Maybe in the 60's, but by the 80's he was more about stickers and bodykits than he was developing bespoke performance parts. Now the Shelby SAI cars are just bespoke bodykits with parts catalog performance with a huge markup.
Ford left out this design
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Maybe in the 60's, but by the 80's he was more about stickers and bodykits than he was developing bespoke performance parts. Now the Shelby SAI cars are just bespoke bodykits with parts catalog performance with a huge markup.
No... No..... NO.
Looks great but without the badge it makes it look like a 350(R) wanna be stang.
I actually wish the GT350 was branded a SVT Cobra personally, but this is bullshit. Shelby built one of the coolest 80's cars and plenty of stuff after.
http://www.caranddriver.com/reviews/1986-dodge-omni-shelby-glhs-instrumented-test-review
What are key design elements that every Mustang must have?
Kemal Curic said:
Curic didn't pen the design with respect to stickers, stripes, or badges. This was about the shape.
Everyone here can readily identify the silhouette in a nanosecond. And you see all of about zero tacked onto the sketch up above. And it is that very shape that I was drawn to when clay models started to show up. Far from complete, anyone knows what they are looking at.
Perceptions run the gamut. If my world view was limited to caring about what others think or see I would never touch a thing on any vehicle. Thankfully, I care little if the lack of an added badge somehow causes confusion as to the model. If someone doesn't recognize the rear fascia, quad pipes, etc, and the lack of shiny nomenclature causes instant befuddlement, I have done my job. The horse has been led to water. They'll have to figure it out from there.
I don't think he meant some other car trying to look like a Mustang. I think he meant a lesser Mustang being a wannabe GT350R. I've seen quite a few GTs and Ecoboosts with aftermarket GT350R parts thrown on them to mimic the look. With your car, a novice observer will be excited thinking they're seeing an R. A more experienced observer will wonder why you debadged an R. An enthusiast is going to spot the subtle differences and try to label you as a poseur. It'll be a bit of a letdown at car shows. Not that you care. Just giving some examples of thought processes from outsiders.
Apparently I'm no enthusiast. I guess if I was I'd wonder why R owners were posing as non-R's when they add the rear seat kit of the non-R offered by Ford Racing. Or when they add 6GR wheels to look like a non-R owner posing as an R owner.
If a part adds functionality or performance I don't care where it came from (I'm not referring to country of origin or copycat manufacturers here). That's why I have numerous parts from Ford Racing, Ford, Borla, Caliperfexion, etc, or I have fabricated my own. If some schlep at a "car show" wants to label me or the vehicle I drive as something that doesn't meet his or her standard so be it. If that's an enthusiast I'm glad I'm not one. I'm too busy trying to emulate another "poseur," a body in white that the queen never dubbed either.
Poseur? Lol.
Yes.
Go for it!!! Personally, I like Le Mans sripes on a Shelby. I think they help define a Shelby. And, I like the rocker stripes as well. There are kits out there so search around for ideas. Make it yours!
Tom
Thanks Tom,
I am still looking around and trying to exactly what I want to do. Yea there are lots of ideas out there and I agree, make it yours!
What I did too my non R car might be offensive to R owners.
Put the R steering wheel on and the R red calipers ..... did it for specific reasons none being that these were R parts.
Cars are an extension of our personality and some people dress sloppy and others dont. And again ... what is sloppy? My opinion might differ than Tob's perspective. I dont like the SHELBY name plate on the rear trunk lid. HATE IT .... but people do it and thats ok. Tob's car in my taste of cars is off the chart beautiful. Its coincidence we have the same color GT350, but I love the stripe delete and the badge less rear end ..... well done Tob
Put the R steering wheel on and the R red calipers ..... did it for specific reasons none being that these were R parts.
Cars are an extension of our personality and some people dress sloppy and others dont. And again ... what is sloppy? My opinion might differ than Tob's perspective. I dont like the SHELBY name plate on the rear trunk lid. HATE IT .... but people do it and thats ok. Tob's car in my taste of cars is off the chart beautiful. Its coincidence we have the same color GT350, but I love the stripe delete and the badge less rear end ..... well done Tob
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