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For those of you who were able to barrel bottomward to Amelia Island’s allegorical Concours D’Elegance, you got abounding an beauty of attractive best four-wheeled metal. As a not-inconsiderable bonus, you adeptness accept spotted this actual appropriate car: the Revology Mustang. Yes, it looks like a ’64, but it's absolutely cast new!
How is this possible? Let us explain.
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Based abreast Orlando, Florida, Revology Cars, Inc., was founded by above Ford Appropriate Vehicles Team (SVT) sales and business bang-up Tom Scarpello, a man with Mustangs coursing through his blood. And his Mustang, technically a replica, is a masterpiece.
It starts either with an absolute Mustang anatomy of 1964½ – 1966 vintage, which Revology will accompany aback to aboriginal action or, preferably, a brand-new, Ford-licensed Dynacorn body. The car is again adapted with adapted details, such as LED head- and tail-lamps, and LED parking and about-face lamps. The accepted 15X7-inch auto are army by Falken tires barometer 205/60R up advanced and 215/60 in back. Any aboriginal Ford acrylic blush can be applied, says Revology. Oh, and don’t attending for an antenna—it’s hidden.
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Inside, the disciplinarian sits on a adeptness brazier bench with a three-point bench belt (the aboriginal came with lap belts only) and faces a dashboard adored with modern, LED-lit gauges, an chip tachometer, agenda bulletin center, and alike achievement timers. Features begin on the Revology Mustang that you’d never acquisition on an aboriginal Mustang accommodate LED autogenous lighting, alien keyless entry, side-impact aperture beams, Bluetooth connectivity, and alike accessible hidden AUX and USB ports.
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Under the best bark is a beefed-up anatomy with new McPherson strut advanced and three-link rear abeyance components, adeptness rack-and-pinion steering, and vented disc brakes advanced and rear. Under the awning is a 302-cubic-inch Windsor V-8 with 265-horsepower and 300 lb.-ft. of torque. This motor was accepted to Mustangs congenital in the backward 2000s. While newer Ford engines are added powerful, the allegiant Windsor agent was called on annual of its adeptness to fit in the absolute agent bay after altering the car’s abeyance design.
Not alone can the car biking 18 afar on a gallon of exceptional unleaded, according to Revology, but the engine, chiral (five-speed chiral or four-speed automatic), and 3.70 limited-slip rear cogwheel are acceptable for a abounding three years. A one-year bumper-to-bumper assurance and a five-year bane assurance additionally apply. And with best of the adapted genitalia actuality Ford-sourced, the Revology Mustang can calmly be serviced at any Ford dealer.
Inevitably, a assertive cardinal of purists will belittle at this car, but aloof as many, if not more, will bless its existence, and conceivably a few will bang bottomward deposits for one.
Which brings us to the amount of cost: the abject retail amount for the Revology Mustangs starts at $119,500 for the fastback and $122,000 for the convertible. Options accommodate the GT actualization amalgamation ($1,495), and a exceptional audio arrangement ($2,495), a 3.89 rear animosity ($395), and a 4.11 rear animosity ($495).
What, you anticipation a hand-built, street-legal replica of one of America’s admired cars anytime would be cheap?
Indeed, because how abounding accurately adequate or well-preserved aboriginal Mustangs are on the bazaar at any accustomed time for far beneath coin, the Revology Mustang is not bargain at all. But few Mustangs from the 1960s, if any, will be as everyday-livable as this car, abnormally as we acquisition ourselves so abased on claimed and on-board electronics. And aloof try and acquisition an aboriginal Mustang so able-bodied warrantied...and with a USB outlet!
After its admission at Amelia, the car is accessible for examination and analysis drives at Revology’s burghal Orlando, Florida, HQ. For added info, arch to www.revologycars.com.
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