Eleanor? Japanese Kit Car Company Turns Toyota into Mustang
Over the course of an average day here at WINDING ROAD, our online meanderings lead us to stumble over quite a few kit cars. And though they range from the bland to the bizarre, it’s not too often that we find something we truly believe is worth sharing with the public.
Today is not your average day.
Witness, the Ride Cars GTR350. Based on a second generation Toyota MR2 and inspired by Eleanor from the film(s), Gone in 60 Seconds, the GTR350 is a bizzaro world ‘Stang extraordinaire.
Looking vaguely like a GT 350 drawn from memory by a team of Japanese animators, the transition from MR2 to muscle car certainly does not go unnoticed in the Ride Cars kit. With comically plumped up fenders and a front clip only a mother could love, GTR350 owners will undoubtedly attract a bit of attention while cruising around town, to say nothing of the “forgot the engine
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The Stig
WHY???????
C. Champion
Where's Ashton? I feel like I've been punk'd.
"Eleanor" kit for MR2 in UK - Toyota MR2 Message Board
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Don
That might very well be the most hideous thing I've ever seen.
Rex
The front is Crap-tastic, but I kind of like the rear and sides of the gtr350 lite. I guess I may need to double my meds.
dante
Wouldn't it be cheaper to just buy an f'n Mustang instead of crapifying a decent looking car? If it isn't, maybe I should see about exporting some over there - they must be desperate!
john
to dante:
Though this is hideous on many levels, since mustangs were never sold in Japan, it may well be cheaper to kit an MR2 than import a classic american car.
Marvm
Oh man, that should be illegal. Can't Ford sue tham for slander? Ride Cars should be ashamed of themselves.
Ducati Minor
The Japanese did come up with a new Bullitt custom using the current Mustang.
devnull
why they would do this is pretty obvious. Japan is a group of islands surrounded by salt water. Salt water is known to do wonders to steel that is not galvanized. My dad's 1969 RS Camaro died a painful death on Japan from the salt air. Many cars faced much the same fate there.
keith
u should be ashamed of your selves!!!!!!!!!!
u r all gay!!!!!!
however that green MR2 at the top of the page is ver nice
HayashiDrift
WTF?? MR2s don't need IMPROVING in the looks department. All the generations are pretty decent looking already. Why of ALL cars, change it to a SHITSTANG??..and an ugly one at that?
ToyoPoyo
Wasn't that POS in the movie Transformers? Hehee :P
Joan
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superflo joe
it doesnt look anything like any mustang,but i think it would look cool with chrome rims,lowered and a cool paint job, its different and coud be fun,looks a bit like a boat tho.
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