This appears to have held up surprisingly well

"sm70- why not Duesenberg?" (sm70-whynotduesenberg)
06/06/2019 at 14:28 • Filed to: None

DISCUSSION (23)

shop-teacher > sm70- why not Duesenberg?
06/06/2019 at 14:32

I swear that exact car got consigne d at Gateway Classic cars during that meet-up last year.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > sm70- why not Duesenberg?
06/06/2019 at 14:33

I had one of those in about 1988. V8-302 CID and I think it made 120 hosepower.

HondoyotaE38: A Japanese and German Collab...wait a minute > sm70- why not Duesenberg?
06/06/2019 at 14:34

Fox body is nicer.

sm70- why not Duesenberg? > shop-teacher
06/06/2019 at 14:49

I have a vague recollection of seeing it as well

sm70- why not Duesenberg? > HondoyotaE38: A Japanese and German Collab...wait a minute
06/06/2019 at 14:50

There are some airborne diseases which are nicer.

someassemblyrequired > sm70- why not Duesenberg?
06/06/2019 at 14:50

The ad for said car, maybe not so much.

HondoyotaE38: A Japanese and German Collab...wait a minute > sm70- why not Duesenberg?
06/06/2019 at 14:56

Ok that’s cool because Foxbody is still nicer.

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > sm70- why not Duesenberg?
06/06/2019 at 15:05

Even in that condition I wouldn’t feel bad if it went to the scrapper.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > sm70- why not Duesenberg?
06/06/2019 at 15:11

I’ve got a picture somewhere of an absurdly immaculate Mustang II Ghia that was at Nashville C&C. We’re talking “includes brand-new-looking washer pump bag” immaculate.

shop-teacher > sm70- why not Duesenberg?
06/06/2019 at 15:15

Now that I’m thinking about it, I think it was black, but otherwise identical. It stood out to me, because I passed it on the highway on the way there, and then saw it pull in while we were there.

ranwhenparked > sm70- why not Duesenberg?
06/06/2019 at 15:43

Wow, a Ghia, classy. I’m sure the driver must drink only the finest of Champales.

ttyymmnn > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
06/06/2019 at 15:59

After the Nova?

jimz > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever
06/06/2019 at 15:59

nah, we need to keep at least some of them around as an example of “DON’T.”

MiniGTI - now with XJ6 > shop-teacher
06/06/2019 at 16:02

How many more can there be? I remember that also.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > ttyymmnn
06/06/2019 at 16:06

Yes. I didn’t own the Mustang II for long. I sold it to a guy who figured out that the engine timing wasn’t set up correctly and was slowing the car down. That was not an era of much success at much of anything in my life.

Manwich - now Keto-Friendly > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
06/06/2019 at 16:15

“I sold it to a guy who figured out that the engine timing wasn’t set up correctly and was slowing the car down.”

Which might mean it was making less power than my Honda Fit (109HP)!

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > Manwich - now Keto-Friendly
06/06/2019 at 16:23

Entirely possible.

Shour, Aloof and Obnoxious > sm70- why not Duesenberg?
06/06/2019 at 16:27

I’m the rare individual that doesn’t think that the Mustang II was completely atrocious. However, that pretty much only applies to Mustang IIs that have aggressive bumper kits...really just the Cobra IIs, and similar looks. THIS look here, especially with the landau top? Just not sporty-looking enough to really carry the Mustang name. I mean...really, this is just a tarted up Pinto. (Yes yes, every Mustang II was a tarted up Pinto. The original Mustang was a tarted up Falcon and every Fox body Mustang was a tarted up Fairmont.)

(I am aware that there are Fox bodies that are pretty barebones to the point that they also lose their sportiness. However, I have covered the Fox body extensively. In short...if your Fox body Mustang is going to be completely devoid of everything that makes it sporty...why didn’t you just buy a Fairmont coupe?)

sm70- why not Duesenberg? > MiniGTI - now with XJ6
06/06/2019 at 16:40

This probably isn’t the same one, unless it followed me all the way back to Nebraska

feather-throttle-not-hair > Shour, Aloof and Obnoxious
06/06/2019 at 17:23

Heh, my 24 hours of lemons teammate races a Mustang II. We somehow managed to get a hold of the Cobra body kit, but he didn’t want it or something. It ended up going on my Pontiac Sunbird (also a lemons car)

just-a-scratch > Shour, Aloof and Obnoxious
06/06/2019 at 17:39

Fairmonts don’t have to be beigemobiles, even if painted beige. Just ask Eric.

https://www.ericthecarguy.com/fairmont-videos

AMC/Renauledge > sm70- why not Duesenberg?
06/06/2019 at 18:03

How such a small car that’s supposed to be sporty can look like it’s on casters is beyond me. And that front end, with its long overhang and high bumper must have been about as aerodynamic as a mud fence.

While the II has its own quite rabid fanbase (literally, I think they were bitten by rats and have rabies) , and the car sold quite well during the 1973-74 Energy Crisis, it was a total bomb and it sullied the Mustang nameplate.

The Monza was better. Their own Capri was better. The Plymouth Arrow was better. The Pacer was better. Not to mention the Camaro, Firebird, or even the Challenger, Barracuda, and Javelin in ‘74.

Fans scream “rack-and-pinion steering” but the Pacer had that, too. They scream about how popular it was... initially... until its 4th model year when the much older Camaro AND Firebird each individually outsold the II.

Ford pretty much tried to turn the Mustang into a subcompact personal luxury coupe in this era, as they tried with the Cougar as an intermediate personal luxury coupe. What a turd.

Sampsonite24-Earth's Least Likeliest Hero > sm70- why not Duesenberg?
06/07/2019 at 10:34

man the 70s were fucking weird