By Colby Buchanan
There’s a spectrum of send. You have no send on one end and full send on the other. This is a full send. And, now he gets to join Jeff in the I launched my car into the air club. Very impressive!
https://www.instagram.com/p/B1rhjFUhaI1/
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Jeff Glucker
Dang, that was ballsy.
On an unrelated note– unless you are reminded here of the ridiculously implausible “Eleanor jump” at the end of Gone in 60 Seconds— I was thinking about the B is For Build retro-conversion article again. While IMO the 1967-68 Mustang is the pinnacle of the marque, I’ve had a strong interest recently in the less-loved ’71-’73 models. They’re sort of the “Jumpsuit Elvis” of the first generation, and are admittedly overweight and clumsy compared to the original ’65. But, there’s something I like about them, so for fun I photoshopped what I’m calling a “19…72” Mustang, starting with a 2019 model and adding 1972 elements.
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49970021806_228015a06d_b.jpg
Looks more like a modernized AMC Javelin to my eyers, not that that’s a bad thing.
It has long puzzled me that the 1965 Mustang is considered part of the same generation as the larger, heavier 1971 Mustang, but a 1980 Dodge D150 pickup is considered an entirely different series than a 1981 Dodge Ram D150 pickup that is dimensionally similar to its predecessor and with which substantially all parts will interchange to some extent.
I think the author of Wikipedia should be fired.
Chances are, he is.
Needs moar front overhang.
Perhaps Chris should have done the jump before handing the car over?
I agree on the front overhang. It was getting late and I didn’t want to invest in re-contouring the hoodlines, and was also afraid that the longer snout would conflict with the modern proportions of the newer car. But you’re right, it doesn’t have the retro look without it.
There is definitely a lot of room for improvement in the 71-73 Stangs.
It looks good. The front fascia has a Honda e kind of retro vibe to it. Still a fat one, but that is expected here.