4-eye on Viva La Bam

[CarlsV6]

Watching viva la bam, they had a beat up 79-82 convertible they were thrashing, but they were in mexico, so wonder how that combination ended up there.

[Anlushac11]

8)

They have always sold Mustangs in Mexico to my knowledge.

[FoxChassis]

From http://www.autohobbydigest.com/mxhist-tremec.html:

"The Mexican Federal government had mandated that any automaker that wanted to sell a car in Mexico had to see to it that 60% of the car was local content produced in Mexico, and furthermore, all engines and transmissions had to be 100% manufactured in Mexico. Ford, GM, and Chrysler had all been assembling cars in Mexico since the 1920's and 1930's, but up until 1964, all the components were imported from the US, including fully assembled engines and transmissions. This mandate occurred in 1962 and everyone had to comply before December 1964. If that wasn't constricting enough, the mandate policy further dictated that if an automaker wasn't already making the component in Mexico at the time of the mandate, they had to find a Mexican majority owned outfit to make it for them."

Since the '60s, there have been three Ford assembly plants in Mexico: Monterrey (assembly plant code: J), Cuautitan (assembly plant code: M), Hermosillo (assembly plant code: R).

[LTDScott]

There are tons of old American cars in Mexico. Most of them have come across the border from the US.

[CarlsV6]

I'm aware of the mexican mustangs, just was pointing out that it was a 79-82 CONVERTIBLE....

[LTDScott]

I'm aware of the mexican mustangs, just was pointing out that it was a 79-82 CONVERTIBLE....

Ooooh... should have read more carefully. Then again they have all sorts of hacked up and modified cars down there. It's possible they swapped the older front and rear on an 83+ car.

[f4fntm]

From http://www.autohobbydigest.com/mxhist-tremec.html:

"The Mexican Federal government had mandated that any automaker that wanted to sell a car in Mexico had to see to it that 60% of the car was local content produced in Mexico, and furthermore, all engines and transmissions had to be 100% manufactured in Mexico. Ford, GM, and Chrysler had all been assembling cars in Mexico since the 1920's and 1930's, but up until 1964, all the components were imported from the US, including fully assembled engines and transmissions. This mandate occurred in 1962 and everyone had to comply before December 1964. If that wasn't constricting enough, the mandate policy further dictated that if an automaker wasn't already making the component in Mexico at the time of the mandate, they had to find a Mexican majority owned outfit to make it for them."

Since the '60s, there have been three Ford assembly plants in Mexico: Monterrey (assembly plant code: J), Cuautitan (assembly plant code: M), Hermosillo (assembly plant code: R).
I wonder if there's any connection between this and the fact that Tremec is located in Mexico. :idea:

[FoxChassis]

From http://www.autohobbydigest.com/mxhist-tremec.html:

"The Mexican Federal government had mandated that any automaker that wanted to sell a car in Mexico had to see to it that 60% of the car was local content produced in Mexico, and furthermore, all engines and transmissions had to be 100% manufactured in Mexico. Ford, GM, and Chrysler had all been assembling cars in Mexico since the 1920's and 1930's, but up until 1964, all the components were imported from the US, including fully assembled engines and transmissions. This mandate occurred in 1962 and everyone had to comply before December 1964. If that wasn't constricting enough, the mandate policy further dictated that if an automaker wasn't already making the component in Mexico at the time of the mandate, they had to find a Mexican majority owned outfit to make it for them."

Since the '60s, there have been three Ford assembly plants in Mexico: Monterrey (assembly plant code: J), Cuautitan (assembly plant code: M), Hermosillo (assembly plant code: R).
I wonder if there's any connection between this and the fact that Tremec is located in Mexico. :idea:
Yup.

Click the link I provided (notice the the end of the URL is mxhist-tremec?) and read the entire article.