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| Car of The Day: April 21, 2010; 1 Badd Ride '05 Ford Mustang | |
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| craftymore | Apr 20 2010, 10:11 PM Post #1 |
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*Posted of Ivantt*![]() The car for today is 1 Bad Ride's 2005 Ford Mustang. ![]()
![]() This was part of a series Badd Rides did that featured NASCAR drivers at the time with their color schemes on similar brand vehicles. This one is the DeWalt tools car driven by Matt Kenseth. While a bit larger than the generic "1/64" scale, the cars were still sold as that scale but are closer to 1/50 size. Badd Rides made this casting one bad Mustang, and the colors and detail work was very well done and was a great buy for it's day--cars like this would be in the $5-$6 range today. Another example of how I balked at buying this when new, but I'm now so glad I did at the time !
Edited by craftymore, Apr 20 2010, 10:12 PM.
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| Swifty | Apr 20 2010, 10:19 PM Post #2 |
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The Mustang II is a Mustang too!
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I grabbed a few of the regular paint versions of this casting, but left the NASCAR versions on the pegs. There was a time I was a NASCAR fan. And that time was the 1980s and 1990s... |
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| craftymore | Apr 20 2010, 10:46 PM Post #3 |
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What? You aren't a fan of the cookie cutter appearing cars raced in NASCAR of today? Shocking! |
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| Swifty | Apr 20 2010, 10:49 PM Post #4 |
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Common template cars on cookie cutter tracks with bland drivers. "Aero push" is not an excuse. "You make it fast, and I'll make it handle" is what I want to hear from race car drivers. Paraphrase of Cale Yarborough by the way. |
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| ivantt | Apr 20 2010, 11:16 PM Post #5 |
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New casting? Quick! Take it apart!
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Ah, Cale Yarborough, and the Hardie's Chevrolet, I believe..........so many stories |
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| stupidsquirrels | Apr 21 2010, 01:44 PM Post #6 |
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I quit following NASCAR around the time Petty hung up his spurs. Just ain't the same since they got away from 'race on Sunday, buy on Monday'. |
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| Scooter | Apr 21 2010, 05:58 PM Post #7 |
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Nascar died basically around when Dale Earnhardt died. Not cause Dale was anything great. More cause they commercialized and sold out everything that made nascar what it is. Got rid of Winston and Busch as staple sponsors who have been there for 25+ yrs. Changed the point system. Stupid back wing they finally got rid of. Limiting car teams to 4 cars. Getting rid of North Wilkesboro. Racing out of the country in Japan. heck Bringing Toyota into nascar. The list continues. but after 2001 things really turned. I dont know but its just not the same for me. |
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| minicup | Apr 21 2010, 06:07 PM Post #8 |
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I will agree with everything there.. except its not dead... yet sadly I'm still a NASCAR fan but they need to open there eyes... |
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| Swifty | Apr 21 2010, 06:41 PM Post #9 |
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As long as the current format makes money, NA$CAR has no incentive to change paths. I stopped watching after the debacle that was the 2004 season, and you know what's funny? I learned I enjoy having my weekends back! I can get out and do things. While formerly fascinating I just have no use for NA$CAR at all these days! So I decided to put my money where my mouth is- I no longer watch the races (lower ratings), I no longer buy merchandise, race tickets, etc. They lost a very loyal fan in me. Pity. |
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| craftymore | Apr 21 2010, 10:12 PM Post #10 |
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The last full race I watched from start to finish was Dale's last race. I was never a hardcore fan, just used to watch a few full races a season and followed the points race casually. Will agree with Scooter, post Dale SR. Nascar seemed to lose something that you can't place a dollar amount on. It doesn't help that the cars haven't looked 'similar' to the actual stock cars they are based on for the past 20 years either. They lost the stock appearance. I still say if they limited the cars to just modified versions of the Camaro, Mustang, and Challenger they'd have much better ratings and interest. Whatever the biggest stock engine they produce for the Mustang, Camaro and Challenger is the block you have to run in each car. If you want to add super chargers or other tricks, be my guest. I sure as heck don't want to watch cookie cutter cars with generic 1950s V-8s run in circles. |
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| WoloMan | Apr 21 2010, 10:24 PM Post #11 |
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x2 The only stock car racing I enjoyed watching was a few years back when a cable channel played the original 60s races before and during the "aero wars." Back to the topic, I do have some of these 'Stangs in my stable, even though the dimensions are a bit off. Still, nice colors and detail work.
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