Two Airforce Inspired Vehicles

[EJ_Allmota]

DISCUSS!!!

Dodge Challenger Vapor

(Article from revmods.com)
Apart from the Ford Mustang X-1, Galpin Auto Sports and the U.S. Air Force has developed another custom supercar which is based on the Dodge Challenger.

The U.S. Air Force and Galpin Auto Sports Dodge Challenger Vapor features stealth-black paint job, an exhaust system
with two mufflers for further stealth function and solid carbon fiber disc wheels at the exterior.

To access the interior,the Challenger Vapor requires biometric verification and once inside, one can see the supercar comes with a command center cockpit with three large LCD monitors and a windshield that can display the night and thermal vision.

Other features of the Dodge Challenger Vapor is that it can be remotely controlled from the Air Force’s Unmanned Aerial Vehicles system which can be accessed worldwide via the internet.

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Ford Mustang X-1

(Article from revmods.com)

Galpin Auto Sports, car tuner from the US, in cooperation with the U.S. Air Force have built a custom Ford Mustang known as the Mustang X-1 for the 2009 Super Car Tour.

Inside, the U.S. Air Force and Galpin Ford Mustang X-1 features a fighter jet cockpit with a single ejector seat, a flight stick in the middle to replace the steering wheel and custom air intakes at the rear side windows that feed air to the air conditioning unit located behind the single seat.

At the exterior, the Mustang comes with new wide bodykit. The car is also fitted with a new suspension system and competition wheels and tires.

The U.S. Air Force and Galpin Auto Sports Ford Mustang X-1 is powered by the 4.6-liter normally aspirated V8, 3-valve Ford Racing heads engine to produce 500 hp.

Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KBLmhxBFM4

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[swollix]

1st is doo-doo. 2nd is do-want.

[gen2freak]

wow!!!!!!!!!!1

[NAIZBST]

Damn I like both of them

[Elbow]

Interesting for sure...

....and that's about it.

[Mr. Clean]

meeehhhh...

idk.


there's elements of both that like, but i'm not really feeling the whole concept.

i bet that mustang is either impossible to drive or crazy easy lol. there's certainly no in between.

[OTG Signs]

Aren't these a few months old?

[z32smurf]

not really feeling to first one but the stang i would rock

[bobbyg313]

never seen anything like that.

im sure getting in and out of that mustang is fun

[.93lude]

dont like either, the only cool thing is the ejector seat to gtfo

[Chuckster]

I am liking that stealthy look. The stang is to boring compared to the challenger.

[okra1981]

Ugly and ricey, I don't know how they pulled off such ugliness with cars that I thought were the best looking generations to date.

[_Christian_]

Ooo, ooo, where do I sign?

Waste.

[Drummerboy]

I like em. I agree that the Mustang has to be interesting to drive. I dont like the wheels on the challenger.

[SampaGuy]

the air force should use those for target practice

[BobbyFresco]

1st is doo-doo. 2nd is do-want.

What he said.

[MrGurley]

the air force should use those for target practice

X2


and dont they have better things to spend there time/money on??

[EviLLFocI]

ummm.. hmmm...:thinking:

[MR2DR]

1st is doo-doo. 2nd is do-want.

sums it up for me

[DunDunSkeert]

Well here are cool interactive videos about the cars.
http://airforce.com/supercar/

That mustang has 345-35-20 tires in back:eek:

[ItsBlack]

West Coast Customs, at it again

[awestun]

they look quite uncomfortable. But I like the mustang.

[K24cb7coupe]

looks like some shit from that movies death race

[dallasb84]

since when is flat black paint... stealth paint..... ha ha ha and night and thermal vision...wtf. who comes up with this crap. both cars are useless and quite retarded. a c130 flight deck looks more high tech than this garbage. and what are those missles in the trunk or somthing.

great example of the airforce wasting money.


they should have let whoever built the two vehicles actually see a cockpit.....

[Sammich]

1st is doo-doo. 2nd is do-want.qft based on exterior...but both interiors are awesome

[bluescreamer]

I think it would be weird to drive around with a stick in my hand

[Sammich]

u do it all the time, whats the difference when ur driving?

[bluescreamer]

Yes but i got my other hand on the steering wheel

[Sammich]

lol

[AirMax95]

I want interiors.....

[EJ_Allmota]

this is just another great example of government WASTE...

[WalkS]

Pretty cool idea I must say! I like them both. Although im sure these are just show cars. But something cool to show off and bring the moral up with in the armed forces!

