Main Menu
|
Nevada Classics
|
Advertise at CC
|
S |
M |
T |
W |
T |
F |
S |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
11 |
12 |
13 |
14 |
15 |
16 |
17 |
18 |
19 |
20 |
21 |
22 |
23 |
24 |
25 |
26 |
27 |
28 |
29 |
30 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
CC Advertisers
|
|
2Likes
06-04-2019, 11:04 AM
|
Club Cobra Member
|
|
|
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: arroyo grande, ca,
ca
Cobra Make, Engine: NAF 427
Posts: 1,774
|
|
Not Ranked
Mustang I concept car
SOMEONE HAS TO DO THIS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
https://www.rcnmag.com/fresh-finds/f...berglass-molds
I'm thinking a group buy/body build.
Widen the body maybe 6 inches. Put some flares on the wheel openings
Custom build your own chassis.
Maybe an 300 + hp Focus RS drivetrain
Cool.
Cheers
Greg
|
06-04-2019, 11:20 AM
|
Club Cobra Member
|
|
|
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: arroyo grande, ca,
ca
Cobra Make, Engine: NAF 427
Posts: 1,774
|
|
Not Ranked
This is what started it all!
Cheers
Greg
|
06-04-2019, 02:41 PM
|
|
CC Member
|
|
|
Join Date: Feb 2014
Location: White City,
SK
Cobra Make, Engine: West Coast, 460 CID
Posts: 2,874
|
|
Not Ranked
Ford Fiero?
__________________
Brian
|
06-04-2019, 04:13 PM
|
|
CC Member
|
|
|
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Las Vegas,
NV
Cobra Make, Engine: Shelby CSX4005LA, Roush 427IR
Posts: 5,490
|
|
Not Ranked
I'd bet Ryan would go halvsies.
__________________
Cheers,
Tony
CSX4005LA
|
06-04-2019, 04:30 PM
|
CC Member
|
|
|
Join Date: May 2006
Location: St. Louisville,
Oh
Cobra Make, Engine: A&C 67 427 cobra SB
Posts: 2,444
|
|
Not Ranked
I tried to force my mind to like it, but I just couldn't make it happen. Too much Corvette DNA in it for me. Even though I love the Corvettes of those years. I just do not want the Mustang to look like one.
Kinda why I never liked the new Camaro. It's a fine looking car if they had named it something else, or at least not advertised it to be inspired by the late 1960's Camaro. While at the same time Ford had nailed the 1969 Mustang and Dodge had nailed the 1970 Challenger, Chevy landed a turd in a punch bowl, with the new Camaro, as far as I was concerned.
How did I get so old and opinionated (picky, crabby, or what ever it is)?
|
06-04-2019, 05:32 PM
|
|
CC Member/Contributor
|
|
|
Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Greenville,
SC
Cobra Make, Engine: 70 Shelby convertible, ERA-FIA, 66 mustang convertible, mystery Ford powered 2dr convertible
Posts: 12,639
|
|
Not Ranked
Quote:
Originally Posted by my427cobra
SOMEONE HAS TO DO THIS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
https://www.rcnmag.com/fresh-finds/f...berglass-molds
I'm thinking a group buy/body build.
Widen the body maybe 6 inches. Put some flares on the wheel openings
Custom build your own chassis.
Maybe an 300 + hp Focus RS drivetrain
Cool.
Cheers
Greg
|
Greg,
Thank you for stepping up to the plate and volunteering your time and money to make this venture happen. Can't wait to see the first one roll out of your garage.
Bill
__________________
Instead of being part of the problem, be part of a successful solution.
First time Cobra buyers-READ THIS
|
06-04-2019, 07:12 PM
|
|
CC Member
|
|
|
Join Date: Jan 2018
Location: Lafayette,
IN
Cobra Make, Engine: Looking to buy
Posts: 1,295
|
|
Not Ranked
It is still a nice looking car! The point on the nose is too high though for stable aero above 80 mph.....if it would go that fast!
