WTF???!!!
https://www.shelby.com/eblasts/110221-SAI/110221-SAI.html
I agree. WTF?! It's missing the devil horns on the roof...
WOW! I'm Shel Shocked! 8)
I've known about this project for a few months - first time I've seen it.
I guess we'll just have to label it "Stripes Sans Pipes". But that could change........ Ford has already added a soundtrack to the Mach-E.
It's the future - so they say. Those of you who hate it only need to go back to the GLHS for the first taste of the future catching up to the 60s performance we all love.
Vroooom......F
And it will keep happening......
Just get out and drive our classics and reminisce of the good ol' days.
Remember, we're just caretakers.
Quote from: shelbydoug on November 02, 2021, 04:53:37 PM
WOW! I'm Shel Shocked! 8)
Goodone....Is the glovebox signed????
Anyone notice this boo boo yet? When did a motor become an engine? Where is the plate located? The motors are at the wheels - is it just under the hood (or is that a frunk? - front trunk) BTW how much does the hood duct cut into the storage space? Seems to me a scoop providing more storage room would have been preferred.
Shelby striping and badging
• Classic "LeMans" over the top racing stripes
• Modern Shelby side stripe badging
• Front and rear "SHELBY" lettering
• CSM Dash badge and engine plate
Fender flares eh?...
At least it will not need traction lock. Just wait until they put in charging stations in the raceway pits for the non-vintage races. Expect that to be a CA mandate anytime now. 8)
And then there is a way to rehab our classic trucks:
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/cars/2021/11/02/ford-makes-classic-truck-electric-with-mustang-mach-e-gt-features/6255242001/
Quote from: Don Johnston on November 02, 2021, 09:35:15 PM
And then there is a way to rehab our classic trucks:
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/cars/2021/11/02/ford-makes-classic-truck-electric-with-mustang-mach-e-gt-features/6255242001/
Actually that's pretty da** cool. Love the kit priced reasonably. Something we need to think seriously about.
And I look at it this way, long after we're gone (and as Caretakers), and all the electric vehicles running around, some of our inheritors will most likely "Electric Kit" our classics so they and their children and children's children can still enjoy them as the physical, true classic car they are, i.e., Sheetmetal, interior, etc.
Because, there won't be any fossil fuels to drive these classics anymore.
I just threw up.........that is a hard NO
Until I see a Marti Report.... I'm going to put it in the 'just another clone' category.....
Electric "Eluminator" crate motor now available. Build your own clone now!
https://www.lethalperformance.com/ford-performance-m-9000-mache-eluminator-281hp-317tq-mach-e-electric-motor.html?gclid=Cj0KCQjw5oiMBhDtARIsAJi0qk1xNaO38wRqQHI0aSVdDdyICnCv7GDEVAOGbMc6uTGGPyBLrSqYAuAaAnlUEALw_wcB
Quote from: Don Johnston on November 03, 2021, 04:16:35 PM
Electric "Eluminator" crate motor now available. Build your own clone now!
https://www.lethalperformance.com/ford-performance-m-9000-mache-eluminator-281hp-317tq-mach-e-electric-motor.html?gclid=Cj0KCQjw5oiMBhDtARIsAJi0qk1xNaO38wRqQHI0aSVdDdyICnCv7GDEVAOGbMc6uTGGPyBLrSqYAuAaAnlUEALw_wcB
I know a guy who tried to get one a couple weeks ago he was told delayed shipping - lack of controller chips.
How would you incorporate that into an old car? What else do you need? LOL
Lots of cash.
Quote from: 67 GT350 on November 03, 2021, 04:39:57 PM
How would you incorporate that into an old car? What else do you need? LOL
Large Cash Infusions
Regardless of what it says in the Shelby press release, I doubt that Carroll would be too enthusiastic about this.
To the forum: Please restrain your comments about how he'd sign a toilet seat if there was a buck in it, or how many times he's sued others, or took advantage of widows & orphans, didn't hand out trick-or-treat candy, et al. I'm just talking about this particular vehicle.
Yes, Carroll might mouth a couple of sound bites about what an interesting new technology it is, blah blah blah, how he started as a chicken farmer, won LeMans, then blah blah blah. We know the scenario.
BUT: IMO...this car is not what the Carroll I'd been personal friends with for nearly 30 years would've liked.
Aren't there enough exciting ICE vehicles being made by Shelby LV, and enough parts being peddled, to keep the company going strong without slapping a set of stripes and wheels and an upholstery kit on this thing, and calling it some sort of "Shelby special edition"?
To me, this move greatly dilutes the Shelby brand. I hope to hell this inane decision-making doesn't continue.
Carroll did acknowledge future technologies. He worked with UC Riverside to develop the hydrogen 427 red Cobra. It was on display for years at the LV shop. Unfortunately at the time the range was limited due to available pressure allowed in fuel tanks. We did once talk about EV decades ago but he felt that the cost and technology was a long way away at the time. He was more intersected was in the next best ICE toy that could carry his name.
https://www.reddit.com/r/HydrogenSocieties/comments/et1kr3/shelby_cobra_was_converted_to_run_on_hydrogen_in/
However, I am not sure how he would look at this Prius killer attempt. Boost the power and range and enhance the design to more than a bunch of stripes and carbon fiber add-ons, it might be more interesting. Of course, CHS royalty payments will be a strong focus of approval now.
So it is the battle of heresy versus marketing brilliance. 8)
Don, I certainly agree. Especially your last sentence. I will always have a tough time choking down that reality.
