Mustang design and horsepower

[OldGuyGTX]

 

[Don Frelier]

That's a beautiful horse

 

[guy gadbois]

Must be some sort of AI thing - note that the car is backwards...

 

[33 IMP]

Nah, it's a mustang thing. Two front ends, no motor.

 

[KiwiKid72]

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[Ron H]

I was just about to say that isn't a bad looking Stang...until...wth...

 

[Detective D]

In WI, you are only allowed to have red lights facing the back.
Given the overwhelming majority of the Mustangs of that vintage were inline 6 powered, the horse has a good chance of winning that tug of war

 

[chargervert]

TO THIS DAY,i STILL CANNOT UNDERSTAND WHAT PEOPLE SEE IN MUSTANGS!

 

[Ron H]

TO THIS DAY,i STILL CANNOT UNDERSTAND WHAT PEOPLE SEE IN MUSTANGS!

I’m a liker of many models of old muscle cars, GM, Ford, AM, and owned a few, still relish, my GTO’s. I was the only one in the family getting all giddy about mopars. Lol, my elder brother who hated mopars, giving me a lot of chit on mine, just bought his first, at 71, new decked-out 8 Durango he can’t say enough about. I guess we can still call it mopar material.

Always liked the Shelby Mustangs, especially the verts, being a vert guy. I drove one once, a GT500 triple black one with a 4-sp. Damn, couldn’t drum up the lofty price of $2,200 for it back when..

 

[66 Sat]

I like them, 67-70 Fastback models.

In Bullitt I preferred the Mustang. Better fake soundtrack, cooler wheels, cooler driver. In the movie, and watching at a young age the Mustang was the car that was portrayed as being the cooler car.

 

[Ron H]

I like them, 67-70 Fastback models.

In Bullitt I preferred the Mustang. Better fake soundtrack, cooler wheels, cooler driver. In the movie, and watching at a young age the Mustang was the car that was portrayed as being the cooler car.

I read a ton about how they set up the chase and the Charger and Mustang on taking the abuse of the SF streets. Maybe you have. They had to do all sorts of suspension mods to the Mustang, and what I gathered, the only thing they did on the Charger was up the T-bars. The driver in the Charger was a legendary stunt driver seen in other flicks. McQueen was an accomplished race driver; but read that around midway through the scene, he relinquished driving to a more experienced driver. Who knows? Could be an exec got too nervous about their star’s welfare.

Just MO, even when I watched the movie when it came out, the Charger was the coolest and meanest even with the crummy hubcaps. But I was already into mopars then. Damn, gorgeous brand new Charger they destroyed with only 600 miles on it…leaving the Mustang survivable. Re-wind please, lol.

 

[Photon440]

In WI, you are only allowed to have red lights facing the back.
Given the overwhelming majority of the Mustangs of that vintage were inline 6 powered, the horse has a good chance of winning that tug of war

Those are the reverse lights.

 

[chargervert]

I like them, 67-70 Fastback models.

In Bullitt I preferred the Mustang. Better fake soundtrack, cooler wheels, cooler driver. In the movie, and watching at a young age the Mustang was the car that was portrayed as being the cooler car.

Too bad it wasn't. According to the mechanic who set up the cars for the film,the stock Charger R/T literally ran rings around the modified Mustang!

 

[66 Sat]

I've read all the backstory too how the Charger was faster, stronger etc.
Doesn't change the fact that as a kid from overseas, with no affiliation to any brand, I thought the Mustang was just the ducks nuts. I did enjoy the Charger burnout up the hill though, after the driver plugs in his seatbelt. Just pure cinematic gold.

 

[DeltaV]

plugs in his seatbelt. Just pure cinematic gold.