Posted on 12/15/2020 10:40:58 AM PST by Red Badger
Does it come with a stick?
Yes, to beat off the babes..................... 80 year old babes.................
I saw where some crowd converted a late 70s K5 to electrical.
I’ll pass.
Eventually my 79 will get another 350.
I am an engineer, not a marketer, but the Mach-Es seem to me like they dilute the Mustang brand. Mustangs are more known for powerful engines and sloppy handling, like pony cars in general. An electric car had no overlap with the history of Mustang, never even a hybrid Mustang.
I also would never trust Ford with first generation car showcasing new tech anyway. They have a hard enough time just delivering a decent FWD car and they have been building those over 40 years now. No chance one of these will grace my driveway.
I have owned cars from all the major manufacturers, US, Japan, Korea, Germany, and UK.
They all have one thing in common:
They ALL break down eventually...................
They didn’t get any better in 1976. Had a ‘76 Levi Renegade CJ-7 with a 304 140hp and a 3-speed tranny. At 55 mph is was revving around 3,500 rpm.
Nice bit of car history there
But. I hate like hell to say it but these new fangled lectric machines are faster.
Well, quicker off the line.
I’m worrying when some goober figures a way to make one beat a top fueler.
Runs 160mph for 17 miles. Then you gotta charge it for 8 hours
Not more than 200 miles. Then it takes 8 hours to charge
electric cars are free from OPEC pricing
Or 17MPH for 160 miles....................
That’s only some of the muscle I’ve owned over the years...:^)
I’ts just weird knowing there’s no gas powered heart and soul under the hood... and hearing that magnificent rumble coming out of twin pipes with Cherry Bombs installed... Yeah, I’m an old school Motorhead. :)
On the way home today a brand new Mustang went by me with a 5.0 in her.
Man it sounded like music.
And the 5.0 is really a 302 block if I’m not mistaken... so THAT legacy lives on.
Yeah... it IS music, brother. The only sound better than the rumble of a V8 is a Browning Automatic Rifle on full auto...
But I still remember that 390... old FE series motor... my god that thing was scary fast. Exhilarating, actually... nothing like it today that I can afford.
I paid 325 bucks for it, in 1980. Those days are gone.
That's because it isn't. Ford is trying to convert a model into a brand like Dodge did with Ram trucks. They will have a series of cars that carry the Mustang brand. I think they want to do the same thing with the new Bronco that will have two different platforms including 2 doors and 4 doors.
Watered down 70s V8s, so sad.
I have acquired a rebuilt in the past couple of years, a 304 that have been beefed up some.
It spun over the last time I tried but no ignition. The motor was out of the jeep it came in. I tried a few variations on jumper wires just to get something. Even a misfire.
Probably needs that external control module.
“its success won’t be solely defined by sales alone”
WTF. Really. So it’ll be a loss leader like the Chevy Volt and now Bolt. This should be comforting to Ford stockholders.
That’s a problem for sure. Especially the winter part, because batteries struggle in the cold to begin with and you are using battery capacity instead of waste heat to warm/defrost. E-cars are well suited to places like NorCal where the climate is temperate most of the year.
Basically, it’s an experimental platform...................
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