Chrome or No Chrome... That Is The Latest Question

We all know the Mustang is a hot car right now. Sales are way up and
interest in the iconic pony is at near record highs. Seems much of the
recent success is due to Ford borrowing styling cues from Mustangs
past. But how much/often should Ford dip into history? The previous
generation Mach 1 borrowed stripes, wheel pattern, seat covering, and a
hood scoop. The new GT500 offers the borrowed twin racing stripes.
The soon to debut Boss 302 is also borrowing stripes, hood scoop, and
it seems rear window slats may be at least an option. Now take a look
at this rendering (it's not Ford's) of the next Bullitt Mustang. What
would your reaction be to this one if it were sitting in your dealer's
showroom?

http://www.creatingthelie.com/cars/bullitt_2006.jpg

1) The chrome -- side mirrors, grill border, door handles, and bumper
treatment -- is pushing retro too far. Nix the glitter and this one
hits the bull's eye!

2) Yuck! I think the chrome trim goes in the opposite direction --
towards the bling/dub crowd.

3) It's nearly perfect! The _only_ thing missing is a black Dodge
Charger in the rear view mirror.

4) I want a pure modern interpretation -- just a clean design that
hints at the old, but without any of the old retro stripes, scoops,
wheels, etc., add-ons.

5) I trust your intuition, Ford... so whatever you decide. You've
been hitting the perfect mix as of late... just keep doing what you've
been doing and I'm sure I'll love it.

Patrick

wrote...
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> http://www.creatingthelie.com/cars/bullitt_2006.jpg

¿Creating the Lie Studio?

Davïd
Greenville, NC

Ðavïd wrote:

> wrote...
> «truncated»
> > http://www.creatingthelie.com/cars/bullitt_2006.jpg

> ¿Creating the Lie Studio?

Work with it, Dave.

Patrick

wrote in news:1166405064.975732.167430@
80g2000cwy.googlegroups.com:

> We all know the Mustang is a hot car right now. Sales are way up and
> interest in the iconic pony is at near record highs. Seems much of
the
> recent success is due to Ford borrowing styling cues from Mustangs
> past. But how much/often should Ford dip into history? The previous
> generation Mach 1 borrowed stripes, wheel pattern, seat covering, and
a
> hood scoop. The new GT500 offers the borrowed twin racing stripes.
> The soon to debut Boss 302 is also borrowing stripes, hood scoop, and
> it seems rear window slats may be at least an option. Now take a look
> at this rendering (it's not Ford's) of the next Bullitt Mustang. What
> would your reaction be to this one if it were sitting in your dealer's
> showroom?
>
> http://www.creatingthelie.com/cars/bullitt_2006.jpg
>
> 1) The chrome -- side mirrors, grill border, door handles, and bumper
> treatment -- is pushing retro too far. Nix the glitter and this one
> hits the bull's eye!
>
> 2) Yuck! I think the chrome trim goes in the opposite direction --
> towards the bling/dub crowd.
>
> 3) It's nearly perfect! The _only_ thing missing is a black Dodge
> Charger in the rear view mirror.
>
> 4) I want a pure modern interpretation -- just a clean design that
> hints at the old, but without any of the old retro stripes, scoops,
> wheels, etc., add-ons.
>
> 5) I trust your intuition, Ford... so whatever you decide. You've
> been hitting the perfect mix as of late... just keep doing what you've
> been doing and I'm sure I'll love it.
>
> Patrick

I'll go for #1, although the "sparkle" stuff exaggerates the chrome so
that it's more cartoonish than anything in the pic.

The door handles and mirrors have to go, but the rims should be chrome
and the grille surround and bumper strip should be brushed or polished
aluminum. That's the ticket.

Joe
Calypso Green '93 5.0 LX AOD hatch with a few goodies
Black '03 Dakota 5.9 R/T CC

Joe wrote:
> wrote in news:1166405064.975732.167430@
> 80g2000cwy.googlegroups.com:

> > We all know the Mustang is a hot car right now. Sales are way up and
> > interest in the iconic pony is at near record highs. Seems much of
> the
> > recent success is due to Ford borrowing styling cues from Mustangs
> > past. But how much/often should Ford dip into history? The previous
> > generation Mach 1 borrowed stripes, wheel pattern, seat covering, and
> a
> > hood scoop. The new GT500 offers the borrowed twin racing stripes.
> > The soon to debut Boss 302 is also borrowing stripes, hood scoop, and
> > it seems rear window slats may be at least an option. Now take a look
> > at this rendering (it's not Ford's) of the next Bullitt Mustang. What
> > would your reaction be to this one if it were sitting in your dealer's
> > showroom?
> >
> > http://www.creatingthelie.com/cars/bullitt_2006.jpg
> >
> > 1) The chrome -- side mirrors, grill border, door handles, and bumper
> > treatment -- is pushing retro too far. Nix the glitter and this one
> > hits the bull's eye!
> >
> > 2) Yuck! I think the chrome trim goes in the opposite direction --
> > towards the bling/dub crowd.
> >
> > 3) It's nearly perfect! The _only_ thing missing is a black Dodge
> > Charger in the rear view mirror.
> >
> > 4) I want a pure modern interpretation -- just a clean design that
> > hints at the old, but without any of the old retro stripes, scoops,
> > wheels, etc., add-ons.
> >
> > 5) I trust your intuition, Ford... so whatever you decide. You've
> > been hitting the perfect mix as of late... just keep doing what you've
> > been doing and I'm sure I'll love it.

> I'll go for #1, although the "sparkle" stuff exaggerates the chrome so
> that it's more cartoonish than anything in the pic.

> The door handles and mirrors have to go, but the rims should be chrome
> and the grille surround and bumper strip should be brushed or polished
> aluminum. That's the ticket.

