Because Mustangs with Aston Martin engines are for pussies...

[the Teuton]

I occasionally steal things of interest from the Subie forums when it comes up, and this has to be the coolest thing in the world.? It's a 1970 Mustang with a Sherman tank motor in it.

Link:
http://positiveapeindex.blogspot.com/2007/02/fine-line-between-stupid-and-clever.html

That's real Detroit muscle.

[JYODER240]

I'm pretty confident when I say that I'd kill myself in that. How does that chassis handle than much torque?

[Eye of the Tiger]

That is pure sex right there

[thewizard16]

Interesting... I wonder what it sounds like.

[SVT666]

As long as it makes waaaay more then the stock 500 hp, then it might be worth it.  The almost 1100 lbs-ft of TQ is pretty fucking cool though.  Unfortunately having the engine sticking up through the hood is not my style.

[ChrisV]

As long as it makes waaaay more then the stock 500 hp, then it might be worth it.  The almost 1100 lbs-ft of TQ is pretty fucking cool though.  Unfortunately having the engine sticking up through the hood is not my style.

It's just a working version of this:

[Nethead]

Do any of you fossilized relics--such as the Nethead here--remember the Ed Roth T-shirts from the late 'Sixties?? I think he's the one who made the T-shirts with the Mustangs/Camaros/GTOs/Yada Yada Yadas with the stick shift sticking up thru the roof and the engine (with supercharger and bugcatcher) bulging out of the engine compartment, fire belching from the collectors, and massive slicks smokin' like a wildfire.? If Ed's alive today, he's beatin' off on those photos even as I type.

Frankly, that's a very clean, modern-looking engine--it has sort of a Top Fuel look about it with the distributor mounted the way it is.? I had read something about a dude with a tank engine in his Mustang but I didn't take it seriously.? He'll probably roll it over my house to teach me a lesson!? He can name this Mustang "George Patton"!

[omicron]

You have all seen the 'Final Objective', I assume?

1955 Chevrolet BelAir Sports Coupe fitted with a V12 Rolls Royce Merlin aircraft engine used in P51 Mustang aircraft.

[Nethead]

omicron:  Great pics, OmiDude!  Now THAT's the engine that should be dropped into a Mustang!

[J86]

SO COOL

[rohan]

? If Ed's alive today, he's beatin' off on those photos even as I type.

He's not. 

[rohan]

He's not.?

I don't think anyway.

[Nethead]

rohan:  Yeah, Ed was not young when I was a kid, and I'm a relic nowdays.  RIP, Ed...

[Soup DeVille]

rohan:? Yeah, Ed was not young when I was a kid, and I'm a relic nowdays.? RIP, Ed...

Hmm, I was about to protest that he was still alive, but in a rare moment of clarity, decided to check my facts first.

http://www.ratfink.org/roth/national.html

[Nethead]

Soup Deville:? Thank you for the link to Ed Roth, Ratfink extraordinaire.? Ed will be missed, and I think the tank-engined Mustang oughtta be dedicated to his memory.? It epitomizes decades of Ratfink dragracing art--huge engines spilling out of the engine compartment, zoomie headers spittin' fire, and monster slicks smokin'!? An era has passed--big blocks, longitudinal leaf springs, lakes pipes, hotrods, beach music, whitewalls, sock hops, 45 rpm singles...Ed Roth caricatured that era, and made us all grin at his outrageous art.? The Nethead here imitated Ed's art in caricatures of my late father's Corinthian White '61 Ford Country Sedan which had a 352 with a 390 crank in it hooked up to a Cruise-O-Matic.? We thank you for the smiles, the grins, the WTFs, and for being Ed Roth.

? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?ED ROTH,  March 4th, 1932--April 4th, 2001
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?? RIP, Big Daddy

[sandertheshark]

That is pure sex right there

That's more like sex with an entire WNBA starting five.  Exciting, but scary as hell.