Think I just saw the Mustang Mach-1 "in testing"

[svtruck]

I called out of work today (he, he) and after I woke up around 12:30pm (he, he) I went up to a local Boston Market (in Coral Springs on University north of Royal Palm for the locals) to grab some lunch. As I was walking out with my grilled barbecue chicken dinner (mmmmm....) I saw a black 2001/2002 Mustang GT parked in the parking lot. I took a double take when I saw about a four inch piece of PVC pipe duct taped to a magnet and affixed to the roof on the passenger side with a wire running inside the door to a large pile of electronic equipment bolted to the dash. It had a CB antenna as well on the roof. As I hopped in the L, I looked over at it a little harder. It had the red "Bullitt" brake calipers, the American Racing torque-thrust wheels, the tires had pink grease pen writing on them (couldn't make out what the numbers meant), it was lowered 1" or so all around, it had a large screen laptop facing the driver and three or four other electronic boxes bolted to the dash. As I pulled out I looked at the back, just as I thought, Michigan dealer plate, and it also had a small metal tube attached to the underneath of the rear bumper just above and to the left of the right tail pipe and a white sticker on the bumper just above the tube that said something I couldn't quite make out. Oh yeah, I almost forgot it had the Mach-1 shaker hood, the hood itself looked sweet, it was primered dark grey, and the black scoop looked mean-as-hell sticking out of the hole in the hood. As I pulled out of the parking lot, two guys were eyeing me checking it out, obviously the "owners" of the car, I probably should have stopped and cornered them about what it was, but I was just to hungry.

Sound like a Mach-1? Sounds interesting....I would say humidity testing or something, but we are having very mild weather here in South Florida, in the 60s.

 

[WishiHadanL2]

Sounds like it probably was the new Mach 1. I saw a 2001 black Lightning down here well before they were out. It had a hideous front end mask on it. I remember thinkin Who the hell would put those nasty rims and tail lights on a Lightning... Then a few months later Ford released pics of the 01 L.... I've since grown to kinda like the wheels and lights now.

 

[JFX001]

I used to live off of University, on Westview in the North part of CS.

I never really heard of any testing done there, and the idiots shouldn't have left the car in a parking lot, let alone the laptop.

My guess is that they might be doing some tire testing, or emissions testing.


It must be nice to have a day off every now and then.


JFX

 

[MO Lightning]

I saw a Cobra test Stang in Detroit in '97 when I went up there. Had an air/fuel gauge and a water temp gauge on the dash and a buttload of wires running from somewhere in the back of the car to a laptop. It also had a little trailer hitch like deal rigged up in the back. Detroit manufacturer's tags, etc. Must have been looking for that lost power (hehe).

 

[Gitchi Manitou]

Generally it does no good to talk to the guys driving the car as they're sworn to secrecy. Divulging anything that you can't readily see can mean their job. I work at the Rouge and trust me, I've tried many times, the latest of which the subject was an FR-200 Focus. If they talk, you can bet the media already knows about it.

Many moons ago, when I worked for a local auto-glass firm, I picked up a Ford Elite (1975) from Ford Research and Engineering Ctr. that had a huge bubble in it's hood, and beaucoup meters and equipment mounted inside. Opening the hood (couldn't stand the suspense) I was shocked to find a giant 460 with a high rise manifold. Couldn't wait to get behind the wheel, right? WRONG! As I started out, I realized this pig wouldn't go over 45. I had to keep it floored to keep people from killing me all the way to the shop. Nothing but a governed emissions-testing vehicle. Most disappointing ride I've ever took.

 

[ijuslikefords]

My uncle is a Sherrif in collier county (Naples) and said He sees em in cars with masking and a gillion computers and wires down there quite often, and there is double secret test track in the woods behind his house. He's not a BS'r so I tend to believe him.

 

[ijuslikefords]

My uncle is a Sherrif in collier county (Naples) and said He sees em in cars with masking and a gillion computers and wires down there quite often, and there is double secret test track in the woods behind his house. He's not a BS'r so I tend to believe him.

 

[svtruck]

A guy on Corral.net said that Team Mustang was down here this past weekend with 8 or so cars doing humidity and emissions testing. He said they were supposed to be at Moroso last Fri night - anyone go?