Would you rather see a '67 restomoded into a Shelby or an Eleanor?

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Ok, first, I want it noted that I posted this in its correct place, the talk side, out of respect to the tech side of this forum.

So there have been a bunch of Eleanore threads, including poll, so I thought I'd post one that begs the question: Which whould folks really rather have, a Shelby clone or an Eleanor clone?

So register your vote, then rant your reason(s), then lets kill this entire Eleanor thing for while.

 

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I would rather have a shelby clone.

 

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You forgot choice #5 : "Leave US alone, what did we do to deserve ANOTHER Eleanor thread!"

 

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Eleanor with a twist is my vote. Can't have exactly what the next guy has. Know what I mean.

 

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65stanger said:

You forgot choice #5 : "Leave US alone, what did we do to deserve ANOTHER Eleanor thread!"

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65stanger said:

You forgot choice #5 : "Leave US alone, what did we do to deserve ANOTHER Eleanor thread!"

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100% Agreed.

It's his ****ing car, leave him the hell alone with it.

 

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70stangcoupe said:

100% Agreed.

It's his ****ing car, leave him the hell alone with it.

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WTF are you talking about?

 

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65stanger said:

WTF are you talking about?

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I think he's talking about the thread Hopkinator ran on the tech side about converting a real Shelby into an Eleanor. But hey, 70stangcoupe, lets remember that the Hopkinator knew what he was getting into, and he did litterally ask for it...

The Hopkinator said:

... Anyway , I know Ive butted heads with a few people over Eleanor in the past, and I apologize for that,but it takes 2 to tango ..... A penny for your thoughts ....

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Imust say that the real Eleanor is NOT a 67 Shelby. It's a 73 Mach 1 Q code. Just ask electricgreen. as to 67 mods: BE CREATIVE and true to yourself.

and here's your penny back.

edit: I elected the last one. I'm tired of people calling the 67 Cage fastback "Eleanor". It didn't earn it. Chase was too short.

 

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I picked "leavethe poor fastback alone" only because the answer I would like to have picked is not available. Assume lots of money left to play with after the chassis/brakes are done.

Givens: It would end up being restomodded.
While I like FE's, I think a Windsor would be a better "fit".
I'm not afraid of electronics, and I think re-jetting carbs every 1000' change in altitude is a pain!

With the two givens, I'm thinking a 393W with 5.0 MAF EFI. A Shelby style hood would give more clearance for the TFS intake, without the look of cowl induction which I don't like or that even more butt-fugly hideous Eleanor "power bump" (swear to God, I saw that term being used to describe the hood somewhere).

So, I thinking the 67 Shelby style hood (and maybe the 10 spokes ) on an otherwise nice looking FB (or coupe ).


Still Dreamin'

 

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I picked "leavethe poor fastback alone" only because the answer I would like to have picked is not available.

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Yeah, I was careful to limit the options of the poll to give this poll a subtle twist... I really wanted folks to make a decision between #1 a Shelby, #2 an Eleanor, #3 a stock fastback, or #4 "get over it all and do your own thing already", without getting bogged down in the "real" vs fake vs. converted vs. restomod, etc...

 

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i just like fastbacks...

is that so wrong?

 

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hungrymonkey said:

is that so wrong?

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No, but you are!







Saw my dream carlast week.....'65 FB GT...gorgeous! I still drool just thinking about it!

 

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65stanger said:

No, but you are!

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william.

 

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hungrymonkey said:

william.

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Bill.

 

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65stanger said:

Bill.

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Please don't bring him into this. His presidency was a pain. Leave Bill alone. PLEASE!!!

-Curbster

and I still say ENOUGH ALREADY!!

 

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NoKitten said:

and I still say ENOUGH ALREADY!!

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No, it's NOT enough.



Guillermo Sancho


Now it's enough



Still Dreamin'

 

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so enough is enough, eh?

 

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Dick






















Trickle

 

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NoKitten said:

so enough is enough, eh?

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Too much is just enough.
















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