twintornados

Whatever happened to the idea of building a Kappa platformed (Pontiac Solstice, Saturn Sky) two seater with a Chevy bowtie on it called Stingray?

Dude..they were replaced due to leakage of brake fluid that had the potential of causing a fire...big difference. I am one of the ones that had a door handle break on mine...it broke, I picked up a replacement handle, fixed it, no more problems. Here is a hint for you, all cars will have things that will break on them, foreign or domestic. I used to have a saying when I worked at Montgomery Ward in the Auto Express... "They're all good when they run, and they're all junk when they break...it doesn't matter what it says on the hood."

...But remember, it is a part that is used in several lines of Ford, Lincoln and Mercury vehicles....

Or it was an electric 2012 Focus dressed up to look like a Volt.... :shades:

I am going to ask again....say someone is going to build a "drag pack" Camaro....would it be wise to pull out the IRS and go with a solid axle...what would be the advantages or disadvantages to the overall performance of the car? has anyone seen it done?

Issues...yes, but nothing that I would consider out of the ordinary.

My previous car, a 2000 Ford Focus had an aftermarket hood installed by the body shop after I had an accident with it....hood rusted through in one year....the body shop replaced it and repainted it at no charge...with another aftermarket hood....result? Rusted out in a year....again! The third hood , I told them that I would pay the difference for a Ford OEM hood....they got an OEM unit, didn't charge me any extra, and it lasted well beyond my years with it...

Ford took a lot of hits for not offering side air bags and anti-locks as standard for 2006...but they were trying to keep the price point as low as possible....in 2007, these items were made standard....

Ahhhh.....the pay off of waiting for "just a little longer"....hello Kahdir?? How is that Camaro buddy??

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SVT_MAN...sorry to hear your "tale of woe" about your Fusion...I have a 2006 Fusion SE....The driver door handle broke on me...I fixed it myself for $25 dollars with Ford OE parts, my brakes held on until about 60K miles. When I bought my car, I insisted on the side air bags and anti-lock brakes and had the dealer find me one with them. As I roll up to 100K miles, my Fusion has been very reliable in every measure of the word.

Why import it from Australia when you can build it next to the Camaro in Oshawa Ontario.

Because your average Mustang owner could give a shit less about rear seat / storage space

There...fixed it for ya....

Atlantis Green was waaaay too dark in my opinion....they would do better if they re-introduced the "Glow" series of colors....Ivory, Ivy, Ginger, and Blue...My brother had a new 1973 Gran Torino Sport in Ivy Glow with the laser stripe and I always liked that color, as well as the Ginger Glow color on my Dads' 1972 and 1974 LTDs.......very sharp colors.

Atlantis Green was waaaay too dark in my opinion....they would do better if they re-introduced the "Glow" series of colors....Ivory, Ivy, Ginger, and Blue...My brother had a new 1973 Gran Torino Sport in Ivy Glow with the laser stripe and I always liked that color, as well as the Ginger Glow color on my Dads' 1972 and 1974 LTDs.......very sharp colors.

Has anyone seen or heard of anyone taking the independent rearend out and replacing it with a solid rear axle unit in a Camaro? Talk about your reverse engineering jobs.... :shades:

And where are the keys to the lock box? Do you carry an extra key to that??

As I have said before Mercury would never have had the plug pulled unless the Ford Family decided it was the right thing to do...instead of seeing it continue to wither and die, to honor Edsels' legacy, better to bring it off the market instead of it being a drain on the rest of the FoMoCo remaining marquees....I am sure ole Edsel himself would have agreed. After all and above all else, Edsel was a shrewd businessman...his only failing was the long shadow of Henry. The good ship Ford has been "righted"....Edsel would have wanted that above all else.

MY 2006 Fusion has the "all in one" fob.....pretty slick until I had the factory accessory remote start installed at my dealership.....got me a second fob for that feature....grrrr

Seriously?? Keep your fingers crossed and hopefully, Ford will roll out with a retro Model "T" and possibly install a flathead V8 for the performance hawks on here...that should make it far superior to the Camaro based on your specs...

Link Interesting human interest story and quite a testament to the combination of quality and proper care....

No offense T'Cal, but heritage and fond memories my ass....if it is cheaper, it will sell to fleet....that is the only motivator.

There ya go...fixed it for ya....