Oh, HAPPY DAY (sort of)

"dwight" wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@comcast.com:

Saw one on the road this past week (pukey light lime green); saw one at the car show Friday night (silver) - both GTs.

Very nice, except I don't know if I like the absolutely straight line from the point where the windshield meets the body all the way back to the rear. With the top up (and on the hardtop cars), you don't notice the straight line as much. But with the top down, it's just too straight - no shape at all.

Joe Calypso Green '93 5.0 LX AOD hatch with a few goodies Black '03 Dakota 5.9 R/T CC

I'm old and I have a black car. It hasn't killed me yet

mort

Here's three of the photos. This is the black on black six.

dwight

I noticed that in the prototype pictures that were linked here, some time ago. But in a GT with stick, I'm sure it'll grow on me in no time.

:()

TFrog is about to turn 12 (and 180,000 miles). Every spring, I look over the paint job and shake my head. And every spring it takes more work to get it back to blacker-than-black.

But TFrog is an everyday driver and sits in the sun all day every day. Some winters are harder on the car than others, and some summers are just brutal.

Still, after 4 or 5 hours of washing and polishing and waxing and buffing... I just stand back and let it all soak in. A black Mustang is a thing of pure beauty.

For about five minutes.

Now that I'm buying my first garage, I don't think I'd hesitate all that much to buy another black Mustang. Especially if it's coming out on weekends for a spirited romp on a pretty day...

dwight

I gotta say, after looking at the pics, the black is the best take on the non-GT, with that big grille-mouth saying "duh!" that I have seen. Is there anybody but me who would prefer the spoiler WITHOUT the tape stripe treatment in the package?? No convertibles have appeared at the local dealership in W TX. Yet.

I agree with you. The spoiler is good, the stripes are - yuck.

Did anyone besides me notice the black on black SN95 parked next to it?

Kate

2005 | > convertibles on the lot - both black, but one with a black top, one with a | > tan top. | >

| > Both are sixes, but DAMN they look good. | >

| > That black on black is VERY sharp, and I felt goosebumps. But I always | > said I'm too old to have another black car. Still... if I'm going to have | > a garage... | >

| > Can't wait to see a GT convertible. | >

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Yeah. I did. Notice how interested I was in a 2004 leftover?

dwight

Uhh... It didn't look like an 04 to me. Wrong taillights.

| > Did anyone besides me notice the black on black SN95 parked next to it? | >

| > | > Both are sixes, but DAMN they look good. | > | >

| > | > That black on black is VERY sharp, and I felt goosebumps. But I always | > | > said I'm too old to have another black car. Still... if I'm going to | > have | > | > a garage... | > | >

| > | > Can't wait to see a GT convertible. | > | >

| > | > dwight | > | >

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I agree, Dwight. The white stripes are a distraction.

96 or 97 GT.

Still has the CORRECT tail light bezels, doesn't it Kate?

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1998 GT Coupe 5-spd. Bright Atlantic Blue K&N FIPK, Tri-Ax, 3.73's, FRPP Coated Shorties, SpeedCal, P&P 2K Heads, 2K Intake, Bassani X-Pipe, Bassani Cat-Back, Subframe Connectors, JMS Chip, GMS MAF, Accufab Throttle Body, Eagle Alloy Wheels

That would be 96-98 with that vertical tailight, While 94/95 have the horizontal taillights.

Thanks, Tim (Musttanguy)

See how interested I am in any Mustangs between 1993 and 2005? I looked at it again, after you brought it up, and didn't even give it a close enough inspection to see that it was pre-'99.

dwight

Actually, you're agreeing with Mr. Green, not me. I like the stripes on the V6 models, but I wouldn't have it on a GT.

I had originally thought I'd go with a windveil blue GT with a tan top, but that black... jeez.

(And, please - no wing on the back.)

dwight

Thats a great looking car. Does anyone else besides me like the V6 rims better than the GT rims?? Erik D. '94 white lightning '01 white GT

"Erik D." wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@bellsouth.net:

Yup. But they could use a bit more of a dish. Love the knockoffs.

Joe Calypso Green '93 5.0 LX AOD hatch with a few goodies Black '03 Dakota 5.9 R/T CC

Oh so true about the taillight bezels Tim. This, however, was my little joust at Kate for changing hers to horizontal thereby ruining the lines of her otherwise-totally-kickass Cobra convertible. It's one of only 2 things about her car that I don't like, the other being that it's too damn quiet! {;-)

The car in question is probably a 97, it's most likely not a 98 since the wheels are wrong. Note the light-dark shading between the spokes. The 98's didn't have this darker shading inside the "spokes". I believe this is unique to the 97 GT with the 17" wheel option.

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1998 GT Coupe 5-spd. 2001 Ranger XLT

I like the rocker panel stripes on all the 05's, seems to break up an awful lot of sheet-metal (or plastic maybe) and harkens back to the GT and Shelby stripe treatments of days gone by. Oddly enough I'm not that big of a fan of the same on my car... if they hadn't been on the car when I bought it they would've never made it on there. I saw a Lime Gold 05 with gold stripes applied and it looked pretty flippin' cool!

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1998 GT Coupe 5-spd. 2001 Ranger XLT

Yeah, I know what you mean.

Finally got a glimpse of a black '05 convertible over the weekend. I _was_ leaning toward either the "Screaming Yellow" or "Torch Red".

Nope, looks like it'll be another "boring black" car for me. (sans spoiler)