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65460 Gearhead Posts: 163 From: Waterford Wis Registered: Dec 2004	posted 12-28-2004 03:20 PM Ok, this happened about three years ago and I told this story on "the other web site" so its gona be old news to some of the the FM bunch. My current car is my 65 Galaxie with a 466/535hp crate motor, Just prior to that I owned a 70 Torino Cobra SCJ (this will come into the story later)Im driving down the road and a guy pulls up next to me in a truck and motions me to pull over, I thought "oh oh, what did I do know". We stop and he says "you dont see many of those anymore",blah, blah, blah. Then he says, I have one with a 427 SOHC motor and would I like to see it THE END Hope that wasnt too long or boring, Theres also a short story on the Torino to tell some day. Moral of the story: Sometimes it IS ok to follow strange men home!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Well, for some reason the whole story didnt load? ------------------ 1961 390 Fairlane 1965 460 Galaxie 1989 Mustang GT 2003 Crown Vic Sport [This message has been edited by 65460 (edited 12-28-2004).] IP: Logged
SteveLaRiviere Administrator Posts: 43790 From: Saco, Maine Registered: May 99	posted 12-28-2004 03:31 PM Let's hear the rest of the story. Then I'll tell you about the time I turned down a Boss 429 for $1000. ------------------ '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 IP: Logged
65460 Gearhead Posts: 163 From: Waterford Wis Registered: Dec 2004	posted 12-28-2004 03:34 PM Sorry guys, I somehow lost half of the post,(looks kinda lame) its there when I submitted it, and if I go back to edit it, but it only posted half ? IP: Logged
SteveLaRiviere Administrator Posts: 43790 From: Saco, Maine Registered: May 99	posted 12-28-2004 03:38 PM Is it really long? You may have to put it in two different posts. This system will let us post long messages, but it does cut it off at some point. {But it will post a really long post} ------------------ '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 IP: Logged
65460 Gearhead Posts: 163 From: Waterford Wis Registered: Dec 2004	posted 12-28-2004 03:39 PM Well Steve, maybe you can tell me why it didnt post the whole thing? Im a SLOW typer and Id hate to do that all over again and end up with the same results Kinda long, but not unusually so. [This message has been edited by 65460 (edited 12-28-2004).] IP: Logged
SteveLaRiviere Administrator Posts: 43790 From: Saco, Maine Registered: May 99	posted 12-28-2004 03:47 PM I don't know, this only happened to me once, when I was trying to cut & paste a magazine article. For me, it just cut it off at the end. Try Cut & Paste again. You may need to use two posts. ------------------ '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 IP: Logged
mustangs68 Moderator Posts: 22919 From: Buckroe Beach Va MCA#39406 M&M #12 Member Mustang Club of Tidewater Registered: May 99	posted 12-28-2004 04:53 PM try to paste it into Notepad then split it two Part one and two if needed... Sam IP: Logged
65460 Gearhead Posts: 163 From: Waterford Wis Registered: Dec 2004	posted 12-28-2004 05:15 PM quote: Originally posted by mustangs68: try to paste it into Notepad then split it two Part one and two if needed... Sam Sam, thanks for trying to help, but Im just not too good with computers.Heck, I dont even know what a Notepad is. I already asked the admins to just delete the darn thing, actually both of my attemps Chuck ------------------ 1961 390 Fairlane 1965 460 Galaxie 1989 Mustang GT 2003 Crown Vic Sport IP: Logged
fxcomet Gearhead Posts: 123 From: Lexington, KY Registered: Dec 2004	posted 12-28-2004 05:16 PM Look, just type one word in one post at a time. We'll check back with you in a couple of days when yer done... IP: Logged
n2oMike Gearhead Posts: 2499 From: Spencer, WV Registered: Jan 2001	posted 12-28-2004 05:20 PM Go do a search back on fordmuscle. Click on the blue search button (not the one with the box at the very top right) Search the forum where you posted it, and write YOUR username for the author. Once you find it, highlight what you wrote, right click, then select 'copy' from the list. Then... respond to this post. Put the cursor in the box. Right click and select 'paste'. It will all show up. I don't think it's that long.... Good Luck! ------------------ Mike Burch 66 mustang real street 302 4-speed 289 heads 10.63 @ 129.3 http://www.geocities.com/carbedstangs/cmml_mburch.html http://www.fortunecity.com/silverstone/healey/367 http://www.mustangworks.com/cgi-bin/moi-display.cgi?220 IP: Logged
