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Topic: Got another mustang...
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Dave Witthoeft
Gearhead Posts: 2263
From: IL.
Registered: Dec 2000
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posted 04-16-2005 02:02 PM
   
Finaly found another 71 . Drove out and got it yesterday. 917 miles round trip in one day.(started about midnight.  ) My hat goes off to people like Kid and KK etc who tow stuff, After I had all that weight on the back, I didn't like it at all! Towings a skill I need to practice. 
Still I got it home yesterday. Today 's going to be sunny and 72. Perfect weather to go and play with my new toy. It's alittle rough, but it's within my price bracket, ( I gota stay off of E-Bay, too much temptation.  ) and I allready have most of the parts I need to fix it..  http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1,1&item=4542009449&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWN%3AIT Hey Steve, Could you please put the main picture onto my photo page?
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Fastymz
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From: Reno Nv USA MEM#1240
Registered: Apr 2001
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posted 04-16-2005 02:26 PM
Great buy Dave 
Now you'll have way to many to pick from.------------------
oddly obsessed with big scoops on little Mustangs 65 coupe 351w C4 Big Boss 429 hood scoop,8" 3.40 TracLoc. My Pics [This message has been edited by Fastymz (edited 04-16-2005).]
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Dave Witthoeft
Gearhead Posts: 2263
From: IL.
Registered: Dec 2000
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posted 04-16-2005 03:36 PM
It's a Coupe. (Allthough I do have a sawsall ) I'm thinking Mach 1 front end, Black on black, on chrome...
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Fastymz
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From: Reno Nv USA MEM#1240
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posted 04-16-2005 03:40 PM
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Originally posted by Dave Witthoeft:
It's a Coupe. (Allthough I do have a sawsall ) I'm thinking Mach 1 front end, Black on black, on chrome...
Black/Black very with flames even better.
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oddly obsessed with big scoops on little Mustangs 65 coupe 351w C4 Big Boss 429 hood scoop,8" 3.40 TracLoc. My Pics
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Dave Witthoeft
Gearhead Posts: 2263
From: IL.
Registered: Dec 2000
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posted 04-16-2005 03:45 PM
And I'll have TWO Scoops...LOL..
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Fastymz
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From: Reno Nv USA MEM#1240
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posted 04-16-2005 03:47 PM
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Originally posted by Dave Witthoeft:
And I'll have TWO Scoops...LOL..
Always have to one up don't you. ------------------
oddly obsessed with big scoops on little Mustangs 65 coupe 351w C4 Big Boss 429 hood scoop,8" 3.40 TracLoc. My Pics
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mustangs68
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From: Buckroe Beach Va MCA#39406 M&M #12 Member Mustang Club of Tidewater
Registered: May 99
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posted 04-16-2005 04:17 PM
Yea but there's he going to put the rasins 
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Fastymz
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From: Reno Nv USA MEM#1240
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posted 04-16-2005 04:35 PM
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Originally posted by mustangs68:
Yea but there's he going to put the rasins
Those aren't rasins  ------------------
oddly obsessed with big scoops on little Mustangs 65 coupe 351w C4 Big Boss 429 hood scoop,8" 3.40 TracLoc. My Pics
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SteveLaRiviere
Administrator Posts: 43294
From: Saco, Maine
Registered: May 99
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posted 04-16-2005 05:53 PM
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Originally posted by Dave Witthoeft:
Hey Steve, Could you please put the main picture onto my photo page?
Sure thing. Cool car! Have you ever thought of making a Sport Hardtop clone? Those are cool, I'd turn my Sprint into one if it wasn't a Sprint. The Sport Hardtops had just about everything the Machs had, the grille, the scooped hood, the hockey stick stripes, etc, except on a hardtop. They're unique Mustangs that you don't see often enough. They were '71 only, so you even have the right year... ------------------
'70 Mustang Mach 1 351C 4V/FMX/3.25 Open
'70 Mustang Convertible 250 I6/3 speed/2.79 Open
'72 Mustang Sprint Hardtop 351C 4V/FMX/4.30 Trac Loc
'94 F-150 XL 5.8L/E4OD/3.55 Limited Slip
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Dave Witthoeft
Gearhead Posts: 2263
From: IL.
Registered: Dec 2000
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posted 04-16-2005 10:27 PM
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Originally posted by SteveLaRiviere:
Sure thing. Cool car! Have you ever thought of making a Sport Hardtop clone? Those are cool, I'd turn my Sprint into one if it wasn't a Sprint. The Sport Hardtops had just about everything the Machs had, the grille, the scooped hood, the hockey stick stripes, etc, except on a hardtop. They're unique Mustangs that you don't see often enough. They were '71 only, so you even have the right year...
