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Why did Ford sell Volvo!!! 120-130

http://autos.yahoo.com/news/ford-reintroduces-the-1965-mustang.html

->Ford reintroduces the 1965 Mustang
If all you wanna do is ride around, the classic convertible can be yours for $15,000

Ford Motor Co. will soon sell brand-new 1965 Ford Mustangs for just $15,000 each. The only hitch: There's some assembly required.

As part of its Ford Reproduction business, Ford revealed today it had approved a new stamping of the steel bodies for first-generation Mustang that buyers could then build into their own 1964 1/2 through 1966 Mustang, using whatever engine, axles, interior and other parts they can find on their own.

The first-generation Mustangs rank as America's most-restored vehicle, and the cottage industry of reproduction parts has grown to where it's possible to build a Mustang just as it would have appeared on the showroom floor in the mid-1960s, down to the pushbutton AM/FM radio.

Ford says the new body shell built by California-based Dynacorn has been improved only slightly with modern welding techniques and rustproofing, and comes out of the crate nearly ready for paint and assembly. The company already offers metal bodies for Mustangs from 1967 through 1970, and has been in talks with Ford to remake the original body of the Ford Bronco. There's still life in those old horses yet.








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    Why did Ford sell Volvo!!! 120-130

    Ford took everything (engineering) they could get from Volvo and sold the leftovers to make nice with the Chinese. Ford refused a matching offer from a Swedish company that would have return Volvo cars to the land of the midnight sun.

    For that alone, Ford can suck-it.








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    Why did Ford sell Volvo!!! 120-130

    That's very cool.... but man, $15k for just a body seems steep. One can get a pretty nice '60s Mustang driver for that or less.

    But, for a perfect restoration, or a hot rod for someone that didn't want to ruin an original.. what the heck.

    Have been able to buy brand new MGB shells for a long time.

    http://www.bmh-ltd.com/mgbshell.htm

    Not to mention the stuff Lynx (UK) is doing with C type, D type, and lightweight Etype Jaguars... but them are gonna run a tad bit more than 15k... And I expect a Volvo body would be more too, as there simply isn't as much demand. Too bad... it would be nice.

    In the end though, it is great to see Ford involved with such a project.

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    -Matt I ♥ my ♂








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    I wish Volvo still would produce spare bodies:

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    Would be great to start with a clean factory body.

    Paul








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      Why did Ford sell Volvo!!! 120-130

      We were just having this same conversation on the Swedish board.

      Love the idea as well but you can still find super solid west coast cars for a couple of grand. I bought a no rust 67 122S roller from northern Cal for $800.00.

      Now I can just add desired equipment, B20 or whatever blows my skirt up.







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