“Gone in 60 seconds… ?” Officially sanctioned Ford Mustang “Eleanor” | Tyrrell's Classic Workshop
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- A very interesting, and intense car is up for auction soon with Hampson Auctions. Join Iain as he delves into this officially sanctioned American icon, so cool it has a name…. Eleanor. A 1967 Ford Mustang with a serious twist and formerly owned by legendary sportsman, Thierry Henry. Open the taps anyone?
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Now, deepest respect for: Giving this car the beans on a damp road, slipping in your own creation in a rather subtle way and most of all: treating us with a bonnet-off shot! You have outdone yourself with this. Great fun to watch and hear.
I laughed out loud at the music joke. I wonder how many people got it.
Take tiiiime out
Sting
Perfection lol
I was born in 85 and have no idea tbh
@@330driver330 I'll help you out - it's Tyrrell's own song "take time out". Yes he sings.
Oh my lordy lord ! That last minute shows exactly why the little 302 is the driver's choice : ferociously rev happy - yet torquey enough too. What a car !
That induction noise at the end. Oh Ian, thanks for that. Beautiful
2:40 The 302 block is preferred because it is lighter than the Cleveland and considerably lighter than the FE. Also, with modern upgrades it can easily put out 400+ HP. That's more than enough for most people. And when it isn't, Dart sells an aluminum Cleveland which is even lighter, can be bored/stroked to 427, and will put put out upwards of 600 HP.
Umm theirs a catch, you need a reinforcement plate wielded to the block itself or it will literally vibrate itself to death, regular car reviews went over it when they put a 302 block in a Ford Falcon Econo box with a T bird donor motor from the 90's
and its specifically needed when you reach the 400 horsepower mark
Great presentation as usual. I'm glad so many people all over the world enjoy American musclecars as much as we do here. They're a special kind of car.
I owned a 1990 Mustang GT 5.0 for about 13 years, those cars aren't too far off mechanically from the original Mustangs, still a 302 cubic inch Ford "Windsor" V8, solid rear axle, strut front suspension. Mine was upgraded with Maximum Motorsports suspension bits and brakes from a newer Mustang along with lower rear end gears, sticky tires and the usual engine bolt ons, etc. It actually handled quite well and was a blast to drive on windy roads, but with no traction control and 245 width rear tires on a short wheelbase some restraint was required in wet weather. Nevertheless I daily drove that car for 10 years in Oregon, which like the UK tends to be raining about 2/3 of the year... I only got carried away with the throttle and put her in a ditch once, and go figure that was on dry sunny day. Quite luckily a nice fellow in a Jeep came along and pulled me out with a tow rope within 5 minutes and nothing was damaged but my pride. 😂
That car tops the list of cars I regret selling and I'll definitely own another V8 Mustang at some point, if not a '64-70 then probably another '79-93 Fox body car. I've driven all variations of Mustangs and the later cars are great too, but lack the sheer rawness of the older cars IMO.
17:50 first time we've heard the cameraman laugh! "Did you get that". YES! We've certainly got your inner boy enjoy the moment! Thx!
Holy cow, what a handful! I can see that you properly enjoyed that drive, Iain. Thank you.
l had a friend on base that had a red 1968 Mustang with a 429.....He let me drive it,what a thrill it was.....Thank you Lain and you had a thrill to.......
Old F-4 Phantom pilot Shoe🇺🇸
He must have put the 429 in it because the biggest engine you could get in that year was a 428, the 429 boss came in 69& 70 for making it legal for Nascar
I’d give the ‘68 Bullitt GT 390 a consideration as the most iconic Mustang ever. That “Eleanor” is gorgeous!
Dear Iain,
I will vote for your for a Oscar's award for the engines bay soundy view.
Kind and respectuous regards.
The test drive was hilarious - especially the twerp in the 1 series overtaking…….but Iain’s face when the back end started to squirm was just brilliant!
Thanks for giving that 302 a proper workout, what a great sound! Those shots with the hood off were also great.
What a glorious machine. The grin when Ian drives it is the biggest grin ive seen on him in any car.
I've watched all your videos, and this is the first time I've seen you this entertained. I have an old Mustang myself, and driving American cars is a lot of fun. They don't handle particularly well, but the sound and torque always bring a smile to my face.
Pure mechanical symphony...
Who even needs a radio or CD player when one can listen to such beautiful "mechanical" symphony.
