1967 Ford Mustang GT 500 Eleanor Specs,Price, Engine

1967 Ford Mustang GT 500 Eleanor Specs,Price, Engine

If you are a movie fanatic like me then you remember the 2000 movie 鈥済one in 60 seconds鈥?starring Angelina Jolie, Nicolas Cage and another star 鈥淓leanor鈥濃€ vehicle star if it is even right to say so. In fact, before the 2000 movie, the Shelby GT500 was never referred to as Eleanor. The 2000 movie was a remake of HB Halicki鈥檚 1974 movie with the same title. During the original movie, a Ford Mustang Mach-1 was used. Unlike the 200 movie, the Eleanor of the 1974 movie needed no special modification since it was among the best muscle cars of the time. In the 2000 movie, things were a little different, using a classic Ford Mustang amid the likes of Ferraris and Lamborghinis, the Mustang would have looked out of class and the European supercars would end up stealing the show. All attention needed to be focused on Eleanor and though the producers could have chosen a European muscle car to act the role without the need of any modification that would have lost the spirit of the original movie. The role had to be played by an American born and blend muscle car.

Before selecting the 1967 Ford Shelby GT 500, the producers had toyed with the idea of using the very rare and expensive Ford GT40. However, they shelved the idea of using the GT40 due to the difficult stunts that needed to be performed. However, the wheels of the Eleanor were borrowed from the GT40. The original Mustang wasn鈥檛 good enough to fit the bill on its own and had to undergo a rigorous transformation. 189,000 price tag. The power is channeled to the rear wheels via a 5-speed Tremec or an automatic system. To ensure the vintage body doesn鈥檛 quake under all this pressure, the body is held in check by plenty of bracing. The cabin of the GT500 has been overhauled. The new interior features new seats with 5-point harnesses, a wood and aluminum trimmed steering wheel as well as deluxe trimmings from the 1967 models. New features you could not get in the 60s are a NOS system and a red button fixed on the dash and shift knob respectively. At the back there is no trunk space as the space is occupied by a humongous tank of nitrous. Its windows and doors are operated manually and though the vehicle has an air con it does little to ease the temperatures. Simply put, there is nothing else interesting about the Eleanor apart from driving it. You can imagine it features a single button in the entire cabin which operates the stereo. Unlike the modern machines, here there are no connectivity features like Bluetooth, Wi-Fi or USB ports. Its dual exhaust pipes barely contain the engines explosions and it is in fact one of the loudest cars around. It can in fact set off parked car alarms.

Heads produced prior to 1999 are referred to as the Non Performance Improved (NPI) heads and heads from 1999 are referred to as the Performance Improved (PI) head. These new PI heads offered improved flow and cam profiles. The new PI heads boosted Mustang horsepower from 215 with NPI heads to 260 with the PI heads. Ok, since we know the heads are one of the biggest factors in the 4.6L SOHC motors, lets look a little closer at them. The combustion chambers on these heads had the "swirl-fin" behind the intake valves and they had small, oval intake ports. Most of the F65E/F75/F75E castings have a small, round, machined "restrictor" driven into the head right under the wide cam cap, but we have seen a F65E with a machined slot in the cap and no "restrictor" in the head. 1999-2001 XL3E Windsor PI Heads. It has square intake ports, bigger intake valves, different springs, and a small, heart-shaped chamber that has a swirl-fin behind the intake valve. These heads don鈥檛 have the "restrictor" that鈥檚 driven into the head, so the wide cap has the small slot machined in the divider between the two sides. The "PI" heads weren鈥檛 installed on everything in 1999, and the parts books aren鈥檛 clear about exactly where they were used, so there鈥檚 a lot of confusion about which applications came with or without them. The PI heads weren鈥檛 installed on everything in 1999, and the parts books aren鈥檛 clear about exactly where they were used, so there鈥檚 a lot of confusion about which applications came with or without them. The only thing anyone knows for sure is that all the Mustangs had "PI" heads in 1999 and some of the trucks and Expeditions had them. In 2001, the F150 and Crown Victoria 4.6 Ls received the PI package. The Windsor NPI 2-valve cylinder head (left) shows the open combustion chamber with the wall beside the intake valve to induce mixture motion in the chamber.

Rather it cut deals with many of the largest charging networks including Electrify America, to find available chargers and then set up a single billing process. Bill Ford Jr., the company鈥檚 longtime champion of the environment: Electrification has come to the point that cars can be green and fun to drive. 55 years of Mustang. Ford spent the last couple of years getting out of the sedan business, which may or may not be a mistake. Millennials may be turning to sedans because you do the opposite of what your SUV- or minivan-loving parents did. Now it鈥檚 looking good. The F-Series pickup is closing in on 1 million sales a year. Much of its SUV line has been recently refreshed. Sync no longer sucks. The Lincoln brand is finding its way with the focus on luxury rather than trying to outdo the Europeans on performance; while Lincoln is soaring, Cadillac is having challenges finding a formula that attracts buyers.