Car-spotting thread
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that mostly sums it up....The 67 gt500...probably shelbys most perfect effort in terms of properly stated looks...not too much, not too little....
I like 65/66s to, one could argue they are are a little plain and understated, just really stripes, hood scoop and wheels....i like the look tho...
then the gt350r, which for 65, was pretty cool looking...didnt really see wheels and tires that big very often on a car
66
then 68 and 69 they got more and more busy, like the 68 front end had alot of stuff going on....im going somewhere will all of this
then 69 (70s were just 69s with a spoiler added later)....just very busy looking with 9 different scoops on it.
and lets add in the 427 cobra
So when I see the eleanor car....looking at it...its like one big mish mosh of all shelby design elements
god the front end....you have the no bumper look of the 65 gt350r, mixed in with the fog lights from the 67, above that is the horizontal bar grille from the 66 with that badge to the side, the headlight buckets are 67 like, but then the totally out of place xenon lights in there, that look right out of autozone. The hood scoop kinda mimics a 67, with the turn locks from a 68-69....the wheels are supposed to mimic shelby halibrand wheels with the knockoff spinners from the cobra, big side pipe like an SC cobra....they tacked on the cobra flip open gas cap to the side of the car.....steering wheel off the cobra....I dont know, its like a giant shelby collage or something.....now, then add on 20+ years now of non stop remakes and remakes of remakes of this movie car...it has just removed anything that was remotely special about this car.....Mark sanchez spent about $250,000 to have his own movie copy made...I mean it just has lost any appeal to me anyway....
mwlikesbikes
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Well put Utah.
So did anyone suggest you turn your ‘68 into one of those abominations when you were restoring it? If so, how bad did you want to kick them in the nuts???
GSTim
Formerly M3Tim
Never was a Mustang fan, but always loved the look of the '65/'66 GT350s. Would love to own.
yes, MANY...the stripes...was I going to put the stripes on????
also funny, the guy who did the metal work on my car...at the same time he was working on my car, he was building an eleanor clone at his house for a guy....he would tell me what a pain it was and how much he hated doing it.
I agree with everything you are saying, but how many of those other cars can just fucking send it over a traffic jam
off topic but I was SO close to having a ‘65 as my first car, and at the last minute my dad pulled the plug because he realized giving a 15 year old adrenaline junkie kid a beautiful muscle car was a dumb idea. Ended up with a ‘92 LX fox body instead...still a bad idea on his part 😂
see im old school....give me "THE" Bill Hickman actually driving a plain 68 GT thru San Fran doing this for real....and even this, WRECKING that mustang unibody, which it would LOL. As a 67 mustang owner, I know that nick cage would have had his spine broken in 173 places if he tried that actual jump in a 67 mustang
....i mean it looks so ridiculous...like at least in the dukes of hazzard...yes they ruined countless, beautiful 1970 chargers (and that is shameful) but they were ACTUAL cars, actual jumping....the cgi stuff just never look right.
and you should be thanking your father...no child should be given a 60s mustang as a first car...they handle terribly, they are tricky to drive (bc they handle terrible) and they are about as unsafe in an accident any vehicle I can think of....go thank your father for caring about your well being....well he let you get a fox...so that means he doesnt care about you THAT much lol (my dad let me get a fox as my first car)
My well being!? He just didn’t want to search for parts every time I rear end somebody 😂go thank your father for caring about your well being
I had a '65 Falcon then '65 Mustang as daily drivers.and you should be thanking your father...no child should be given a 60s mustang as a first car...they handle terribly, they are tricky to drive (bc they handle terrible) and they are about as unsafe in an accident any vehicle I can think of....go thank your father for caring about your well being....well he let you get a fox...so that means he doesnt care about you THAT much lol (my dad let me get a fox as my first car)
That Falcon, and a little less so, the Mustang were great to teach me how to drive properly.