Lol your Starstruck! Loved all the Hype around the original movie filmed in amongst the Public using a 70's Boss style body in Yellow and Black never forget the Car Wash scene. In the Late 70s my late uncle had a 67 metallic apple Green 350 cobra Jet Shelby with added side pipes sort of like the later film car but in Chrome, What a Beast prowling the East End of London. Me and him would often go to Gent in Belgium and bring back ex Gi's cars from the Cold War stationing's in Europe. Formula 400 Transam's, C3 Corvette's, El Caminos, Wranglers, all types of Muscle cars, You couldn't give them away they had no value then. I was around 14 at the time and in Heaven, all these road trips in Crazy cars. The Kudos at School when my Uncle would rock up in his latest trader purchase. I'm now 58 and so grateful for these memories. I myself have never got to own a Mustang of that Era but I have had the car of my dreams a 1968 Pontiac GTO.
Long live Muscle Cars, they have cemented their place in Classic car History!
It may not be a “sophisticated” European car but it gives the driver a big smile every time you turn it on. It will give you a thrill every time you run it. Same sort of thrill a Harley gives. Yes “crude” but boy it’s fun for a weekend pub run.
Iain, as your American muscle car enthusiasts, we really enjoyed your experience with this beautiful car! Thank you!
I'm originally from Italy, I live in the US and I have a "modern" chevy small block 427 strapped on a 2015 Z/28 Camaro. It's really hard to describe what a muscle car engine feels like. It's raw, it's brutal , it's powerful in a way that no european car is. The "modern" electronic injected engines have not lost that character. Unfortunately they are a lost breed. If you are a car enthusiast you should try to find a camaro or corvette with LS7. You can thank me later.
I've owned a 65 289 Mustang since 1992 and that smile and driving feeling never wanes. They are easy cars to criticise and put down but they never fail to impress. I often wonder what it would have been like to own it in the UK back in 65, because it would have taken some very exotic European machinery to give it a run for its money.
Oh Iain you’ve done it again. I love automotive Americana, this Mustang its simplicity, rawness and ability to deliver excitement by the skip load is just about as good as it gets for me. Bloody fantastic.
There is nothing like an American V8 that has been worked over for performance. Just the sound alone...
Trés bien Ian 😂😂. Loved the music on the stereo &
shots at the end with the bonnet off & full sound of the 5 litre. Great to see you enjoying a car so much & sharing it with us. I really like how you repeated a few times about the inferior aspect of electric drive trains especially for classic cars. 👍👍👍
The Bullit Mustang is the one for me.
gt390 it looked good but not the quickest.
I don't think an EV can ever give you such pure driving pleasure as one of these things.
🥳 subliminal self promotion bt Ian
I’m constantly amazed at how he finds the enthusiast’s automotive icons from every corner of the planet from an era bygone. Iain showing so much love and respect where it’s due. Something Clarkson’s ego wasn’t wired for.
actually many people get this wrong. on a solid rear axle the wheels have no camber because there is no need to. they are, alongside with the complete axle, the road, not the inclination of the vehicle, so they keep constant patch, even better than independent short long double a arms. the drawbacks show themselves in other aspects, as to the fact that the solid axle with the diff are so heavy that they have a mind of their own, regarding the dynamics of the car, the fact that the suspension is not independent, thus one bump in one corner affects the other, and that the sprung weight is so big that dampening it makes the car not comfortable etc.
As the owner of 20 years of a standard 1967 390 GTA fastback, I've never understood the attraction of slapping a load of plastic tat onto one of the most beautiful cars ever. As you say, very nicely done but not for me.
Exactly!
Agree, it's just kit car. A real Shelby Mustang works for me
@@HD2512DK a 67 shelby gt350 does but so does this !
In my opinion yours is 3rd most beautiful Ford. I like 65-66 Mustang coupe even a bit more. My favorite is 1962 Thunderbird convertible but there is soooo much bespoke chrome and trim on them it is scary. Your 67 is for sure the best car of the 3 to own and drive.
I prefer the very early convertible. In black with a V8. Automatic. Love to cruise around in one. Got to be mint though ❤❤❤
Who knew Tierry listens to Iain’s songs 😂❤
Thierry
One assumes the brown corduroy slacks were single use?
A man that understands the music of a V8 & let's us enjoy it too ❤
Denise got too big for her britches and was slapped down in Federal court. She is no longer allowed to regulate recreations of Eleanor.
