When my Uncle Junior went off to Vietnam, he put a red 69 Boss Mustang up on blocks in Great Granddads barn.
I don’t know what ever became of that car.
Does any part of this sound familiar?
“When Steve took possession of the 1966 fastback Mustang it still only had 41,050 miles on it because no one had been successful in getting it running. “I replaced the fuel tank, carb, battery, and fluids; still it wouldn’t start,” said Steve. But then he found out why, telling us, “The reason goes way back to when the car was recovered from the brother that returned the car. It seems that out of anger he cut the fuel line to the fuel pump and taped up both ends.” That was it! A spite-filled sabotage job that would have taken two minutes to enact halted this A-Code fastback at 41,050 miles for well over three decades. “
Fishy
Troubleshooting checklist:
1. Is gas getting to carb
2. Is there a spark
I remember the first one which appeared in my home town. It was a white six cylinder 3 on the floor. It seems like it was $2350 but I could be wrong.
It was purchased by the owner of the local hamburger hangout.
I know a barn that’s hiding a 65 Mustang. My brother in law has it in his mom’s barn. He hasn’t even looked at it for 25 years.
My son lives there and took the cover off a while ago. Said it needs a pretty full restoration.
I know where a 1956 F-250 with a 292 V8 is located. Last time I saw it, it was up to 5,000 miles. It is a work truck owned by a very large Summer retreat.
It had been used to carry fire equipment for most of it’s life but was a welding truck last I knew.
The most surprising thing to me was the original tires were still on it. Looked almost new. It was always kept in a large garage/storage building.
“It seems that out of anger he cut the fuel line to the fuel pump and taped up both ends.” That was it! A spite-filled sabotage job that would have taken two minutes to enact halted this A-Code fastback at 41,050 miles for well over three decades. “
There must have been so pretty dumb people working on that car if they could not figure that one out for so long. Any one with any diagnostic ability would have figured that out very quickly.
I hope he kept the original engine block. The bad cylinder can easily be re-sleeved, and then the car is 100% matching numbers
1968 Ford put 302’s in instead of 289’s. A 302 into a 66 would require motor mounts and much more. Really a silly thing to do.
The 289 was(is) a much groovier deal.
Weird article.
Yes I’ve had quite a few over the last 60 years.
In the summer of 1966 I fell in love with the whole Ferrari, Lamborghini, Jaguar XKE fastback look but couldn’t afford anything like that. So I polished up my ‘59 Impala and traded for a 1965 Mustang 2+2 with a 289/225 V-8 with a 4 speed and the crappiest shifter I’ve ever encountered. Drove it to college for 2 years before entering the USAF. While in Korea for a year Dad drove it occasionally to keep the battery up. Upon my return I got married and we drove it down Hwy 1 from San Francisco before heading to my next duty station Las Vegas. Blew the heater core and the water pump bypass hose on the way but arrived safe. Got the drag racing bug in Vegas and modified my car to run low 14’s before the heads and limited displacement became prohibitive. Loved that car but moved on to a 1969 SS396 Camaro.