How Would You Feel...
07-13-2012, 10:22 AM
#11
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As long as the performance can back up the look/badging, I personally don't mind it... for example a supercharged GT looking like a Shelby GT500.
What I do find offensive is when a non-modded V6 (or GT for that matter) Mustang does the Shelby front end conversion and adds the Cobra badging. Why? Because they can't back the look up. Then you get a V6 Camaro owner going on his forum saying how a GT500 was afraid to race him... LOL
What I do find offensive is when a non-modded V6 (or GT for that matter) Mustang does the Shelby front end conversion and adds the Cobra badging. Why? Because they can't back the look up. Then you get a V6 Camaro owner going on his forum saying how a GT500 was afraid to race him... LOL
07-13-2012, 01:51 PM
#12
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As long as the performance can back up the look/badging, I personally don't mind it... for example a supercharged GT looking like a Shelby GT500.
What I do find offensive is when a non-modded V6 (or GT for that matter) Mustang does the Shelby front end conversion and adds the Cobra badging. Why? Because they can't back the look up. Then you get a V6 Camaro owner going on his forum saying how a GT500 was afraid to race him... LOL
What I do find offensive is when a non-modded V6 (or GT for that matter) Mustang does the Shelby front end conversion and adds the Cobra badging. Why? Because they can't back the look up. Then you get a V6 Camaro owner going on his forum saying how a GT500 was afraid to race him... LOL
08-08-2012, 02:30 AM
#13
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the problem with the whole fake badging is when the car gets sold or traded in and the next potential owner thinks he's buying a real Shelby.
Or, as someone stated, they think they blew away a Shelby.
I have never seen a 100% correct clone anyway, but there are thousands of people who don't know the difference between the Shelby GT and a GT500, never mind all the mythical names bestowed to various versions over the years.
If I had a dime for every fake GT350... heck, I could buy a REAL one!
Or, as someone stated, they think they blew away a Shelby.
I have never seen a 100% correct clone anyway, but there are thousands of people who don't know the difference between the Shelby GT and a GT500, never mind all the mythical names bestowed to various versions over the years.
If I had a dime for every fake GT350... heck, I could buy a REAL one!
08-08-2012, 06:27 AM
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08-08-2012, 09:24 AM
#15
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the problem with the whole fake badging is when the car gets sold or traded in and the next potential owner thinks he's buying a real Shelby.
Or, as someone stated, they think they blew away a Shelby.
I have never seen a 100% correct clone anyway, but there are thousands of people who don't know the difference between the Shelby GT and a GT500, never mind all the mythical names bestowed to various versions over the years.
If I had a dime for every fake GT350... heck, I could buy a REAL one!
Or, as someone stated, they think they blew away a Shelby.
I have never seen a 100% correct clone anyway, but there are thousands of people who don't know the difference between the Shelby GT and a GT500, never mind all the mythical names bestowed to various versions over the years.
If I had a dime for every fake GT350... heck, I could buy a REAL one!
08-09-2012, 08:28 PM
#17
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reading this, I did put roush badge on my gt, it got the body kit of a cervini with a roush blower, I just though it would look original putting the roush emblem and trunk to fit the blower itself since it was a v6 with the horse mustang logo...im not gonna try to sell it has a roush, but I do like the look it give, hopefully It aint too much!
10-31-2012, 01:52 AM
#18
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True on allot of points... However When I sold my 05 mustang gt with my own version of a tribute to a 68 gt350 (didn't exist at the time in s197 form) I advertised it as a mustang gt tribute .. Never once mislead or said otherwise...so it's easy to paint with a broad brush but not everyone does so to mislead or pose per say.... Unfortunately there are probably more people out there that would ... That is sad...
But I meant that somewhere down the line it could be misrepresented as something it's not. 2 or 3 owners later... should it even survive that long.
Of course we're still waiting to see if plastic-bumpered cars will ever become as collectible as 60's muscle cars. The Trans-Ams seem to be doing well...
10-31-2012, 07:53 AM
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Sadly that's actually true Orion... I remember seeing my former car attempted be sold on eBay a while back by the new owner.. He was calling it a rare Shelby...
I sent him a message to not lie and misrepresent as I didn't when I sold to him... I then reported his ad to eBay...he fixed it... Don't know if he ever sold it...
I sent him a message to not lie and misrepresent as I didn't when I sold to him... I then reported his ad to eBay...he fixed it... Don't know if he ever sold it...
10-31-2012, 07:47 PM
#20
I think misbadging a vehicle is ridiculous for multiple reasons. That being said, I don't pay your monthly payment. Do what makes you happy. I know I don't ask myself what others think when I mod my Mustang. I could care less because in the end, I am paying for it and I'm the one that should enjoy it. It is nice when people think your mods are tasteful though, I will say that.