Posted on 01/22/2019 11:47:10 AM PST by ETL
I had a 75 mustang. under powered, overweight poorly built junk. I’m surprised that it didn’t kill the line off.
That's the ticket, stripes makes the car faster..........
I remember those wretched stripes and crap on all the neutered EPA cars.........
All the early examples of those three are collecting six figures at Barrett-Jackson . . .
How about undistinguished and totally without class, character, or desirability. (Sounds like a democrat.)
I like the new Challengers; might even buy one. But you don't realize until they're parked side by side how much bigger the new car is compared to the old one. And the styling is blocky in comparison. The old ones, with their chrome trim and details, are almost jewel-like.
Eh, so what. You have to realize what conditions led to the lame successors to these three ‘60’s classics. I have the most experience with GTO’s having driven a few including a ‘64 three dueces and a four speed 389 that had 1,500 miles on it when I visited my friend in Orange County in June of 1964. Two years later I had a ‘66 convertible that I rode into the ground just before I reported for active duty. Now the 2004 reincarnation is an interesting car since it is based on the Australian GM Holden coupe that GM stuffed a nasty Corvette motor into. Definitely not a slouch and I wouldn’t mind owning one. The Mustang II of 1975 was clearly the result of the oil supply crisis of 1973 and CAFE. My boss in the ‘70’s had a V-6 coupe with 4 speed that he let me drive on errands from our office and it was a pleasant driver with more pep than a classic Mustang with the inline six. Same for the Challenger. An anemic Jap import (Mitsubishi?). All they borrowed was the name.
The newer GTO might have been an ovoid, but it was pretty hot for the ‘oughts. Out of the three zero cars (heroes vs zeros), it’s the one I would have.
I was referring strictly to styling. The 2004 looked pretty much like most other cars today. And that is not, by any means, a compliment.
Parthenon grille, tufted seats, landau roof.
Oh, to be a pimp in the ‘70’s.
Goat ping
Or just a young (or old) "party guy", or Italian mobster.
I drove a Mustang II in the late 80s. It barely made the climb in the Ozarks... semi’s would pass me upon the uphill and I’d pass them on the downhill... it was horrible.
One day I was driving down I44 towards Springfield, MO and there was a rattle in my dash. I pushed on the dash to see if it would stop and the engine shut down completely... the car sputtered until i quit pushing on the dash. I did it one more time... same result... I determined to not do that again... A few miles down the road it started doing it on its own. As the engine sputtered it suddenly backfired and my muffler shot off the back of the car. Yes, I went back and got that muffler. Love that story.
Yeah, but the later pickup version was even doggier.
(Dude, I'm covering for you. There's like a theme going.)
Women bought the Mustang for styling. Men bought the ‘Stang, Goat and Mopar for the performance.
Probably just a coincidence. Unless there was a loose wire somewhere.
Clearly both.
Not unusual for the Mustangs to have fake hood and side scoops but the side scoops were functional rear brake coolers during some years. The shaker hood scoop on the Mach 1 model New Edge gen's were functional too. The 90's are commonly referred to as the dark years for Ford Mustangs. It was the end of the Foxbody style then the SN95's with its rounded styling kicked in in 1994 then it changed somewhat in 1999 to the 'New Edge' styling with sharper edges - so to speak. It's like Ford was trying to figure out what direction it wanted to go in with the Mustang. I think they chose wisely.
One complaint is regardless of the model from 94-04; the interior was almost the same in all of them. They were also all built on the Foxbody chassis but the handling and engines did change over time. The 4.6L were generally 2 valve engines but some where 4V like the Cobra, Mach 1, and Bullit if I remember right. The 4.6L 2V had a nice sound but was really power limited while the 32V engines had a lot more potential with blowers and turbos and higher limits on the boost psi. The 4.6L was used in a lot of Ford's including the Police Interceptor Crown Victoria which proved to be quite reliable. I think the Mustangs get abused at the drag races because the owners wanted to see what their improvements (mods) gained them in trap time. The roller dyno's made this more scientific so the engines with the new software could be dialed in better than ever before.
1994
Then in 2005 they went retro which sparked a return of the Challenger. Both cars were very popular and still are.
Then in 2015 the Mustang had a sleeker more Euro look to it. It started to look more like an Aston Martin and the engine kept getting upgraded. This was nearly a production race car. In 2018 some models truly were street legal race cars with way more power than anyone could possibly "need" on the street but the bragging rights made it very popular and still is. The new 2020 Shelby500 Mustang, which hasn't been made yet, fetched a cool $1.1M for the first one to roll off the line.
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