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ORIGINAL: my77stang

1. yes.... i never knew there were ANY classic cars you couldnt drive at night. even a model T should be legal if it has headlights, taillights, and turn signals.

2. getting pretty damn hard. everyone saves the earlier classics but crushes the II's because they are retarded. what this is going to do is raise the value of the II's still left in the wild considerably over the next "x" amount of years.

3. depends on your car, and depends on the mustang II your looking at. a king cobra in good shape is worth more than your car easily, and a cobra II in good shape is probably worth more than your car as well (im assuming you have a nice condition V8 SN95). the ghia's (had a trunk) and the V6 & 4cyl cars are pretty cheap.

4. no health hazards. that was a problem with the gask tank design in certain pintos.... and all mustang II / pinto jokes aside they are NOT the same cars.

5. firewall? all cars have a firewall. its that piece of metal that separates the engine compartment from the inside of the car . these cars are pretty easy to maintain. they have reliable 4 speed manual transmissions or C4 auto's which are much better than the later model ford automatics, they have electronic ignition so there are no points to deal with like the earlier mustangs, and stock autolite carburators are virtually bullitproof. that being said its SO worth upgrading to a holley 4bbl if it still had the stock 2bbl though, these cars were rated very low HP from the factory due to the smog crap in the mid/late 70's

its always nice to see mroe people starting to come around - everyone always bashes these cars but i've never met anyone who's ridden in one and didnt love it.