OT: Cheap cars (was: 1%...)

From: Mike Ford <mikeford_at_socal.rr.com>
Date: Fri Aug 3 00:52:31 2001

>>This had the odd result of making for example the 1986 mustang with
>>something like 200 HP from the 302 the fastest production Mustang to date
>>in stock trim. Now if you update one of the old cars like the BOSS Mustang
>>with modern tires the situation changes a lot.
>
> I would think so...I certainly can't see an '86 Mustang being
>a better performer than say the GT-350 or GT-500 series machines.

Are you talking about the Shelby mustangs the GT350 and KR500? Those were
hardly production cards. My "guess" is that the fastest production Ford
until recent times was the Pantera, and I think it remains about the
fastest lets pretend it isn't too far from stock model. Fastest stock early
Mustang is likely one of the BOSS models, maybe the 1969. The mud in all
this is of course the tires.

We are far enough off topic I am willing to let it pass on.
Received on Fri Aug 03 2001 - 00:52:31 BST