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PNewitt
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I was watching a Ford commercial tonight that shows their new lineup, and in the cars they're showing off (in an airplane hangar), is a white Shelby GT-500. They show it going down a tunnel, and all kinds of cool angles....that is one bada$$ Mustang!!
So, I'm thinking to myself....hmmm....<<pondering>>
"I just happen to know a group of people" that are part of that same pride of Mustang ownership....and I'd like to see what they could come up with in maximum street performance/nasty sleeper for the '68 GT/CS.
So, I'm throwing out this request to all of you: what would a high-performance GT/CS include?
My only conditions are (for this exercise):
1. The car must look as stock as possible. A "few" mods that may not be 100% stock, but this would be a GT/CS that most people would appreciate as "street-concours", but VERY hot on the street, and would give a late model Mustang, Vette or GTO a hard time....
2. Vintage performance parts are cool, too, especially Shelby parts. Anything in the Shelby catalog at that time. Intakes, wheels, etc. "Some" of the Unique Performance type parts are OK, too.
3. You're only limited to the stock frame/chassis/unibody, the stock color, stripes, and fiberglass. Stock rims, or Shelby wheels (like ten spokes). Any type of tires for up to 15" dia. wheels. Stock rims can be widened.
4. Your choice of engine from 1968, from the 6 cyl, to the 428CJ. You can build a stroker, any type of heads and intake. You can even include the new Ford BOSS 302 block, and the Shelby aluminum 427 block. You can even include a Paxton blower. A 5-speed is OK, since you can't really see it underneath.
5. Pretty much a stock interior. Stock consoles, etc. Not real concerned about the interior as much, since this is all about HP. A roll bar is OK, and four-point harnesses, too.
6. Suspension can be a little more radical. TMC, or lowered a-arms, Global West, etc. Coil over shocks, etc. No welding stuff, no Mustang II stuff. Rack & Pinion OK.
So...let 'er rip!! Let's do it! (this might end up as food for thought to some of you out there...)
thanks!! Paul N.
So, I'm thinking to myself....hmmm....<<pondering>>
"I just happen to know a group of people" that are part of that same pride of Mustang ownership....and I'd like to see what they could come up with in maximum street performance/nasty sleeper for the '68 GT/CS.
So, I'm throwing out this request to all of you: what would a high-performance GT/CS include?
My only conditions are (for this exercise):
1. The car must look as stock as possible. A "few" mods that may not be 100% stock, but this would be a GT/CS that most people would appreciate as "street-concours", but VERY hot on the street, and would give a late model Mustang, Vette or GTO a hard time....
2. Vintage performance parts are cool, too, especially Shelby parts. Anything in the Shelby catalog at that time. Intakes, wheels, etc. "Some" of the Unique Performance type parts are OK, too.
3. You're only limited to the stock frame/chassis/unibody, the stock color, stripes, and fiberglass. Stock rims, or Shelby wheels (like ten spokes). Any type of tires for up to 15" dia. wheels. Stock rims can be widened.
4. Your choice of engine from 1968, from the 6 cyl, to the 428CJ. You can build a stroker, any type of heads and intake. You can even include the new Ford BOSS 302 block, and the Shelby aluminum 427 block. You can even include a Paxton blower. A 5-speed is OK, since you can't really see it underneath.
5. Pretty much a stock interior. Stock consoles, etc. Not real concerned about the interior as much, since this is all about HP. A roll bar is OK, and four-point harnesses, too.
6. Suspension can be a little more radical. TMC, or lowered a-arms, Global West, etc. Coil over shocks, etc. No welding stuff, no Mustang II stuff. Rack & Pinion OK.
So...let 'er rip!! Let's do it! (this might end up as food for thought to some of you out there...)
thanks!! Paul N.
