ID this car!

[NiceCupOfTea]

Saw this car on The Professionals.

Some sort of muscle 70s coupe, looks a bit like a Maser Bora, or maybe Jap, but the badge on the grilled looks like a cross...

Watch from 7:08...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egb8J74YwQw

Any ideas?

[DAVEVO9]

Mustang

[Lets Torque]

something like a Ford Mustang BOSS.

If I'm wrong thenn someone will be along shortly to ell me the error of my ways!

[bigandclever]

Mustang.

In fact, have this link... http://imcdb.org/vehicle_28591-Ford-Mustang-1972.h...

Edited by bigandclever on Thursday 12th May 12:15

[NiceCupOfTea]

bigandclever said:

Mustang.

In fact, have this link... http://imcdb.org/vehicle_28591-Ford-Mustang-1972.h...

Edited by bigandclever on Thursday 12th May 12:15

Bloody hell you guys are good - 2 minutes!! Had just remembered about imcdb and found the link myself. Looking at the badge now you can see the vertical bits and the pony...

I assume this was during the Mustang's "dark days"

[graham22]

More recently, Saxondale:

[Fartgalen]

Hardly an obscure model ....

[BigS]

NiceCupOfTea said:

Bloody hell you guys are good - 2 minutes!! Had just remembered about imcdb and found the link myself. Looking at the badge now you can see the vertical bits and the pony...

I assume this was during the Mustang's "dark days"

They got darker in the 80s

[300bhp/ton]

Fartgalen said:

Hardly an obscure model ....

Exactly

[mybrainhurts]

Dire acting...

[soad]

mybrainhurts said:

Dire acting...

Yup

[300bhp/ton]

BigS said:

They got darker in the 80s

umm, accept they where good cars. Fast for their day, powerful, tunable. Fairly light weight.

6.5sec 0-60mph and 140mph+ faster in some guises.

[BigS]

300bhp/ton said:

umm, accept they where good cars. Fast for their day, powerful, tunable. Fairly light weight.

6.5sec 0-60mph and 140mph+ faster in some guises.

That they may be, but lookers they aren't

[NHK244V]

300bhp/ton said:

umm, accept they where good cars. Fast for their day, powerful, tunable. Fairly light weight.

6.5sec 0-60mph and 140mph+ faster in some guises.

True but the looked ste

[300bhp/ton]

BigS said:

300bhp/ton said:

umm, accept they where good cars. Fast for their day, powerful, tunable. Fairly light weight.

6.5sec 0-60mph and 140mph+ faster in some guises.

That they may be, but lookers they aren't

I guess its a subjective thing and I agree not as striking looking as a 60's example.

But I quite like these in an understated unfussy way. I think they sort of look like a muscle bound bouncer in a posh suit, to phrase an analogy.

[geeteeaye]

Those 80's Mustang's are - they look like a Datsun Bluebird!

[NiceCupOfTea]

Fartgalen said:

Hardly an obscure model ....

Sorry, will had in my membership immediately!

FWIW the Saxondale Mustang I would recognise immediately, but that brown looks very different IMHO. All that plastic at the front makes me think Datsun or something!

[300bhp/ton]

geeteeaye said:

Those 80's Mustang's are - they look like a Datsun Bluebird!

What and your van looking VW is such a stunner?

[BigS]

300bhp/ton said:

I guess its a subjective thing and I agree not as striking looking as a 60's example.

But I quite like these in an understated unfussy way. I think they sort of look like a muscle bound bouncer in a posh suit, to phrase an analogy.

To me a muscle car should have the looks to go with the power.
As you say, the 60s was pretty much the pinicle, although the recent crop seem to be getting back to being angry looking like they should be

[wombat172a]

300bhp/ton said:

I guess its a subjective thing and I agree not as striking looking as a 60's example.

But I quite like these in an understated unfussy way. I think they sort of look like a muscle bound bouncer in a posh suit, to phrase an analogy.

I'd bet if someone put an American V8 in a Fiat Multipla you'd still love it despite the looks