Galpin Auto Sports in partnership with the United States Air Force have created two customized vehicles for the 2009 Super Car Tour – a new U.S. Air Force recruiting initiative.
The white Ford Mustang ‘X-1’ and black Dodge Challenger ‘VAPOR’ are Air Force-inspired designs that will travel across the country this year as part of a mobile marketing campaign to inform young people on the career opportunities available within the Air Force.
The Air Force looked to Galpin Auto Sports to create two unique hyper-styled vehicles with the most technologically advanced features available.
The vehicles are a combination of form, function and futuristic entertainment all fueled together.
The 2009 Super Car Tour will primarily visit high schools and a variety of Air Force sponsored events including the DUB magazine auto show, Hot Import Nights, Battle of the Imports, Formula Drift, International Hot Rod Association and local community events.
For more informtion - including several "making-of" videos, visit www.airforce.com.
X-1 Mustang Concept
Representing the muscle of the Air Force, the ‘X-1’ Mustang is a heavenly matte-pearlescent painted supercar with a jet cockpit that includes a single-driver ejection seat in center of vehicle, short shifter, flight stick, and advanced instrumentation panel.
The ‘X-1’ also has a concealed motorized steering wheel, custom foot pedals, GPS transponder and the innovative dash is equipped with a touch screen monitor and sensor pack that displays night and thermal vision.
The 4.6 liter engine includes 3-valve Ford Racing heads, cold air intake, hot rod cams, and long tube headers creating 500hp and is maintained by a custom Ford Racing Tuning Program.
The Vertical doors feature interior panel fabrication to complete the ‘jet-like’ feel of the ‘X-1’, which will appear on the East Coast portion of the Air Force recruiting tour.
Challenger 'Vapor' Concept
The stealth-black Air Force Challenger ‘Vapor’ features a biometric access to open the Vertical doors, a custom Stealth body kit with Jet enhancements and a carbon fiber exterior trim.
Other exterior components include one-off carbon fiber wheels, a custom stealth exhaust mode that allows the vehicle to run in complete silence or you can open up the headers to facilitate the aggressive sound of the engine, shaker hood, radar-absorbing paint, proximity sensors, and a 360-degree camera with ¼ mile range.
The interior of the ‘Vapor’ is complete with aircraft style controls, a passenger side steering wheel, GPS tracking, night and thermal vision via a film on the front windshield, and the most technologically-advanced computer system with remote control UAV-type access from anywhere in the world utilizing the internet.
The ‘Vapor’ also comes with two custom flight helmets in line with the Air Force theme of the vehicle.
About Galpin Auto Sports
Galpin Auto Sports, located in Van Nuys, Southern California, is widely known for its corporate and one-off vehicle designs, through its involvement with various movies and TV projects, including the 2008 “Knight Rider” series’ KITT car, the upcoming movie car in the thriller “The Red Mist” and the acting-home base of MTV’s “Pimp My Ride”.
For more information visit www.galpinautosports.com.
7 comments:
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These are some nice cars u all have
basszus..... nagyon cool! :D
way to waste even more fucking money armed forces. like WTF do we need these for?! They probably cost a fuck ton of money each
People complain about the federal government being too large and their taxes being too much and all the bloat and waste, yet if anyone even suggests cutting back the military spending people scream and cry as if it's blasphemy. To them, I say: read this article and look at these pictures and then shut the hell up.
OK, at first glance it looks like a waste of money. But more likely, all of the components to do this work were donated or heavily discounted (with the exception of the labor).
crookedhoodlum....yer a dink.
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