Torque Wheeler
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- Joined
- Mar 20, 2021
I thought it was a Bullit edition, based off some 70s TV show that only your dad might rememberSo interesting thing about that generation of Mustang, it was a major seller with rental car companies. This means 2-3 years after release they absolutely flooded the market with "low-mileage" mustangs with a mix of about 90% bottom-of-the-barrel V6s and about 10% GTs. This had the knock-on effect of sending the prices for used cars of this model through the floor.
As-pictured it is difficult to fully suss out what happened here. There's stuff removed that someone with a GT would leave on. It harms the value to make it unclear it's a GT. But at the same time there's things like the trunk emblem present. That's one of the easiest to remedy and first to go if you're aiming for a "badgeless" look. Of course anyone that knows, will know it's a dead giveaway it's a V6 with a "dual exhaust" catback meant to look like a GT if that trunk lid badge isn't there. Curious the spoiler from the factory is absent. Almost like a salvage yard was breaking a car down into as many saleable parts as possible.
It's just so weird that all the standard GT tells that are difficult to acquire or cost real money to implement cannot be witnessed. What we can see are the very common parts you could probably order off of LKQ right now. It's probably a thought that goes through many idiot's minds when they start with a catback. They have to browse these places for a bumper with cutouts for the exhaust and their impulse to spend overrides the part of them that would realize how impractical it is.
I'm not going to say with certainty FatPat bought a clapped out ex-rental V6 he desperately wishes had a V8 (why lol? Like Pat the Mustang is bloated, awkward, and clumsy even with the V6. Suspension, brakes, and tires are the first fixes). But damn, if he didn't, he's certainly put a lot of effort into making it look like he did. I would pay so much money to see him try to drive an autocross course in that land yacht.