Drum brakes all the way around. The Falcon had a cracked rear drum. If I hit the brakes hard I'd be in another lane. I could turn the wheel a good 30 degrees in each direction without the wheels moving. Absolutely no power. After a few thousand miles #1 and #6 spark plugs would be clogged up due to that stupid long manifold design. Vapor lock on hot days.
I survived, and am better for it. But if I ever had any real accident in either of those cars I'd be dead, or worse.
No joke the scariest time I've ever had as a passenger in a car was my brother driving my Falcon around the block in a completely sane manner. Just staring at that metal dash and knowing how I'd lose my face as a passenger if we hit anything. I added lap belts to that car, which wouldn't do too much...
I learned to drive in a ‘79 F-150 custom, no power steering, 351 Cleveland crate engine (beast), the three on the tree was moved to the floor which was cool. I loved that truck but man, turning that wheel without power steering or AC in hundred degree South Carolina heat sucked!
I always liked it, outside of the cheap, swoopy, body-kit looking inner fog lights or whatever those are.
I'm surprised Utah likes a lot of his stuff since they always seemed to get ricey 22" chrome rimz and ugly paint jobs. Was a fun show to watch back in the day though, compared to that other show by Xbiscuit or whatever his name is.
My road test was in a manual 1993 Escort. Not as cool.
Oh I definitely took my road test in an automatic Honda Civic or something. I don’t think it was physically possible to parallel park that truck lol.
i dont love the giant wheels on old (usually stock) cars with stock wheel wells, however, for example...I dont mind this....Took the time to mod the suspension and fenders to properly fit the wheels and not make them look slapped on....not the look I would go for in terms of wheels, but I dont find it offensive...actually if you took the stripes off this car, i think it would look pretty slick....The subtle things chip did with this car, like making that front bumper look like its almost part of the body, shaving the door handles, scoops look done...its very cleean, minus the stripes...and id perfer a stock hood myself.
this on the other hand, this is a mess...
the side body line appearing to go downhill towards the back bothers me - with the firebird, it was all about getting the shocks filled with just the right amount of air to get it level.
this is overfilled - the problem then becomes the angle of the rocker panel. which looks better level.
ps - '80s man!
JDurk
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Had a '68 Falcon that was my commuter car senior year at TSC '90 (TCNJ). Had the same issue with no action when turning the steering wheel, no power, etc. Driving home on 295S in Lawrenceville get pulled over by NJSP. That section of 295 was pretty bad with the ruts worn into the road surface, had to work it to keep that car going straight.
He asks, Where are you heading? Home, just finished spring semester. Car is full of all my stuff. Where you come from? TSC. Did you have any beers before you left? No
Well you were having a hard time maintaining a lane!
No ticket, just a warning.
THATmanMANNY
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Went to register my new ride today. Road salt IDGAF! Door dings at the DMV? Pshh I got that F you money! PPF is for peasants!
GSTim
Formerly M3Tim
Everyday driver baby. Wonder what the weekend ride is?
GSTim
Formerly M3Tim
P.S. Maybe even winter tires on that bad boy?Everyday driver baby. Wonder what the weekend ride is?
THATmanMANNY
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P.S. for those who don't know me well, that is not my car but they parked behind me (I'd race that bitch). Just really surprised to see a F car at one of the worst places to be with very frustrated people and some clapped out cars. No body cares about your F car here! Funny as I rolled out I'm like which scumbag in this 40 deep line owns that.
I'm not well versed with the new F cars. It was striking at first now looking at it, it's ugly but yea I would take a free one ha. The 360, 430, is more my speed.
but they parked behind me (I'd race that bitch). Just really surprised to see a F car at one of the worst places to be with very frustrated people and some clapped out cars. No body cares about your F car here! Funny as I rolled out I'm like which scumbag in this 40 deep line owns that.I'm not well versed with the new F cars. It was striking at first now looking at it, it's ugly but yea I would take a free one ha. The 360, 430, is more my speed.