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Ford Built A Mustang On Top Of The Empire State Building Last Night
GIZMODO ^ | 4/16/2014 | Nick Stango

Posted on 04/16/2014 9:33:22 PM PDT by FreeReign

It's been 50 years since Ford built the world-renowned 1965 Mustang and placed it high above Manhattan on the 86th floor of the Empire State Building. Last night, Ford came back with a bigger, yellower, all around more complicated car from 2015 and decided to recreate the famous stunt as a 50-year homage—only this time, they did it in the snow and over the course of just 5 hours.

(Excerpt) Read more at gizmodo.com ...


TOPICS: Extended News
KEYWORDS: automotive; driverreturnsonfoot; fixorrepairdaily; foundonroaddead; mustangii
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To: FreeReign

I imagine a UAW timeclaim has been filed asking for compensation for this publicity stunt.


21 posted on 04/16/2014 11:01:12 PM PDT by Rodamala
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To: Salamander
This was the biggest problem [sic], not so much room in the back under the sloping roof:


22 posted on 04/16/2014 11:32:01 PM PDT by Paladin2
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To: Salamander

“We live in a world where they put ~four~ doors on a Hemi Charger.”

The originals were so cheap high school kids could buy them. Insurance was cheap or not legally required, depending on where you lived. Last year the AVERAGE price of a car was $32,000. Not a lot of people can have two cars these days. I stopped driving my 2003 Mercury Marauder because it costs .50 per mile. Since I have it licensed I have minimum insurance which still costs $500. So, if they expect to sell enough cars to keep a line open those cars must have a higher degree of utility than a mere two doors. If they were just two doors they’d probably not sell enough to keep the model going.

Incidentally, government, one of the prime price drivers, has decreed all cars sold in 2018 must have backup cameras because each year a few people run over their kids. (What do you want to bet cameras don’t change that statistic by even one child?)


23 posted on 04/17/2014 3:19:57 AM PDT by Gen.Blather
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To: FreeReign

They should call it the “Mock One”.


24 posted on 04/17/2014 3:27:20 AM PDT by Fresh Wind (The last remnants of the Old Republic have been swept away.)
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To: Salamander
no new definite Cuda yet....I have seen some drawings and a possible barracuda covered with plastic sheets to keep people guessing.

let me know if you have the definitive facts on the 2015 cuda of fable and lore.

25 posted on 04/17/2014 4:04:33 AM PDT by Vaquero (Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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To: Paladin2

“6.4L Hemi V8 making a healthy and very symmetrical 470 HP and 470 kb-ft of twisties”
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2015 Mustang will be 500hp ,, and not just the “special” models ..


26 posted on 04/17/2014 4:05:21 AM PDT by Neidermeyer (I used to be disgusted , now I try to be amused.)
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To: Paladin2

The have had that 6.4L engine option since the 2011 model year, actually. It replaced the 6.1L engine.


27 posted on 04/17/2014 4:20:05 AM PDT by ltc8k6
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To: Neidermeyer

I’m betting on ~450hp for the regular Mustang GT at launch in late 2014.

We will have the 3.7L, the 2.3T, and the 5.0 as the engine lineup.

Later on they will revise the engine lineup and then the GT will get the big power bump.

I’m most interested in the ~305hp/~310tq 2.3T though. I can see tuners salivating over that engine.

I think late in 2015 we will have the 2.3T, the 3.5T, and the 5.0 as the three engines. The 3.7L will be gone.


28 posted on 04/17/2014 4:39:38 AM PDT by ltc8k6
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To: FreeReign

It’s interesting that they required a $59 harbor Freight floor jack to do it:
http://www.harborfreight.com/15-ton-compact-aluminum-racing-floor-jack-with-rapid-pump-69252.html
I know, I know, it says $89. I currently have a $59 coupon, and I have bought two of them for $59. There weren’t any of those available in 1964, and floor jacks of that vintage would have been almost as heavy as the engine.


29 posted on 04/17/2014 5:37:50 AM PDT by norwaypinesavage (for)
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To: Salamander

7 years ago I got to buy my dream car......a black Jag. I’ll never, repeat NEVER own another black car!!!!! When clean it is gorgeous, all black and chrome with black tinted windows. Man it is hard to keep clean and when it’s dirty it really looks bad.


30 posted on 04/17/2014 8:10:21 AM PDT by sheana
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To: FreeReign

Ford rusttang march the first 1972 model restoration excursion/ordeal... 5 hours?


31 posted on 04/17/2014 2:30:43 PM PDT by Recompennation (Constitutional protection for all not ju st selectively for Democrats.)
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To: FreeReign

Quite an accomplishment in 5 hrs on a cold dark night.


32 posted on 04/17/2014 2:36:48 PM PDT by nascarnation (Toxic Baraq Syndrome: hopefully infecting a Dem candidate near you)
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To: FreeReign
Apropos of nothing, I saw a Duster toolin' down my road this morning.
Not some pristine, restored, toothbrush pampered museum piece .. just a generic tan Duster goin' into town for groceries or whatever.
First one I remember seeing in ~20yrs .. lol !
33 posted on 04/17/2014 2:49:49 PM PDT by tomkat (3% +1)
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