Why so high?

[SRT Hellcat]

roscobbc said:

.don't Contach owners have a similar issue and generally reverse with half their body out of the car....?

Edited by roscobbc on Sunday 19th March 20:40

Yes it is quite commonplace to sit with your bum on the wide cill section of the Countach with the scissor door up of course so that you can reverse the car with greater visibility. You are not going to have that luxury with the Mustang.

[urquattroGus]

rat rod said:

Looks a hoot, Must be the ultimate sleeper !!!, 60 Chevy Biscayne 4dr,

409 stroked to 421ci with a 4 speed Mucie. On Car&Classic .

https://www.carandclassic.com/l/C1561937

This was for sale last year, also listed on FB for £19k

Do like the look of it although it's in Devon and not sure about the paint etc.

[rat rod]

urquattroGus said:

rat rod said:

Looks a hoot, Must be the ultimate sleeper !!!, 60 Chevy Biscayne 4dr,

409 stroked to 421ci with a 4 speed Mucie. On Car&Classic .

https://www.carandclassic.com/l/C1561937

This was for sale last year, also listed on FB for £19k

Do like the look of it although it's in Devon and not sure about the paint etc.

It's still om FB at £19K, not sure if it's a recent relist or a older out of date ad , from memory the area was Deven,

Maybe same seller trying his luck for a little bit more on C&C,

Rat look patina paintwork works well and doesn't look rusty but difficult to tell on the photo's.

[P5BNij]

aeropilot said:

rat rod said:

P5BNij said:

I don't like those larger wheels at all, I get why some do but to me they spoil the overall look of a car completely. Get some 15 inch Torque Thrusts on it, quick!

In amongst the Mustangs on c&c I've just noticed this pair of RHD soft tops, a '71 and a '72, as I've said I don't really want a rag top but it must be unusual to see two right hookers for sale at the same time...

https://www.carandclassic.com/car/C1363518

https://www.carandclassic.com/car/C1482450 (dash looks a mess where another stereo has been fitted)

I had a look at this '73 'breadvan' at Stoneleigh back in 2019, it looked very nice in the metal, but as much as I like the shape the rearward view when reversing in or out of the garage must be minimal...

https://www.carandclassic.com/car/C1536240

Edited by P5BNij on Sunday 19th March 15:42

Not keen on them

I've never really been a fan either. Only 1971 or later yank I like is a bull-nose T/A.
There's not a big list of post 1966 stuff I like either, what there is is all the mega expensive stuff....

I prefer the hardtop to the 'Sportsroof' breadvan with the '71 to '73 Mustangs anyway, at least there's a chance of being able to see something out the back when reversing...



I like the 'plain Jane' '69s / '70s too but they hardly ever come up for sale and I've only ever seen one at a show, most examples from these two years that are advertised seem to be Mach 1s or Boss 302s...



'73 Buick Lesabre, can't be many of these in the UK, a bit more 'Streets Of San Francisco' than 'Kojak' in appearance... the front end is a lot more restrained than most '70s yanks...

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/325581040029?hash=item4...

Edited by P5BNij on Monday 20th March 13:20

Edited by P5BNij on Monday 20th March 13:25

Edited by P5BNij on Monday 20th March 13:25

[rat rod]

P5BNij said:

I prefer the hardtop to the 'Sportsroof' breadvan with the '71 to '73 Mustangs anyway, at least there's a chance of being able to see something out the back when reversing...



I like the 'plain Jane' '69s / '70s too but they hardly ever come up for sale and I've only ever seen one at a show, most examples from these two years that are advertised seem to be Mach 1s or Boss 302s...



'73 Buick Lesabre, can't be many of these in the UK, a bit more 'Streets Of San Francisco' than 'Kojak' in appearance... the front end is a lot more restrained than most '70s yanks...

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/325581040029?hash=item4...

Edited by P5BNij on Monday 20th March 13:20

Edited by P5BNij on Monday 20th March 13:25

Edited by P5BNij on Monday 20th March 13:25

Quite a good looking thing being coupe ,as you say more Kojak in 4 dr form.

Good entry level into the American car scene ,gets you into show instead

of the public car park and probably want see another one there.

