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Stevie's Stable
Oct. 7th, 2012 12:02 am
Rumor has it that Ford's Mustang Customizer contest ends today/Sunday so I copied my 21 ponycar designs to disk and compiled them here. The green one on the bottom left corner is the one I've entered to win, though I expect I didn't generate enough entry points to be a real contender.
MORE TO COME (I hope)
Coming back to the idea spawned by my nostalgia for my Dad's Capri and this object:
Which is available from These People, whose website isn't helpful enough yet.
Leaving aside the internal workings of a car for a moment to concentrate on the styling...if I got the AR Bodies Mustang shell to play with and lay on a chassis, how could I make the result more Capri-esque for my taste? Poking around Wikipedia overnight gave me the answers:
1) Ford Flex headlamp and front turn signal units
2) Mercury Milan grille, or possibly Mercury Mariner grille if that works better
3) Mercury Milan tail lamps, and possibly an adaptation of trunklid geometry to incorporate
4) rear BUBBLE glass ala post-1978 Corvette, Seventies/Eighties/Nineties Camaro/Firebird, Mercury LN7...and of course the Eighties American Capri...to replace the rear windshield/quarter windows arrangement on the Mustang.
For street legality sake, the result would likely need off-the-shelf bumpers. Probably Milan or Marquis units...or even Mercury SUV ones. Depends on what fits.
Wish I had the tools to explore this thought to its fill extent.
Which is available from These People, whose website isn't helpful enough yet.
Leaving aside the internal workings of a car for a moment to concentrate on the styling...if I got the AR Bodies Mustang shell to play with and lay on a chassis, how could I make the result more Capri-esque for my taste? Poking around Wikipedia overnight gave me the answers:
1) Ford Flex headlamp and front turn signal units
2) Mercury Milan grille, or possibly Mercury Mariner grille if that works better
3) Mercury Milan tail lamps, and possibly an adaptation of trunklid geometry to incorporate
4) rear BUBBLE glass ala post-1978 Corvette, Seventies/Eighties/Nineties Camaro/Firebird, Mercury LN7...and of course the Eighties American Capri...to replace the rear windshield/quarter windows arrangement on the Mustang.
For street legality sake, the result would likely need off-the-shelf bumpers. Probably Milan or Marquis units...or even Mercury SUV ones. Depends on what fits.
Wish I had the tools to explore this thought to its fill extent.
Random Stupf For Friday
Mar. 20th, 2009 01:52 pm*) My sister's husband is set against her buying another VW. She test-drove a Kia yesterday. Dunno if she likes it enough to buy it.
*) While looking for other things, I came upon the Ford Super Pursuit, which is an Australian vehicle that is a Mustang front end combined with a pickup bed. They don't sell those in America because the Department of Transportation's laws regarding Light Trucks have been written by twerps. There has always been demand for these sorts of machines here, but the law has pushed the compact pickup truck instead for the job since the 1970s.
*) BP has a scratch-off sweepstakes going on now, but it doesn't have a Second Chance like previous ones. We won Second Chance drawings a couple times. Instead, BP says, "if you don't win, go to our website to download free Hannah Montana digital content." Which begs the question, who, older than 18 years of age and buying BP gasoline, would WANT Hannah Montana digital content?
*) I've needed to write a scene for a comic book for weeks now and haven't felt in the mood for it.
*) I rolled dice last night to set the budget for my Florida trip. It came to $372. I'm sure that sounds like very little to some of you, but for me that is a fortune.
*) While looking for other things, I came upon the Ford Super Pursuit, which is an Australian vehicle that is a Mustang front end combined with a pickup bed. They don't sell those in America because the Department of Transportation's laws regarding Light Trucks have been written by twerps. There has always been demand for these sorts of machines here, but the law has pushed the compact pickup truck instead for the job since the 1970s.
*) BP has a scratch-off sweepstakes going on now, but it doesn't have a Second Chance like previous ones. We won Second Chance drawings a couple times. Instead, BP says, "if you don't win, go to our website to download free Hannah Montana digital content." Which begs the question, who, older than 18 years of age and buying BP gasoline, would WANT Hannah Montana digital content?
*) I've needed to write a scene for a comic book for weeks now and haven't felt in the mood for it.
*) I rolled dice last night to set the budget for my Florida trip. It came to $372. I'm sure that sounds like very little to some of you, but for me that is a fortune.
More Insanity I Can't Afford
Sep. 10th, 2008 01:27 amThe company that I left my resume with at the job fair overday is Mahle. Chances are you've never heard of them. Chances are just as likely that some of the parts they make are in the engine of the car you drive now. They're headquartered in Germany but they have plants and facilities scattered all over the world. They have a plant in Morristown, which I intend to look up in the coming days.
The fellow at the job fair booth gave me a poster they have that charts all the engines currently in production for passenger cars and light trucks for the sixteen major manufacturers.