[Atlblkz06]

Hey wer're in a depression - lets make two shitty ass cars for 100k each - GRANTED...

:2up: Govt...

Those look like C6RS wheels on the mustang...

[Terror]

They WOULD have Mad Mike........


" You've got monitas IN yo' monitas! So you can watch, while you watch! "

[nintendobratkat]

Interesting!

[Brian*]

My $0.02... They are gay

[WTF?]

are you kidding me, its no even a competition that challenger is hideous. Whic hsucks cause i absolutly love the new challengers

[Njobe]

waste of money... :2cents:

[Barefoot]

1st is crap 2nd i could live with but wont be a happy about it.

[OTG Signs]

Well here are cool interactive videos about the cars.
http://airforce.com/supercar/

That mustang has 345-35-20 tires in back:eek:

They're 30-series actually. That's basically the standard with the APR widebody for the S197.

[OTG Signs]

West Coast Customs, at it again

You mean Galpin?

[BKgen®]

I'm a plane nut/enthusiast, but fuck.... those are haggard. The only thing worth looking at is the interior of either one. That's really the only interesting part :2cents: A lot of the shit they put on the exterior comes off as looking like an after-thought.

[ItsBlack]

You mean Galpin?

I always took em to be the same thing. Just like in Pimp my Ride, they broght it to WCC, now they bring it to GAS which still consist of Mad Mike.

I don't actually know if they are different shops

[sprix!]

That Challenger is the wackness. The Mustang really isn't too bad.

[*DA Boo*]

OMG! Both are sooo sick and sooo mean!

[OTG Signs]

I always took em to be the same thing. Just like in Pimp my Ride, they broght it to WCC, now they bring it to GAS which still consist of Mad Mike.

I don't actually know if they are different shops

Galpin has been around for ages as a ford dealer. The auto sport shop has been around for a while now too, but not as long as the dealer itself. I'm about 99% sure that Galpin didn't absorb WCC but just hired "Mad Mike" and got the sponsorship of the show. That's one of my favorite shows, even though they go overboard.

[nreggie454]

Not a fan of either one.

[ItsBlack]

Galpin has been around for ages as a ford dealer. The auto sport shop has been around for a while now too, but not as long as the dealer itself. I'm about 99% sure that Galpin didn't absorb WCC but just hired "Mad Mike" and got the sponsorship of the show. That's one of my favorite shows, even though they go overboard.

Ah, I see. And yes, I can agree they go overboard. But I'm sure its mainly for marketing. They just wanna prove they can do whatever the fuck they want to a car. TV's in the bumpers was still the craziest shit ive ever seen lol.

[J-ROCK]

not liking the exterior of the challenger but the interior is nice but the mustang wins hands down

[boostedb16]

first one needs to be in a remake for a "MAD MAX" movie.

[OTG Signs]

Ah, I see. And yes, I can agree they go overboard. But I'm sure its mainly for marketing. They just wanna prove they can do whatever the fuck they want to a car. TV's in the bumpers was still the craziest shit ive ever seen lol.

I remember they did monitors in the mudflaps of a lifted Blazer (iirc). Absurd!

[secondgencamaro]

The Challenger looks like it came out of "Death Race".

[secondgencamaro]

first one needs to be in a remake for a "MAD MAX" movie.
Yes.

[Jiggity96]

Ugly and ricey, I don't know how they pulled off such ugliness with cars that I thought were the best looking generations to date.

Galpin

[cleanion31]

damn thats crazy im in the air force and didnt even think about anything like that wow sick ........

[SixSquared]

no lie... digging the shit outta the Challenger interior

[SouthSide Tay]

questions is does the mustang even drive and how lond did it take them to train someone to drive "a plane" on the street LOL

[Nemesis]

The Mustang actually makes sense that the airforce would do that. After all the car wasnt named after a fucking horse.

[Nemesis]

You guys have also seemed to have missed the actual steering wheel

[HachiDori]

That mustang is sweet!

[Genji-Sama]

I would rock the hell out of the mustang :goodjob: , the challenger not so much :tongue1: .

[Tech_Queen]

Very neat cars for what they are, which is for show.

[ThE_EnD]

i like both...

[Jblizzard]

1st is do-want. 2nd is doo-doo.


fixed :goodjob:

[DTEG]

damn thats crazy

[chameleon30038]

granted .... cool "showcars" but whats the point? Wasting our individual money on modding is fine but government money for cars that won't be used and are just going to be on display. i don't get it.