Tag: Pony Car
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1978 Mustang II Sleeper
The poor, pinto-based Mustang II is the butt of many jokes inside and outside the Mustang community, given its radical departure from the late 60s/early 70s muscle Mustang formula, but it was right for its time, which is to say the Mustang was a victim of the Malaise Era. Interest in a few of the…
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Almost an SVO: Mercury Capri RS Turbo
Yeah, okay, it wasn’t too close to an SVO when stock – the SVO had a lot of handling upgrades, four-wheel discs, etc. This is a mildly upgraded Capri, however, and shares a version of the 2.3-liter, turbocharged four cylinder, sans intercooler. Nice Capris don’t come along too often, and the turbos are particularly rare.…
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Salvageable ASC McLaren Mustang?
The ASC McLaren Mustang was an interesting car, as it’s a bit hard to define its purpose. Originally, ASC converted Fox body Mercury Capris into convertibles – something that made some sense, given a convertible was never offered by the factory. Later, however, they took to modifying Mustang convertibles with a different top, more raked…