Buck will never live down the Mustang II. But as he said in his interview, 2nd best selling Mustang ever. Who knew? Not my favorite Mustang.......
Virgil Exner found the bad end of that buck when he was "retired" out of Chrysler for others' bad decisions. The old story for Ford was that no project was started until some poor unsuspecting sap had been selected as the fall guy in case it wasn't successful.
Ahh you want to be a consultant. We typically ask for a longer engagement (the reasoning: scapegoats only work when they’re actually around to take the blame)
Hear ya - guessing degree of difficulty was high. Though recall the advertising had it shutting-out boredom two-zip (er, II-zip?!) and that particular one looks like a kinda fun one ... Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
Thanks, great story. I remember that piece from Mr. Yates. I spent many a night out there with those guys street racing. Crazy times.
Vintage Yates.....puts me in the scene, yet gives me space to incorporate my own similar experiences... some of us never really grow up....
The "LeMans" of street racing (that sometimes included an actual Lemans!)! Monkeemobile dude and an occasional Woodward feller ... Jim & Dean and Musso & Frank - breaking bread for the first time since '66 when Dean tossed Jim out of his shop - Image Unavailable, Please Login
I wrote Brock Yates a letter when the Bugatti EB-110 came out, defending the styling. He hated it, but I thought it was dignified and looked the part of a Bugatti. He published it!
Jim Addison's Silver Bullet? A 1967 Plymouth GTX Hemi that was of course painted silver... Image Unavailable, Please Login
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Pretty darn cool redux ...! https://www.hemmings.com/blog/index.php/2014/06/12/recreating-motions-wanted-camaro/ Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
Yes I believe Sunrise Highway was mentioned years ago when that picture first appeared. Connecting Highway was another popular location to...