It's worth noting that Jeremy Clarkson was so in love with the 2004 re-do that he bought one. Link to that video:
http://youtu.be/hVeGuCs1R4c?t=3m6s
...but Ford had enormous trouble getting him a car that would work right. Link to that video:
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=f66_1197922429
I guess it really is just like the original. Click each for the big version.
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I didn't know they put the 289 in these. Nice.
I thought the acceleration curve looked pretty astounding until I blew up the page. There are 1962 Studebakers running at the Pure Stock drags in Stanton, MI, that match the speed and beat the ET in the quarter mile. Yes, those engines also also lil' bitty 289s. (Yes, they may be using puffers -- after all, that was a factory option.)
That is not intended to disparage the looks of the GT-40. I drooled over the car then. I'm still drooling.
Afew years ago, Top Gear did an interesting drag race between a couple of supercars from The Seventies and a current Honda Accord V6. The Honda either beat them or tied, I think. Either way, it was a weird thing to see a modern family sedan keeping up with something that was a world-class performance machine thirty years ago. Thanks for commenting, Steve!
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