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To: yarddog
As the owner of a beautiful ‘66 Mustang GT convertible; cars of this era, relative to modern cars, had poor build quality, poor handling, terrible brakes, awful ergonomics, burned gas like it cost 25 cents a gallon....but had a lot of character.

Ford doesn't build these. They are manufactured by Dynacorn which makes reproduction parts for may classic cars. If Ford built a complete car with this body it would weigh an extra 1000 pounds to meet government regulations...actually they already build this car. It's a 2012 Mustang.

43 posted on 10/29/2011 8:46:43 AM PDT by Oliver Boliver Butt
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To: Oliver Boliver Butt

Great post.
I have a 67 Camaro and was about to post a similar comment.

It’s fun to drive to Dairy Queen but it has many shortcomings as a daily use car.


49 posted on 10/29/2011 8:53:03 AM PDT by nascarnation (DEFEAT BARAQ 2012 DEPORT BARAQ 2013)
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To: Oliver Boliver Butt

Speak for yourself.

My olds 88 was as solid as could be. It handled like a sports car, I could do 180’s in it with ease. It did have positraction which made a noise as long as I had the car but it never tore up.

When we got married my wife had a brand new Olds Cutlass with a 350. When we drove across country to my first job and our first home, every time we gassed up the old 65 with a 425 took considerably less gas.

When I sold it with over 200,000 miles, it was still not using oil. It ran like a muscle car which with 370 HP, I guess it was. It was about as good a car as it was possible to have.


53 posted on 10/29/2011 9:04:48 AM PDT by yarddog
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