My friend`s Eleanor Mustang

[Ivor]

I think we ought to consider launching a new branch of the MMA...especially for Lees and Eleanors, there's plenty of 'em around.

I'll get me coat.

[JustinMFox]

There's been debates over the Eleanor thing for years, I agree with Jim, the standard Mustang looks so much better, what is more puzzling is why it's so popular

Average film
Average car chase with rubbish CGI
Horrible wheels
Bland color scheme

Anyway this is the REAL Eleanor from the original film

[Jim]

Besides anything else, those two bloody great lights in the middle of the grille look ridiculous, they totally ruin the front end of a Mustang. And what about the sill exit exhaust. - Where's my sick bag....!

But what is this fixation with ruining good Mustangs to make these daft looking cars? Why are so many people doing it? Hundreds have been made, - who knows how many? I predict eventually most Eleanors will be 'converted' back to Mustangs and their Eleanor days best forgotten.

Mopars have the GL's and Ford have the Eleanor's.
At tleast the stickers are easy to take off a GL.

[Ivor]

Unwelding the doors is a bit more difficult on a GL though Jim!

[Jim]

True Ivor, - but not many people go that far.

[Anonymous]

Im with Jim on this one, where did the name ELENOR come from, is it a figment of some directors imagination or was it a real car?
Either way its a dogs dinner from a stylists point of view.

[JustinMFox]

Yeah Eleanor was just something that was dreamed up for the original 1974 film, all the cars had codenames, note number 25

1. Donna: 1974 Cadillac Fleetwood 75 Limousine
2. Karen: 1973 Stutz Blackhawk
3. Marilyn: 1970 De Tomaso Mangusta
4. Judy: 1962 Ferrari 340 America
5. Kathy: 1970 Rolls Royce Silver Shadow I
6. Nancy: 1971 Cadillac El Dorado
7. Terry: 1971 Rolls Royce Silver Shadow I
8. Dianne: 1972 Cadillac Fleetwood 75 Limousine
9. Christy: 1971 Chevrolet Vega
10. Patti: 1971 Citroen SM
11. Marion: 1974 Cadillac Fleetwood Brougham Limousine
12. Janet: 1971 Ford "Big Oly" Bronco
13. Annie: 1969 Manta Mirage
14. Maxine: 1969 De Tomaso Pantera
15. Claudia: 1970 Jaguar XK1500
16. Leona: 1972 Cadillac Fleetwood Station Wagon
17. Ruth: 1974 Lincoln Continental Mark IV
18. Sandy: 1972 Maserati Ghibli Coupe
19. Laurie: 1973 Cadillac El Dorado
20. Patricia: 1974 Cadillac Coupe DeVille
21. Tracie: 1967 Lamborghini Miura
22. Kelly: 1971 Rolls Royce Silver Shadow I
23. Rosie: 1959 Rolls Royce Phantom V
24. Dorothy: 1957 MercedesBenz 300SL
25. Eleanor: 1973 Ford Mustang Mach I
26. Martha: 1972 Cadillac Fleetwood 75 Limousine
27. Beverly: 1930 Hudson Great Eight
28. Jean: 1971 Chevrolet Corvette C3
29. Betty: 1973 Jensen Interceptor
30. Joanne: 1972 MercedesBenz 200SE
31. Carey: 1966 Rolls Royce Silver Cloud II
32. Mary: 1973 Cadillac Coupe DeVille
33. Dorie: 1973 Stutz Blackhawk
34. Frances: 1971 White Freightliner
35. Maria: 1970 Rolls Royce Silver Shadow I
36. Sharon: 1972 Ferrari 365 GTB
37. Ruby: 1972 Cadillac Fleetwood 75 Limousine
38. Michelle: 1969 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray
39. Susan: 1972 Plymouth Barracuda
40. Alice: 1953 Chrysler Coupe Elegance
41. Paula: 1949 Ferrari V12
42. Julie: 1973 Lincoln Continental Mark IV Limousine
43. Renee: 1966 Lotus Europa S1
44. Jackie: 1966 Rolls Royce Silver Cloud III
45. Eileen: 1924 Rolls Royce Silver Ghost
46. Elizabeth: 1927 Citroen B14 Conduite
47. Lorna: 1968 Intermeccanica Italia GFX
48. Nicole: 1972 Cadillac Fleetwood 75 Limousine

[DaveMadders]

I think our Eleanor was one of the first ....... over here anyhow.

We changed some stuff like filler cap (hated it on the 1/4 panel), vents, and a few other bits.... took forever to build so the novelty wore off.

It is good, however, to try new things... and then sell them.

[Trigger_Andy]

Well I like them!

[Anonymous]

Nice work Dave certainly looks the part still do not up my heart rate

[mopar_mark]

Nice work Dave certainly looks the part still do not up my heart rate

Your hearts still pounding & recovering from its last Viagra overdose

I quite like the Eleanor theme, something different in the beginning.
I guess the more there are, the less I will like as much, but thats also dependant on how well the work has been executed.

On a positive note, the film & cars attracts new people to our hobby, which we are always in desperate need.

[Ian Z]

I'd quite fancy a Patti, or a Marilyn.

[Anonymous]

i'll have a maxine! and a suzan

[Stu]

I quite like the Eleanor theme, something different in the beginning.
I guess the more there are, the less I will like as much,

Totally agree, Mark. Yes, the more there are the less desirable they become, but the overall look of them is just a personal appeal and opinion. If you don't like 'em, fair enough. I for one think they accentuate the lines of an already cool car. The fact that they are a bit different appeals to me.

On a positive note, the film & cars attracts new people to our hobby, which we are always in desperate need.

Couldn't be any more right if you tried. Why put people off doing ANYTHING in this hobby by slating their work so hard, just because the rivets aren't in the right place? If no-one had ever tried anything different in the first place, we'd have been without half the coolest cars in the history of the hobby to date. Modifying cars is a core part of one side of the hobby. Most of the cars I grew up with reading about (in second hand copies of my brothers old Street Machines and Custom Cars) were modded heavily. Does that mean they were all to be slated, or that different peoples take on a car was what made it all interesting?

Don't really want every car of the same model to look the same. That would make it "seen one, seen 'em all." Boring.

Aesthetics is just an opinion. It would be boring if everyone liked the same thing.

Mark's right. Like it or not, it's keeping the hobby alive, which is what we all want, right?

I'll get me coat...