Mustang again..................

Sorry just not a FORD Fan , after working on them in the 70s took care of me !! They are sweet though the Shelby's were nice got to work and drive a couple in my time AND I MEAN DRIVE (younger days) I always think about the 1965 Chevy Impala SS Convertible I had and got rid oh for a 1978 Spitfire No longer see them around like you use too!! NICE HAUL FOR THE $$$$$$ getback

getback wrote:Sorry just not a FORD Fan , after working on them in the 70s took care of me !! They are sweet though the Shelby's were nice got to work and drive a couple in my time AND I MEAN DRIVE  (younger days) I always think about the 1965 Chevy Impala SS Convertible I had and got rid oh for a 1978 Spitfire No longer see them around like you use too!! NICE HAUL FOR THE $$$$$$ getback

Me too Eric, although I have owned a few. A '37 coupe was my first car, 60 hp flat head V8. Had a nice '52 too along with a '63 500, then the new '69 Mustang. Then it ended. I tell my son "Found On Road Dead." He counters with "First On Race Day."

Eric had a Spitfire?

Bob

It's Mopar or NO car in this household! Just me and the wife and we have six of them!

OhBee wrote:It's Mopar or NO car in this household! Just me and the wife and we have six of them!

The first car I ever drove was a "3 on the tree" 1937 Dodge sedan that my father was selling for a friend. I was maybe 10 or so and depressing that clutch to the floor while looking over the steering wheel was a problem.

Much later I sold the '37 Ford for five bucks and bought a 1946 Plymouth coupe, followed shortly by a 1950 Plymounh convertible. A succession of different brands followed until I bought a new 1965 Plymouth Sport Fury. Loved them all.

Bob

Cool to hear of the sport fury. My first car out of college was a 66 sport fury convertible. It had big block 318. It was in terrible need of a full restoration. I started working on it but didn't have the finances to even make a dent. What a shame. It was a really cool car. Wish I had it now.

Eric had a Spitfire? wrote:

Yes Sir , two to bee azcato 1978-80 something the 1st. X took that one and my stupid butt got rid of the other for $25.00 of a junk haul off ... Had a 1956 chey 1/2 ton that we installed a 283 with a 350 cam but still only had a Rochester 2 ball. on it so it would only go fast not fly lol . We took the engine from the truck and put it in the 65 SS ( the 396 was worn bad and cost a arm and leg to drive when your broke ) the 283 really didn't do better on gas but was smooth . Bet the person that got the 65 SS Conv. would have like to had the original engine for that car /// but want happen I sold it to some body . Eric

Hi Bob, Yes I remember that unfortunate incident with the two vintage cars that occurred while in transit by a hired carrier (still makes me cringe.. ) That's a beautiful 69.. and I will share the photo with a fellow employee who has a 69 convertible. I told him about your son's unfortunate experience. It made him cringe too... Wishing the best of luck to your son with this one!

roddie wrote:Hi Bob, Yes I remember that unfortunate incident with the two vintage cars that occurred while in transit by a hired carrier (still makes me cringe.. ) That's a beautiful 69.. and I will share the photo with a fellow employee who has a 69 convertible. I told him about your son's unfortunate experience. It made him cringe too... Wishing the best of luck to your son with this one!

Thanks for remembering roddie. They were just cars but Mark had sweat and blood in that black fastback, a years long restoration gone in an instant. No sweat or blood in these two, both are low mileage originals.

Maybe they are not as happy with the "new" Mustangs, but attending a car show here in Virginia today helped. His and hers side by side.

That's some sweet looking therapy. I hope this one grows on you two and eventually gives you guys the satisfaction and joy as the last two.

I thought I had destroyed all the accident pictures, but these unlike the cars survive.





What happens when an 18 wheeler impacts the back of a stalled covered carrier and the cars are lined up end to end.

I don't know Bob. The black one looked salvagable. Fenders, hood, rad support, inner fenders are all readily available. Personally I would have took the money, bought it back and poured the money back in.

I do like the Mach 1, I just like early fastbacks better.

Ron

Cribbs74 wrote:I don't know Bob. The black one looked salvagable. Fenders, hood, rad support, inner fenders are all readily available. Personally I would have took the money, bought it back and poured the money back in.

I do like the Mach 1, I just like early fastbacks better.

Ron

Me too Ron, and I know that Mark does also, I think he just wanted something different, and the fact that his Mom drove one might have been a factor.

If your ready for a story. While we were at the car show I found a 5.0 Mustang for sale by a fellow actually older than me. Fire engine red and recently restored in nice nearly new looking condition. Mark speculated that it could be had for $5K, I thought at least $7K. We asked the owner and he said $7.7K. Being in a car buying mood I asked about the engine. He said he had just bought it and didn't know what engine it had in it. We popped the hood and it was all ate up with throttle bodies and air boxes, obviously a replacement and as I could not see the block I passed.

My daughter and I left the show leaving Mark and wife and drove home to West Virginia. Much later Mark called saying that he had spied a nice looking 2001 Miata about two minutes away from his home. To make a long story short, I'm now the owner of this 2001 MX-5 LS six speed, the model that I actually wanted before I bought the silver 2003 MX-5 that has serious rust issues but drives like a dream. Funny how life works.

great thread, i loved mustangs when they first came out, but by the early seventies when i was coming of age they were still kinda pricey for a sixties fastback, that left me with that cheep chevy stuff, '55-'57 and '62-'64