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The remake of Gone in 60 Seconds is just as terrible/wonderful as the original yet, despite the cheese factor, it inspired a million rich guys to blow their wad on their own”Eleanor” GT500 after seeing this car chase. If you still don’t get it, this wallpaper shot by KillerBlackbird clearly demonstrates the appeal. More »
You know, Cervini’s makes a kit that will make a late-model S-197 Mustang look like a modern take on “Eleanor.” I’m still torn as to whether or not I like the kit, but my personal S-197 is already that color…
Five-Oh-No!
Oh man, how did you guys know this was my dream car? The things I would do to that car if I owned it…. You know like drive it.
alexander_the_car_salamander
You’re among friends. It’s cool. And also, what he said….
KeyserSöze: Professional Gentleman of Leisure
My pleasure.
$kaycog
Do you hate the current batch of 911s too? You know, ’cause it’s not an original design?
KeyserSöze: Professional Gentleman of Leisure
and by the way Eleanor was designed by Steve Stanford, Chip Foose and his shop just built the cars.
DObeDObeDO
Gotta disagree here, early 80′s are the real victims of the family ugly stick.
interrogator_chaplain
Please forgive me for the boner and, at the risk of being ostracized by Jalopniks, I hereby come out of the closet on my love for this car.
There, I did it… I feel better.
Renescent
Your judging a world class designer and the one of most decorated hotrod builders of all time on his role in a TV show? Wow. How about his 7 AMBR awards and 3 riddlers, or the fact the he is one of the greatest car guys of all time just in general. I rather enjoy overhauln my self, no its not the greatest show of all time and it is scripted “reality” tv so you cant expect all that much. As for the car, I am an obsessed mustang fanboy to the core and i dont like it. Its beautiful its sexy its badass, but its just not for me.
DObeDObeDO
Thank you Miss Cog!
conrader
Overplayed. This is as much of an abomination as those kit car ‘cobras’ (aka the Harley Davidson of sports cars) that litter Ford shows all over the earth.
Its like those kids who dye their hair blue and wear nose rings to be original…
Side Note: Ever since GISS came out those cars have had ridiculous appreciation and interiors drenched in vinegar. Similar to the MkIV Supra and F&F.
Slowlane
Say what you will about the Overhaulin’ cars (personally, I liked many of them), but the guy can do a downright gorgeous car.
And while I haven’t met him personally, guys I know who have say he’s a decent guy.
evoCS
So your take on the guys is because he “destroyed” a numbers matching car(s)?, there are hundreds of numbers matching cars out there, let’s take for example this one.
[www.collectorcarsforsale.com]
$8k for a GTO matching numbers, it ain’t such a “collectors” car, not a 100k car and most importantly most of the cars taken over by overhaulin’ were project cars that were destined to the crusher if no help/money was available, so, what is so fucked up about taking a rusty, old, unfinished car and putting in new high performance parts on it? I saw the show and I liked it, I didn’t like a lot of the final results but, boy, those were improved all around and can be sold for at least 4 times the initial value, so… where’s the lost?
Let’s be real, an old car with matching numbers is not a big deal, lets not make such a big issue about an old car that was destined to the crusher.
GuacaTaco
This be it.
$kaycog
Ditto that. [tcotrel.tripod.com]
tcotrel
I should have read my horoscope this morning.
ɹǝʌoɹ ǝБuɐɹʇs
OOH, no shock there, but which one is it??
conrader
Bold in the sense of Modified Mustangs. And the latest gen Mustangs are the worse Mustangs Period. Even the late 70′s cars typified an era. The latest batch? A complete rip-off of the originals. No “new design” just the mentality that “hey, let’s take something from the past and update it abit by bloating it with safety features and electronics!!”
cesariojpn
Wait…HUH?!?!?
Also, since when does being a douche prevent one from designing pretty cars?
TommyRocker
You ever seen Overhaulin’? Removing the venom masturbation fantasies Boyd Coddington had for him on American Hotrod, why a guy ever agreed to such a show is beyond me. Also, he did alot of questionable antics on the show. In one episode alone, he went against the wishes of the insider and did a design feature the insider specifically said the owner of the car hated. In addition, he destroyed a numbers matching car by modifying it. Even the host was in on the lie, smiling on camera that the car had it’s numbers matching engine, yet it had on a shitton of aftermarket bolt-on parts. “Oh yeah, it’s gonna keep it’s value due to the original numbers matching engine is still in it!!”
cesariojpn
Wow… Ugliest ever? That’s a bold statement… I happen to thinks it’s one of the most beautiful automobiles ever created, Mustang or otherwise… but, if you really want to rip on Mustangs, you may want to focus your attention on the span from 74-78.
KeyserSöze: Professional Gentleman of Leisure
The hoodpins make the car.
killernoodle
Douchebag you say… I guess you’ve designed better cars.
GuacaTaco
Very nice, indeed. What a gorgeous shot and car. I like the stripe continuation on the grill. Is it an optical illusion that the driver’s side stripe on the hood is closer to the center than the other? Either way that is a fabulous image.
WOT
I really wish that’s the Eleanor conversion that caught on.
Maymar
Ugliest Mustang ever. It doesn’t help it was designed by a douchebag.
cesariojpn
+1
BoazMacPhereson
I knew a guy that had one, jet black. I asked him how he got it, he said his brother in law gave it to him with the only stipulation being that he drive it often. Wow.
HammerheadFistpunch
I would do very dirty things to that car…. -V-
M5Manny
That is beautiful!! If I didn’t have Ford GT wallpaper, I might have this Eleanor.
$kaycog
NSFW tag missing
Crossdrilled
Here’s a better one.
Cool Cadillac Cat
The WB
needs one of these buttons
toyotaboy02
Like.
Rusty
I have such a boner for this car… Good selection.
EDIT: I wish I could remember who coined the phrase “But not before I Wert the shit out of it”. That was Jalop GOLD.
KeyserSöze: Professional Gentleman of Leisure