GT performance package [AdClassix Week II]
This entry belongs to the 2nd edition of the AdClassix special we’re organizing here this week – all in honor of some great classic Mustang ads. You can find the full collection here at the end of the week.
“New luxury interiors, new GT performance package for America’s favorite sports car”
Augmented Mustang reality
Remember the when I wrote about this Flash website, that allowed you to drive around with a 3D mustang on the site. That was nice but what this developer has done now is way beyond nice, it’s just totally cool. I already said on my other Twitter account recently that ‘Augmented Reality is the new black’ with several applications showing up online, advertisers taking smart advantage of the technology such as you can see here.
Today my buddy Steven sent me some other cool application… because it was Mustang related. It’s one of the many AR examples I’ve seen lately but must say I find it one of the coolest (yeah even if it wouldn’t have been with a Mustang). It’s much more dynamic that most cases where it just shows a static 3D object. Just like the creator notes:
“In most of the cool AR projects I have seen so far [1] [2] the user is supposed to hold the marker and move it around in front of the camera and the 3d object follows the marker. I had a slightly different idea: why not just leave the marker and the camera in one place and use your keyboard to move around the 3d objects?”
Check it out this video!
Read all about this cool project here.
Mustang Shelby GT-500 telephone
We’re all too late as it seems the phone just sold out, I reckon by popular demand. Wouldn’t you throw away your iPhone, Gphone or what not to have one of these instead?
I’m sorry but I can only smile at the idea of having this against my ear to make a phonecall :) Loving the Mustang and all, but seriously, this cannot be good.
Just a little bit of Friday fun
Yes I know I haven’t posted a ‘Mustang of the week’ last week, nor will I do so today :( I need to catch up with some of the photographers in the Flickr group I created and get the little survey out to them etc… Not giving up on the series though so expect it to come back soon. We do have over 200 of the greatest classic Mustang photos in the group though so if you’re up for a real treat… go check it out.
Anyway, today I discovered this little Flash site that lets you ‘drive around’ with a Mustang on the website which I thought was worth sharing. It’s not something you’ll keep doing for hours, but it is nevertheless a bit of fun.
Hat tip to @minorissues
MonsterStang
I was thinking since we’re talking so much lately about all these weird Mustang mods out there, I had to go find the one model I could think of that was still missing – the Monster Truck, or at least something similar. And yes, of course, there are Mustangs such as to be found… here’s one for your viewing pleasure:
Did I miss a conversion I haven’t yet blogged about?
Stretching it!
Maybe the Mustang pick-up or wagon conversions weren’t that bad at all… I mean if you look at the stretched versions of a Mustang, those other ones looked just great. I cannot even begin to say how ugly and useless I think these cars are. What’s your take?
Mustang specials ‘64 – ‘73
Only a couple of days ago I wrote about the Ford Mustang Indy 500 Coupes that were built in 1964, and on my search for more info I found this page created by the Mustangdrivers (fellow countrymen of mine nevertheless) which you might find interesting as well.
This page has all the Mustang special editions that were build between 1964 and 1973, some you might now and some you will have never heard of before. Here’s a short outtake, visit the page to see all.
This is the badge from the ‘67 Ski Country Special for instance, which included a ski-rack for instance. Duh! (Only from Denver dealerships at the time).
Find out more about the ‘67 Mustang Stallion, the ‘67 Indy Pace Setter, the ‘68 California Special, the ‘69 Limited Edition 600 and many more right here! Although I must admit that the original Indy 500 beats them all though ;)
Mustang mutations and conversions
Remember this post about the Mustang pick-up I did recently. Well it seems like there are loads more of these pick-up like Mustang conversions, Wolfgang Kohrn from ponysite.de gathered a whole bunch of them (with backstories) on his site.
And also from the Mustang wagon there seem to be quite some more copies out there:
Check them all out here. Any other exotic conversions you have seen that you can point me to? Let me know in the comments.
The 1964 Mustang Indy 500 Pace Car
It’s undeniable that the Mustang has a great history. And I’ve written about it on many occasions, but still today I stumble upon great stories – parts of history – that make are worth writing about.
The story I came across this time is about the 1964 Ford Mustang Indy 500 Pace Car. Only 3 of those convertibles were prepared by Holman & Moody to pace the Greatest Spectacle In Racing-the Indianapolis 500.
“Ford produced three consecutively numbered Wimbledon White (not Pace Car White) Mustang convertibles for this purpose-5F08F100240, 5F08F100241, and 5F08F100242. Only one of them is known to have survived, 5F08F100241, belonging to Bruce Weiss of Florida. It is a beautifully restored showpiece with all of the original appointments, including the two-way radio and chrome hand holds. Bruce showed this car quite a bit during the ’90s. It hasn’t been seen much since.”
The other 2 are “missing in action” hence the call out to all Mustang enthusiasts to help us find out where they are or what has happened to them. Read all about it here.
These 3 aren’t to be confused with the promotional Mustang Pace Car Edition Coupes of which 190 were built (also in 1964) as an incentive program for Ford dealers:
“Only 190 of these Coupes were built under the direction of Lee Iacocca as an incentive program for Ford dealers. This promotional competition was planned to distribute Pace Car Editions to dealers nationwide as a sales performance reward. Many of these coupes were lost and destroyed over the years. It is estimated by experts that approximately ten restored, roadworthy examples exist.”
Funny part of all this as well is that those Coupes apparently were in Pace Car white where as the 3 real pace car Mustangs were in Wimbledon white. Kinda weird.
So, had one of these in your barn and didn’t think it was all that important? Or maybe you know where the 2 missing Pace Cars are… you might be in for some money.
And just in case you were curious as to what the other pace cars were in the long Indy 500 history, they’re all here.
Late Xmas gift?
Mustang addict and didn’t know what to ask for Christmas? Maybe this would have been something for you:
“The Mustang Front End Shelf is ideal for displaying mustang themed collectibles and it makes a superb gift for any Mustang fan.”
And there’s also a Rear End Shelf for those who wonder. They’re $69.99 each and you can buy them here.
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