# GM rethinking "SS"

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**Category:** NYSpeed Automotive\
**Created:** [December 15, 2006, 4:40am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gm-rethinking-ss/21687 "2006-12-15T04:40:48Z")\
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**Post date:** [December 18, 2006, 1:56pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gm-rethinking-ss/21687/36 "2006-12-18T13:56:02Z")

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Mustang II was touted as “the right car” at the time. The oil fiasco put everybody in smaller cars, and even Iaccoca prefered this car, saying it was “the closest to the original.”

I guess. :gotme:

Even among vintage Mustang guys, the '71-'73 cars are disliked pretty heavily. They put on almost **600** lbs. from the '69-'70 cars. They _were_ turds.

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