65460 Gearhead Posts: 163 From: Waterford Wis Registered: Dec 2004	posted 12-28-2004 05:22 PM quote: Originally posted by fxcomet: Look, just type one word in one post at a time. We'll check back with you in a couple of days when yer done... Ah yes, my "friend" Doug. I can always count on you to give me some guff when I do something dumb. ------------------ 1961 390 Fairlane 1965 460 Galaxie 1989 Mustang GT 2003 Crown Vic Sport IP: Logged
n2oMike Gearhead Posts: 2499 From: Spencer, WV Registered: Jan 2001	posted 12-28-2004 05:31 PM Got ya' covered... Driving the 65 yesterday and a guy tells me to "pull over",damn what did I do? He tells me you don't see many 65s,he's got one and lives close, would I like to see it?,Sure I said. We get to the house and there sits a 65 with a 427 SOHC motor ,now it's not for sale but he fired it up and while it didn't sound alot different than my 460 it did give me a woody!(the cool factor).The real kicker is after talking for awhile we both realize he sold me his 70 Torino Cobra about 15 years ago! He bought the engine out of a Hemmings classified ad.It was an old drag motor, came with the injection too, he did a complete rebuild on it. Oh I think I forgot to mention that he also had a AC Cobra he is building, but judging from all the dust and the junk piled on it he hadn't touched it in awhile. ------------------ Mike Burch 66 mustang real street 302 4-speed 289 heads 10.63 @ 129.3 http://www.geocities.com/carbedstangs/cmml_mburch.html http://www.fortunecity.com/silverstone/healey/367 http://www.mustangworks.com/cgi-bin/moi-display.cgi?220 IP: Logged
65460 Gearhead Posts: 163 From: Waterford Wis Registered: Dec 2004	posted 12-28-2004 05:41 PM Thanks Mike. I still dont know what I did to the one I tried to post. ------------------ 1961 390 Fairlane 1965 460 Galaxie 1989 Mustang GT 2003 Crown Vic Sport IP: Logged
SteveLaRiviere Administrator Posts: 43790 From: Saco, Maine Registered: May 99	posted 12-28-2004 05:42 PM Now combining it... {how's this for teamwork?} quote: Originally posted by 65460: Ok, this happened about three years ago and I told this story on "the other web site" so its gona be old news to some of the the FM bunch. My current car is my 65 Galaxie with a 466/535hp crate motor, Just prior to that I owned a 70 Torino Cobra SCJ (this will come into the story later) I'm driving down the road and a guy pulls up next to me in a truck and motions me to pull over, I thought "oh oh, what did I do now". We stop and he says "you dont see many of those anymore",blah, blah, blah. Then he says, I have one with a 427 SOHC motor and would I like to see it < thats what my face looked like. So I follow this guy to his house and he opens the garage door and there is the 65, with junk piled all around it, after clearing a path to the door, he jumps in and lights it up, oh man, I'm in heaven, sweet sounding motor. He pops the hood and what can you say,I mean, Hemis are cool but lately they seem to be a dime a dozen, (with the exception of a Boss 9) this motor is COOL. Anyway we're talking and asks me if I recognize him, Nope, I dont, then he tells me he's the same guy that sold me my Torino (see, I told you it would figure in later on in the story) Buy the way, the Torino got T_boned by a guy about a year after I sold it We get to the house and there sits a 65 with a 427 SOHC motor ,now it's not for sale but he fired it up and while it didn't sound alot different than my 460 it did give me a woody!(the cool factor). The real kicker is after talking for awhile we both realize he sold me his 70 Torino Cobra about 15 years ago! He bought the engine out of a Hemmings classified ad.It was an old drag motor, came with the injection too, he did a complete rebuild on it. Oh I think I forgot to mention that he also had a AC Cobra he is building, but judging from all the dust and the junk piled on it he hadn't touched it in awhile. THE END Hope that wasnt too long or boring, Theres also a short story on the Torino to tell some day. Moral of the story: Sometimes it IS ok to follow strange men home!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! IP: Logged
65460 Gearhead Posts: 163 From: Waterford Wis Registered: Dec 2004	posted 12-28-2004 05:48 PM You guys are great, and I even got the story right the second time (memories going) Ok Steve, I wana here about the $1000.00 Boss 9 ------------------ 1961 390 Fairlane 1965 460 Galaxie 1989 Mustang GT 2003 Crown Vic Sport IP: Logged
