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Ford reintroduces the 1965 Mustang
Yahoo Autos ^ | 28 October 2011 | Justin Hyde

Posted on 10/29/2011 7:56:00 AM PDT by Drew68

If all you wanna do is ride around, the classic convertible can be yours for $15,000.

Ford Motor Co. will soon sell brand-new 1965 Ford Mustangs for just $15,000 each. The only hitch: There's some assembly required.

As part of its Ford Reproduction business, Ford revealed today it had approved a new stamping of the steel bodies for first-generation Mustang that buyers could then build into their own 1964 1/2 through 1966 Mustang, using whatever engine, axles, interior and other parts they can find on their own...

(Excerpt) Read more at autos.yahoo.com ...


TOPICS: Hobbies; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: ford; mustang
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Very cool! I wonder what the licensing/registration requirements would be?

1 posted on 10/29/2011 7:56:04 AM PDT by Drew68
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To: Drew68

Not a good sign when a people starts looking back instead of looking forward.


2 posted on 10/29/2011 7:58:28 AM PDT by DManA
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To: Drew68

The pervert in me says, “wow, I wonder if you could fit that on a Chevy Volt chassis?”


3 posted on 10/29/2011 8:00:04 AM PDT by RetroSexual
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To: DManA

Cars were simply better then. When you wanted more power, you worked on it yourself, adding parts that you wanted. Now, you need to go to the dealership and have them hook up a computer.


4 posted on 10/29/2011 8:00:47 AM PDT by wastedyears (Attaaack Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaatch)
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To: Drew68

woohoo...kit car


5 posted on 10/29/2011 8:01:30 AM PDT by Doogle ((USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
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To: Drew68

..depends on the engine you put in it


6 posted on 10/29/2011 8:02:11 AM PDT by Doogle ((USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
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To: Drew68

My Uncle Junior had a red a black 69 Boss Mustang.

Sweet car!


7 posted on 10/29/2011 8:03:30 AM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: Drew68

I have been advocating this all along. Chevrolet needs to market the 56’ Chevy.


8 posted on 10/29/2011 8:04:01 AM PDT by vetvetdoug
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To: wastedyears

By most objective standards cars are many times better now than 40 years ago


9 posted on 10/29/2011 8:04:17 AM PDT by DManA
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To: Drew68

Damn, 15 grand for an unfinshed body?

Well remember our 1965 Mustang convertable, was $2,500.00 out the door. Was pretty swift even with just that little 289 engine, when parked , looked like it was ready to leap.


10 posted on 10/29/2011 8:05:42 AM PDT by Sea Parrot (Democrats creation of the entitlement class will prove out to be their very own Frankenstein monster)
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To: Drew68

Great news for hobbyist and maybe us if this is true.

We’ve had a early like new 60’s differential in our attic for the last 38 years.


11 posted on 10/29/2011 8:08:06 AM PDT by TribalPrincess2U (They vote twice, we'll vote three times. AND DONATE TO FR MORE!)
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To: DManA
Not a good sign when a people starts looking back instead of looking forward.

These car will have limited appeal, mostly to histical car buffs and restoration hobbyists. There's always been a market in classic car restoration and with the passage of time, there's fewer and fewer of these originals left in restorable condition. Kudos to Ford for seeing this market and filling it --and with better quality steel, rustproofing and tolerences to boot!

My hobby is guitars. Virtually all the major guitar and amp manufacturers from Gibson, Fender and Marshall offer point-by-point reproductions of their classic gear from the 50s and 60s in addition to their modern lineup. There's a market for this stuff and consumers willing to pay a premium.

12 posted on 10/29/2011 8:10:32 AM PDT by Drew68
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Well yeah I agree, but what made the older cars better was the pride of working on them yourself. I see a bunch of people around here that have their cars tuned specifically to be loud, not for performance. It’s probably killing the engine; I wouldn’t know because I don’t know cars, but it doesn’t sound good.

The only new muscle cars I’d own are the Mustang and Challenger. Nothing else looks like they used to.


13 posted on 10/29/2011 8:11:45 AM PDT by wastedyears (Attaaack Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaatch)
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To: Drew68
This will dovetail nicely with Obama's reintroduction of the war on poverty and sending US military advisers to a third world shithole.

I guess "retro" really is the "in" thing these days....

14 posted on 10/29/2011 8:11:58 AM PDT by Joe 6-pack (Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
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To: DManA

People have always looked backward to classical designs.


15 posted on 10/29/2011 8:13:26 AM PDT by Kirkwood (Zombie Hunter Hobbit)
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By most objective standards cars are many times better now than 40 years ago

I agree. The old cars are fun but when I'm driving my family around, I want to be driving a new car.

There's a saying. Back in the 50s when there was a car wreck, they towed the car to the body shop and the passengers to the morgue. Today they tow the car to the junk yard and the passengers walk away.

16 posted on 10/29/2011 8:14:00 AM PDT by Drew68
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To: vetvetdoug
Chevrolet needs to market the 56’ Chevy.

'55 or '57.

The '56 is a butt-ugly.

:)

17 posted on 10/29/2011 8:14:03 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum ("Government does not solve problems; it subsidizes them." --Ronald Reagan)
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To: wastedyears
Cars were simply better then. When you wanted more power, you worked on it yourself, adding parts that you wanted. Now, you need to go to the dealership and have them hook up a computer. A stock 2011 Mustang GT blows away ALL of the old supercars. A few bolt-ons and you are talking about 700+ hourspower in a street-legal machine!
18 posted on 10/29/2011 8:14:49 AM PDT by NewinTexsas
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To: Kirkwood
People have always looked backward to classical designs

Case in point.....

Vitruvius Britannicus: The Classic of Eighteenth-Century British Architecture (Dover Books on Architecture) [Paperback]

Everything old is new again :-)

19 posted on 10/29/2011 8:21:37 AM PDT by mewzilla (Forget a third party. We need a second one.)
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To: Drew68

Why a kit?

Wake up Ford. If you want to sell a successful classic car, sell a successful classic car.

SELL IT READY TO DRIVE.

Case in point: The Jeep Wrangler. Which is hugely successful. Sold off the lot today, pretty much as it’s always been.

American quality.

Commercial success. American jobs.

The above, are all good.


20 posted on 10/29/2011 8:21:51 AM PDT by Cringing Negativism Network (America First)
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