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10/28/2024 1:08 PM  #1


may be the ugliest restomod Mustang I have ever seen.

Have any of you seen this mustang on a TV commercial?  Don't get me wrong it is not as ugly as some of the ones that have come up on this forum from time to time BUT in this case the changes were subtle enough that it is still obviously a Mustang restomod (where it hasn't been so cut up that it has become something completely different) but major enough that it totally changes the entire look of the car and make it way worse.  Smoothing the sides and the square headlights absolutely runes this car IMHO.  Does't look to bad from the back.  Thoughts?







 


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10/28/2024 1:53 PM  #2


Re: may be the ugliest restomod Mustang I have ever seen.

Yes, let's remove absolutely everything that gave the car its character and end up left with something that looks like modern take on a classic, and a bad one at that.  Then let's paint it orange sherbert.  But let's not bother to shave the bumper bolts.  I just threw up in my mouth a little bit. 

 

10/28/2024 1:57 PM  #3


Re: may be the ugliest restomod Mustang I have ever seen.

It has dual exhaust. 

Was it disguised in the ad so that there wouldn't be any issues with the Mustang logos on the car?  It sorta looks like they wrapped it and left the wrap stretched over the side body features (and maybe over the fuel filler too).  The rest could be decals or cardboard cutouts. 


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10/28/2024 1:57 PM  #4


Re: may be the ugliest restomod Mustang I have ever seen.

Appears that the Trademarks have been masked over with CGI.

 

10/28/2024 3:30 PM  #5


Re: may be the ugliest restomod Mustang I have ever seen.

Makes me think of a corver(spelling)

 

10/28/2024 5:22 PM  #6


Re: may be the ugliest restomod Mustang I have ever seen.

To add to the travesty, the blonde probably has implants!


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10/29/2024 8:06 AM  #7


Re: may be the ugliest restomod Mustang I have ever seen.

Thoughts?  Don't like it. 
I do not know how to tell something that may have been created by a computer, or what can be done with 'photoshop', AI, etc.  By why go to that extent and leave the OEM wheels?  And where is the gas filler cap located?
I am curious as to whether this is a real car, and, if so, why the builder went to this effort. 
 


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10/29/2024 12:35 PM  #8


Re: may be the ugliest restomod Mustang I have ever seen.

Gotta be CGI - they forgot to put the front turn signals on the lower valance.


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10/29/2024 1:24 PM  #9


Re: may be the ugliest restomod Mustang I have ever seen.

I don't know, I kinda like them square headlights. Are square headlights even made?


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10/29/2024 1:56 PM  #10


Re: may be the ugliest restomod Mustang I have ever seen.

rpm wrote:

I don't know, I kinda like them square headlights. Are square headlights even made?

I've never seen them, but with enough time and skill you can make almost anything.  Take a square headlight bulb and mounting bucket and modify everything to fit around it.  No different than hot rodders taking different taillights, headlights, etc. and putting them on their car. 
 

 

10/29/2024 2:37 PM  #11


Re: may be the ugliest restomod Mustang I have ever seen.

Lots of 4” x 6” out there Bob but I’ve never seen any square ones either.


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10/29/2024 2:59 PM  #12


Re: may be the ugliest restomod Mustang I have ever seen.

BobE wrote:

Thoughts?  Don't like it. 
I do not know how to tell something that may have been created by a computer, or what can be done with 'photoshop', AI, etc.  By why go to that extent and leave the OEM wheels?  And where is the gas filler cap located?
I am curious as to whether this is a real car, and, if so, why the builder went to this effort. 
 

Ron68 wrote:

Gotta be CGI - they forgot to put the front turn signals on the lower valance.

I can almost guarantee it's NOT CGI.  CG is very expensive and this is just a commercial.  You could use CG inexpensively to eliminate badging but not completely redesign the car, especial on a moving image as she drives the car through most of the add.  Yes CG could be used to make the mods we see to the car but the CG will take up 3-4 times the entire commercial budget and why would you do that when you can simply use a different car.  It's the name, badging, and logos that would be the copyright issues not the stylings of the car as lots of Mustang appear in commercials and the body lines are not modified.

