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Old 10/29/08, 01:15 PM
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Center Stack Evolution 60's to Current.
After Seeing the New Teaser Pic of The Console and Center Stack and How Much It Has Changed From The Current Car, I Had to Do a Comparison of the Center Stack Evolution. As I Posted In The Teaser Pic Post....

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I Know One Thing The Quality of the HVAC and Stereo Controls Just Made a Major Leap In Design and Quality! Compared to the 05-09's It's as Great a Leap as When They Changed From The Sliding Leavers of the 70's to The Rotary ***** in the 87 to Current Mustangs. VERY NICE! Much Nicer In My Opinion Than The Camaro's Tupperware Quality Appearance.























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Old 10/29/08, 01:43 PM
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Clearly the new one is the best yet...
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Ive been looking at '85, '86s lately and I like the straight upness about them.
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1st and 2010 look the best. 05-09 ain't bad either
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That second one, the '68, looks to be THE inspiration for the 2010 (they can keep the phony wood though.)
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The new one does look pretty sweet, but I also like the classics, especially the first one (64.5-66?)
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Originally Posted by zzcoop
That second one, the '68, looks to be THE inspiration for the 2010 (they can keep the phony wood though.)
That's funny! I am always complaining about how bad the simulated wood looks in muscle cars, but I guess it is a sign of the times when people liked stickers of fake wood on their car.
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The classiest fake wood I ever saw was in our old Granada. Hoo-boy.
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You seem to have skipped the '94 - '04 stack.
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You forgot the SN95 interior

As nice as the '10 stack's chrome looks...the whole console looks like its too flat.

edit: D'oh! schoonover_88 beat me by 1 minute
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Old 10/29/08, 02:29 PM
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Originally Posted by schoonover_88
You seems to have skipped the '94 - '04 stack.

It's gone missing; he had a picture up of a SN95 Saleen stack.
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Originally Posted by Cavero
edit: D'oh! schoonover_88 beat me by 1 minute
It's the the fact you noticed it that counts.


The 2010 just seems to be so much more sophisticated than the earlier ones; granted, I do love the looks of the classic stacks, but I think that this is a positive evolution.
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nice work putting these together.

the 2010 looks the best, we've come a long way.
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Originally Posted by krnpimpsta
the 2010 looks the best, we've come a long way.
+1.

Makes one realize just how ugly the '80s interiors were.
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The Mustang owes most of it's heritage to the early Thunderbirds. Inspiration originates with the 1958-60 Thunderbird designs which were the first cars to use a console to make the intruding driveshaft tunnel a functional feature. The high driveshaft tunnel was a result of sinking the floorpans low around it for a lower roofline.

1958-60



1961-63



1964-66

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The early Thunderbird stacks look cool in a vintage cruiser sort of way, but I like how the shifter is in the console of all of the Mustangs.
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I'm just glad we've evolved well beyond those giant skinny, rock-hard steering wheels.
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Originally Posted by schoonover_88
You seem to have skipped the '94 - '04 stack.

I Don't Know What Happened To The Pic I Had Posted....Honestly, as mystichris@MD Pointed Out, I Had Posted A Pic of Every Generations Center Stack, 64 1/2-66, 67-68, 69-70, 71-73, 74-78, 79-86, 87-93, 94-04, 05-09, and the 2010.

Thanks krnpimpsta, I Took A Good Amount of Time Looking Through Brad's Archives To Find Good Representations of Each Major Change To Post For Comparison. Oh Well, It's Back Now Though.
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The SN95 always reminded me more of a '60s Corvette than a Mustang.
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Originally Posted by zzcoop
The SN95 always reminded me more of a '60s
Corvette than a Mustang.

I Don't Know What You Mean? LOL




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