Posted on 10/08/2006 5:20:54 PM PDT by GretchenM
You know I used to think Lucas made total crap, until I started working on VWs. Bosch gives Lucas something to step in.
Trust me! It was the 390. I don't think they made too many of them, but it did ship. It was the engine that fell between the 351 and the 427. I got the car around the end of the production year, and it was a "love at first sight" purchase. I had taken my boss -- who was new to the Seattle area -- to the Ford dealer on a Tuesday evening, and saw the car sitting in the lot. By Saturday I had my loan worked out with the credit union and drove the car off that same lot!
I had a friend who had one of these Javelins, only without the spoiler. And then he did some work to jack up the power more. Lord he could drive that thing and boy did it move. He finally sold it because he was afraid he was going to kill himself.
I had approximately this same Mustang. Black vinyl top, green paint. Circa 1972/73. Wonderful car.
You owned an MGB also, huh? That was the cutest lil' pup, and could steer on a dime - on the occasions it wasn't in for repairs. But the biggest problem was the *%?!#$!!! British-made electrical system.
There's nothing like the thrill of driving at night on a freeway with a lot of 18 wheelers and having all the MGB lights go out. The truckers couldn't see you anymore, but you could still see their hubcaps at eye level.
The funniest thing is, though, that I still have fond memories of a few fun times with it. When it was good it was very, very good, but when it was bad......:)
Had more character than Ford's entire output from 1980-2000.
And it definitely bears no resemblance to the Aztek.
When you walk around London and see the traffic & parking problems, the Smart Car indeed appears smart.
Most London traffic moves about about 20 mph max so a hard impact is unlikely.
You are right, of course, but don't forget the target market: the very idiots you reference who judge everything strictly on appearances and have that gifted insight into who should drive what.
This is why 'environmentalists' and 'animal lovers' will try to prevent the necessary culling of deer herds who destroy vegetation even in their own backyards and the same people who will never go to bat for an endangered snake or reptile.
As Mike McConnell of WLW Radio in Cincinnati says, 'the bigger and browner the eyes, the more activists will try to save it.'
LOL! I trust you but not so sure of my memory.
Engines Available for 1969 Mustang.
Engines
200cid 1V 6-cyl 115 hp T Code
250cid 1V 6-cyl 155 hp L Code
302cid 2V V-8 220 hp F Code
302cid 4V V-8 290 hp Boss G Code
351cid 2V V-8 250 hp H Code
351cid* 4V V-8 290 hp M Code
390cid 4V V-8 320 hp S Code
428cid 4V V-8 335 hp Cobra Jet Q Code
428cid* 4V V-8 335 hp Cobra Jet-R R Code
429cid 4V V-8 376 hp Boss Z Code
* Also available on Shelbys
Chicken, it could have been your great-grandmother driving your MGB, and every cop and state trooper would be waiting to cull the MGB out of any speeding herd of cars and give the MGB driver a ticket.
Dunno why, but the MGB was a real speeding ticket magnet, I never received so many tickets before or after I drove that British racing green beauty.
Should have been named the Amazon......
You guys are right, the 390ci was available for the 1969 Mustang.
I had thought the 390ci had been dropped by 1969 but not so. In 1970 I spotted a used 69 Boss 429 Mustang on a car lot. The asking price was $2,995.00. It was a bargain but no way could I afford it at the time. The same year I found a 427 Cobra on a Exotic Sports Car lot in Memphis, price $12,500.00. Those were the good old days.
A little known fact was that you could bolt a 390ci into a 1957 or older Ford car. Another bolt-in was the large 430ci Lincoln, Edsel engines into the older Fords. You could run rings around the 283 Chevy guys. Heh!
but the MGB was a real speeding ticket magnet
I was even caught by the police airplane on our local interstate.
Glad to hear it wasnt my long curly auburn hair, or my then perfect figure and gorgeous smile.
There's nothing like the thrill of driving at night on a freeway with a lot of 18 wheelers and having all the MGB lights go out. The truckers couldn't see you anymore, but you could still see their hubcaps at eye level.
My B was bad, but never THAT bad. Lord Almighty!
You know I used to think Lucas made total crap, until I started working on VWs. Bosch gives Lucas something to step in.
REALLY??
Boy that makes me feel better. I thought I had the shortest stick.
That little Brit car was high maintenance, but there was an almost Zen quality to her upkeep.
You are a man who appreciates the finer things in life.
The Pacer (and the Corvair, the MGB, and others) show up in FReeper comments throughout the post, along with more than a few horror stories.
One of my brothers had a Corvair. What a piece of work THAT was.
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