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.
Wake up Ford. If you want to sell a successful classic car, sell a successful classic car.
SELL IT READY TO DRIVE.
If Ford did this, the car would have to meet the modern safety and emissions standards that "kit" cars don't. Even the Jeep Wrangler today has been modernized to meet current standards. Ford's modern Mustang that you can drive right off the lot has been hugely successful. No need to mess with this.
One, the safety requirements to make a ‘64 legal on the road would ruin the beauty of the vehicle.
Two, the current Wrangler is *nothing* like the older Wranglers, to say nothing of the CJ series Jeeps. For one thing, Jeeps have always only had two doors. About the only similarity is that it still has a seven-slot grille, and the front headlights and turnsignals are more or less in the same arrangement as the older models.
If they build it completely, it will have to adhere to 2012 safety and emission standards. As is, it only has to meet basically nothing.