Thats what I was sort of thinking. maybe without the stripe. Just Black paint, black vynal top, and chrome everything. Mach 1 front end and grille, I allready have a mach 1 ruber bumper and extra ramair hood, just need to get the grille...
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73trials
Gearhead Posts: 1134
From: New Orleans, La. M&M member # 1752
Registered: Dec 2001
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posted 04-17-2005 01:17 AM
Glad to hear ya got it home, Dave.
There's a kid around here who's going the sport hardtop route with his '73 coupe. I gave him the extra ram-air hood I had laying around, he's getting it painted with the blackout and ordering the hockey sticks. I think it's gonna look cool. ------------------
Erwin
'73 H-code vert
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wrksnfx
Gearhead Posts: 205
From: Warren,MI,Macomb
Registered: Sep 2004
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posted 04-17-2005 01:32 AM
DON"T CHOP IT OR DO ANYTHING OTHER THAN RESTORE IT BECAUSE IT IS A MUSTANG GRAN FORD ONLY MADE 300 OF THEM.Sorry about the yelling but for the love of God don't wreck it it is vary rare.
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Scott H
Journeyman Posts: 82
From: Chicago area
Registered: Mar 2005
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posted 04-17-2005 10:05 AM
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Originally posted by wrksnfx:
DON"T CHOP IT OR DO ANYTHING OTHER THAN RESTORE IT BECAUSE IT IS A MUSTANG GRAN FORD ONLY MADE 300 OF THEM.Sorry about the yelling but for the love of God don't wreck it it is vary rare.
Could you double-check your sources on these numbers? I was under the impression they were very common.
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Dave Witthoeft
Gearhead Posts: 2263
From: IL.
Registered: Dec 2000
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posted 04-18-2005 06:28 AM
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Originally posted by wrksnfx:
DON"T CHOP IT OR DO ANYTHING OTHER THAN RESTORE IT BECAUSE IT IS A MUSTANG GRAN FORD ONLY MADE 300 OF THEM.Sorry about the yelling but for the love of God don't wreck it it is vary rare.
It's just a litlle ol coupe. Nothing all that rare about it. It has the usuaul problems in the usual places..
It does have tilt weel, the tach ,and gages,and it used to have A/C, and the privious owner allready put on an edlelbrock four barrel. So Now I can atack the rust and then make it look the way I want to. .
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Scott H
Journeyman Posts: 82
From: Chicago area
Registered: Mar 2005
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posted 04-18-2005 07:40 AM
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Originally posted by Dave Witthoeft:
So Now I can atack the rust and then make it look the way I want to. .
Dave,
please tell me part of that plan is to paint the motor.
I can't believe the guy went to the trouble to install an intake and chrome valve covers and he didn't even paint the rusty exposed ends of the cylinder heads! I know you'll have it looking great in no time.
Scott in Wheaton.
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Fastback68
Gearhead Posts: 3133
From: Sucat, Paranaque, Philippines
Registered: Jul 99
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posted 04-18-2005 01:41 PM
If push comes to shove, the coupes must be sacrificed! It's not pleasant, but there's just no other affordable or concourse or whatever you call it way to keep the fastbacks and convertibles alive.
If I were you, I'd restore the heck out of it (trim wise, interior wise, etc.), planning one day to retire it gracefully and transfer everything to a fastback.
I have two coupes in really nice condition outside right now, alongside three fastbacks that need all kind of help after years of racing, patching up, all kinds of abuse, so ... enjoy it for now, and always think of it as a step to somewhere even better
P.S.: "Rare" sometimes means very little in car terms. Anyone ever seen that economy version of the '69 sportsroof? How much would one really fetch? And as I've always said, 20 years from now, some of the coupes will be rare as hen's teeth, but not necessarily valuable.
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Scott H
Journeyman Posts: 82
From: Chicago area
Registered: Mar 2005
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posted 04-18-2005 09:28 PM
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Originally posted by Fastback68:
rare as hen's teeth, but not necessarily valuable.
Simon,
Right on!
I've argued this point with lots of people over the years. It's one of one! It's rare! It's valuable!
The reason its 'one-of-one' is that it was ugly and undesireable back then, and its still ugly and undesireable now. Rarity doesn't always mean desireable!
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