So when are you going to get yourself another pony car and go touring with us? You sound like our kind of gal!

BJ Lexington, KY

 

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"Yes, the above represents how ignorant America has become, as a result of a failed educational system, where mental discipline and precision of thinking is no longer valued."

I would actually be a failure of the 1980's school system since I graduated from Baylor University in 1989.
Your personal attack and superior attitude are tiring. I am new to this forum but I would not expect your behaviour to be tolerated. I'll stick to lurking.

 

Billy,


Don't let him get to you.... You started a great thread and I've enjoyed remembering !!! Don't let one bad apple spoil the pie.. Are you coming to the Excursion thing this summer?
Thanks again for the great thread!!

One of the "kids these days"

Beth, 46 and loving being called a kid!!

 

Oh man if I could find what I'm looking for!!! I'm thinking a 66 conv. again but my real goosebump car is the KR500...... my dream of dream car...

I get goofy just thinking about it.....
Beth

 

I had a friend of mine who had a 1965 Mustang convertible that was white with a black top and red pony interior. It had a 289 and a three speed on the floor and it was his baby. He was an accounting controller for Square D corporation and an employee at their Schamberg, IL plant wigged out and stabbed him and killed him in 1993. At his widow's request, I took it to Wilmore, KY to Kentucky Underground Storage. I stalled the engine with Marvel Mystery Oil, put it up on jackstands, drained the fuel tank and removed the battery. We put a fitted cloth cover on it and then covered it with plastic. I wouldn't be surprised if it's still down there. Since it's a steady moisture controlled 56 degrees, it should have survived without any problems except for rubber deterioration.

They were certainly neat cars. As I'm sure you already know, Lee Iacocca essentially took the Ford Falcon platform and rebodied it making it one of the most successful cars of the era. I always loved the styling of them.

BJ Lexington, KY

 

What comes to mind when I see "posts" like this...is a quote from our founding fathers..."I MAY DISAGREE WITH WHAT YOU SAY, BUT I WILL DEFEND TO THE DEATH YOUR RIGHT TO SAY IT..."

Your "post" points out the obvious. These days, questioning the "politically correct" dictatorship is considered a "bad" thing.

Sure, my request that some of you come over and stand next to my own EXCUSRION, and screech the word "classic" at it, to see if it will change its shape, and become a large, elegant, super luxury car of the 1920's or 1930's is inflammatory. BECAUSE IT FORCES YOU TO THINK HOW SILLY IT IS TO TOSS THE WORD 'CLASSIC' AROUND! !

The idea of questioning the "established truths" are what led to the birth of this country, and eventually lead us to become the most attractive place to live, an industrial giant. Just like ancient Rome, once they changed from a representative republic, to a dictatorship of Emperors who told people what to think, and what not to question, we are headed down-hill.

The desire to silence anyone who disagrees with you, is not a new phenomena limited to raw animal hatred for anyone who questions the status quo. It is a human condition.

I see nothing wrong with anyone calling their EXCURSION anything they want. I do see something VERY scary about people who think when you ask them to THINK about why they do that...should be silenced.

 

I tell you what guys in the year 2020 and beyond the cars and truck of yesterday all will be old and bulky and if u want to call em classic by all means , the future in the usa will be like japan and china with limits of how big cars and trucks are built and are made. look threw the future cars they are smaller every thing is getting smaller... if my X is still running i cant wait to drive it next to a Yugo looking futuristic car and look down at them and say " I can fit 5 of those in my truck"

 

[QUOTE=whjco]I had a friend of mine who had a 1965 Mustang convertible that was white with a black top and red pony interior. It had a 289 and a three speed on the floor and it was his baby. He was an accounting controller for Square D corporation and an employee at their Schamberg, IL plant wigged out and stabbed him and killed him in 1993. At his widow's request, I took it to Wilmore, KY to Kentucky Underground Storage. I stalled the engine with Marvel Mystery Oil, put it up on jackstands, drained the fuel tank and removed the battery. We put a fitted cloth cover on it and then covered it with plastic. I wouldn't be surprised if it's still down there. Since it's a steady moisture controlled 56 degrees, it should have survived without any problems except for rubber deterioration.

