I have a 2011 GTCS and I'm not particularly fond of the side scoops behind the door. I'm thinking of trying to remove them but I'm worried that there may be alignment holes in the body panel underneath... Like they use to mount the 5.0 badge on the front fender. Does anyone know whether this is the case? Thanks

 

My factory side scoops are held on by 3m tape

 

Everything I have heard says that it is by tape.. hey man are they in good condition? I may be interested in buying them.

 

It's just 3M tape, but it has pretty strong adhesion... Just take your time and you should be fine

 

It's sorta part of what makes it a GT/CS in the first place. I'm kinda surprised you bought a GT/CS and want to pull that stuff off. Ever see the huge pocket/vents they put on the original 60's GT/CS? huge.

 

All side scoops/window louvers are held on by 3m tape. However the emblems on the front fenders have alignment holes.

 

make sure you keep the velcro stuff you take off the windows if you remove the louvers. it's a special and expensive kind of velcro that isn't easy to replace.

makes selling the louvers easier because you can always put new 3m tape on the velcro fasteners.

 

[QUOTE=TheDivaDanielle;6528438]It's sorta part of what makes it a GT/CS in the first place.

Excatly! I love my side scoops.

 

I haven't removed them yet, but I will be trying to keep them in good condition when I do.

 

I can appreciate your observation. My favorite mustang that I have owned was bullitt #6333. No badges, etc. the GTCS cleans up the front and I dig the rear diffuser. Also... No 5.0 badge with alignment holes in the fender ;-)

 

Actually, the side scoops on the 1968 GTCS are borrowed from the Shelby, as is the trunklid and taillights. The reason it's so huge is that the scallop behind the door is longer and deeper, and the scoop area itself is actually raised up and projected forward from the body line.

 

I know, I was considering buying a 1968 GT/CS over the summer in addition to my vert...

This is why that specific look is so fresh in my mind :-)

 

As was the case with the 68, the new ones are merely appearance upgrades over the gt. it's kinda too bad that you can't get region specific "specials" like you could in 68. That would be much cooler than driving a "California special" in, say, Texas.

 

This one was a restomod clone. Had a EFI 351 and a AOD in it.

The selling "dealer" deals in nothing but "dream cars"

For example, they also have a '70ish Boss Cobra Jet with a Coyote 5.0 and T-56 in it, and a legit '66 Shelby GT350 with the supercharged 289 and a WC T-5

You name it they have it.. '55 Chevy 210 with a LT1 and 700R4, Multiple A-Bodies (GTO, Chevelle), '62 Impala SS 409, multiple 67-71 Camaro Z/28, RS, RS/SS, restomods, prostreet, etc.

Jaguars, 911's, Grand Nationals, 442's... They even had an old Mini one time, but that sold quick. I know early this year they had taken in on trade a '10-12 GT500 Grabber Blue/White Stripe SuperSnake. If I recall the trade was for a numbers matching '69 Z/28.

Pretty much everything older has been gone through, restored, customized, and the like. Car person's wet dream.

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Nothing's cooler than driving a California special ;-) haha

 

Yeahhhh...I might have to disagree with you on that!

 

It was fun to browse the cars (which were all sold), but they had a lot of cars marked as Shelby's that weren't actually Shelbys (you could tell by the sale price mostly, but they also listed cars that don't exist, such as a 67 Shelby Convertible).