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My son chose his Mustang because a co-worker had a very clean, straight, low mileage, relativly rust free, and un-molested Mustang for sale for a good price.
I had always been a "GM" guy for most of my adult life, but I joined the forum to boost my interest and therefore my enthusiasim, for jumping in and getting the Stang done, only to fall in love with classic Mustangs...
Yea, I am really into them now.... I need one of my own, or a Falcon maybe.....
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ORIGINAL: BA Mustang
my mom wouldnt let me get a 95 Civic and trick it out. But she would let me get a mustang
I know you are 15, but, if you grow wiser with age, you will learn not only to do as your mother says, but to trust and value your mothers opinion, she is obviously very inteligent!!!
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66 Coupe I-6 Conversion, 408 Windsor, Tremec TKO 600 Wilwood fronts, SSBC Rears 9" Track Loc.
my mom wouldnt let me get a 95 Civic and trick it out. But she would let me get a mustang
I know you are 15, but, if you grow wiser with age, you will learn not only to do as your mother says, but to trust and value your mothers opinion, she is obviously very inteligent!!!
the one thing my bmw can do is kill the crap out of those ricer cars. then again I haven't met a twin turbo'd supra or anything. While people are slowing down to make turns, I speed up and laugh.
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ORIGINAL: JMD
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ORIGINAL: BA Mustang
my mom wouldnt let me get a 95 Civic and trick it out. But she would let me get a mustang
I know you are 15, but, if you grow wiser with age, you will learn not only to do as your mother says, but to trust and value your mothers opinion, she is obviously very inteligent!!!
the one thing my bmw can do is kill the crap out of those ricer cars. then again I haven't met a twin turbo'd supra or anything. While people are slowing down to make turns, I speed up and laugh.
A sewer rat might taste like pumpkin pie, but I wouldn't know, cause I wouldn't eat the filthy mother......"
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When I was 16 and trying to decide what car to get, old Camaros and Mustangs were around the same price... However, it seemed that Mustangs parts were more plentiful and a whole lot cheaper, so I went with the Mustang. (I was inches from a '72 Challenger and almost considered a '67 Camaro right before my Mustang came along.)
Since then, for Mustangs at least, parts are still as cheap and now even more plentiful--many still available at chain stores. I've watched Mustangs that were in the same condition as mine go up steadily in price while the Camaros shot up like wildfire to ridiculous lengths. One of my best friends is a Camaro/TransAm guy and even he's been utterly flabbergasted how difficult it has gotten to find good cars for fair prices let alone parts for them. The availability for Mustangs is just way higher for less money.
You can tell by my sig, I'm a Mustang girl at heart, but I'm far from exclusive so long as the car's worth it one way or another. And by 'worth it', I mean worth whatever hassle required in order to own it not just the monetary investment. When it comes to any car, you gotta ask yourself, "Is it worth it?" It has been my experience that usually, it is, whether you plan on owning it forever or just a little while, but every car is different and the scale slides accordingly.
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My complete stable: '66 Corvette vert (427/425), '68 Mustang fastback (347), '68 Mustang vert (302), '69 Corvette (427/390), '00 Prowler, '03 Viper, '08 Saturn Sky Red Line
I've owned five camaro's, three first gen, and two sec gen. Always enjoyed turning a wrench and finding solice working on a car. I've watched camaro prices get stupid, pitifully stupid. It doesn't matter to me what the car is, just enjoy it and drive it. Trailer queens suck. I bought my '66 coupe because I saw an opportunity after a 10 year absence. The perfect stable would be a '69 Camaro SS 396, a '68 Dodge Dart GTS, and a '69 Mustang fastback FE. So I keep buying lottery tickets and wishing.
I was born into a Chevy family myself and everything I own is a Chevy except my Rustang.
I wasn't into Mustangs as a kid. They're far too common for my tastes. I was always into the Chargers, Novas, Challengers, and Deloreans (Back to the Future). I didn't even like Vettes because they were too common.