The List, for Posterity:
* GM * Ford * Chrysler * BMW * Daimler * Fuji * Honda * Hyundai * Kia * Mazda * Mitsubishi * Nissan * Porsche * Suzuki * Toyota * Volkswagen
The chart details the size and general specifics of each engine, where they're made, and in what vehicles they would be available. I can geek out on this thing for weeks!
Meanwhile, a motorsports factory in Georgia is having a "clearance sale" that I would participate in if I won the lottery tomorrow. You see, they build race cars, and every so often components become obsolete for competition. In this case, we're talking very specific models of Ford V-8 engines! Useless for on the track, but perfect for hot rodding! One of those, a nice Mustang or T-Bird, some very good mechanics, and a dream machine is possible.
But faithful Moonshine is going to keep her job for a good long time if I can help it. Got no beef with her.
FP
The fellow at the job fair booth gave me a poster they have that charts all the engines currently in production for passenger cars and light trucks for the sixteen major manufacturers.
The List, for Posterity:
* GM * Ford * Chrysler * BMW * Daimler * Fuji * Honda * Hyundai * Kia * Mazda * Mitsubishi * Nissan * Porsche * Suzuki * Toyota * Volkswagen
The chart details the size and general specifics of each engine, where they're made, and in what vehicles they would be available. I can geek out on this thing for weeks!
Meanwhile, a motorsports factory in Georgia is having a "clearance sale" that I would participate in if I won the lottery tomorrow. You see, they build race cars, and every so often components become obsolete for competition. In this case, we're talking very specific models of Ford V-8 engines! Useless for on the track, but perfect for hot rodding! One of those, a nice Mustang or T-Bird, some very good mechanics, and a dream machine is possible.
But faithful Moonshine is going to keep her job for a good long time if I can help it. Got no beef with her.
FP
Open Thoughts for FoMoCo
Sep. 6th, 2005 12:21 amHey.
While driving around today, I was thinking back to a car that I still miss: my father's 1972 Mercury Capri. I loved it back when he had it and I realize now that even that wasn't enough...I should have drawn pictures of it or had photos taken of it or built a model of it or something. It had deep green paint job. I forget what color the interior was. It was the last year that the car had the smaller taillamps (the ones for the 1973 model year and later were bigger, and frankly, ugly) and one of the last years the car had chrome bumpers...by '74 the Mark II appeared and had the same plasticky bumpers as seen on the Mustang II. I liked the Mustang II as well...although after-the-fact opinion has been saying that the Mustang IIs were prone to be lemons and not worthy of the Mustang name.
Anyway, that Capri was fairly cozy and pretty well built, especially compared to the multitude of cars we had in those times.
It had the misfortune of being wrecked by a snowplow, as Dad was driving himself and Mom home from church choir practice in January 1979. It had lasted four years in our hands...which was commendable compared to some of the lemons we wound up owning.
If you never saw one before, it looked like a European version of a Mustang at first glance...some would say that it was inspired by the Mustang--and inspired the Mustang II. It had the same scalloped flanks and fastback roofline. It had a simpler front end, more akin to the styling of the Mach 1s of the early '70s. As a ponycar, it was low-key compared to the others on the street--but I liked it that way.
Ford Motor Company, if you're reading...I love the new Mustang. It's terrific. But I want a new Mercury Capri. Base it on the Mustang, but put Jaguar on the project. Make a limited edition version with a Cosworth engine. Then we'll talk. Mustang is the Yin--I want the Yang! :)
FP
While driving around today, I was thinking back to a car that I still miss: my father's 1972 Mercury Capri. I loved it back when he had it and I realize now that even that wasn't enough...I should have drawn pictures of it or had photos taken of it or built a model of it or something. It had deep green paint job. I forget what color the interior was. It was the last year that the car had the smaller taillamps (the ones for the 1973 model year and later were bigger, and frankly, ugly) and one of the last years the car had chrome bumpers...by '74 the Mark II appeared and had the same plasticky bumpers as seen on the Mustang II. I liked the Mustang II as well...although after-the-fact opinion has been saying that the Mustang IIs were prone to be lemons and not worthy of the Mustang name.
Anyway, that Capri was fairly cozy and pretty well built, especially compared to the multitude of cars we had in those times.
It had the misfortune of being wrecked by a snowplow, as Dad was driving himself and Mom home from church choir practice in January 1979. It had lasted four years in our hands...which was commendable compared to some of the lemons we wound up owning.
If you never saw one before, it looked like a European version of a Mustang at first glance...some would say that it was inspired by the Mustang--and inspired the Mustang II. It had the same scalloped flanks and fastback roofline. It had a simpler front end, more akin to the styling of the Mach 1s of the early '70s. As a ponycar, it was low-key compared to the others on the street--but I liked it that way.
Ford Motor Company, if you're reading...I love the new Mustang. It's terrific. But I want a new Mercury Capri. Base it on the Mustang, but put Jaguar on the project. Make a limited edition version with a Cosworth engine. Then we'll talk. Mustang is the Yin--I want the Yang! :)
FP
