if i could like this 55 more times I would.
no love for the IIs...cant do it
There's one down the street from me. Bone stock. Makes me giggle every time I see it. No love, no respect.
if i could like this 55 more times I would.
no love for the IIs...cant do it
I agree that Fox's are being phased out. I have a subscription to 5.0 and SF (only because we were doing a favor for a Friend's kid by getting a couple of subs through school) and it is full of S197 stuff. They do a few Fox articles, it is true, but they never seem to interest me. The only Fox cars that make the pages are 900 hp Super/Turbo charged drag cars that have 50K invested and were built by a shop, not the owner.
Impressive, I guess, but not interesting to read about time and again. No, I won't renew my subscription.
Fox Mustang Mag looks okay, maybe I should subscribe. I've been pinching pennies lately, so I haven't been wanting to spend any extra on anything.
Haha....explain to me what makes the Fox Mustang (that was based on a Ford Fairmont...a family sedan) any more worthy of the title than the Mustang II? You guys forget....if it wasn't for the Mustang II, you wouldn't have a Fox Mustangs to **** and moan about not getting coverage on.
...and if the Shelby owes respect to the '93 Cobra, then the '93 Cobra owes respect to the '78 King Cobra Mustang before it.
And FYI.....Shelby's were around looooooong before the '93 Cobra was a though. Now....RESPECT YOUR ELDERS!!!
Awkward subject here since I work for 5.0 & SF.
I know the magazines don't include very much Fox content anymore, and believe me, I lobby for it all the time. But the S197s (which have been out for 9 model years now) are really where the majority of public interest is.
Fox Mustang Magazine is an interesting option, although their tech doesn't seem to be as thorough as 5.0 and MM&FF were back in the Fox days. Unfortunately, I think the Foxes have just overstayed their welcome, and any significant magazine coverage will come from restoration type mags (like FMM) and not from the big magazines.
To be fair, MM&FF is building their Coyote Fox and at 5.0, we still have at least a couple more articles coming on the Fox that is in my avatar. But yeah, the Foxes definitely seem to be getting phased out, sadly.
I'd love to see some sort of conformation on this. Especially since the Fairmont/Zephyr was built, sold and on the road in 1978 a full year before the Mustang wore the chassis.This whole post is so wrong it makes me LOL.
In all actuallity, the fox chassis mustang was designed first - fairmont was released to the public first - thus the common misconception that the mustang is based off the fairmont. Thats actually wrong.
flipping through new mustang magazines at walmart and noticed that over past few months, the fox is left with a single feature that seems like an afterthought. i know our cars are old and i accept the fact that the amazing new 420 hp stangs get all the draw and attention, but it almost hurts to see the pioneer of the mustang aftermarket get left outside like an old dying dog.....
add to that that its rare to see a clean, fixed up fox running around town anymore... makes me love my oldskoo fox gt that much more
/ rant
I think they'll always be a classic, just will take a little while to be recognized. Just like you don't see 67' Mustangs in those magazines, they've got their own magazine, maybe one day we will have out own magazine again, maybe not such a big name as 5.0 was but something to showcase some of our cars.
You have no idea how many young people (late-teens/early-20's) have no idea what kind of car I'm driving. They just know it's a nice car and they like the sound of it. My favorite is when people try to guess they year. I don't think I've had one person get it right yet.When I take my 86 out, I get tons of thumbs up, people asking about it and such. The fox Mustang is far from being phased out of people's minds. At local car club shows, all you see are rows of S197s, and New Edge stangs. It's like visiting a Ford dealership. The fox bodies that do show up stand out like a classic!
I'd love to see some sort of conformation on this. Especially since the Fairmont/Zephyr was built, sold and on the road in 1978 a full year before the Mustang wore the chassis.
You have no idea how many young people (late-teens/early-20's) have no idea what kind of car I'm driving. They just know it's a nice car and they like the sound of it. My favorite is when people try to guess they year. I don't think I've had one person get it right yet.
Maybe that it is in Canadua.. But by me lots of young guys (late teens etc) are rocking foxes because its what they can afford. Not nice ones, but Fox Chassis mustangs none the less...
Oh, Thanks for warning. Why am i not surprised Leave it to you to throw around your e-thugness haha.
No offence, but you'll forgive me if I don't site a newsstand publication as a credible source. MM&FF and 5.0 & SF and every other automotive magazine in history have been full of misprints and misquotes for years. Why should Fox Mustang Magazine be any different?Second issue of Fox mustang magazine. The chassis was designed as a Mustang first. However Fairmont/Zephyr came to the market first. The first Fox chassis mustang prototype was in 1976.
Specific planning for the next generation of Mustang may have dated back to 1976, but the concept of developing personal transportation that would meet all foreseen environmental and economic requirements on a global basis dated back to the earliest days of the oil embargo in 1973. The idea of a "world car" factored into the long range planning of most major automotive manufacturers.
For Ford, the search for commonality of parts throughout its vast product line was given the code name "Fox." Possibly the concept reflected early Mustang thinking...the original 1964-65 relied heavily on Falcon components and, later, the Mustang II incorporated some of the Pinto's chassis and parts.
So, the design teams searching for fuel efficiency and interchangeable platforms came together in the late 70s at Ford. Designers found that the Ford Fairmont/Zephyr compact platform could accommodate the Mustang
Yeah....maybe it's just in Canada.Maybe that it is in Canadua...
I'd love to see that high level tech in the Mustang magazines, but unfortunately hand held tuners and CAIs in cars that are still under warranty is what sells those mags.
Let the guys have their S197s, they're nice cars but lack the rough, smelly, shaking, nasty fun a Fox has. Fox is that awesome cougar that tought you nasty sh!t, while the S197 is the 200lb chick you end up with. lol (sorry)
When I take my 86 out, I get tons of thumbs up, people asking about it and such. The fox Mustang is far from being phased out of people's minds. At local car club shows, all you see are rows of S197s, and New Edge stangs. It's like visiting a Ford dealership. The fox bodies that do show up stand out like a classic!
Honestly, I don't care if the Fox gets phased out of the big name Mustang magazines, the tech in those mags is terribly WEAK anyway. I'm so tired of reading engine buildups where they fail to mention what the cam specs are, or they mention that they're running "high" compression, but don't actually specify it, or they have a component failure and they conveniently don't mention what brand it is. I've been transitioning into magazines like Car Craft and Engine Masters (which is AWESOME BTW). I'd love to see that high level tech in the Mustang magazines, but unfortunately hand held tuners and CAIs in cars that are still under warranty is what sells those mags.