Electric Mustang

JRscooby wrote:

danrclem wrote:


The Mustang isn't completely about speed. To me it's about a small sporty car that can be used for anything from getting groceries to racing down the 1320. A lot of the early Mustangs had a 170 cid inline six and that certainly wasn't a fast car. The Mustang didn't lead drag racing until 1968 1/2 when they released the 428 Cobra Jet. Most of the 1964 1/2 thru 1973 Mustangs either had six bangers or small V8s.

They may put the Mustang tag on the EV but it won't be considered a Mustang by many.

Carroll Shelby took used Mustangs, rebuilt them and called them a Shelby. To me they aren't a Shelby and never will be a Shelby. They originally went down the assembly line and had a Mustang vin stamped on them and not a Shelby.

I tried to make the point about the economy roots earlier.
As for the Shelby, IIRC Shelby bought new cars without engines, and the engines, and built the cars with his name on them.
Not sure about Ford, but any A body GM car before model year 1970 with over 400 CID was built by a 3rd party.

It is correct that that 1965 thru 1970 Shelbys were built out of new Mustangs. I don't recall the time period but it was much later than the originals were made. They bought used Mustangs and rebuilt them and put a Shelby tag on them. It was all about the money and to me the only real Shelby Mustangs were built during the 1965 to 1970 time period. I think the 1970 models were actually leftover 1969 models and they made a few cosmetic changes.