2005-2009 Mustang Information on The S197 {Gen1}

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Old Feb 7, 2005 | 05:05 PM
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Has anyone seen a comparision between the 05 coupe and convertible in terms of front-seat headroom? I'm 6'2" and have plent of headroom in the coupe. I hoping the same would hold true in the vert. Thanks.... Mike P.
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Old Feb 7, 2005 | 05:11 PM
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With the top down you could be 62Ft tall and still fit.
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Old Feb 7, 2005 | 06:00 PM
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Originally posted by 6505pony@February 7, 2005, 7:14 PM
With the top down you could be 62Ft tall and still fit.

That's what I"M talking about!!!
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Old Feb 7, 2005 | 06:05 PM
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62 feet tall....but with 3 foot long legs...you would be one ugly son of a gun.
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Old Feb 7, 2005 | 06:07 PM
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Old Feb 7, 2005 | 06:53 PM
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Oh everyone is soooo funny.....but no answers
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Old Feb 7, 2005 | 06:57 PM
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Sorry Mike. The problem is nobody has had an opportunity to sit in a vert with the top up yet. All the verts in the shows have the tops down.

I would believe there would be about an inch more headroom in the front and a couple inches or more in the rear because of the different roof line. This is just an estimated guess and not official.
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Old Feb 7, 2005 | 07:09 PM
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Thanks Steve, that is kinda what I figured....not many everyday folks have been lucky enough to get seat time in the 05 vert yet....

I'm signed up for an 05 via the Ponydrive but I still don't know whether or not to order the coupe or convertible....decisions, decisions, decisions.
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Old Feb 7, 2005 | 07:17 PM
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No problem from one 65 vert owner to another. Guess you're planning the same thing as me. Two verts 40 years apart.
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Old Feb 7, 2005 | 07:56 PM
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I think it will have the same ( or slightly more ) head room.

Only thing I noticed. The windshield is raked back farther on the vert. I am 6'-4" and this can become a vision problem for me. The main reason I chose the mustang ( other than 300hp ) was that I was not looking at the top of the windshield like I did in just about every other sports ( type ) car I drove. In most of the other cars, the top of the windshield was right in my line of sight with the seat all the way back and down. There was a very narrow field of vision between the top of the windshield and the top of the hood.

I almost bought a porsche boxter, but I realized that I would often lose sight of the road going done a fairly short hill that had an incline up from the bottom. Also, I could never see a traffic light without leaning over and looking up... Very annoying....

I suspect that the mustang will be fine, but I want to sit in one before I consider trading up for the rag top.....
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