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Fast Poll.(Brief Article)
Readers' dream cars prove cheaper than Ferrari hot rod
Let millionaires have the exotics, I'll take a homebuilt 1000-hp, twin-turbo 514-cubic-inch Ford stuffed into a junkyard-fresh '60s Falcon.
John Gatliff, Oklahoma City
Pity the poor Ferrari that had to give up its mill for the Torpedo's sake. I would be far more creative, building a two-door convertible with twin V8s-one in front and one in back-and room for four. All parts would be derived from mid-'60s Pontiacs.
Dean Barron, via e-mail
Start with a '41 Lincoln Continental Coupe and pop in a big Ford fuel-injected inline six with proper chrome and polish in the big engine bay. Independent suspension, discs all around and ...
- "Muscle" cars ride high in Detroit. (high-performance automobiles)
- Magazine article from: U.S. News & World Report Seamonds, Jack A. February 6, 1984 700+ words
...Fiero, Chrysler's Laser, Ford's Mustang SVO--these and other autos reminiscent...comfort. Ford's specialty entry, the Mustang SVO, is powered by a head-snapping 2...expects to sell only about 10,000 of the Mustang SVO this model year, but at twice the...
- Thunderbird Coupe lives up to award
- Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times Dan Jedlicka January 17, 1987 700+ words
...s 2.3, remembering when it was a rough turkey of a motor. But the Turbo Coupe's 2.3 - basically last year's neat Mustang SVO motor - has undergone so many changes that it's outstanding. Flaws are a bit too much engine roughness and noise at high...
- TRIO enters car in "One Lap of America" to show nation "Transplants Work!"
- Newspaper article from: Transplant News February 28, 1994 700+ words
The Transplant Recipients International Organization (TRIO) will sponsor a car (a 1986 Ford Mustang SVO for those who care) in the Annual One Lap of America auto race sponsored by Car and Driver Magazine and Bridgestone Tires to benefit...
- MAKING MONEY with Mustangs
- Magazine article from: Motor Age McClurg, Bob August 1, 2007 700+ words
...essentially a re-refined carryover from, well, the very beginning. In 1984, Ford introduced its 2.3-liter Turbo-EFI Mustang SVO with exclusive EEC-IV engine management technology. An automatic overdrive (AOD)-equipped, CFI/5.0-liter H...
- Letters to the editor.(Letters)(Letter to the editor)
- Magazine article from: Automotive News September 18, 2006 700+ words
...LaROCQUE President Special Vehicle Enterprises Sudbury, Ontario Special Vehicle Enterprises supplies parts to owners of the Mustang SVO. Efficient? Ethanol is a sham and a fraud To the Editor: Your Aug. 21 ethanol article missed the major downside of that...
- FORD WINS, LOSES 'LEMON LAW' TESTS
- Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe Associated Press August 18, 1988 700+ words
...arbitrator's decision in favor of Loren Barrett, who was granted either a new car or a $16,016.56 refund on his 1984 Mustang SVO. Judge Joseph S. Mitchell Jr. granted Barrett's motion to dismiss Ford's challenge, but the high court said there...
- Letters.
- Magazine article from: AutoWeek April 10, 2006 700+ words
...wheel of his rebuilt Enzo. Nils Persson, Minnetonka, Minn. SVT anxiety FoMoCo is giving customers bad deja vu. I bought a Mustang SVO off the showroom floor in 1984. After 1986 they were history. Six years later I was ecstatic SVT was formed. Then I bought...
- Tuners de fabrica: Desempeno garantizado.(Automotriz)
- Newspaper article from: Reforma (México D.F., México) July 31, 2004 700+ words
...Ford que tiene su divisin SVT que es una evolucin de SVO, creada en la dcada de los 80's y cuyo primer producto fuera el Mustang SVO 4 cilindros turbo. Actualmente SVT est disponible en Mxico a travs de un nmero selecto de distribuidores Ford. Ford tiene...
