Comments on: 47 Years of Mustangs!

By: G-MAN

G-MAN — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 01:10:58 +0000

If you ever want it tweaked, Outlaw, give me a shout.

By: Outlaw13

Outlaw13 — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 19:38:30 +0000

The Mustang is an American classic, even if you are a Camaro fan you still owe Ford because without the Mustang there would be no Camaro, Firebird or any other muscle car of that ilk from the late 60′s early 70′s.

I owned a 77 blue Mustang II for a while…not a good era for the pony car. I’ve made up for it by buying a Black ’03 SVT Mustang, which is a totally awesome car. I can’t tell you how bad ass that car is.

By: -fritz-

-fritz- — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 02:41:50 +0000

Me too, Rufus!

By: G-MAN

G-MAN — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 02:02:26 +0000

That’s ok. I’ll talk my wife into some track time.

By: Matt Helm

Matt Helm — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 02:00:30 +0000

And to think Ford created this car in ’64 primarily for women.

By: G-MAN

G-MAN — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 01:59:46 +0000

It’s no secret I like Mustangs.
Even the track people thought I was crazy putting it on the track.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_cAJ_dI0aQ

By: Rufus

Rufus — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:55:31 +0000

Oh, 67Cougar is a car! All this time I thought you were an older, single woman, on the prowl for young men

By: 67Cougar

67Cougar — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:34:42 +0000

You want to know the absolutely best thing about the Mustang? The ’67-70 models provided the chassis, running gear, and other mechanicals for the Mercury Cougar! The Cougar was marketed as the luxury version of the Mustang, and as the proud owner of a first gen Cougar, I can say without a doubt it is a nicer car than a standard Mustang form the same year.

How about that for a homer attitude?

By: JohnFN

JohnFN — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 23:38:02 +0000

I mentioned this on the other Mustang thread, but my first car was a ’70 Mustang Grande 302. It had the brown vinyl top with the disco trim, which was a special option out of a Florida dealer. C-4 auto, interior had the houndstooth buckets. Not the prettiest thing but it was a first gen Mustang and it was a factory freak. The engine was stock, outside some tuning, and I’d easily smoke the local 305 and 350 Camaros and Firebirds.

Eventually I threw on a Ford factory four-barrel intake off a ’65 289 GT, added a Holley 600 CFM carb, Hooker headers with Flowmasters and duals out the back.

I had it on shocks for a while at a friend’s barn, getting the tranny rebuilt and a shift-kit put in. While it was up, one of the control arms separated from the subframe. I couldn’t find anyone to weld it back on, so I was stuck with no car, so two days later I picked up a ’91 LX 5.0 hatch.

I’m now on my third Mustang, which is currently rotting in the garage with 200,000 miles on it.

And always beware of kids with wads of cash. I had dozens try to buy my ’70 from me. I’d never sell it because I couldn’t take the thought of it being upside down in some cornfield somewhere.

By: AW1 Tim

AW1 Tim — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 22:47:58 +0000

I owned a ’71 Mustang. Best damned car I ever owned. i could work on it. I could pop the hood and not need and A&P license to work on it. Mine was a Mustang Grande with a Dark brown leather top and a mid-brown body, with a brown leather interior.

I got the 302 Windsor rather than the 351 Cleveland so I could work on the motor without having to jack it up out of the frame. First thing I did was take it to Sears and have air shocks installed. Then I purchased Cragar Street Super trick wheels, 15″ wide rims on the back and 14″ thin rims for the front. After that I added and Edelbrock hi-rise manifold with a new Holley 4-barrel carb. Accel ignition harness, and dual-point racing distributor and coil. Then i added gold-anodized Moroso air filter and quick-release valve covers, Black Jack headers, and Doug Thorley Show pipes (4 into 1) along the sides. Lastly was a nitrous-injection system, which meant i had to cut the hood and put on a scoop.

She was a fine ride. The one over-riding regret in my life was listening to “she who must be obeyed” who said we needed a “family” car. I put her up for sale and waited.

Some kid came along with a wad of cash and took her away. I had told him to go easy with her, as she could accelerate like no one’s business, but he didn’t listen. Less than two weeks later he wrapped it around a phone pole. I wa sick for days over that.

Sigh…