Dave Gibson Moderator Posts: 9146 From: Norfolk, Virginia, USA M&M#166 MCA#47921 Registered: Aug 99	posted 12-28-2004 05:57 PM There is a '71 Torino 429 shaker car for sale in South Carolina for $14,900.00. That is if it hasn't already sold. Now that would be Dave & Terri ------------------ '65 Mustang Fastback '02 Explorer XLT I don't suffer from insanity. I enjoy every minute of it! We have enough youth, how about a fountain of smart? Common sense is not so common anymore. IP: Logged
SteveLaRiviere Administrator Posts: 43790 From: Saco, Maine Registered: May 99	posted 12-28-2004 06:04 PM quote: Originally posted by 65460: Ok Steve, I wana here about the $1000.00 Boss 9 This was about '77 or '78, and I was a kid and I used to hang out at a parts store/speed shop and the other guys there were all Mopar and GM guys. One day I went in and one of the guys said "Hey, you're a Ford guy, do you want to buy a Mustang?" He then went on to tell me his mother had a Mustang and she always hated it because it was a piece of crap that always broke down, sucked gas like crazy, and had a manual transmission. {she really hated that part} The last straw was the car suddenly lost oil pressure, and they just wanted it gone. So we went to take a look at it, and there it sat in the garage, a white '69 Boss 429. This guy hated Fords so much he didn't even tell me it was a Boss! A Mustang is a Mustang, he said, they're all pieces of sh*t! It fired right up and we only ran it for a few seconds, but it didn't make any noise but there was no oil pressure. They only wanted $1000. I passed on it! I didn't want an engine I'd have to tear right into and I figured the parts would be expensive on a Boss 429, and at the time I never gave a thought that it could have been a sending unit! I have a permanent mark where I've been kicking myself ever since. ------------------ '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 IP: Logged
Moneymaker Administrator Posts: 26513 From: Lyons, IL, USA Registered: May 99	posted 12-28-2004 06:07 PM ------------------ Alex Denysenko Co-Administrator and Moderator NHRA/IHRA/SRA member and licensed Superstock driver MCA member# 53321 NHRA and IHRA SS/LA & SS/MA National Record Holder '00,'01,'02,'03,& '04 First SS/MA in the TENS! IHRA division 5 Superstock Champion Fleet of FoMoCo products including 88 ASC McLaren Mustang #28 The Barry of BarrysGrrl Quote #1: "I never met a magazine mechanic I liked." Quote #2: "Make sure brain is in gear before engaging mouth!" Quote #3: "If you can't run with the big dogs, stay on the porch!" www.moneymakerracing.com IP: Logged
SteveLaRiviere Administrator Posts: 43790 From: Saco, Maine Registered: May 99	posted 12-28-2004 06:09 PM Its ghost haunts me to this day... ------------------ '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 IP: Logged
fxcomet Gearhead Posts: 123 From: Lexington, KY Registered: Dec 2004	posted 12-28-2004 06:49 PM Ahh, the one's that got away. Had a chance to buy an R Code 66 cyclone (one of about six). No motor but the big spline 4 speed was still there along with the N case rear with 411's. Guy found it in a field and the local farmer buckled the front bumper yankin' it out with his tractor. Amazingly, it was rust free and complete except for the motor. Anyway, guy decides he'd sell it cause he was po'd at his wife for raggin' on him about it all the time. He asked me if $1000 was too much and I 'bout passed out. I arrived the next weekend with truck and trailer and $1200 cash and he mumbled, "Oh, I changed my mind"...Sheesh, talkin about lettin' the air outta a feller's tires...Oh, and Chuck, "what are "friends" for?? IP: Logged
65460 Gearhead Posts: 163 From: Waterford Wis Registered: Dec 2004	posted 12-28-2004 07:26 PM Steve, thats one of those "dont ya wish you knew then what you know now" stories.I thought you were only talking about the engine! Im thinking, damn, thats pretty cheap, figuring you were going to tell me this was 15 or 20 years ago. Im sure there are quite a few more stories like that to tell. ------------------ 1961 390 Fairlane 1965 460 Galaxie 1989 Mustang GT 2003 Crown Vic Sport IP: Logged
SteveLaRiviere Administrator Posts: 43790 From: Saco, Maine Registered: May 99	posted 12-28-2004 07:38 PM It's funny to think, but in the late '70s, Boss 429s were just used cars. I just wish I had a time machine. ------------------ '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 IP: Logged