They were certainly neat cars. As I'm sure you already know, Lee Iacocca essentially took the Ford Falcon platform and rebodied it making it one of the most successful cars of the era. I always loved the styling of them.}


I'LL TAKE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! To think that these cars almost never made it to market for a 17.00 item is very scary as welll. Ever hear about that?

Beth

 

Beth,

No, I wasn't aware of that. What happened?

BJ Lexington, KY

 

Myself and several others have already previously made statements that we agree with you on some points. This is a forum and is certainly an appropriate place for discussion of differing opinions and perspectives and no one has been trying to silence you. Unfortunately, you choose to attempt to make your points in a way that's unnecessarily nasty and hurtful to folks and well beyond the limits of normal civil discourse. It's just not appropriate nor necessary to debase other people to get your points across. Please understand that I'm merely reacting to the methods by which you choose to present yourself and your views and not trying to silence nor insult you.

If you want respect, then try giving some.

I'm sure the folks on this forum are probably sick of the two of us by now. What do you say we give it a rest?

BJ Lexington, KY

 

Had something to do with shock housing, I'll have to look it up again.. Lots of neat facts about the Mustang...... When looking for my first Mustang many years ago, I found the fast way to figure out the difference between a 1964 1/2 (which by the way is really just an early 65 ) and a later model 65 was the early ones had a dash light that said "GEN" instead of "ALT"... All this talk makes me want to go shopping for one again!!! Oh another fun fact the name- Iacocca had no strong preference for the name. Some of the other choices where Allegro, Aventura, Cougar, Turino and I think a few more, it's been to long....

Happy Monday
Beth

 

Beth,

Actually, wasn't Lee Iacocca the one that was responsible for the Mustang?

If you ever get serious about looking for another one, let me know and I'll see what I can shake out of the bushes. I'm not a dealer - just a hobbiest. I've known of a couple of nice Mustangs over the past 4 years that have been sold by friends. Most were 1965 - 1967 models. Mostly the 2 drs and one was a 2 + 2. I could even follow up on the convertible that we stashed in the mine in 1993.

As to the dash of the 1964 1/2 vs. the 1965, wasn't the '64 1/2 actually a Falcon dashboard?

My father was a Chevrolet man and that's what I grew up with. We had mostly station wagons. One was a 1955 2 door station wagon. It wasn't a Nomad, just a basic 210 type but I've only seen two others since he traded it in on a 1960 Chevy Parkwood wagon.

My wife's dad drove a Packard and she loved that car. It was a sad day for her when he traded it in on a 1963 Dodge.

BJ

 

Oh yes , Iacocca was the guy behind the design and looking for the new sports car for Ford...but the name he was not so sure about.. Henry Ford II wanted it to be the Thunderbird II. Funny thing, One of the guys from the Ford ad agency went out looking for bird names and had come up with Falcon for the 1960 ford falcon and found out that Falcon had been used by Chrysler for a 1950ish experimental sports car. I think Henry II had to call Chrysler and ask to use the name! Can you imagine that happening now????? Anyway the list of horse names came up Colt,Bronco,Pinto and Maverick as you know all were used for cars, Dodge colt and everything else was used by ford some of which I would love to forget......

The Pinto, OMG!!!!

OK, all this talk REALLY does have me thinking again about that Mustang my husband still owes me, so yeah, anything that comes up I'll be interested in thinking about...
THANKS!!

Beth

 

I'd rather have a Pinto than a Vega! Although, I did like the looks of them when they first came out.

BJ Lexington, KY

 

I almost hate to say this, but I have a friend that has a Vega in storage...


He is a very, ummm, interesting person......