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06-07-2013, 11:18 AM
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Oklahoma recently saw the destructive power of an EF5 tornado, but in the aftermath of the devastation, we've also been witness to the incredible resilience of the human spirit. Moore, OK resident Jack Haden survived the storm but found that his 2003 Ford Mustang (http://www.autoblog.com/ford/mustang/) wasn't quite as lucky. As you can see in the image above, the tornado's 200+ mph winds did quite a number on the car, but while most people would have likely called their insurance company and scrapped the car, Haden had other plans.
After finding the car and seeing that its V6 still fired up, Haden spent a couple hours getting the car, um... roadworthy(?)... by removing the doors and front clip, cutting off the roof and putting on some new wheels and tires. He noticed that driving it around brought some comic relief to an area that needed a reason to laugh and smile. Check out the KSBI TV news report video below (http://www.mnfords.com/2013/06/06/ford-mustang-hit-by-moore-oklahomas-ef5-tornado-lives-to-do-an/#continued) showing before and after pictures of the tough 'Stang, as well as a video showing the newly lightweight coupe doing a smoky burnout.Continue reading Ford Mustang hit by Moore, OK EF5 tornado lives to do another burnout (http://www.autoblog.com/2013/06/07/ford-mustang-hit-by-moore-oklahomas-ef5-tornado-lives-to-do-an/)
Ford Mustang hit by Moore, OK EF5 tornado lives to do another burnout (http://www.autoblog.com/2013/06/07/ford-mustang-hit-by-moore-oklahomas-ef5-tornado-lives-to-do-an/) originally appeared on Autoblog (http://www.autoblog.com) on Fri, 07 Jun 2013 13:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.mnfords.com/rss-term-of-use/).
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Oklahoma recently saw the destructive power of an EF5 tornado, but in the aftermath of the devastation, we've also been witness to the incredible resilience of the human spirit. Moore, OK resident Jack Haden survived the storm but found that his 2003 Ford Mustang (http://www.autoblog.com/ford/mustang/) wasn't quite as lucky. As you can see in the image above, the tornado's 200+ mph winds did quite a number on the car, but while most people would have likely called their insurance company and scrapped the car, Haden had other plans.
After finding the car and seeing that its V6 still fired up, Haden spent a couple hours getting the car, um... roadworthy(?)... by removing the doors and front clip, cutting off the roof and putting on some new wheels and tires. He noticed that driving it around brought some comic relief to an area that needed a reason to laugh and smile. Check out the KSBI TV news report video below (http://www.mnfords.com/2013/06/06/ford-mustang-hit-by-moore-oklahomas-ef5-tornado-lives-to-do-an/#continued) showing before and after pictures of the tough 'Stang, as well as a video showing the newly lightweight coupe doing a smoky burnout.Continue reading Ford Mustang hit by Moore, OK EF5 tornado lives to do another burnout (http://www.autoblog.com/2013/06/07/ford-mustang-hit-by-moore-oklahomas-ef5-tornado-lives-to-do-an/)
Ford Mustang hit by Moore, OK EF5 tornado lives to do another burnout (http://www.autoblog.com/2013/06/07/ford-mustang-hit-by-moore-oklahomas-ef5-tornado-lives-to-do-an/) originally appeared on Autoblog (http://www.autoblog.com) on Fri, 07 Jun 2013 13:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.mnfords.com/rss-term-of-use/).
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