Ford Licenses Classic Mustangs For Production

Ford Licenses Classic Mustangs For Production

If you fancy owning a mint condition 1969-1970 Ford Mustang Boss 302, 1969-1970 Mustang Boss 429, or a 1969-1970 Mustang Mach 1, you'd better prepare yourself for a long and laborious search and some pretty eye-watering asking prices. But if you prefer the idea of a car that looks just like one of those originals but uses a modern chassis and running gear under the body, Ford has licensed a company called Classic Recreations to produce such vehicles. Classic Restorations is a company from Oklahoma in the United States that has a somewhat tainted history to be honest, but over the last few years it's been building some very impressive Shelby Mustangs with modern underpinnings under the body. Now the company is expanding its horizons and the new licensed trio of classic Mustangs will become available from them from later this year. Just as with the Shelbys, the new models will come with updated engines featuring fuel injection and computerized engine management systems.

The Boss 302 will come equipped with a brand new Ford Coyote V-8, which is the unit that now powers the current 2018 Mustang GT. The Boss 302 will also be offered with an optional 383 stoker engine. The Mach 1 is probably the least revered of the three reproductions the company is going to produce, but that probably allows for a lot more flexibility when it comes to what goes under the hood. Classic Restorations will therefore build the Mach 1s with any engine it has available to it, which could even include the current 2.3-liter EcoBoost turbo-four if that's what the customer wants. It's hard to imagine too many people sacrificing an original Boss 302 or Boss 429 for such purposes, unless there's nothing left of them to save beyond the body. The majority of those produced are therefore likely to be the licensed reproduction bodies, although a salvaged Mach 1 body with an EcoBoost four-pot could represent one of the more affordable ways of getting one of these cars.

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When I think of classic cars from Detroit and Mopar in the same sentence, these three cars come to mind; the Dodge Polara, the Plymouth Belvedere and the Plymouth Fury. Read on to check out photos and information on two of the best Chevy muscle cars of all time, the 1969 Chevrolet Camaro Z28 and the 1970 Chevy Chevelle SS. The Chrysler Corporation built the Chrysler Turbine Car in a small plant in Detroit, Michigan in 1963. Read on for more info and photos about this rare car! If you were an American muscle car fan of the 1960s and 1970s, you had a lot to choose from. If you were into muscle cars in the late 60's and early 70's, you had a lot to get excited about. Read on to see some great photos and check out some of the coolest Mopar muscle cars of that era. Sign in or sign up and post using a HubPages Network account. 0 of 8192 characters usedPost CommentNo HTML is allowed in comments, but URLs will be hyperlinked. Comments are not for promoting your articles or other sites. Great hubs, really enjoy them, they bring back a lot of memories.

In the film, the red Mustang is most likely a rental car, rented by Tiffany Case. The car is first seen at the McAllen International Airport in Las Vegas, when Tiffany Case and Bond follow the Willard Whyte van driven by Bert Saxby, one of Ernst Stavro Blofeld's leading henchmen. Tiffany Case later picks up Bond at Whyte's research laboratory in the desert. This time Bond takes the wheel and they end up in a thrilling car chase with the police on Fremont Street in Las Vegas. Bond gets away by putting the Mustang on two wheels and escape through a very narrow alley. In one of the more famous movie mistakes, the car comes out riding on the other two wheels. A shot was added showing Bond and Case in the car that changes to the other side (without explanation of how that would have happened). The Mach 1 in the film has a red exterior and black and red leather interior. The license plate of the car in the movie reads CA52H6. Discussion on which of the cars used in the film are still around today, can be found on the website links below. There are several model cars made of the James Bond Mach 1, including this recent remote control version of the Ford Mustang Mach 1 by ToyState. The 1:14 scale (approx.