The 2nd generation of the Mustang, built between 1974-1978. Designed by Lee Iacocca and based on the the subcompact Ford Pinto platform. It came in basic coupe form, hatchback, or the up scale "Ghia" which had a landau vinyl roof treatment. Engines offered were either a I4 or V6 engine, but a small-block V8 became an option in '75.
During the gas crisis, it sold well, mainly due to the demand of small cars. But this generation is known to Mustang fans as one of the least popular. Mainly due to cheap wimpy Pinto type styling and the lack of a good performace engine. The base coupe and Ghia models were boring looking. And Hatchback models tried to hard to look sporty, what with the "Stallion" or "Cobra" trim. They offered paint jobs with strips going down the hood, a blacked out grill, and lots of plastic body moldings. But in the end the car just looked tacky and overdone, and was all show and no go. Sales declined after '75 and a newer more popular Mustang design would appear in 1979.
During the gas crisis, it sold well, mainly due to the demand of small cars. But this generation is known to Mustang fans as one of the least popular. Mainly due to cheap wimpy Pinto type styling and the lack of a good performace engine. The base coupe and Ghia models were boring looking. And Hatchback models tried to hard to look sporty, what with the "Stallion" or "Cobra" trim. They offered paint jobs with strips going down the hood, a blacked out grill, and lots of plastic body moldings. But in the end the car just looked tacky and overdone, and was all show and no go. Sales declined after '75 and a newer more popular Mustang design would appear in 1979.
One of the worst cars I've ever seen was a rusty 1976 Ford Mustang II "Ghia", painted in white but sporting a ghastly bright red landau vinyl roof, with a red interior.
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Get the Ford Mustang II mug.The best car ford has made. First manufactured in late 1964. Millions flocked to the showrooms, and dealers had to put them on lifts to keep them from getting damaged.Made Ford so much profit, Chevy scrambled to make the Camaro to compete with it. Could be a economy car, with an economical base 6- cylinder engine, a mid-priced v-8 fastback, or a drag racing, 450 horse shelby GT-500. Ford turned it into an old ladies car in the late 70's, but in the 90's, they brought back the performance side of the mustang.
Did you know engineers designed an independent rear suspension for the
Ford Mustang,but Ford was too
cheap to put it on higher models?
Ford Mustang,but Ford was too
cheap to put it on higher models?
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the melfort hockey team players, all graduated and often found at a high school party trying get a young, underaged teenage girl intoxicated. When they succeed in this they then all pass her around having sexual relations with her and then leave her to pass out somewheres in the house that the party is at. the young girl is then labeled a puck for the rest of her life.
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Get the Mustang mug.1) one of, if not the, most effective fighter plane in WWII.
2)small horse found on the western plains, originally from Spain.
3)The original pony car, one that inspires an equal amount of hatred and adoration in the American public. Usually those that hate it are: LS1 owners (they rate respect from any Mustang driver with brains) and ricers (who couldn't win respect in a church raffle). From the point of view of a Mustang driver, LS1's are the sh*t. Enuff said there, so we will move on to the enmity expressed by the ricer crowd. What a joke group of "tuners". Usually, in a street confrontation, a ricer will pull up to a Mustang, and they will leave the light normally. Upon the Mustang reaching 2000 RPM's (Mustangs have a tendency to scream at this point...), the ricer will take off, assuming the 'Stang driver is trying to race him, and revving his engine to the moon to make some semblence of power. He then runs home to his chat boards and claims that he owned a mustang from a dig when he actually only pulled ahead by, at most, half a car length.
2)small horse found on the western plains, originally from Spain.
3)The original pony car, one that inspires an equal amount of hatred and adoration in the American public. Usually those that hate it are: LS1 owners (they rate respect from any Mustang driver with brains) and ricers (who couldn't win respect in a church raffle). From the point of view of a Mustang driver, LS1's are the sh*t. Enuff said there, so we will move on to the enmity expressed by the ricer crowd. What a joke group of "tuners". Usually, in a street confrontation, a ricer will pull up to a Mustang, and they will leave the light normally. Upon the Mustang reaching 2000 RPM's (Mustangs have a tendency to scream at this point...), the ricer will take off, assuming the 'Stang driver is trying to race him, and revving his engine to the moon to make some semblence of power. He then runs home to his chat boards and claims that he owned a mustang from a dig when he actually only pulled ahead by, at most, half a car length.
Q: What do a 800 HP (horsepower) Supra and a 500 HP (horsepower) MUSTANG have in common?
A: 10 second time slips. Get bent, you nip car driving f*c*s.
A: 10 second time slips. Get bent, you nip car driving f*c*s.
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Get the Mustang mug.1.An officer in the Marine Corps that is prior-enlisted. The only officer that is respected by the enlisted personnel because he went up the food chain throu the real shite, instead of just coming straight up by having a BS degree in toilet paper.
2.a wild, undomesticated horse.
2.a wild, undomesticated horse.
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