And thank goodness for that
Beat me to it. She was a fraud seizing cars from youtubers for a living or throwing million dollar lawsuits at them. Glad she got what was coming to her.
Good! Her litigious "Hollywood mores" ruined businesses based on bogus weaponized interpretation of intellectual property laws.
If it become precedent any object in media with given distinct name could become "character" and protected under copyright law. Imagine what would corporate lawyers do with such idea.
Glad to see someone mention this. I would specifically *NOT WANT* a car "sanctioned" by her.
She did win the rights against Shelby her husband was the creator of Eleanor from what I have known...and I have owned a few gt 350s and gt 500s
What a magnificent thing, that must make you feel alive and life worth living !
Sunday evening with Mr Tyrrell. 😊
When I was in high school there was a girl whose father let her drive a ‘67 GT 500 around. Us motorheads would occasionally get a ride. She drove it gently, we could only encourage her to use a small percentage of what was on tap. We were nice to her.
That video was a BLAST!!!! 😃👍👍 When I was 17 years old in 1973, and still in high school, I got a part-time job as a bank teller at a small suburban bank branch, in a small town in southwestern Michigan (USA). I worked at the "Drive-Thru Window" in the late afternoons and on Saturdays (I don't even know whether I could be "bonded" at under the age of18). I used to work as a "Drive-In Teller" while the bank's lobby (inside) was still open to customers, and I also worked completely all alone by myself as a Drive-In Teller from 5:00 to 6:00pm on weekdays and on Saturday afternoons from Noon - 6:00pm -- again, this was 1973. A local architect customer drove up to my drive-through window in a car I had not seen before one Saturday afternoon -- a dark green Ford Shelby Mustang fastback. That car sounded like it was going to "launch" at any second. I don't know if it had the 302 or 427 (or whatever), but it was one of the coolest cars that I had ever seen, and I told the customer this. He just nonchalantly smiled, and then "fluttered" the gas pedal, which made that beast absolutely ROAR!! WOW!!! I will never forget that! Thanks for sharing "Eleanor" with us!!
And now for something completely different 😂 what a beast. Big smile and hands full. And plugging his own song. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
I'm an Eleanor. My late mum was a keen historian; she named me after Eleanor of Aquitaine, a French queen who went on to become queen of England from 1154 to 1189.
Er, I'll leave you to make up your own jokes. Have fun.😁
Eleanor of Acquitaine was a magnificent woman and a great Queen. Thank you for your historical reference. I have no doubt you are a modern version of Eleanor. Best wishes from the UK.
It's impolite to make jokes about royalty. As my dear grandmum used to say:
"We may be common, but we're not vulgar."
@jeffreyoldham55. You may well be right Jeffrey, but I don't get your point. If it's a joke it's a bit too subtle.
Went so fast you blew the bonnet off!
The singing .. excellent :)
That Mustang has so much road presence. Even more so today, as a classic.
Henry will be getting in touch with his Lawyer 😂
My dream Mustang would be a '71 with a warm ISH 460 from a pre smog Lincoln in it and nice paint on polished slot mags.
Very humbly & with great respect to your knowledge of automotive history, the Falcon/Mustang platform was Ford's 1st *compact*, not mid-size.
Mid-size for the early '60s Ford switched the Fairlane name from the low optioned full-size to a new mid-size platform around '63 or '64. Think Fairlane 'Thunderbolt' drag cars. Also Torinos were of that mid-size family. Thanks for another great one!
Thats correct. And the Ford Carneval was to small for a “smallsize car” for the US. And it became the Ford Taunus P4 instead.
Here in Europe the Falcon was considering mid-size.
Thanks for the correction!
Just watched Harry's Garage about the GR86. Brilliant & pure sports car like and now watching this. Just lovely.
I would love to see someone produce a driving replica, of Eleanor: looking exactly like she did when delivered to Raymond Calitri's warehouse. (Thank this movie for its help in giving us Christopher Eccleston as The Doctor, in one of the best relaunches in history!)
meanwhile H.B. "Toby" Halicki created the orignal Eleanor car for the movie and his wife inherited the rights
@gallardoo9 I actually meant the "Wreck" that still drove and under its own power! 😉
Another excellent chapter, but this is with Detroit iron that sizzles. No nanny state overlords installed thankfully keeping the classic vibe, so ESC right foot (sort of!) judicious in the damp. Sawing at the wheel, anyone?
Your videographer to be commended, a splendid on the road with even the obligatory overflight of cam footage as part of outro. Kudos, mate ...
