As I was doing some very early planning for the Big Drive this August (I typically do most of my holiday travel planning on the flight over) the question of car-guitar compatibility became pressing.
The Big Drive will be much more fun with a convertible, and the most cost-effective ragtop available for hire is a
Ford Mustang. At the same time, one of the minor objectives of this trip is to pick up an interesting guitar, maybe in
Tucson Arizona. Now a Mustang, aside from having a superfluously big engine (4 litres is as small as they get) does not have a large boot. Ford’s online specifications do not mention trunk size (nor for that matter, do they provide CO2 emission levels) and 2007 Mustang convertibles are few and far between on this side of the Atlantic
The obvious solution was to turn to the good brethren of the
Telecaster site with my question. The first truly useful answer came from Tdot, who actually went to a Ford dealership, tape measure in hand. Unfortunately, it was snowing, and so the salespeople wouldn’t let him open the trunk, for fear of dampness. Tdot, did however, brave the elements to make external trunk measurements.
Then, CharlieO, based in the less rigorous Florida climes, went to a Ford showroom, Rickenbacker case in hand, and convinced the salesperson to let him experiment, with this result:
The Web 2.0 is a many splendoured thing.
