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    1. 10-24-2018, 10:28 PM #1
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      Default SVO Nonsense from Road&Track

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    2. 10-24-2018, 10:52 PM #2
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      Well, the dealer just got a free plug for someone to buy that WAY overpriced SVO.
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    3. 10-25-2018, 05:42 AM #3
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      I hate when they get basic facts wrong. Since the first turbocharged Mustang was in 1979. I don't know why they say the SVO is the first turbo charged Mustang.
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    4. 10-25-2018, 07:47 AM #4
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      Quote Originally Posted by 86MustangGtRob View Post
      I hate when they get basic facts wrong. Since the first turbocharged Mustang was in 1979. I don't know why they say the SVO is the first turbo charged Mustang.
      Well . . . . It was the first Turbocharged Mustang that ran well and actual made some HP!

      Besides the TRUTH and FACTS are so difficult to get right these days. They might actually have to do some research and verify information and not just guess.
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    5. 10-25-2018, 11:11 AM #5
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      [QUOTE=wraithracing;1893819]Well . . . . It was the first Turbocharged Mustang that ran well and actual made some HP!

      Sooo True!!
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      Regardless of the article it is a very nice looking car. I don't think I've ever seen an SVO in that color.
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      No big deal, I've got one just like it. Mine does need a total resto though...
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    8. 10-25-2018, 04:06 PM #8
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      Yep, and I had one too. Ken and me are in the Sage Green SVO club. Not that there is one, nor do I own mine anymore.
      Bleed Ford Blue! '84 Grabber Orange SVO, '88 Saleen 1 of 4 w/Automatic, '89 Steeda, '71 DeTomaso Pantera GT5 Wide Body EFI 4.6 DOHC...soon to be a Gen3 Coyote and some Old Ford Muscle w/ BB power. 1.21 Jigawatts!!?? PETRO EXPRESS=CITGO=BOYCOTT!
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      There's been a sage green one for sale on ebay for a decade it seems like. I'm guessing it might not be the holy grail of SVOs at this point. Unfortunately there is no such thing as actual journalism these days. My college journalism professor must be rolling over in his grave as they say. You think that article is bad. He would fail an article if you said a car crash happened on Tuesday. What's wrong with that you say? He is totally correct. The proper sentence is it happened Tuesday. The "on" is useless and wordy. I learned a ton from him though. Every article I read now they always say stuff happened ON Saturday and still to this day I can't help it. Nope. It just happened Saturday. Wow, that was a large derailment there, LOL.
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    10. 10-26-2018, 11:37 AM #10
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      Quote Originally Posted by MIKE'SVO86 View Post
      Yep, and I had one too. Ken and me are in the Sage Green SVO club. Not that there is one, nor do I own mine anymore.
      Yep still have the 86 4E, and sold the Comp Prep 86 4E. It went to the best home possible so I'm not completely bummed out.
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    11. 10-26-2018, 11:47 PM #11
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      Garbage article. It’s not news so it can’t be fake..... but the author needs to hang up their writing dreams like 1/2 the garbage generators out there today and get a real job.

      First turbo Mustang? What an idiot!

      First EFI Mustang? Maybe? Unless the GT Turbos rolled off the line first.
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