[Evan Smith]

Billy, it was certainly not directed at you. Sorry for the delayed response as my hot water heater blew up so I had to slide a new one in place (Thanks to Jeff and Russ Wernes!). When I post it is usually with facts and nothing more or less. I have my own opinions but usually keep them to myself. There has been much speculation and plain inaccurate facts on the CJ cars posted in this thread. That bothers me and it would bother me if it was about a Chevy or Mopar. For whatever reason, people like to chime in whether they know the facts or not. Then others jump on the bandwagon and those who don't choose to get the real facts for themselves become misinformed and cry, cry, cry.

Bottom line to all this is that Ford wants to be involved in Class racing and hopefully GM and Mopar will follow suit. All the parts on the CJ are (or will be available) to anyone who wants to "create" one of these cars. If you read the second paragraph in the current rulebook it explains exactly what it takes to make a car eligible and this Ford meets the criteria.

So, Mr. Deadman, you are dead wrong. The 50 CJ Mustangs were available only at the dealerships. They are built on a special Ford assembly line in a Roush building, much like many other projects by the BIG THREE.