Great engine audio!
Incredible! Great job recording that fantastic engine sound to our enjoyment. Hats off gents.
Loved the hood off B roll!
Lain I cannot convey enough how much I love your channel. I’m both a history buff and car fanatic and you blend both so well. Your channel and Jay’s are the very best in my opinion. Just cars and their histories, no politics, no shilling, no BS.
And although you are a Lamborghini specialist, you give us such a great mixture of cars and the interesting aspects of them. Awesome channel!
Thank you!
What a contrast at the end with several minutes of “Elenor” to Iain’s nice soothing and calm outro
Those bonnet-off sequences were particularly interesting. Thank you, Mt. Tyrrell.
Who needs an entertainment system when you have V8 music to listen to 😂😂
Gerry Henry does
17:51 Poor Mrs Tyrell almost had to set the washing machine to 'code brown'.
It’s pointless to try and tame the beast.. Thanks for sharing.
Hi Iain, nice touch with the engine bay exposed in the final shots. Great info again and a hello from Canada.
Thanks- hello to you in Canada too!
Amazing Video! I absolutely loved the end. That sounds and the camera shots were ace 🎈
I do appreciate the sprinklings of humour interspersed with the nerdy facts and figures. You are a natural entertainer Sir.
I do so look forward to TCW videos, my week is complete.
Thank you kindly!
those links are called traction bars here in the states to stop the axel hop, they put them on just about everything in drag racing to keep the back end under control
also the ford 9 inch is widely used in drag racing for all brands, not just ford
more than a few Pontiac guys have swapped to it along with some people doing that to, well just about every corvette in existence, including the C5, as the C2 and C3 has a pretty big weakness, they really dont like drag radials,
unless you do like baldwin motion, and what was done here with the traction bars to keep it under control, as they sadly stuck it with leaf springs instead of shocks like on the jag IRS units
which I think it was based on as a knock off of, granted the big blocks had a special rear end setup with more links, and the C4 went to a 4 link for that reason so they could stick 255's on the rear and 225's in the front
but the drag radials just about tear everything apart if its not beefed up right, and actually, damn it
Rob Pitts is the one who told me his dad used to switch out the stock rear for the 9 inch on the vettes, as he was a hell of a corvette lover
the guy sadly passed last year, damn it, and I asked as I wanted to buy a corvette, and make damn sure its bulletproof
granted I am perplexed at why you would like the big block better than the small block however as per your last video, I would have thought 327 all the way given what Balboni said of the bizzarini 5300
which is just that with 3 webber carbs on it, unless theirs some other trickery going on there
also Nick Cage sold all that stuff as his manager put him through the ringer and he went broke, its why he did any and all movies that came across his desk for awhile, as most of the cars from gone in 60 seconds, including the SE 30 Jota were his
and he also owned a castle, kinda like the mike tyson story abit, as he had a fully customized Koenig testarossa in Ronald Mcdonald red and yellow with a tiger and all that just before he went broke
as they get used to the income, and then when it dries out the bottom falls out, but that's Don King for you,
also funny thing about that SVJ thing, I think I found a photo of it in period in japan of all places next to the cargoships as some promo photo they did of it back then,
Engine bay audio at the end was 10/10 👏
15:25 That camera was like "NOPE!" lol
That throttle response! You can’t get that in any modern car with their emissions tuning.
I know we're supposed to regard all the be-winged 200+mph modern iron as where it's at and the bees knees etc, but honestly, that Mustang is wonderful.
As they say down yur, "PROPER JOB!"
Cheers Iain and thanks once again.
Thank you too
Awesome. Just love these cars.
Nice vid as usual Iain.What a glorious sound this car makes. I’m a fan of the ‘smaller’ 302…in fact my first far was a Holden HG Monaro with a factory 327 (most V8’s were the 350) at age 17 in Australia. I then sold it to buy a 1958 VW Kombi and a Yamaha RD250 LC I later swapping the barrels to make a 350 (250cc was biggest provisional riders could have in Australia), I digress…. This wonderful video has sent me on a memory lane trip…. And the sound the mustang makes under load is glorious, just bloody marvellous… love it. Love it. smiles per mile not MPG ;) oh that sound. Thanks for the video Iain.
67 and 68 mustangs are my favorite versions. The styling, interior and exterior just looks clean and pure to my eyes.
Never liked Shelbys version with all the silly ducts and gimicky taillights and the Eleanor versions are even uglier. Sounds great though.