__________________
Cobra loving, autocrossing Grandpa Architect.
|
06-04-2019, 07:34 PM
|
|
CC Member
|
|
|
Join Date: Jul 2008
Cobra Make, Engine: B&B with Motorsport Crate 302
Posts: 152
|
|
Not Ranked
I have the correct original V4 drive train and nearly all literature on this car including the original press kit. I contacted the seller and he seems to be holding out for a big payday. If anyone buys it I am interested in buying a body if the price is right.
__________________
2020 Shelby GT500
93 Mustang Cobra
66 B&B Cobra
67 Mustang Coupe
63 T-bird Convert
47 Fordor Flathead
01 F350 Crew Cab V10
|
06-04-2019, 09:23 PM
|
CC Member / Sponsor
|
|
|
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Provo,
UT
Cobra Make, Engine: Daytona Coupe
Posts: 1,357
|
|
Not Ranked
|
06-05-2019, 07:02 AM
|
CC Member
|
|
|
Join Date: Mar 1999
Location: penn.,
Posts: 2,556
|
|
Not Ranked
I'll make those bodys for you guys for $6K, + the cost of the mold, $17K , $23k for the first one, buy 2 ,the price goes down, $6K for the body + 1/2 the price of the mold, $8.5K, so, $14.5K each, buy more bodys, price goes down, same way. So there you have it, actual numbers of what it's going to cost.
|
06-05-2019, 07:27 AM
|
Club Cobra Member
|
|
|
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: arroyo grande, ca,
ca
Cobra Make, Engine: NAF 427
Posts: 1,774
|
|
Not Ranked
Well Mr Mustang. I wish I had the room to be a one man show, but unfortunately I do not.
Mr Bruce has it well laid out. 10 buyers would get the price down to a reasonable point, although I agree that the mold price does seem quite high and some of the pieces don't appear to be there.
Always fun to consider it though.
Cheers
Greg
|
06-05-2019, 08:24 AM
|
|
CC Member
|
|
|
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Gilroy,
CA
Cobra Make, Engine: SPF 2291, Whipple Blown & Injected 4V ModMotor
Posts: 2,660
|
|
Not Ranked
I had forgotten how unattractive that car was. The nose looked like it was done by a refugee from a boat yard and positioned high enough to keep the boat's nose up in the air as it went through the water. The sides and back of the car are uninspiring at best and the power plant / drivetrain positioning suggests a diminished future even as a proletariat grocery getter.
It was definitely (and mercifully) a significant step away from what was actually offered to the public for sale. Can you imagine the field day Chevy's Camaro marketing guys would have had competing for market share with that car ...
Ed
__________________
Help them do what they would have done if they had known what they could do.
|
06-05-2019, 10:35 AM
|
Club Cobra Member
|
|
|
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: arroyo grande, ca,
ca
Cobra Make, Engine: NAF 427
Posts: 1,774
|
|
Not Ranked
Beauty is always in the eyes of the beholder.
Yup, the front end needs some imaginative re-engineering. Yes too high, but a re-engineered chassis/front suspension and modern, lower profile tires would go a long way to lowering the front end.
And I like the styling of the rear. Tail lights and air extractor grills were probably custom but look vaguely familiar.
The mold offered for sale is (unless other mold pieces are available but not shown) missing a lot of pieces:
- seat tubs
- floor
- belly pan
- instrument cluster
- inner fender wells front and rear
- front "trunk" pan
- rear "trunk" pan
and of course the plexi windshield molds.
More work than's worth it. Maybe?
Cheers
Greg
Last edited by my427cobra; 06-05-2019 at 10:38 AM..
|
06-05-2019, 10:43 AM
|
|
CC Member
|
|
|
Join Date: May 2015
Location: Lake Geneva,
WI
Cobra Make, Engine: Classic Roadsters 427, 5.0
Posts: 363
|
|
Not Ranked
At a glance, it reminds me of a Porsche 914 with smoother, more compact design.
Though at first glance, it is "cuter" then the 65 Mustang, it was just not that practical nor functional. I would not like to think of a front end collision with the fuel tank right in front. A front lower air dam would be needed to keep it from lifting at speed. And the "roll bar" will need to be raised.
I would also lengthen the wheelbase to make room for at least a v6 if not a v8 behind the cockpit.
I would guess that the whole rear end would need to be "vented" to allow hot air to pass thru the engine compartment.
