I got my 69 when i was 16. I drove that thing everywhere. Some of the best times were pushing that thing off the street. Some of the better times were being in an empty parking lot with a hot chick and the stang actually not wanting to turn on. I've gone through two small block engines, my 429 being my third, I've broken the shock tower (damn torque), and won several street races. The reason I drive Celeste (my mustang), is because there is nothing better to drive, then a 1969 Ford Mustang with a 429cj (well maybe a boss 429)
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man i tell ya people (my age) have no respect for the classics, all my friends said "your crazy" for getting those cars, well i feel that a 1966 mustang coupe and a 1970 mustang fastback are worthy invesments, even if they are both gonna be nightmares to redo, they won't say im crazy when i roll into the school parkin lot in a blown boss 429 powered 1970 fastback and a 1966 boss 302 powered coupe hehehehehehehehehehehehe
Right on brother. Who says these aren't Muscle Cars:
The Nicholson car was ....as it says on the side...an A/FX class which was A/Factory-Experimental. Saw that very car parked in the lot of Atwater Ford in Burlington, NC when it was new. Don was in town to race at Piedmont Drag Strip and he parked it at the dealership for some ad-hype for the races. Right next to it was a Thunder-bolt Fairlane.
Well said Gas! Love the post and the stream (except the muscle car definition - who cares?).
My love affair with Mustangs goes back to the beginning. I remember going to Dub Shaw Ford in Ft Worth to pick out our brand new 64 1/2 Mustang, painted Prairie Bronze. She was a beaut! My Dad was so proud of that car, and I was stoked (for a 5 y.o) to be driving in something that looked like a sportscar (pre Speed Racer days).
In summer '65, my Dad threw me, my Mom, and brother in the car for a cross country adventure from FtW to LA. My sister was there visiting relatives when the Watts riots broke out. Found out that you could make that trip in under 27 hours. Not sure that could be done today. I spent most of the trip asleep on the back shelf while my Dad drove thru the TX, NM, and AZ desert. Sister was fine, if not slightly panicked about what was happening to her "Summer of Love", and we ended up seeing some of the sights in our '64.5 Stang. She sure looked great on the CA coast. From that point on, the sound of a humming 289 just does it for me - I'm completely hooked!
When it was my turn to get a car, I begged my Dad to talk my aunt into letting me drive her '66 coupe. It was also from Dub Shaw Ford and was tricked out with extra chrome bumpers, chrome front and rear light covers, and some extra goodies inside. She was the classic "little 'ol lady" car in that it sat in the driveway till Sunday when she drove it to church. That car got me thru some awkward HS 'growing pains' as me and my GF at the time figured out biology in the back seat. Even now, sitting in the backseat of a Mustang puts me immediately in Oakland Park, circa 1977.
In my family, we've had the original 64 1/2 'Stang, my brothers 68 Mach 1, the aforementioned '66 Coupe that I drove thru most of HS and College, and now my beautifully restored '65 Conv. Who among my friends can remember what they were driving last year, much less thru every major phase of their life!?!?
Like you, Gas, when I pull up into a client meeting in my baby, the customer knows that I value much more than material wealth. I value the commitment to make something as good as it can be, and I have the strength of character to see something thru - by busting my knuckles on a rebuild, or busting b@lls for my clients. One hour meeting = 45 min on the car, 15 to close the deal.
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RE: A Psychological Assessment of Classic Mustang Owners - 
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