I think if one part is brushed/polished aluminum all of it should be so
it all matches. Same if you go with chrome.

Patrick

wrote in news:1166410905.986868.151530@
79g2000cws.googlegroups.com:

> Joe wrote:
>> wrote in news:1166405064.975732.167430@
>> 80g2000cwy.googlegroups.com:
>
>> > We all know the Mustang is a hot car right now. Sales are way up
and
>> > interest in the iconic pony is at near record highs. Seems much of
>> the
>> > recent success is due to Ford borrowing styling cues from Mustangs
>> > past. But how much/often should Ford dip into history? The
previous
>> > generation Mach 1 borrowed stripes, wheel pattern, seat covering,
and
>> a
>> > hood scoop. The new GT500 offers the borrowed twin racing stripes.
>> > The soon to debut Boss 302 is also borrowing stripes, hood scoop,
and
>> > it seems rear window slats may be at least an option. Now take a
look
>> > at this rendering (it's not Ford's) of the next Bullitt Mustang.
What
>> > would your reaction be to this one if it were sitting in your
dealer's
>> > showroom?
>> >
>> > http://www.creatingthelie.com/cars/bullitt_2006.jpg
>> >
>> > 1) The chrome -- side mirrors, grill border, door handles, and
bumper
>> > treatment -- is pushing retro too far. Nix the glitter and this
one
>> > hits the bull's eye!
>> >
>> > 2) Yuck! I think the chrome trim goes in the opposite direction
--
>> > towards the bling/dub crowd.
>> >
>> > 3) It's nearly perfect! The _only_ thing missing is a black Dodge
>> > Charger in the rear view mirror.
>> >
>> > 4) I want a pure modern interpretation -- just a clean design that
>> > hints at the old, but without any of the old retro stripes, scoops,
>> > wheels, etc., add-ons.
>> >
>> > 5) I trust your intuition, Ford... so whatever you decide. You've
>> > been hitting the perfect mix as of late... just keep doing what
you've
>> > been doing and I'm sure I'll love it.
>
>> I'll go for #1, although the "sparkle" stuff exaggerates the chrome
so
>> that it's more cartoonish than anything in the pic.
>
>> The door handles and mirrors have to go, but the rims should be
chrome
>> and the grille surround and bumper strip should be brushed or
polished
>> aluminum. That's the ticket.
>
> I think if one part is brushed/polished aluminum all of it should be
so
> it all matches. Same if you go with chrome.
>
> Patrick

Point taken, but I still think the chrome rims (w/dark spokes of course)
would look awesome with brushed trim.

Joe
Calypso Green '93 5.0 LX AOD hatch with a few goodies
Black '03 Dakota 5.9 R/T CC

wrote...
Work with it, Dave.

¿As in stretching the truth? LOL

Davïd
Greenville, NC

well I checked, the bullit mustang in the film had chrome mirrors. dull
center mags with polished rims. I definitely love it.
> wrote in message
ups.com...
> We all know the Mustang is a hot car right now. Sales are way up and
> interest in the iconic pony is at near record highs. Seems much of the
> recent success is due to Ford borrowing styling cues from Mustangs
> past. But how much/often should Ford dip into history? The previous
> generation Mach 1 borrowed stripes, wheel pattern, seat covering, and a
> hood scoop. The new GT500 offers the borrowed twin racing stripes.
> The soon to debut Boss 302 is also borrowing stripes, hood scoop, and
> it seems rear window slats may be at least an option. Now take a look
> at this rendering (it's not Ford's) of the next Bullitt Mustang. What
> would your reaction be to this one if it were sitting in your dealer's
> showroom?
>
> http://www.creatingthelie.com/cars/bullitt_2006.jpg
>
> 1) The chrome -- side mirrors, grill border, door handles, and bumper
> treatment -- is pushing retro too far. Nix the glitter and this one
> hits the bull's eye!
>
> 2) Yuck! I think the chrome trim goes in the opposite direction --
> towards the bling/dub crowd.
>
> 3) It's nearly perfect! The _only_ thing missing is a black Dodge
> Charger in the rear view mirror.
>
> 4) I want a pure modern interpretation -- just a clean design that
> hints at the old, but without any of the old retro stripes, scoops,
> wheels, etc., add-ons.
>
> 5) I trust your intuition, Ford... so whatever you decide. You've
> been hitting the perfect mix as of late... just keep doing what you've
> been doing and I'm sure I'll love it.
>
> Patrick
>

at 24 Dec 2006, karinhall ] wrote in
:

>
> wrote in message
oups.com...
>> We all know the Mustang is a hot car right now. Sales are way up
>> and interest in the iconic pony is at near record highs. Seems
>> much of the recent success is due to Ford borrowing styling cues
>> from Mustangs past. But how much/often should Ford dip into
>> history? The previous generation Mach 1 borrowed stripes, wheel
>> pattern, seat covering, and a hood scoop. The new GT500 offers the
>> borrowed twin racing stripes. The soon to debut Boss 302 is also
>> borrowing stripes, hood scoop, and it seems rear window slats may
>> be at least an option. Now take a look at this rendering (it's not
>> Ford's) of the next Bullitt Mustang. What would your reaction be
>> to this one if it were sitting in your dealer's showroom?
>>
>> http://www.creatingthelie.com/cars/bullitt_2006.jpg

I'm not a big fan of chrome either, but I am seriously considering
adding some brushed aluminum accents to my ride. Like bezels for the
tail lights and 3rd brake light. Maybe in a while a billet fuel door
when prices of those come down to a realistic level.

On the menu also is a 'pony package' grille with the chrome horse
replaced with a US flag one. As soon as I can find a dealer that does
not try to soak me charging $750 + tax to install one. (Don't want to
lose my warranty)



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