Sad truth is it's a real car and someone chose to turn a Mustang into that.
 


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10/29/2024 3:02 PM  #13


Re: may be the ugliest restomod Mustang I have ever seen.

rpm wrote:

I don't know, I kinda like them square headlights. Are square headlights even made?

Could have come from any make or model over the last 75 years.  More likely however is they probably just made a square headlight housing that accepts a modern bulb.  At that point you can make any shape you want.
 


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10/29/2024 3:08 PM  #14


Re: may be the ugliest restomod Mustang I have ever seen.

rpm wrote:

I don't know, I kinda like them square headlights. Are square headlights even made?

A quick internet search came up with this.  Probably doesn't give the option for high and low beams but somehow I don't think this car was designed with driving being the first priority.


 


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10/29/2024 4:30 PM  #15


Re: may be the ugliest restomod Mustang I have ever seen.

Daze wrote:

BobE wrote:

Thoughts?  Don't like it. 
I do not know how to tell something that may have been created by a computer, or what can be done with 'photoshop', AI, etc.  By why go to that extent and leave the OEM wheels?  And where is the gas filler cap located?
I am curious as to whether this is a real car, and, if so, why the builder went to this effort. 
 

Ron68 wrote:

Gotta be CGI - they forgot to put the front turn signals on the lower valance.

I can almost guarantee it's NOT CGI.  CG is very expensive and this is just a commercial.  You could use CG inexpensively to eliminate badging but not completely redesign the car, especial on a moving image as she drives the car through most of the add.  Yes CG could be used to make the mods we see to the car but the CG will take up 3-4 times the entire commercial budget and why would you do that when you can simply use a different car.  It's the name, badging, and logos that would be the copyright issues not the stylings of the car as lots of Mustang appear in commercials and the body lines are not modified.

Sad truth is it's a real car and someone chose to turn a Mustang into that.
 

But - if it is a real car, then how can it be roadworthy (and legal) with no front turn signal lights?

 


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10/29/2024 5:12 PM  #16


Re: may be the ugliest restomod Mustang I have ever seen.

It doesn't take full on Avatar type CGI to make that travesty, cheap CGI/video post processing effects = terribad Mustang. Plus this is a drug company we're talking about, they have deep pockets...

 

10/29/2024 5:58 PM  #17


Re: may be the ugliest restomod Mustang I have ever seen.

Ron68 wrote:

But - if it is a real car, then how can it be roadworthy (and legal) with no front turn signal lights?

 

Your assumption is that the builder is actually concerned abut functionality and “street legal” A lot of show cars are made for no other purpose than for someone to create something “new“, that they think looks good and many don’t have things that make them functional like blinkers.

Raymond_B wrote:

It doesn't take full on Avatar type CGI to make that travesty, cheap CGI/video post processing effects = terribad Mustang. Plus this is a drug company we're talking about, they have deep pockets...

There’s no logic in it. Any company, even a drug company with deep pockets, is not going to pay a bunch of money to do CG that THEY DON’T NEED. They could use any convertible they wanted that they thought looked good as long as the badging is removed. I’m telling you why spend a whole bunch of money to make a Mustang not look like a mustang just for a commercial when you can simply put a different car in its place. It comes down to $$$ and no company is going to spend a cent more than they need to on a commercial. It’s probably a prop car or a movie car and it’s doing its exact job (looking really ugly) in a commercial.

I know the design looks so bad that we can’t fathom why anyone would do that to a mustang but it makes even less sense to pay a bunch of money for CG when it’s not required at all. This was someone’s creation that they thought “looked good“ and now it’s likely a prop car somewhere.


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10/29/2024 6:06 PM  #18


Re: may be the ugliest restomod Mustang I have ever seen.

Daze wrote:

rpm wrote:

I don't know, I kinda like them square headlights. Are square headlights even made?

A quick internet search came up with this.  Probably doesn't give the option for high and low beams but somehow I don't think this car was designed with driving being the first priority.