Plus something other in design to meet requirements for a proper windscreen to be street legal. A tube chassis could work for the body to hang on. A Porsche 901 or 915 transaxle would be the least expensive way to go for the rear drive. Or you could adapt a Corvette transaxle to do the job.
Other choice would be to use a whole front wheel drive motor and trans located transversely. This would help keep the wheel base shorter.
|
06-05-2019, 01:23 PM
|
|
CC Member
|
|
|
Join Date: Feb 2014
Location: White City,
SK
Cobra Make, Engine: West Coast, 460 CID
Posts: 2,874
|
|
Not Ranked
Quote:
Originally Posted by Chicagowil
At a glance, it reminds me of a Porsche 914 with smoother, more compact design.
Though at first glance, it is "cuter" then the 65 Mustang, it was just not that practical nor functional. I would not like to think of a front end collision with the fuel tank right in front. A front lower air dam would be needed to keep it from lifting at speed. And the "roll bar" will need to be raised.
I would also lengthen the wheelbase to make room for at least a v6 if not a v8 behind the cockpit.
I would guess that the whole rear end would need to be "vented" to allow hot air to pass thru the engine compartment.
Plus something other in design to meet requirements for a proper windscreen to be street legal. A tube chassis could work for the body to hang on. A Porsche 901 or 915 transaxle would be the least expensive way to go for the rear drive. Or you could adapt a Corvette transaxle to do the job.
Other choice would be to use a whole front wheel drive motor and trans located transversely. This would help keep the wheel base shorter.
|
How about an EcoBoost V6 from a Taurus or Ford police car? 365 HP in a relatively compact package, all bolted to a subframe - though too wide for a Mustang I unless the body was widened.
__________________
Brian
Last edited by cycleguy55; 06-05-2019 at 01:30 PM..
|
06-05-2019, 02:23 PM
|
|
CC Member
|
|
|
Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: Farmington,
CT
Cobra Make, Engine: ERA 781, 69' 428CJ, PPG BLACK. ERA 3005 Arctic White 331 SBF
Posts: 280
|
|
Not Ranked
isn't that speed racer?
__________________
We make 3 bad decisions a day. Choose them wisely.
|
06-06-2019, 01:44 AM
|
|
CC Member
|
|
|
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Gilroy,
CA
Cobra Make, Engine: SPF 2291, Whipple Blown & Injected 4V ModMotor
Posts: 2,660
|
|
Not Ranked
This was a 1969 AMX-2 Concept car from basically the same period and AMC went out of business. Maybe if they had built it, their fate may have played out differently ...
Ed
__________________
Help them do what they would have done if they had known what they could do.
|
06-06-2019, 02:17 AM
|
|
CC Member/Contributor
|
|
|
Join Date: Sep 2016
Location: (Beautiful) Sequim,
WA
Cobra Make, Engine: Pacific Roadster, 347 cu.in. 5-speed
Posts: 1,958
|
|
Not Ranked
When this first came out, my Father and I were very excited about the motor, as we both drove & raced Saab's with this V-4 (More hop-up parts) on the way. But sadly it never happened. We may have even brought one. Ed, I really hoped they made that AMX-2 also, what great lines, and the car's nice too
|
06-06-2019, 03:17 AM
|
Senile Club Cobra Member
|
|
|
Join Date: Feb 2001
Location: Buffalo, NY USA,
NY
Cobra Make, Engine: Time Machines Motorsports LLC- Superformance Dealer
Posts: 4,497
|
|
Not Ranked
Quote:
Originally Posted by eschaider
This was a 1969 AMX-2 Concept car from basically the same period and AMC went out of business. Maybe if they had built it, their fate may have played out differently ...
Ed
|
https://www.hemmings.com/blog/2013/0...s-up-for-sale/
|
06-06-2019, 05:45 AM
|
|
CC Member
|
|
|
Join Date: Jan 2018
Location: Lafayette,
IN
Cobra Make, Engine: Looking to buy
Posts: 1,295
|
|
Not Ranked
Looks very nice!
__________________
Cobra loving, autocrossing Grandpa Architect.
|
Posting Rules
|
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts
HTML code is Off
|
|
|
All times are GMT -7. The time now is 05:57 AM.
Links monetized by VigLink
|