Classic Mustang With 05+ Grille... PICS
05-14-2008, 11:17 PM
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RE: Classic Mustang With 05+ Grille... PICS
ORIGINAL: five pt oh
It looks okay now, but I generally dislike it when people do those sort of exterior mods. As time goes on and that grill is no longer used on new mustangs, that 67 will look bad.
Anytime I'm looking to buy an old classic car, I hate it when some idiot in the 80s or 90s trashed it up by putting something like that on it. It's like all the guys in the late 60s who cut out the spit window on their rare 63 corvette coupes to make them look newer. Or the guy who put the 70s pimp-like interior into a 64 mustang. Or the guy who painted their classic car hot pink or fluorescent yellow in the 80s because that was cool at the time. Or hacked the roof to give their classic car "Delorean" type doors in the 80s. I'm sure it looked cool at the time, but now the car is just ugly, and totally devalued.
I get the feeling a 1967 with a 2005 grill will feel the same way in 10yrs or so.
It looks okay now, but I generally dislike it when people do those sort of exterior mods. As time goes on and that grill is no longer used on new mustangs, that 67 will look bad.
Anytime I'm looking to buy an old classic car, I hate it when some idiot in the 80s or 90s trashed it up by putting something like that on it. It's like all the guys in the late 60s who cut out the spit window on their rare 63 corvette coupes to make them look newer. Or the guy who put the 70s pimp-like interior into a 64 mustang. Or the guy who painted their classic car hot pink or fluorescent yellow in the 80s because that was cool at the time. Or hacked the roof to give their classic car "Delorean" type doors in the 80s. I'm sure it looked cool at the time, but now the car is just ugly, and totally devalued.
I get the feeling a 1967 with a 2005 grill will feel the same way in 10yrs or so.
05-15-2008, 10:12 AM
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RE: Classic Mustang With 05+ Grille... PICS
8 headlights is WAY overkill. It's a good thing then that this car only has 2 headlights.
The outboard lights are the traditional headlights.
The next set of lights are PIAA Fog lights that are controlled independantly of the headlights by a toggle type switch.
The large center lights are PIAA driving lights, again controlled independantly from the headlights. Some owners wire these driving lights into the high beam side of the headlights.
The small lights on the lower valance area are turn signal lights.
Dave
The outboard lights are the traditional headlights.
The next set of lights are PIAA Fog lights that are controlled independantly of the headlights by a toggle type switch.
The large center lights are PIAA driving lights, again controlled independantly from the headlights. Some owners wire these driving lights into the high beam side of the headlights.
The small lights on the lower valance area are turn signal lights.
Dave
05-15-2008, 11:49 AM
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RE: Classic Mustang With 05+ Grille... PICS
davesanborn... if your son ever wants to sell his car, please let me know the price. You both have amazing cars. And personally I like the billet grill better than the 05+.
In regards to the OP, this car is beautiful. Looks like a work of art to me. I think the grill works just fine, and the reality is that anyone who is in a position to drop over $200k on a car is not going to have trouble ponying up the dough to update or modify the grill down the road if it starts to look "dated".
I hope I have a car like that someday, even if it starts life as a dynacorn shell.
In regards to the OP, this car is beautiful. Looks like a work of art to me. I think the grill works just fine, and the reality is that anyone who is in a position to drop over $200k on a car is not going to have trouble ponying up the dough to update or modify the grill down the road if it starts to look "dated".
I hope I have a car like that someday, even if it starts life as a dynacorn shell.
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