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1. Mustang...Spitfire??? (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Sat, 13 Mar 1999 14:19:05 -0800; Big question and food for thought: Did Lee Iacoca in bringing out the Mustang take a lesson form the Spitfire? Both cars were essentially reworked from existing sedans (saloons) already being produce; /html/triumphs/1999-03/msg00766.html (7,705 bytes)
2. Re: Mustang...Spitfire??? (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Sat, 13 Mar 1999 16:29:20 -0800; Hi Joe, I would wager Lee took his inspirations wherever he could get them! Why not, after all the P51 Mustang of WW2 fame was inspired by the earlier Spitfire. History repeats itself! Alan Myers San; /html/triumphs/1999-03/msg00774.html (8,265 bytes)
3. Re: Mustang...Spitfire??? (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Sun, 14 Mar 1999 09:05:09 -0500 (EST); Joe, I love the theory, but that sort of thing wasn't exactly new even in the 1960s. After all, in the mid-1950s, Ford basically shrunk a full-size Ford, plunked one of their larger V-8s in the engin; /html/triumphs/1999-03/msg00798.html (9,118 bytes)
4. Re: Mustang...Spitfire??? (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Sun, 14 Mar 1999 09:48:53 -0800; Yeah but only because they are "cute" or valuable, not because they are a true Sports Car. "Car and Driver" magazine did not rate it very highly in their first report on the car! 8^) Joe -- "If you c; /html/triumphs/1999-03/msg00812.html (8,244 bytes)
5. RE: Mustang...Spitfire??? (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Sun, 14 Mar 1999 14:31:53 -0500; What a stroke of genius! Making a nitch market car using parts already in production thereby avoiding tons of tooling costs! Could it be that both groups concieved such a breakthrough independently?; /html/triumphs/1999-03/msg00824.html (8,821 bytes)
6. Re: Mustang...Spitfire??? (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Sun, 14 Mar 1999 13:11:08 -0700; Unlike the Mustang, the Spitfire is a true sports car.; /html/triumphs/1999-03/msg00826.html (8,911 bytes)
7. Re: Mustang...Spitfire??? (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Sun, 14 Mar 1999 12:12:39 -0800; No argument here!!! 8^) Joe -- "If you can't excel with talent, triumph with effort." -- Dave Weinbaum in National Enquirer; /html/triumphs/1999-03/msg00827.html (8,360 bytes)
8. Re: Mustang...Spitfire??? (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Sun, 14 Mar 1999 15:35:50 -0500charset="iso-8859-1"; The notion of the Americans producing a true sports car is just silly to begin with. We all know that the only sports cars ever produced came from Europe, and even at that... the best came from Engla; /html/triumphs/1999-03/msg00829.html (8,448 bytes)
9. Re: Mustang...Spitfire??? (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Sun, 14 Mar 1999 16:09:56 -0500 (EST); As I recall, "TIME" liked it just fine! :-) Besides, if one knew which parts and options to order (as did, for example, a certain Mr. Shelby), one indeed could make quite the sports car out of the Mu; /html/triumphs/1999-03/msg00831.html (9,091 bytes)
10. Re: Mustang...Spitfire??? (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Sun, 14 Mar 1999 17:16:51 -0500; In Ford's case it Actually it was the Mustang that "sprung off" the Falcon! The first Falcons came out in, I believe, 1960 and the first Mustang not until 1965. The 1965 Mustang frame and suspension; /html/triumphs/1999-03/msg00833.html (8,630 bytes)
11. Re: Mustang...Spitfire??? (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Sun, 14 Mar 1999 16:37:21 -0800; You speak the truth. That is exactly what I said. Only the context of "Sprung-off" was misinterpreted. Sprung-off to me means an existing car (Falcon) contributed to the new car (Mustang). The new c; /html/triumphs/1999-03/msg00844.html (9,613 bytes)
12. Re: Mustang...Spitfire??? (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Sun, 14 Mar 1999 20:41:00 -0800; Them was da words of "Car and Driver" and applied to the 64-1/2 Mustang (a pretty tame hoss at best). In the intervening years, Ford had the presence of mind (and competition) to put a little more k; /html/triumphs/1999-03/msg00863.html (11,303 bytes)
13. Re: Mustang...Spitfire??? (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Mon, 15 Mar 1999 14:46:13 +0000 (GMT); Anyone who has seen Rich's elegently coiffeured form will realise he's speaking from experience. My 'barber' (don't confuse the two!) has a MK1 Golf GTi. He used to have both a Vitesse (a while ago); /html/triumphs/1999-03/msg00878.html (9,387 bytes)
14. RE: Mustang...Spitfire??? (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Mon, 15 Mar 1999 09:46:20 -0600; Actually, if you're gonna talk true sports car I don't think too many other cars can touch Colin Chapman's early efforts (aka Lotus 7). No AC, no windows, barely a windshield. New kidneys optional. J; /html/triumphs/1999-03/msg00885.html (9,329 bytes)
15. Re: Mustang...Spitfire??? (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Mon, 15 Mar 1999 08:53:09 -0700 (MST); When I say Japanese sports cars, I'm refering to sports cars. The 240Z, MR2, newest Supras, newest 300ZX, and even the Miata. Not to mention the new Honda coming this fall. Andy L. Maybe I'll buy a N; /html/triumphs/1999-03/msg00886.html (11,808 bytes)
16. RE: Mustang...Spitfire??? (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Mon, 15 Mar 1999 11:08:34 -0500; Once again we enter that grey area of 'what constitutes a sports car?' In my definition, I like to think of what a friend said upon hearing I bought my 3A last year to go with the 6 I've had since '7; /html/triumphs/1999-03/msg00888.html (12,445 bytes)
17. Re: Mustang...Spitfire??? (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Mon, 15 Mar 1999 07:44:42 -0800; It is OK if Rich means a Hairdresser like Warren Beaty's character in "Shampoo". But alas, I fear this was not his meaning. 8^) Joe -- "If you can't excel with talent, triumph with effort." -- Dave W; /html/triumphs/1999-03/msg00891.html (10,054 bytes)
18. RE: Mustang...Spitfire??? (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Mon, 15 Mar 1999 09:15:27 -0700 (MST); A car I've wanted for a long time now...; /html/triumphs/1999-03/msg00892.html (9,816 bytes)
19. Re: Mustang...Spitfire??? (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Mon, 15 Mar 1999 16:23:04 +0000; I missed the start of this thread, and I'm not sure who to attribute this quote to. Surely the word Coupe refers to the lower roofline? Hence cars like the Rover P5 Coupe, which was a variant of the; /html/triumphs/1999-03/msg00895.html (10,235 bytes)
20. Re: Mustang...Spitfire??? (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Mon, 15 Mar 99 11:18:56 -0700; Don't forget the Italians (Ferrari, Alfa etc...) or the French (Bugattii) The notion of the Americans producing a true sports car is just silly to begin with. We all know that the only sports cars ev; /html/triumphs/1999-03/msg00910.html (9,039 bytes)

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