New to me, have you seen these spy shots yet?
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blazinsteed
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LOOKS real to me they aren't producing them on the line yet because it isn't ready so they are building them by hand for now.
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Wherever they were shot (I've got a good idea, the old Continental MK II plant where where Ford still does most of its prototyping and ultra-low-scale pilot assembly), those photos are either OLD, or they are recent photos of a dormant body-development mule that they would have been done playing with awhile ago. If you look close, at the gaps, the fits, the execution, on the 2nd and 3rd image, it is nowhere near production-level, which means it probably pre-dates any permanent tooling. Look at the edges around where the taillights would go. The deck lid edge and gap. Door gaps. This close to a September launch, they are WAY WAY past the stage of developement you see going on these photos. Stuff like this exists, UNDER INCREDIBLE SECURITY, years prior to launch, which is why it may be a relic hanging around in a Ford building that now, today, somebody was allowed to snap some pictures of by a nudge-nudge-wink-wink supervisor. By now, everything is tooled, everything is finished, final testing and assembly preparation at the Mazda plant is where they're at today, which is light-years beyond cobbling together an ill-fitting and ill-finished steel body as part of the tooling development process.
Wylde
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Gaps would not be even if the weather stripping was not in place so you can't judge that. I have restored a lot of cars and you would not believe the difference once the weather stripping is in place. Great pics either way.
RICKS, I dont see the "rough edges" you are talking about. I think you are seeing the left over from when they removed the background behind the car. They did not want to reveal where it was. Remember that ford is suppose to be sending mules out to steeda and saleen to prototype. This could be one of their shops.
sweet~Low~93
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falchulk said:
Classic Design Concepts has there test mule-
www.classicdesignconcepts.com
when i talked to them about 1-2 months ago..
they said they have been working hard to get some products for the 05 stang- just like Saleen Steeda.. can't wait !!
Guys from the info I have in the email these are current pics from a shop in Detroit. They were cut and trimmed around the outside to not reveal the shop or other employee's.
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