Interesting video, Iain. We owned a ‘68 Mustang that my youngest son was given upon graduation from college. You are correct that the 65 and 66 Mustangs were built on the Falcon compact car platform. Starting in 1967 the Mustang shared its platform with the mid-size Ford Fairlane and became larger as a result. I believe that platform sharing continued until the Mustang II debuted in 1973 on the sub-compact Pinto platform.
Thanks for clarifying
Grit your teeth and hang on to the steering wheel for dear life. Quite a handful indeed, Iain. The 427 big-block must be a real mind-blower.
fantastic show , especially the filming ,engine camera and sound recording. Bravissimo!In organ playing, we would say about the registration: "Tutti with all couplings"
Hats off for the under bonnet sounds and images.
Great vid, I hope the BMW 1 series guy sees it.. I think a small block is nice for such a car and your great vid proves it. I laughed out loud with the music part and I remember when those Pioneer systems were stuff of dreams. Oh, Thierry is almost promounced as Jerry, not like eerie, but with a T. Tjerry?
Much appreciated the hood/ bonnet off!!
"Take time out ... and let me show you what life is really about". Great lyrics! 👍😀
Iain, that engine hangs so responsively on the throttle, your double de clutching down shifts must have been some THE most satisifying ever? I also noticed the choice of ratios lends itself perfectly for such a missunderstood and dieing art. Sanctioned.................or sectioned. Yoo decide! Bw wishes from a B freezing Forest of Blackness. Mike.
Oh god I absolutely loved this!!
That engine sound at the end was breathtaking
I so enjoyed the bonnet off vision. Great stuff.
Previous owner has great taste in music. What a fun car. Shame about the litigation surrounding the name and look of the car. A 5 litre is plenty enough to get in trouble with. Lots of smiles all around today!
Lovely soundtrack 😊
loved the hood off cam, such a stunning automobile 19:26 🤩
I’ve been a Ford Guy all my life, my two favorites were my 1977 2.8 L Ford Capri and at 76 my Hot Rod Fiesta ST.
What pure joy, musically and otherwise! Thank you, sir!
I'd take a fully forged Dart SBF SHP - 363 based off the Ford 302. Puts out an easy 500+ NA and can easily go well over 1000hp with boost. Just a nice little package.
🛣 Yappee! Thanks Iain!
-You start locking serious while reving it high :-)
The Song is Great 😁👌
@11:11 huh…thought it meant one rooster 🤣
Cheers and thanks for the great content, Iain!
🖖😎👍
Fantastic video
Love the end giving it the beans with the bonnet off
Loved the creative use of one of the greatest songs made. Oh, and love the car too. Cheers!
Brilliant
Nice! The Ford V8s just sound different somehow. You gave voice to what we were all thinking about BMW man.
I wonder what a Mustang would cost with all of the same running gear as that one, but without [Gone in 60 Seconds / Eleanor / Official Cringe] written all over every part of it?
[I'd spec mine in old English white with a blue double stripe down the centreline FWIW! Just a 302 would be fine for me... I want to still feel like my role keeping it in the right gear is important!]
As John Thompson used to say - “Hmmmm, jaaaz, NICE!” The engine was almost as musical as the sound system.
Awesome. Nothing better than American muscle V8. Love the engine shots!!
It's amazing that Ford could ramp up production to 1M units so quickly. That could never happen today.
yeah Musko could do it
I laughed about the music joke too! And also about the BMW 1-series trying to impress. Although I love the original Ford Mustang in its more modest versions, I am not a very big fan of these muscle cars. A bit over-the-top wrong, and a shiny "reincarnation" as Americans love to do. If I went wrong, then completely with the big block too. Seemed to be a tricky car on the road, let alone a damp surface. If I had the guts to give it a spirited driving, I don't know....! So interesting video, next time a more nerdy car from this side of the ocean, please...! Thanks for sharing anyway!😬🤠🙋♂
Thanks for appreciating nevertheless!
I know they're not sophisticated or technically brilliant, but that's my favourite car on your channel.. x
The tiger is running wild!
Thanks for the badass soundtrack🤩 It was symphonic!
BTW in the US, in my age period, we called that exhaust a “lakeside exhaust” system.
Thanks- interesting
As usual Mr Tyrrell, that brought a smile to my face. Do have a preference of Euro over American but it reminded me that they do make some fun cars that excite in the US.