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Old Nov 27, 2008 | 12:56 AM
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Car: 91 RS vert/ 89 iroc vert
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ASC McLaren

i love both of my verts and will problaly keep the till old age but i just couldn't help to admire the McLaren 5.0. the apperance of this stang is more distinct in comparison to the regular stang vert. i wouldnt of mind if gm had placed special badges or decals on our verts
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Old Nov 27, 2008 | 12:02 PM
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Re: ASC McLaren

did asc make all the verts for the Ford mustang(in the 80's) or just the mcLarens? The McLarens were only 2 seaters with a tonneau cover right?
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Old Nov 28, 2008 | 01:04 PM
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From: Doghouse ······································ Car: 1989 Formula 350 Vert Engine: 350 L98 Transmission: 700R4 Axle/Gears: B&W 3.27
Car: 87 Formula T-Top, 87 Formula HT
Engine: 5.1L TPI, 5.0L TPI
Transmission: 700R4, M5
Axle/Gears: Sag 3.73, B&W 3.45
Re: ASC McLaren

The Verts are technically special, who needs an extra badge???

Actually AFAIK ASC & McLaren are seperate companies, they did some projects together. They outsourced the Seats & such to other companies like Triad. The Mustang verts (or at least around 1990 - 1992 ) were converted by C&C. My girlfriends Dad worked for C&C at the time and said they did conversions.

John
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Old Dec 11, 2008 | 08:39 AM
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Re: ASC McLaren

All '80s Mustangs were built by C&C (except the ASC McLaren 2-seaters) and were factory authorized and supplied to Ford dealers. ASC & McLaren were seperate companies that partnered to build the 2-seaters. Those were not factory authorized, but were marketed and sold to Ford dealers to resell as new cars. To learn more, see my wiki article:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coach_convertible
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Old Dec 11, 2008 | 10:52 AM
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Re: ASC McLaren

that's a great wiki lots of good info thanks!!!!!
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Old Dec 11, 2008 | 10:07 PM
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Re: ASC McLaren

Worth reading:
http://www.ascmclaren.org/WhatIsAnAscMcLaren.html
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Old Dec 12, 2008 | 01:11 AM
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Car: 91 RS vert/ 89 iroc vert
Engine: 305 TBI/305 TPI
Transmission: 700r4Xtwo
Axle/Gears: 10 bolt non-pos. B/W 9 bolt pos
Re: ASC McLaren

Slimwhitman, very interesting article now im looking forward in knowing the history of the ACS/Camaro collaboration.
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