why doesnt someone build a stallion?
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#13
i personally like the look of this car, obviously its in-practical and sits to high in the rear, one of my daily drivers is an f250 that sits on 38s and i dont think that looks anything like a "monster truck" let alone this car. what i like about it is the cougar tail lights, vinyl down the sides of the roof and how it stands out from the crowd (shelby clone) and i heard they only made 8 of them, now i could be wrong, but thats more rare than most shelbys i've read about, and also from what ive read they produce more power than the shelbys, kind of like fords version of the camaro yenko, that just seems really cool to me, and california and high country specials are cool, but they have been cloned before, i would really like to see this cloned, thats my take on it
#14
Back then if I had the cash this is the car to have
But I was driving one of these and still having a LOT more fun then you would in either of those cars. Nothing like being in HS in the 70s and having a van man
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#16
but i really think this would make a badass clone. i guess its basically a 67 fastback with a 390 and 4 speed, but a certain ford dealership added cougar tail lights, stallion badges, and vinyl down the sides of the roof to promote the new mercury cougar, looks pretty cool to me.
I agree that if you're into what was once called "surface excitement", that this would be a direction to take that isn't and might never be all that common. But the wheels and tires do have to look like they might actually belong on that car. A little bigger than what was OE, fine. But keep it faithful to the original stance.
Jacked-up 70's style is . . . so 70's (didn't like it back then, either).
Me - I'd rather build a relatively subtle "one-off", if I thought I had the metalworking skills to pull it off successfully.
Norm
Last edited by Norm Peterson; 05-04-2011 at 01:05 PM.
#17
Hell, I didn't get into this handling stuff until I got my '99 GT a few years ago.
Lynn
#18
I laugh most every time I see them because they remind me of the toy cars my boy likes to play with with the buttons on top to play music.
But then again, I think anything over 17" wheels look silly on '99-'04 Mustangs also...
It is all personal preference.
Lynn
Last edited by LynnBob Mustang; 05-04-2011 at 07:25 PM.
#19
The van saw plenty of big ones, they handled well with 2 hands and as much as I tried never burned the rubber
#20
Burning rubber is all the fun.
When I was 18 I had a '71 Mustang coupe with a built cammed 460 block, ported 429 police interceptor heads, full headers, built C6 with a stall speed converter, and 4:30 gears. That car was jacked in the back with wheels and tires that stuck out about 1" past the wheel wells.
It ran pretty good,but I could never have people in the back because the tires would smack and crush the quarters going over bumps. I could light the tires up on that thing and get all side ways going 35 MPH in drive. Good times....
The only problem that car had was that I had 14" X 10" Craigers on the back, if I had 15" x 10" Craigers I think I would have been a little quicker.
Lynn
When I was 18 I had a '71 Mustang coupe with a built cammed 460 block, ported 429 police interceptor heads, full headers, built C6 with a stall speed converter, and 4:30 gears. That car was jacked in the back with wheels and tires that stuck out about 1" past the wheel wells.
It ran pretty good,but I could never have people in the back because the tires would smack and crush the quarters going over bumps. I could light the tires up on that thing and get all side ways going 35 MPH in drive. Good times....
The only problem that car had was that I had 14" X 10" Craigers on the back, if I had 15" x 10" Craigers I think I would have been a little quicker.
Lynn
Last edited by LynnBob Mustang; 05-04-2011 at 08:21 PM.