Street Mustang out

Sorry if my previous email was a little incomplete and created some misunderstandings. I will try to make a little better description here - but no pics since I unfortunately have no camera.

The Scalextric 'Street Mustang' is basically the same model as the Orange liveried 1970 Mustang that Scalextric made recently. The street mustang has some nice additional features - the main reason for my earlier critique has to do with the fact that those extras could just as well have been added on the 1969 version - the livery itself would hardly be more expensive or difficult than the current one. The extras on the existing yellow mustang are the following.

1. Wheels - they are really nice (chrome and black) and to me look a bit like the original Ford steel hubs from the sixties / early seventies. The tyres are very nicely printed with unusual precision and two different sized text - very impressive.

2. Mirrors - the external side mirrors are yellow and the same as on the Ford Torino - they look good on the mustang as well.

3. Windscreen wipers - two very well made and good looking in real chrome.

4. Rear black 'blinds' covering the rear window - well made and nicely fit in matt black.

5. Rear - the car has a chrome 'fuel cap' in the middle of the rear and above it the word 'mustang' is neatly printed on the car just below the rear wing. Under the bumper the rear numberplate is printed just above the fuel tank.

6. Orange indicator - front and rear are printed on the sides of the car and framed in 'silver'.

7. Interior - there is a nicely printed interior with instruments and a good looking steering wheel.. The driver is probably the same as the 'gangster' in the starsky and hutch set corvette...

8. Livery - the yellow and black livery is nice and seems to be correct for a 1970 version of street mustang.

Generally speaking the car is both good looking and nicely done. My main critique is that since Scalextric themselves made the decision to make a difference between their 1969 and their 1970 models of the mustang - there does not seem to be much sense in confusing them for no particular reason thereafter. It is not a new mould and the extras could just as well have been fitted to the 1969 version. Yes the car is nice - but it is not the one they presented.

If Scalextric would release the extras from this mustang separately as a 'tune kit' I would buy it and put it on a '69 myself..

//peter

The car I refered to is on the pictures in Scalextric promotion material for the model. I did not manage to get the picture into this mail - but you can find the picture on www.scalextric.com product code 2574. Or under 'classic american'.

ok - I have no idea what you guys are going on about - I was refering to the pictures of the real car that Scalextric uses in their advertisement and its relation to the released model. At least to me this particular car seems pretty close to the Scalextric 1969 slotcar in many aspects. Why the Scalextric 1970 mustang would be more close to the picture of the 1969 mustang then the Scalextric 1969 Mustang is a mystery to me...


oh forgot to mention -yes the Yellow Scalextric Street Mustang has working lights.

//peter

I agree with astro about the choice of cars

give me a lincoln or a cadillac anytime...

//peter

QUOTE (lobsterboy @ 30 Jun 2004, 23:48)Sorry guys didnt mean to lose you all! I was trying to justify scaleys use of the 70 model over the 69 as I thought all of the latter had these scoops, however I was wrong as the boss 302 never had them in either year so they could have modelled the street version as it appeared in the catalouge.

Did you lot know that there was a NASCAR spec S&H Torino entered into the 76 Le Mans 24hrs? Lasted 11hrs before the transmisson packed up! Bet you Hornby dont do a version though. Spoke to them over a year ago about them releasing the other four liveries of the Mk11 Gt40 team cars from the 66 le mans.........
The Boss Mustang is sometimes referred to as the 'Shinoda' Mustang if my memory serves me right. I also have a vague memory that suggests that it was a guy at Ford called Harry Shinoda who disliked the airscopes and was behind the smooth lines of these cars. This was a distinct difference when compared to the Shelby Mustangs for example which at the end had more airscopes then a fighter-jet... There have also been a few 'Shinoda special' mustangs in the ninties as well to honor the guy.

Lobsterboy - if you or anyone else finds some pictures / descriptions of alternative liveries of the 'Starsky & Hutch' Torino - please do start a new thread in the 'cars' section with some pictures or links etc. Now when we have the model ideas would be welcome..

When it comes to Scalextric - I do think it would be rather strange if they just made one livery of the Torino and then nothing. The cost of a mould is a noticable one - while making new liveries would be a significant lower. It would seem to be a bit of waste to have just the film version available and then not using the mould. It seems very probably that there will come some other liveried Torino next year - we might be able to give them some hints and inspiration maybe??? But lets move a Torino discussion to a thread in the car section of this forum...


//peter

thanks for the clarification. - you are right it was Larry Shinoda (not harry..). And the Scalextric Street Boss Mustang has the fuel filler location in the middle - 'dead center between the tail lights'. The area between the lights is painted black and the fuel cap is nicely done in chrome unfortunately the prancing horse is missing on the cap

//peter