Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press Published 7:00 a.m. ET Aug. 10, 2019 | Updated 8:36 a.m. ET Aug. 10, 2019CLOSEThat gorgeous, like-new '67 Ford Mustang
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Printed 7: 00 a.m. ET Aug. 10, 2019 | Updated 8: 36 a.m. ET Aug. 10, 2019CLOSEThat pleasing, esteem-unusual ’67 Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 you would possibly per chance also ogle rolling down Woodward Avenue in pre-Dream Cruise web site visitors would possibly per chance truly be unusual, thanks to Revology Vehicles, an Orlando, Florida, company that’s building classic Mustangs with the total current conveniences, at the side of a 600-horsepower Roush-built supercharged V8. “There are of us that esteem classic vehicles, nonetheless don’t esteem the plot they drive, or that they don’t constantly open and so they overheat on hot days. We develop vehicles for them,” Revology founder and CEO Tom Scarpello said. The Woodward Dream Cruise, by the plot, rolls from Ferndale to Pontiac on Saturday, Aug. 17.Scarpello updated his first classic Mustang as a internal most venture when he used to be an engineer with Ford’s efficiency neighborhood. A long time later, he primarily based Revology, which has made about 50 vehicles for enthusiasts.AutoplayShow ThumbnailsShow CaptionsLast SlideNext SlideRevology builds convertibles and fastbacks in accordance to the first technology of Mustangs, 1965-68.“You would possibly per chance be in a job to toughen the dynamics and the pleasure of using a classic very much with current technology,” he said. “We develop ’em relaxing to drive.”Also system faster.Extra: Lee Iacocca dies: Father of Mustang, rescuer of Chrysler used to be 94Extra: Ford returns to twin-grab transmission for 760-hp Shelby GT500 mammoth carMore grand than the originalsRevology’s infamous engine is Ford’s fresh 460-horsepower Coyote 5.0L V8. Evaluate that to 164 hp for the 260-cubic-coast V8 (that’s 4.3 liters in current phrases) within the distinctive 1965 Mustang GT. Don’t neglect, ’60s-generation horsepower claims can charitably be described as optimistic.Powered by one in all Mustang-master Jack Roush’s legendary supercharged V8s, Revology’s 600-hp GT500 is merely in yet any other galaxy from the vehicles that inspired 1960s songs and legendary traipse scenes esteem the one within the 1968 motion thriller “Bullitt.”“We’re taking a ogle at a Ferrari-level energy-to-weight ratio even as you tumble the Roush V8 correct into a ’66 Mustang chassis,” Scarpello said. Energy-to-weight ratio — the vehicle’s weight divided by horsepower — is a current measure for high-efficiency vehicles.The vehicles moreover find unusual steering, brakes and suspensions to handle the extra energy and produce better ride and handling. Investors can dangle a Ford six-hump automatic transmission or six-hump handbook made by efficiency-vehicle specialist Tremec.Revology builds every vehicle to recount. Prices open at $175,500 and would possibly per chance system a quarter million. There’s a one-year ready list for supply, even supposing Scarpello no longer too long ago speeded up manufacturing by adding a second shift of manufacturing.One
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