The turning point was when I saw that poor little 66 6 cylinder coupe which was probably going to be parted out and crushed. Call me a sucker for the underdogs but I couldn't let that happen. I prefer the coupes to the fastbacks anyway so I considered her the perfect car for my next project. I wanted something I could dump lots of money and time into and not worry about defacing a classic. I still prefer the Novas to the Mustangs but my plans for Rustang blow the doors off my Nova project.
When I was 16 and trying to decide what car to get, old Camaros and Mustangs were around the same price... However, it seemed that Mustangs parts were more plentiful and a whole lot cheaper, so I went with the Mustang. (I was inches from a '72 Challenger and almost considered a '67 Camaro right before my Mustang came along.)
Since then, for Mustangs at least, parts are still as cheap and now even more plentiful--many still available at chain stores. I've watched Mustangs that were in the same condition as mine go up steadily in price while the Camaros shot up like wildfire to ridiculous lengths. One of my best friends is a Camaro/TransAm guy and even he's been utterly flabbergasted how difficult it has gotten to find good cars for fair prices let alone parts for them. The availability for Mustangs is just way higher for less money.
You can tell by my sig, I'm a Mustang girl at heart, but I'm far from exclusive so long as the car's worth it one way or another. And by 'worth it', I mean worth whatever hassle required in order to own it not just the monetary investment. When it comes to any car, you gotta ask yourself, "Is it worth it?" It has been my experience that usually, it is, whether you plan on owning it forever or just a little while, but every car is different and the scale slides accordingly.
On your siggy picture, I like the one in the middle the best.
So just about everyone was either born into a mustang family or chose it because they were cheaper than the other cars as well as the availabity of parts.
I grew up with Ford, Chevy, Datsun, Buick, Caddillac, Dodge and Mercedes. My first car was a Datsun and it was a good car. My next was a Blazer and the last Chevy I will ever own. Third was a 77 Mustang II hatchback V8, I've been a Ford man since. I beat the @%^* out of that car and it just kept going.
I chose Mustang because it is a Ford and it has V8 power.
Other than my wife I am the only person in my entire family who has ever owned a Mustang.
If I didn't love Mustangs so much I would own an older Firebird with a Pontiac engine not an Olds or a Chevy.
Family had Fords. First car I bought was a strippo 72 Mustang from my Grandfather. The following year I bought a 68GT Torino fastback with a 4-speed, 390, and spider gears that I welded to give me that cheap locker feel. It remains one of my favorite cars.
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Ordinarily he was insane, but he had lucid moments when he was merely stupid.
I am 41 years old... I was never a big Mustang fan, I have only owned chevy's. 69 Camaro, 72 Nova, 76 Camaro. I got my Mustang like this: My son, who is 15 years old has his driving permit now, and he is in need of a car. I said, I will do the same for you as I did for your brother, if you want a car, I will pay no more than 2000 for it. You have to get a job, and you will have to pay for your own insurance gas and maintenance. I dont want you to get an expenive car, I want you to get a older affordable car that needs some work, so I can teach you how to work on it. Well I am on my way home from work one day, and my cell phone rings, its my 15 year old son. He says...you said 2000 right, and I said yep, no more than 2000, he replies, can you come to where I am and look at this car with me...I chuckle and say...ok. Now I have in my yard a 67 hard top. I have replaced the passengers floor pan, will be working on the drivers side and cowl vents this coming week. Then the engine will get overhauled, the brakes will get updated, 3 point harness, and then the bodywork and paint. I have fallen in love with the car, I even dream about it now. I just need to find a way to tell my kid...that he can use the car, but I can not see myself signing the title over to him... I have a 2000 Saturn that still gets 39mpg!!, I somehow need to find a way to get him interested in that car.
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That never bothered me. The biggest problem I had with the camaro...the 76 in particular was the scary turns when it wad raining. That freekin car would come around on you faster that you could say, "What The Hell!"
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