[newsatten]

roscobbc said:

newsatten said:

I quite liked my 71' Mach one, proper product of it time, mine had a full custom paint, rolling banners, rebel flags ,the works, full draylon red trime, twin glass sunroofs etc....................................

would go sideways at a touch of the loud peddle, but i reality it was a rusted turd, and that was 1981 ish??
still great fun though.....................
and drove light years better than the 68's

Newsatten is on the button summing up the 71' to '73 'breadvans' - that one of his seems vaguely familiar (did it do the show circuits) - even though larger and heavier than Mustangs before it (and after) it had better front/rear balance and was better placed to put the power down than earlier cars......mine, with its 429 SCJ lump, C6 and factory 4.11 detroit locker would naturally light-up the rugs in 1st. Also changing-up in to second. And on a dry tarmac surface would easily 'chirp' its 295/50 BFG's going in to third. But it was like the current Camaro inside - similar in terms of driver visibility to being in a 1930's Post Office letter box or Sherman tank looking out of a narrow 'slot'. With its dashboard set so high you would have to sit-up really straight in your drivers seat to have a chance of peering-up and over the top of it. Side windows that set at chin level and were too high to rest your arm on........probably a good thing as to reverse-up and see behind (with its virtually horizontal rear window) you needed to use your left arm to lever and prop your body up to try and twist your head around outside the window to see behind you.......and at the same time manage to keep your right foot covering the brake pedal as you attempt to back-up.................don't Contach owners have a similar issue and generally reverse with half their body out of the car....?

Edited by roscobbc on Sunday 19th March 20:40

Yeah think it was a regular around the shows back in it’s day
It got PX’d against a XK 140 or the like !
And I brought it from the dealer/restoration business Rapid Motors in Herne Bay

Very long time ago, but I remember it well coz as stated it did have a evil streak and tried to kill me on several occasions
A heavy right foot and it just went sideways
Seriously good fun, but driven sensibly it was nice and quiet refined for a Yank, it had a FMX box which wasn’t Fords finest hour, and a shifter very similar to the ones in a Capri??
Cruise O matic ….., right on brother

[P5BNij]

'66 Plymouth Fury III, 318 Auto just appeared on c&c today...

https://www.carandclassic.com/car/C1562913

[LeighW]

newsatten said:

I quite liked my 71' Mach one, proper product of it time, mine had a full custom paint, rolling banners, rebel flags ,the works, full draylon red trime, twin glass sunroofs etc....................................

Must have been fun times...

Edited the pic for erm, reasons.

[aeropilot]

LeighW said:

Must have been fun times...

Edited the pic for erm, reasons.

I wonder if she shows that to her grandchildren......

[newsatten]

aeropilot said:

LeighW said:

Must have been fun times...

Edited the pic for erm, reasons.

I wonder if she shows that to her grandchildren......

Great tits !
Still got that issue, and the one when Elvis left the Room
And about 4 boxes of all the others
Just couldn’t bin em !!

And yes mine was similar but candy red flake
And twin mirror glass sunroofs,
Posh or what!!
Red Draylon tuck and roll hight back seats the whole nine yards!
Fabulous car, and fabulous times I grew up in,
And so much more fun than theses strange times,

[P5BNij]

aeropilot said:

LeighW said:

Must have been fun times...

Edited the pic for erm, reasons.

I wonder if she shows that to her grandchildren......

For a moment there I thought it was Kate Bush! Oh and Leigh, you've put the decimal point in the wrong place...


'76 Camaro down in Cornwall, not keen on that big front bumper but it's a nice colour..

https://www.carandclassic.com/car/C1418117

(Looks loke that white Firebird soft top has sold)

Edited by P5BNij on Monday 20th March 19:43

[LeighW]

P5BNij said:

...Bush!

Well it was the 70s.

P5BNij said:

'76 Camaro down in Cornwall, not keen on that big front bumper but it's a nice colour..

https://www.carandclassic.com/car/C1418117

(Looks loke that white Firebird soft top has sold)

Nice colour, very similar to my BMW. I'm assuming you've seen Rogue86's thread on his?

https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...

Yep, I noticed the Firebird ad had ended. £15k was cheap.

[LeighW]

newsatten said:

Great tits !
Still got that issue, and the one when Elvis left the Room
And about 4 boxes of all the others
Just couldn’t bin em !!

I was browsing for old Street Machine mags etc on ebay, saw that Custom Car and thought of your Mustang.

Imagine a car mag having that front page now!

[aeropilot]

urquattroGus said:

rat rod said:

Looks a hoot, Must be the ultimate sleeper !!!, 60 Chevy Biscayne 4dr,

409 stroked to 421ci with a 4 speed Mucie. On Car&Classic .

https://www.carandclassic.com/l/C1561937

This was for sale last year, also listed on FB for £19k

Do like the look of it although it's in Devon and not sure about the paint etc.

A 409 is not a cheap thing to rebuild these days, you're talking a 5 figure some!

