Vaughn Gittin Jr's 2010 Ford Mustang Revealed!
Almost...
The wait is coming to an end. David and I have been invited to the unveiling of the 2010 Ford Mustang located at a small hanger in West Los Angeles next Tuesday. Vaughn will be on hand to give a drift demo in his Falken Tires Mustang, and Ford has a lot of cool things planned. I will be shooting High Definition video at the event, but for those that want to tune in on Speed Channel, the event will air at 8pm PST, 11pm EST on Tuesday the 18th.
Hard to imagine that my 1990 GT is now about to turn 20 model years old. Where did all the time go? I still remember when these Mustangs were new, in fact Dan Pina (Drift Patrol Dan) sent me a picture of himself standing in front of his Dad's Mustang GT at Laguna Seca. Dan wanted to call attention to his "LA Gear shoes, cut-off shorts, flip-up biker hat and matching Fanny pack." Dan was 8 years old in this shot with his dad's Mustang. He also send a shot with some other Ford car in it.
I think I would like to try my hands with the second Ford car, I have a feeling it might have a bit more "zoom zoom" then the Mustang. Of course, that's just one mans theory. Now that I have given Dan a hard enough time, I should tell you that we now have all of his Mustang Drifting videos here on the site. You can get to them by viewing his profile: www.driftmustang.com/user/drift-patrol-dan
Enjoy!
About Geoff
I have been building cars since about 1996 when I bought a 1966 Chevelle Malibu and modified it. My first exposure to drifting was back in 2004 when the shop (Hotrods to Hell) that I worked at was commissioned to build the 1969 Camaro that was campaigned in the 2005 Formula D series. In order to get a better idea of what the Camaro needed to be capable of I went to the Formula D Irwindale event and was instantly hooked.
My approach to car building is methodical. As you watch along with our build you will notice that we only make a few changed between each episode. I do not believe in throwing a bunch of parts at a problem and hoping it will be solved.
When you are developing a chassis for the first time you need to take you time and establish what I call a "vocabulary for the car." Basically what this means is that you need to learn what impact different parts and modifications will have on the car and on each other.
My roadmap for the Mustang was first to address the inconsistency in the car. The coilovers, panhard bar, and rollcage have done wonders in that direction. Then since this is a drift car, we need to make some drift specific modification, steering angle and LSD. The next move is to fine tune the car, getting the right spring rate, finding alignment settings that work well, trying different sway bars.
If you have any questions for me or suggestions for the car, you can make a post in the forum.
-Geoff
Can't wait!
I can't wait also.
P.S. I think we should bring the fanny pack back in style. Maybe renamed "Manny" Pack. (sounds 0.5% cooler) lol
I think we should bring the fanny pack back in style.
Shit, I'm down. :D
Many people have the misconception the if a man wear a fanny pack that makes him less manly.........
I proudly present proof that this is not the case: Ladies and gentelmen, Chuck Norris sports the FP
I think we need to make Drift Mustang fanny packs. :P
Put me down for 2.
Chuck's rockin a Fanny Pack! Dear god, thats not tough!...unless there's a miniature bearded Chuck Norris inside.
can't wait!
Is there a video up on this? I'd really like to see the drifting in the new Mustang. You tube perhaps?
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