“Eleanor Type” GT350 Front Aux Lighting

[bozzy]

Alright, might get torched for this one. Lol But I have to ask though...

First off I’m a sucker for high-end Auxiliary lighting for my toys. (Not over done shit, but just functional.) Back story; I travel through mountain passes often in the summer to visit family. So lighting is certainly an asset at night...

Anyway, I have never seen anyone try modern LED lighting discretely mounted on their 350’s??? After all, there have been some pretty serious advances with lighting and mounts these days (LED & CNC) ...

Walk with me. (Metaphorically, lol) Can we all mostly agree, 67’ Eleanor looks good right? Lol, but can this look cross-over to the modern Shelby’s?

If so, what about 2 Baja Designs LP6’s mounted low, centre? Does a clean looking bracket even exist for such a thing?


Or should I just put the beer down, haha...

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[m4a1mustang]

I don't think you're going to find anything clean, even if you built a custom bracket. So I'd say... put the beer down.

 

[svassh]

I think it would look good but you'd need some custom grill work. My last 2014 Hertz Penske Mustang.

 

[mavisky]

My personal hot take, as fun as Gone in 60 Seconds was, the "Eleanor GT500" was a fiberglass abomination. Never been a fan of it or any of the hundreds of clones out there. Also with the modern look of the GT350, it's not going to blend well with the classic looks of the 60's cars.

 

[bozzy]

My personal hot take, as fun as Gone in 60 Seconds was, the "Eleanor GT500" was a fiberglass abomination. Never been a fan of it or any of the hundreds of clones out there. Also with the modern look of the GT350, it's not going to blend well with the classic looks of the 60's cars.

Yeah thats what I'm wondering. The clean lines on the new cars may not help the cause...

 

[honeybadger]

Always fascinates me that some people HATE body kits, yet have no problem with race cars. Hell, the original GT350 was a bloody body kit.

Don't listen to the haters, @bozzy. Send it and share the results. Might inspire someone else!

 

[mavisky]

Always fascinates me that some people HATE body kits, yet have no problem with race cars. Hell, the original GT350 was a bloody body kit.

Don't listen to the haters, @bozzy. Send it and share the results. Might inspire someone else!

I don't hate bodykits, I was just never a fan of what they did to that particular car. That hood is just not my flavor at all. Then again I always preferred the styling of the Boss 302 and Boss 429 to any of the GT500's back in the 60's.

 

[honeybadger]

I don't hate bodykits, I was just never a fan of what they did to that particular car. That hood is just not my flavor at all. Then again I always preferred the styling of the Boss 302 and Boss 429 to any of the GT500's back in the 60's.

Wasn't targeting you. Was more preemptively getting ahead of the angry "purists"

 

[mavisky]

If you're really dedicated you may be able to modify this to work somehow

 

[bozzy]

If you're really dedicated you may be able to modify this to work somehow

I don't want to mess with the upper grill. I want these lights on the lower grill somehow...

 

[16Kobra]

I was thinking of more lights near the bottom, like the 2007-2013 GT500's. Not sure the GT350 could pull off the look.

 

[mavisky]

If you do you may want to look into modifying the opening of the top grille as you'll be blocking off a lot of the airflow at the bottom of the radiator. Also the lower grille isn't very big. Any lights put down there will be really small in comparison to what you have pictured.

 

[madlag]

Two round lights in the grill like the previous s197 would look good or two close together in the lower grill wild look good if done right. I ask this question 2 years ago... you’ll have to do something custom.
Get a spare grill from a wrecked 350 and do some modifying with fiberglass and paint.

 

[key01]

Get someone with photoshop skills and play around. It may turn out pretty cool.

 

[mavisky]

Get someone with photoshop skills and play around. It may turn out pretty cool.

I hate myself for even doing this, but here it is just using the lights from my other post. As you can see, when you go to fit them into the lower grille opening they're tiny. The actual opening is small, but looks bigger because of the angles of the bumper around the opening. In the end the lights would be smaller than the projectors in the factory headlights I think.

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