While it is a more door version, its a manual and a 409, so would make a great moonshine runner replica
Just need to remove that Hurst sticker from the fender, and sort out some proper wheels for it etc., and remove that horrible air filter unit

[rat rod]

P5BNij said:

'66 Plymouth Fury III, 318 Auto just appeared on c&c today...

https://www.carandclassic.com/car/C1562913

A mate of mine use to own that Fury, around 18/20 years ago never seen such a rusty car ,

When they took the vinyl roof off they found more rust than roof ,same went for the rest of the bodywork.

He was going to leave the vinyl roof off but had to put a new one on just to hide the filler,

Seen it doing the rounds over the years ,not sure if anyone has ever restored the car properly or just kept patching it up.

[rat rod]

LeighW said:

Nice colour, very similar to my BMW. I'm assuming you've seen Rogue86's thread on his?

https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...

Yep, I noticed the Firebird ad had ended. £15k was cheap.

Was going up to look at the white Firebird convertible on Saterday with a mate of mine who just seems to

buy Pontiacs and Falcons . He emailed the seller to ask what was the 400 engine out of that is fitted now ,

He replied saying it was out of a 74 Firebird so would be down on power compared th a 60's 400,

Admitted it was still a cheap car being quite rare but lost interest in it with that engine fitted

Edited by rat rod on Monday 20th March 22:15

[roscobbc]

rat rod said:

P5BNij said:

'66 Plymouth Fury III, 318 Auto just appeared on c&c today...

https://www.carandclassic.com/car/C1562913

A mate of mine use to own that Fury, around 18/20 years ago never seen such a rusty car ,

When they took the vinyl roof off they found more rust than roof ,same went for the rest of the bodywork.

He was going to leave the vinyl roof off but had to put a new one on just to hide the filler,

Seen it doing the rounds over the years ,not sure if anyone has ever restored the car properly or just kept patching it up.

No disrespect intended to Fury owners.......but I've always wondered if first time yank buyers choose a Plymouth Fury because it sounds like its going to be a fast, powerful car with this name?

[rat rod]

roscobbc said:

rat rod said:

P5BNij said:

'66 Plymouth Fury III, 318 Auto just appeared on c&c today...

https://www.carandclassic.com/car/C1562913

A mate of mine use to own that Fury, around 18/20 years ago never seen such a rusty car ,

When they took the vinyl roof off they found more rust than roof ,same went for the rest of the bodywork.

He was going to leave the vinyl roof off but had to put a new one on just to hide the filler,

Seen it doing the rounds over the years ,not sure if anyone has ever restored the car properly or just kept patching it up.

No disrespect intended to Fury owners.......but I've always wondered if first time yank buyers choose a Plymouth Fury because it sounds like its going to be a fast, powerful car with this name?

American cars have some wonderful macho names unlike most British and European cars ,for example Austin Maestro and Austin Maxi ,must have taken

several board meeting to come up with those names with the Japs being just as bad coming up with names like the Mitsubishi Carisma,

Compare that with Thunderbird,Trans Am,Firebird,Mustang ,Charger,Challenger,Roadrunner .GTO ,Fury ,only in America.

Edited by rat rod on Tuesday 21st March 01:52

[P5BNij]

LeighW said:

P5BNij said:

...Bush!

Well it was the 70s.

P5BNij said:

'76 Camaro down in Cornwall, not keen on that big front bumper but it's a nice colour..

https://www.carandclassic.com/car/C1418117

(Looks loke that white Firebird soft top has sold)

Nice colour, very similar to my BMW. I'm assuming you've seen Rogue86's thread on his?

https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...

Yep, I noticed the Firebird ad had ended. £15k was cheap.

Yes I’ve been reading that, it’s a great thread on a great car

[roscobbc]

rat rod said:

American cars have some wonderful macho names unlike most British and European cars ,for example Austin Maestro and Austin Maxi ,must have taken

several board meeting to come up with those names with the Japs being just as bad coming up with names like the Mitsubishi Carisma,

Compare that with Thunderbird,Trans Am,Firebird,Mustang ,Charger,Challenger,Roadrunner .GTO ,Fury ,only in America.

Edited by rat rod on Tuesday 21st March 01:52

Amazing really..........Mitsubishi's Charisma (Carisma?) - the very opposite of the car's name........a car so bland and characterless the name sticks with it for being so wrong!........think about some of these names - Hillman Hunter (rusted so badly it one was always 'hunting' for scrapyards to dump them) - Hillman Minx, (naughty, saucy little car - always getting you in trouble.......) - Singer Chamois (wiped out by unreliability)