Dave Gibson Moderator Posts: 9146 From: Norfolk, Virginia, USA M&M#166 MCA#47921 Registered: Aug 99	posted 12-28-2004 07:54 PM quote: Originally posted by SteveLaRiviere: I just wish I had a time machine. You and me both Steve. Dave & Terri ------------------ '65 Mustang Fastback '02 Explorer XLT I don't suffer from insanity. I enjoy every minute of it! We have enough youth, how about a fountain of smart? Common sense is not so common anymore. IP: Logged
STEVEB Journeyman Posts: 45 From: ottawa on. canada Registered: Sep 2004	posted 12-29-2004 09:32 AM Ok this is not a ford story,but it is a one that got away story.It was the sprin of '77 and I was 15 yrs old,my older brother was a real mopar freak at the time and had just had an accident with his 340 Duster that wound up being a write off,he's now out looking for a new car and me being the pesky kid brother I'm tagging along with every trip,the local paper had an ad for a '70 GTX that we go and look at,it turns out to be a '70 GTX HEMI ragtop,its got a little blow by but runs ok all for $1500 bucks,My idiot brother say no thanks I don't like the ragtop idea and walks away,6 months later we find out they only built 17 Hemi GTX ragtops 10 autos 7 4spds,I still rag on him about that to this day. Steve IP: Logged
65460 Gearhead Posts: 163 From: Waterford Wis Registered: Dec 2004	posted 12-29-2004 09:49 AM quote: Originally posted by STEVEB: Ok this is not a ford story,but it is a one that got away story.It was the sprin of '77 and I was 15 yrs old,my older brother was a real mopar freak at the time and had just had an accident with his 340 Duster that wound up being a write off,he's now out looking for a new car and me being the pesky kid brother I'm tagging along with every trip,the local paper had an ad for a '70 GTX that we go and look at,it turns out to be a '70 GTX HEMI ragtop,its got a little blow by but runs ok all for $1500 bucks,My idiot brother say no thanks I don't like the ragtop idea and walks away,6 months later we find out they only built 17 Hemi GTX ragtops 10 autos 7 4spds,I still rag on him about that to this day. Steve OUCH ! ------------------ 1961 390 Fairlane 1965 460 Galaxie 1989 Mustang GT 2003 Crown Vic Sport IP: Logged
DynoTom Journeyman Posts: 3 From: West Allis Wis USA Registered: Dec 2004	posted 12-30-2004 10:33 PM Hi Chuck, I just thought I would drop in this post and lets the guys here see the car your talking about...... It's a real neat car,and neat story! 1965 Galaxie 500 427 S.O.H.C. 4-V 4 speed [IMG]http://groups.msn.com/_Secure/0YwAAALsg4JziL70kjT!ueLxV6ydH33WcDJVmjYc6kUSHTYKkpyKIRiFH3FxVBBDdI*Tlj7hfNWskIQFyQgz8Uhns7GfuLc5uouL5Voh38pVR4r4dcY7ug!Fkh4FTvVGdKSZPy2hJFqkX3IpP MYfzrg/sohc%20galaxie.jpg?dc=4675503846173772873[/ IMG] [This message has been edited by DynoTom (edited 12-30-2004).] IP: Logged
BattlestarOne Gearhead Posts: 248 From: Gettysburg PA USA Registered: Dec 2004	posted 12-30-2004 10:39 PM Tell me it ain't so, Dyno Tom [This message has been edited by BattlestarOne (edited 12-30-2004).] IP: Logged
DynoTom Journeyman Posts: 3 From: West Allis Wis USA Registered: Dec 2004	posted 12-30-2004 10:42 PM Yea, it's me but, I can't figure out how to post a picture? IP: Logged
DynoTom Journeyman Posts: 3 From: West Allis Wis USA Registered: Dec 2004	posted 12-30-2004 10:47 PM Oh well, I gave it a shot at least... Talk with ya later! DT........... IP: Logged
TomP Gearhead Posts: 5822 From: Delta BC Canada Registered: Dec 99	posted 12-30-2004 11:03 PM quote: Originally posted by SteveLaRiviere: I just wish I had a time machine. If you get a time machine Steve, don't buy a cheap crappy one, you'll get to the past and find out it's door latches hadn't been invented yet and it won't let you out. IP: Logged
BattlestarOne Gearhead Posts: 248 From: Gettysburg PA USA Registered: Dec 2004	posted 12-30-2004 11:11 PM I always though the time machine would be neat but I was always afraid it would let me out on a railroad track with a train coming or some other inconvenient situation! IP: Logged