 

 
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10/30/2024 5:07 AM  #19


Re: may be the ugliest restomod Mustang I have ever seen.

Ron68 wrote:

Daze wrote:

BobE wrote:

Thoughts?  Don't like it. 
I do not know how to tell something that may have been created by a computer, or what can be done with 'photoshop', AI, etc.  By why go to that extent and leave the OEM wheels?  And where is the gas filler cap located?
I am curious as to whether this is a real car, and, if so, why the builder went to this effort. 
 

Ron68 wrote:

Gotta be CGI - they forgot to put the front turn signals on the lower valance.

I can almost guarantee it's NOT CGI.  CG is very expensive and this is just a commercial.  You could use CG inexpensively to eliminate badging but not completely redesign the car, especial on a moving image as she drives the car through most of the add.  Yes CG could be used to make the mods we see to the car but the CG will take up 3-4 times the entire commercial budget and why would you do that when you can simply use a different car.  It's the name, badging, and logos that would be the copyright issues not the stylings of the car as lots of Mustang appear in commercials and the body lines are not modified.

Sad truth is it's a real car and someone chose to turn a Mustang into that.
 

But - if it is a real car, then how can it be roadworthy (and legal) with no front turn signal lights?

 

Maybe they are in the headlights?  Or maybe its show car that isn't driven on the street. 

 

10/30/2024 7:39 AM  #20


Re: may be the ugliest restomod Mustang I have ever seen.

rpm - Ditto!  I'd just like to know if this is a real car.  (and I'm not losing sleep over it)


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10/31/2024 9:03 AM  #21


Re: may be the ugliest restomod Mustang I have ever seen.

I think it is some CGI mess. Look closely at the headlights. The right one overlaps the bottom of the headlight door and the left does not. They look like cropped versions of round lights. The rear bumper is visible in the rear view, but is gone in the side view. And the side coves…. I agree they look like an orange wrap gone terribly wrong.
Just a big mess of a mess.


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10/31/2024 9:50 AM  #22


Re: may be the ugliest restomod Mustang I have ever seen.

MS wrote:

I think it is some CGI mess. Look closely at the headlights. The right one overlaps the bottom of the headlight door and the left does not. They look like cropped versions of round lights. The rear bumper is visible in the rear view, but is gone in the side view. And the side coves…. I agree they look like an orange wrap gone terribly wrong.
Just a big mess of a mess.

Good spot on the rear bumper...maybe it is CG,  but I still can't see any reason to go through the effort/expense of doing the CG when all you need to do is remove the badging to eliminate licensing fees.


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10/31/2024 11:06 AM  #23


Re: may be the ugliest restomod Mustang I have ever seen.

I'd like to think that the car is a play off of macular degeneration and the loss of finer details in some Quenton Tarantino kind of way, but it's probably more of its a start up company and they are making sure they don't have any lawsuits.   If that "thing" is real it will surface somewhere else soon enough.   

One thing is sure; they have their target audience talking, so Darren "advertising agency" is the real winner with the help of Samantha's witchcraft.   Don't forget he drove a righteous Malibu which my dad used to always point out was his favorite car!


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10/31/2024 3:19 PM  #24


Re: may be the ugliest restomod Mustang I have ever seen.

Greg B wrote:

I'd like to think that the car is a play off of macular degeneration and the loss of finer details in some Quenton Tarantino kind of way, but it's probably more of its a start up company and they are making sure they don't have any lawsuits.   If that "thing" is real it will surface somewhere else soon enough.   

One thing is sure; they have their target audience talking, so Darren "advertising agency" is the real winner with the help of Samantha's witchcraft.   Don't forget he drove a righteous Malibu which my dad used to always point out was his favorite car!

 
I thought he drove a Camaro…
This level of CGI could be done by a 7th grader. And that reminds me of when my 7th grade daughter created the very first MustangSteve web page in 1998 or 99.. and the rest is history


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11/02/2024 6:17 PM  #25


Re: may be the ugliest restomod Mustang I have ever seen.

I say AI created


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