YUKON, Okla. – Ever dream of getting behind the wheel of a fabled movie star car like the Eleanor, Mustang from the 2000 feature film “Gone in 60 Seconds,” doing your best to channel leading man Nicolas Cage coolly careening through the streets?
Well, who hasn’t? But until now it wasn’t going to happen unless your agent landed you a role in a sequel. Classic Recreations decided it should make these dream cars available to all of us dreamers (at least those with a wad of cash) and it’s been selected as the first exclusive, officially-licensed custom fabricator to build the iconic “Eleanor” Mustang from “Gone in 60 Seconds.”
Halicki Films Company granted Classic Recreations the license to build the only genuine “Eleanors” after numerous visits to the company’s Oklahoma factory and a battery of rigorous background and criteria checks.
The agreement grants Classic Recreations the right to license the intellectual properties held exclusively by Halicki Films Company, including the copyrights, trademarks, trade dress and logos in and to “Eleanor” and “Gone in 60 Seconds,” and “Eleanor’s” one-of-a-kind, amazing movie looks, in connection with the manufacturing, marketing, sale and distribution of the officially licensed collectible “Gone in 60 Seconds Eleanor.”
The recent production of the 1967 Mustang Fastback bodies licensed and authorized by Ford has streamlined the customizing process so that anyone who desires to own one of these movie star cars can purchase a brand-new “Eleanor” Mustang fabricated from the ground up with all new body and parts.
Or, customers may also choose to modify one of Classic Recreations’ 1967 original mustang bodies with all new parts. In either case, the Classic Recreations team will get buyers on the streets in their own Eleanors.
Customers wishing to buy one of these vehicles can choose between the 535-horsepower FI Model, with an estimated top speed of 172 mph and 4.90-second 0-60-mph quarter-mile times priced at $139,900, or the 770-horsepower FIS Model ($189,900) with a modified rear suspension.
“Eleanor” is built on a classic muscle car frame but with high-tech materials and technology to produce the reliable power and handling of a modern-day factory race car. These custom-built, high-performance Mustangs are handcrafted to order by Classic Recreations and offer performance features such as coil over suspension, sequential fuel injection, oversized slotted and crossdrilled Baer brakes, and a 410cid Keith Craft Racing engine.
“Eleanor” also comes equipped with a Tremec TKO Manual or Automatic Transmission, Posi Traction, Concept One serpentine drive belt system, braided stainless fuel lines, air conditioning, custom sound system, and five-point Simpson harnesses. Additional owner-specified upgrades can include leather interior, keyless entry, and custom in-dash DVD and satellite navigation and entertainment systems.
“We wanted to make sure the company we chose to build the very first authentic, officially-licensed ‘Eleanor’ was credible and reliable, and, more importantly, that they are truly craftsmen. Classic Recreations’ passion for the Movies and ‘Eleanor’ can be seen in the company’s handcrafting work. They’re making show cars,” said the rights holder, Denice Halicki of Halicki Films Company.
Classic Recreations founder Jason Engel, and his company’s team of a dozen, skilled technicians and craftsmen, have been modifying and custom fabricating high-performance vehicles for more than 10 years.
Each built-to-order vehicle takes approximately four months (nearly 2,500 hours) of painstaking assembly. These high-performance Classic Recreations “Eleanor” Mustangs are available in Pepper Grey/Black, Red/White, Black/Silver, Yellow/Black and Blue/White.
Now if you could find a Drive In to that’s playing “Gone In 60 Seconds” you could take your new Eleanor to see her forebears.
Find out more about Eleanor go to:
www.classic-recreations.com .
For more information on the Gone in 60 Seconds movies go to:
www.gonein60seconds.com .
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