is not releasing Brittley’s last name to protect her privacy.)
Brittley fixed her first car when she was 20 after receiving a shocking estimate from a garage.
“They told me 10,000 dollars, and who has that much money?” says Brittley, 28. “I called my dad and he said, ‘Let’s do it ourselves.’ ”
“My whole life, most of the things I’ve been passionate about have ended up being male-dominated,” adds Brittley, who previously worked in the culinary world. “I think having a supportive family and then working on these cars helped me gain confidence in what is often a male-dominated industry.”
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Sweeney says she was moved to tears by Brittley’s submission, as was everyone else.
“It was such an amazing place to see all these women come together and share their stories,” says Sweeney. “They lift each other up and encourage and motivate others to do the same.”
Even after he left Spokane for Hollywood to pursue an acting career, Sweeney continued to work on cars. In Los Angeles, she met another actor, Zayne Emory, whose father designs custom Porsche vehicles and owns the prestigious Emory Motorsports.
“My best friend’s dad, Rod Emory, was nice enough [to help]”, says Sweeney. “I would come on my days off for Euphoria and get all greasy and dirty and learn the mechanics of my car. I just became one with the vehicle.”
Working on cars also taught her a useful lesson: Never be afraid to ask questions.
“I think it’s important to be open to learning and making mistakes,” she says.
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Sydney Sweeney in a custom Mustang donated by Ford.
Ford Motor Company
The donation goes hand in hand with Sweeney’s priority to help women be heard and seen.
“I started my production company, Fifty-Fifty Films, because I wanted to have a seat at the table,” Sweeney says of her venture, which is committed to bringing women-led productions to film and television. “I wanted to be able to take the initiative to design the characters I wanted to be, create the stories I thought needed to be told, and be a part of more than just waiting for someone to call me. I wanted to be the one to call others.”
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Now Brittley is the last to get a call from Sweeney.
“Fragile ends [her entry] she can do anything a man can do with pink nail polish,” says Sweeney. “I absolutely loved that.”
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