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    Hoisting A 1966 Mustang To The Roof Of The Empire State Building
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    Image of digita6 digita6
    05/19/09

    In reply to Hoisting A 1966 Mustang To The Roof Of The Empire State Building
    I don't believe this is a '65. In October 1965 it would make more sense to hoist the NEXT model year to the top, i.e., a '66 Mustang. Plus, the plate on the front of the car clearly says '66 Mustang.
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    Image of Ben Wojdyla Ben Wojdyla
    05/19/09

    @digita6: Good call, I didn't even notice that.
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    Image of engineerd engineerd
    05/19/09

    In reply to Hoisting A 1966 Mustang To The Roof Of The Empire State Building
    See, even in 1965 they had special edition Mustangs. Case in point: "Empire State" Special Edition Mustang.
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    Image of Flathead Smith Flathead Smith
    05/19/09

    In reply to Hoisting A 1966 Mustang To The Roof Of The Empire State Building
    Seems like it would have been easier to carry the thing up in pieces rather that cutting it in half. Or maybe it had the not so popular Bolt-Together option.
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    05/19/09

    @Flathead Smith: It says they carried it in 4 pieces.


    I also wonder how this worked. I thought the Mustang was a unit-body car, so wouldn't there be all kinds of structural issues with this scheme?

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    Image of Joshuman Joshuman
    05/19/09

    In reply to Hoisting A 1966 Mustang To The Roof Of The Empire State Building
    "Some careful maneuvering was done and by 4:30 a.m., the reassembled car was on the outdoor observation deck and ready to be photographed from a helicopter."


    Why the heck didn't they just strap the Mustang to the helicopter and fly it up there?


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    Image of engineerd engineerd
    05/19/09

    @joshman loves booooost: Because they liked the challenge. Besides, they didn't want Porsche complaining that they had "cheated".
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    Image of Leeeeena the Jalopchick Leeeeena the Jalopchick
    05/19/09

    In reply to Hoisting A 1966 Mustang To The Roof Of The Empire State Building
    elevator 'ring time?
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    Image of engineerd engineerd
    05/19/09

    In reply to Hoisting A 1966 Mustang To The Roof Of The Empire State Building
    Ford: First On Raising the car up a building in an elevator Day
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    Image of FTGDWolverineEdition'09 FTGDWolverineEdition'09
    05/19/09

    @engineerd: You must have a lot of time on your hand huh? Like me.
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    Image of engineerd engineerd
    05/19/09

    @Formerlythegreatestdriver: My project is done. I'm just waiting on my coworker to check my work. So, there's a lot of sitting around.
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    Image of domino domino
    05/19/09

    In reply to Hoisting A 1966 Mustang To The Roof Of The Empire State Building
    now we put boats in the packard building.
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    Image of Skunky Skunky
    05/19/09

    In reply to Hoisting A 1966 Mustang To The Roof Of The Empire State Building
    Then nicolas cage drove it off a ramp and it flew all the way to Long Beach, yeah!
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    Image of mr_dude mr_dude
    05/19/09

    @Skunky: Isn't mentioning that movie cause for banning?
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    05/19/09

    @mr_dude: Maybe not banning, but how 'bout just shunning him for a week? Or banishing him to Jezebel? Nah, that would be too harsh.
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    05/19/09

    In reply to Hoisting A 1966 Mustang To The Roof Of The Empire State Building
    But the Porsche did it in 5:30:06 while the Mustang took 8:56:35
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    Image of JamesHunt||ShhhI'mHuntinWabbits JamesHunt||ShhhI'mHuntinWabbits
    05/19/09

    @CoЯiolis Eff Smites You With The PoweЯ of BuЯbeЯЯy: Pfft a Nissan GTR could do it in 5:26.
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    Image of .357 .357
    05/19/09

    @JamesHunt: Only if they use slicks.
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    Image of Schm, enjoying his first desert winter. . Schm, enjoying his first desert winter. .
    05/19/09

    @CoЯiolis Eff Smites You With The PoweЯ of BuЯbeЯЯy: Yeah, but the Nissan violated the warranty on the way down.
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    05/19/09

    @Schm McSchanagains: Unfortunately, the engineers accidentally dropped the transmission down the elevator shaft while they were disassembling it.
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