Wayne Brooks Gearhead Posts: 154 From: Winfield, Ks. 67156 Registered: Jan 2003	posted 12-31-2004 09:12 AM Two that didn't get away. Was 18 way back when and was bucking haybales for an old farmer. Needed to move two old cars out of the shed to stack some hay into it. Farmer said he was tired of having to move the cars everytime that he needed into this shed and wanted to know if I knew of anybody that might be interested in hauling them off. Guess what....I just happened to know somebody and me and my dad brought them to a good home. Only cost me my wages for hauling the hay that day. Back then about $3.00 per hour. I still have both of them at home inside. They were two completely origin 1932 5-window Ford Coupes. Oh, almost forgot, about 5-6 years later the same old farmer sold me another one that he had in another shed that I didn't know about....another 32 Ford coupe...however this one is a 3-window. All I can say is I all but stole it. It's also inside up home, still. I know this was long, but can't a guy brag once inawhile about something smart he did as a teenager!!! IP: Logged
fxcomet Gearhead Posts: 123 From: Lexington, KY Registered: Dec 2004	posted 12-31-2004 09:19 AM Great story, Wayne!! I'd love to see some pics sometime! Too bad things like don't happen as often as they once did. IP: Logged
Wayne Brooks Gearhead Posts: 154 From: Winfield, Ks. 67156 Registered: Jan 2003	posted 12-31-2004 09:29 AM The cars are about 300 miles away, still at my folks old farm. Actually, I have two 27 model T's and two 1930 model A's keeping them company. The folks collect old Cushmen motorscooter and dad has at least 20 of them. He keeps the place pretty closely guarded. I will try to snap a couple of pics the next time that I am home. IP: Logged
7DMACH1 Gearhead Posts: 2462 From: PHILA. PA. Registered: Feb 2001	posted 12-31-2004 11:09 AM My friends SOHC. ------------------ *PHOTO ALBUMS http://community.webshots.com/user/7dmach1* *CRUISE NIGHT WEB SITE http://www.geocities.com/phillycruisenite/* *CAR SHOWS AND OTHER EVENTS http://www.delvalracing.net/Forums/index.php?act=calendar* [This message has been edited by 7DMACH1 (edited 12-31-2004).] IP: Logged
65460 Gearhead Posts: 163 From: Waterford Wis Registered: Dec 2004	posted 12-31-2004 11:20 AM quote: Originally posted by 7DMACH1: My friends SOHC. Thats cool, and different too. ------------------ Chuck 1961 390 Fairlane 1965 460 Galaxie 1989 Mustang GT 2003 Crown Vic Sport IP: Logged
7DMACH1 Gearhead Posts: 2462 From: PHILA. PA. Registered: Feb 2001	posted 12-31-2004 12:36 PM Here's the first one we built. A Boss 429. ------------------ *PHOTO ALBUMS http://community.webshots.com/user/7dmach1* *CRUISE NIGHT WEB SITE http://www.geocities.com/phillycruisenite/* *CAR SHOWS AND OTHER EVENTS http://www.delvalracing.net/Forums/index.php?act=calendar* [This message has been edited by 7DMACH1 (edited 12-31-2004).] IP: Logged
BlueMule Gearhead Posts: 1494 From: Kent Island, MD USA Registered: Sep 2002	posted 12-31-2004 12:54 PM quote: Originally posted by 7DMACH1: My friends SOHC. Real nice dude there. Met him and the red car at Carlisle a couple-3 years back. He didn't even get p!ssed from me slobbering on the car. Is he bringing it out this year? ------------------ -Paul 70 Mach1 351C/FMX 79 Ranchero GT 302 smogger/C4 97 Expedition XLT 5.4 00 SVT f150 Lightning 4149 of 4966 Born on: 06/26/2000 'If you're not the lead dog, the view never changes.' [This message has been edited by BlueMule (edited 12-31-2004).] IP: Logged
7DMACH1 Gearhead Posts: 2462 From: PHILA. PA. Registered: Feb 2001	posted 12-31-2004 01:31 PM The two guys you talked to don't own the cars anymore. They sold both of them to another friend of ours. The black one is being tubbed and is going to be about 500 cid of Boss 429. It wont be done for another year. The red one he drives around the Philly suburbs. We built those cars back in the 80's. Firts the black one had a 460 in it, and the red one had a 429scj. Then they bought the Boss and Sohc motors and we changed them. The guy that owns them now shares a big garage with me. Three of us have 6 cars in there. ------------------ *PHOTO ALBUMS http://community.webshots.com/user/7dmach1* *CRUISE NIGHT WEB SITE http://www.geocities.com/phillycruisenite/* *CAR SHOWS AND OTHER EVENTS http://www.delvalracing.net/Forums/index.php?act=calendar* IP: Logged
GTRocks Gearhead Posts: 3750 From: Lusby, MD Registered: Jun 99	posted 12-31-2004 01:39 PM Mine was in about '94 or so. I went to a show in Indian Head and a guy was selling his '68 Fastback R code. It was complete, but needed some cosmetics (paint mainly). He wanted $10k, which I couldn't have done without a loan, and with little ones at home it would have tightened my belt a bit too much. I should have bought and resold it. Probably coulda doubled my money. I got those marks on my backside over that one too. IP: Logged