The big gulp will come when they start chowing up at SAAC conventions and doing silent running track time. ::)
I was at SEMA yesterday and saw it. I glanced at it as I walked by but I didn't stop to look it over. I just thought it was a bit ridiculous. What could Shelby put on this car besides a bunch of emblems, decals and fancy interior crap?
QSS
Again vrooooom
FQuote from: QuickSilverShelby on November 04, 2021, 12:54:31 AM
I was at SEMA yesterday and saw it. I glanced at it as I walked by but I didn't stop to look it over. I just thought it was a bit ridiculous. What could Shelby put on this car besides a bunch of emblems, decals and fancy interior crap?
QSS
Quote from: QuickSilverShelby on November 04, 2021, 12:54:31 AM
I was at SEMA yesterday and saw it. I glanced at it as I walked by but I didn't stop to look it over. I just thought it was a bit ridiculous. What could Shelby put on this car besides a bunch of emblems, decals and fancy interior crap?
QSS
The new "Shelby people" would always show up at the "Convention" and would just stay away from non-enthusiastic supporters of their offerings.
I'll give Amy credit (during the lawsuit) of showing up with a New Shelby and running the track with it but the dudes running the trailer are a different story.
Too many x-cons working for SA then (and now) and I didn't need to be told to eff off more then once. It's not that I won't take up the challenge but the Convention is not the place and I do have an agreement in place with the last judge that I will not hit anyone any more.
If they can't convince me that I should be a customer of their products, I'll take their word for it. They can just put me down to another successful non-sale. Somehow it just doesn't sound like solid business strategy though?
A longtime Shelby enthusiast that you can't convince at all? Something wrong with that I think? You shouldn't have to bet me into submission.
Quote from: QuickSilverShelby on November 04, 2021, 12:54:31 AM
I was at SEMA yesterday and saw it. I glanced at it as I walked by but I didn't stop to look it over. I just thought it was a bit ridiculous. What could Shelby put on this car besides a bunch of emblems, decals and fancy interior crap?
Biggest thing is handling and a new mapping of the acceleration curve. There is something in the works for the production one. I've gotten a report on the successful test.
I wonder when Hot Rod will come out with this EV beating up on an early (or maybe a late one) Shelby like they did with the GLHS. Time marches on and EV gets Detroit closer to their long term goal - the disposable car. Drive it 100,000 and then it costs more to fix it than replace it so you buy a new one and they recycle 90% of the old one into next years car.
Is this the beginning of a CS-E numbered series? 8)
and these boys patiently awaiting
Quote from: FL SAAC on November 04, 2021, 05:22:51 PM
and these boys patiently awaiting
Nasty photo! I like it therefore.
Hard to tell if the are riding mustangs.
PETA doesn't want you riding mustangs, they prefer Camaros
Quote from: Don Johnston on November 04, 2021, 07:51:51 PM
Hard to tell if the are riding mustangs.
Lots of speculation on how CS would feel about EV, but view this Ford Performance video interview from ten years ago, especially at the 7:40 mark. 8)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rqQ6LGpiGY4
Quote from: Don Johnston on November 05, 2021, 03:11:54 AM
Lots of speculation on how CS would feel about EV, but view this Ford Performance video interview from ten years ago, especially at the 7:40 mark. 8)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rqQ6LGpiGY4
Awesome video. Listen to what he says at 6:00-6:10 mark, had a lump in my throat. He was happy being with Ford ;)
The hood (front trunk lid) of the Shelby Mustang Mach-E GT is reminiscent of the hood on the Shelby Series I roadster. 8)
Test of the Shelby Mach-E
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88q1JUKzCHw
Quote from: 98SVT - was 06GT on November 24, 2021, 10:24:31 PM
Test of the Shelby Mach-E
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88q1JUKzCHw
I can't bear to look!
A target is in sight
Tesla Model S Plaid is now the world's fastest production vehicle: Car sets record breaking EIGHT SECOND quarter mile run at Maryland International Raceway
A Tesla Model S Plaid is the first production vehicle to finish a quarter mile run in under nine seconds
The record was made this month at the Maryland International Raceway
The Tesla hit 125.10 miles per hour during the trip, finishing the run in 8.944 seconds.
Quote from: 98SVT - was 06GT on November 27, 2021, 11:30:14 AM
A target is in sight
Tesla Model S Plaid is now the world's fastest production vehicle: Car sets record breaking EIGHT SECOND quarter mile run at Maryland International Raceway
A Tesla Model S Plaid is the first production vehicle to finish a quarter mile run in under nine seconds
The record was made this month at the Maryland International Raceway
The Tesla hit 125.10 miles per hour during the trip, finishing the run in 8.944 seconds.
That'll give you a jolt to your electrodes.
Have no fear the electric " ELEANOR S H E L B Y GT 50% " is here !
Quote from: 98SVT - was 06GT on November 27, 2021, 11:30:14 AM
A target is in sight
Tesla Model S Plaid is now the world's fastest production vehicle: Car sets record breaking EIGHT SECOND quarter mile run at Maryland International Raceway
A Tesla Model S Plaid is the first production vehicle to finish a quarter mile run in under nine seconds
The record was made this month at the Maryland International Raceway
The Tesla hit 125.10 miles per hour during the trip, finishing the run in 8.944 seconds.
Quote from: FL SAAC on November 27, 2021, 01:00:48 PM
Have no fear the electric " ELEANOR S H E L B Y GT 50% " is here !
Thanks - I'll take mine with a 470 hp Hayabusa
http://www.speedhunters.com/2018/07/470hp-turbo-busa-powered-smart-car/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AgwzHJo3IXM
If a Honda fits why not a 4cyl EcoBoost? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lpiY0W82Eng