Multiple crashes at Mustang Week
#43
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#48
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#49
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B-I-L cried when he heard about that. He's got an '06 that he had "presented" to him at the factory there in Kentucky. He's also less than happy that my Shelby was bone stock well over 100HP more powerful than his. He doesn't know it's no longer stock. He'll find out at the Texas Mile in October.
#50
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B-I-L cried when he heard about that. He's got an '06 that he had "presented" to him at the factory there in Kentucky. He's also less than happy that my Shelby was bone stock well over 100HP more powerful than his. He doesn't know it's no longer stock. He'll find out at the Texas Mile in October.
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#51
Shelby GT500 Member
I've never been that much of a corvette fan after the 70's. I love the early ones, but the later ones just look and feel so plasticky cheap. I have no doubt that the plant tour would be pretty cool though.
#52
It was there. I took the tour back in November and it was in the rotunda. I also recall reading media reports about it being there and how they made sure to get it out of the rotunda as soon as possible after the sink hole incident.
#53
I wasn't all that impressed with the tour of the plant to be honest. You can't take any pictures and that rule has nothing to do with the car. It's all about UAW employees. You only get to see a small portion of the overall factory line and its pretty much the final assembly part. You don't get see them mount the engine in the car. You don't get to see the paint shop. You don't get to see a lot of stuff. I wouldn't go back personally. It was interesting, but not interesting enough to go back. The museum was more interesting to me. What I mostly came away from the tour thinking was "If any UAW member ever tells you they have a hard job look them right in the eye and say bull****." Those people do not have a hard job. Machines do all of the heavy lifting. They work at a snail pace in a nice climate controlled facility. It's a cake job.
#54
Sometimes you people just need to read what a person says and not try to read INTO what was said. Also, based on the above responses, some people need to read before responding!!!
#55
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There are tons of Mustang shows, and Ford shows as well (which bring about lots of Mustangs, naturally). Mustang Week just happens to be one of the largest.
#56
Bullitt Member
I've never really heard of Mustang shows except Mustang Week, but I know they exist.
Some ignorance up in this thread.
#57
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I wasn't all that impressed with the tour of the plant to be honest. You can't take any pictures and that rule has nothing to do with the car. It's all about UAW employees. You only get to see a small portion of the overall factory line and its pretty much the final assembly part. You don't get see them mount the engine in the car. You don't get to see the paint shop. You don't get to see a lot of stuff. I wouldn't go back personally. It was interesting, but not interesting enough to go back. The museum was more interesting to me. What I mostly came away from the tour thinking was "If any UAW member ever tells you they have a hard job look them right in the eye and say bull****." Those people do not have a hard job. Machines do all of the heavy lifting. They work at a snail pace in a nice climate controlled facility. It's a cake job.
You know how many Mustang enthusiasts (or car enthusiasts in general) are about someone eating in their cars after they get them. They freak out about food and drinks in their "baby". The long time, hard core Corvette owner's I've know are **** about it. When I went through a lunch break had just came up just past the point where the body meets the chassis and drivetrain and the interior is being installed.
The line was stopped as we came by and there was a black guy on the interior line sitting in the driver's seat of one of the cars with a big drink cup sitting on the console, a bag of greasy chips on the dashboard and eating a giant, marinara dripping all over his shirt, meatball sub sandwich.
I could only laugh to myself thinking about the balding, middle aged, Corvette jacket wearing ***** that bought it smugly telling someone that food wasn't allowed in his car.
#58
Cobra Member
12-13 years ago when I went through you got to see everything pretty much, it was very interesting. I do agree about the UAW employees though. The funniest thing I saw when I went through back then was during a lunch break on the line. You know how many Mustang enthusiasts (or car enthusiasts in general) are about someone eating in their cars after they get them. They freak out about food and drinks in their "baby". The long time, hard core Corvette owner's I've know are **** about it. When I went through a lunch break had just came up just past the point where the body meets the chassis and drivetrain and the interior is being installed. The line was stopped as we came by and there was a black guy on the interior line sitting in the driver's seat of one of the cars with a big drink cup sitting on the console, a bag of greasy chips on the dashboard and eating a giant, marinara dripping all over his shirt, meatball sub sandwich. I could only laugh to myself thinking about the balding, middle aged, Corvette jacket wearing ***** that bought it smugly telling someone that food wasn't allowed in his car.
#59
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And not only did I get to park right next to the track and not having to walk, I ended up winning a first place trophy in the category with my Thunderbird Supercoupe.
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You guys are worried about people eating in your cars! You outta see what goes on with your food in the restaurant business before you eat it! Now there's an eye opener!