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Donald N. Frey, Designer of the Mustang, Dies at 86
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| March 28, 2010
| Douglas Martin
Posted on 03/29/2010 4:06:06 PM PDT by Ready4Freddy
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To: SparkyBass
No seat belts or head restraints?
I wonder if Dear leader knows about this....
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posted on
03/29/2010 4:29:44 PM PDT
by
PA-RIVER
To: jessduntno
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posted on
03/29/2010 4:32:09 PM PDT
by
Loud Mime
(Liberalism is a Socialist Disease)
To: Richard Kimball
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posted on
03/29/2010 4:32:43 PM PDT
by
Loud Mime
(Liberalism is a Socialist Disease)
To: jakerobins
Whats my wife doing in you Garage ?
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posted on
03/29/2010 4:33:44 PM PDT
by
PA-RIVER
To: jakerobins
I think there's a Car in this picture...LOL
You'll have a hard time proving it...
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posted on
03/29/2010 4:34:42 PM PDT
by
Dr.Zoidberg
(Warning: Sarcasm/humor is always engaged. Failure to recognize this may lead to misunderstandings.)
To: SycoDon
Same thing happened to Harley Earl. The Oldsmobile F88 is one example, but the official Harley Earl site, that I believe is run by his son, http://www.carofthecentury.com is a rundown of how GM ousted Earl to take the company in the direction that eventually led to the problems today.
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posted on
03/29/2010 4:34:43 PM PDT
by
Richard Kimball
(We're all criminals. They just haven't figured out what some of us have done yet.)
To: Loud Mime
Hahahaha...Field of Dreams...
“is this Heaven?”
No, it’s Iowa!”
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posted on
03/29/2010 4:34:47 PM PDT
by
jessduntno
( If someone calls me racist, I reply "you are just saying that because I'm white!")
To: Loud Mime
I notice we think alike, too. We used almost the exact same words to describe it.
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posted on
03/29/2010 4:35:48 PM PDT
by
Richard Kimball
(We're all criminals. They just haven't figured out what some of us have done yet.)
To: PA-RIVER
Kind of interesting, I saw an interview with Lee Iacocca where one of the networks was trying to create a controversy about the original Mustangs not being safe, and Iacocca fired back that he wasn’t going to sit there and let them insult the original designers for not including safety concepts that wouldn’t be invented for twenty years.
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posted on
03/29/2010 4:38:31 PM PDT
by
Richard Kimball
(We're all criminals. They just haven't figured out what some of us have done yet.)
To: SparkyBass
Same color as my 1966 GT convertible. Pony interior identical to yours except no a/c in mine. Changed out the 289 for a 302 engine. Great toy—when I was still driving it to the office it got far more attention than my BMW.
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posted on
03/29/2010 4:41:33 PM PDT
by
Czar
(NRA Life Member)
To: Richard Kimball
I will never forget the first time I saw that commercial. It is one of those monuments in life.
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posted on
03/29/2010 4:43:49 PM PDT
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Loud Mime
(Liberalism is a Socialist Disease)
To: Loud Mime
I thought about putting (Ford Mustang) at the end of the title, but forgot.
At age 86 now, Mr Frey would have been ~16 years old when the P-51 first flew. Perhaps Sheldon Cooper could have designed it in his teens, but no other. ;>)
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posted on
03/29/2010 4:46:20 PM PDT
by
Ready4Freddy
("It's not the number of burnt cars that worries me. It's the fact that everyone finds this normal..")
To: Mr. Mojo
Mmm, love those first-generation Fastbacks. In fact, I own one!
It looks a lot like this; same color, same wheels, but a '65 gunmetal grille and - unlike this one, mine still has windshield wipers and side mirrors. No matching P-51D, alas...
Thanks for all the miles of smiles, Mr. Frey. You done good.
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posted on
03/29/2010 4:53:41 PM PDT
by
Charles Martel
("Endeavor to persevere...")
To: Ready4Freddy
Rest In Peace, Mr. Frey, and thank you for your wonderful gift.
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posted on
03/29/2010 4:57:39 PM PDT
by
NonValueAdded
("The real death threat is their legislation" Rush Limbaugh, 3/25/10)
To: Charles Martel
Nice ‘Stang there, CM! I’m with ya — the first-gen fastbacks were the pinnacle of their design history. The GT version with the K-code 289 motor is the one to have. I had a ‘65 convertible with the detuned 289 back in the day.
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03/29/2010 5:10:05 PM PDT
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Mr. Mojo
To: Ready4Freddy; a fool in paradise
Mustangs are designer horses? Who knew?
To: Richard Kimball
Now, if I could just have the Firebird (not too happy about the white color though), and the GOAT also shown in the chase scene, I’d be a happy camper.
To: AFreeBird
I was never a Firebird guy, but I would have loved to have had Bandit 1.
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posted on
03/29/2010 5:22:34 PM PDT
by
Richard Kimball
(We're all criminals. They just haven't figured out what some of us have done yet.)
To: Charles Martel
Sweet!
I'll take the old one in the back. :)
To: Loud Mime
That was a cool commercial and I love Mustangs as much as any red blooded American but I still had to laugh when I saw the CURVES he put in that track. Typical Mustangs, even those built today, do NOT handle like sports cars.
(I shall now don my Nomex underwear)
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posted on
03/29/2010 5:28:39 PM PDT
by
Nik Naym
(My new business plan : open a chain of stores that sell hot tar, feathers, rope, and lamp posts.)
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