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Rust-MyEnemy
11/11/08

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In my fantasy, this car is owned by a nineteen year old called Chloe. She has long brunette hair, a Springsteen CD in her deck and a propensity for lesbianism when drunk with her girlfriends.

In reality, this is probably owned by Ken. He listens to My Chemical Romance and calls everyone "Dude". He likes his Stang which he bought from a friend, but has seen those Rav4s driving around and thinks they're really cool...
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SundaySunday
11/11/08

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Gotta give it up for the daily driven classic 'Stang, and this one is in remarkably good shape. I'd ditch those wheels though. Even American Racing wheels in straight chrome would look better. As far as this era Mustang is concerned, I've always preferred the grille treatment on the 1970 over that of the '69.
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MushyHeirloom
11/11/08

@SundaySunday: A gas station/greasepit around here has an '80s Ford panel van with their logo on it and a set of those AR wheels parked out front. It'd be a fun van if they ever sold it off.
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MushyHeirloom
11/11/08

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This is certainly better than the later (Malaiseriffic) models. And even if the gold stripe-thing is a bit tacky, I actually like the wheels somehow.

Hey, for a vinyl roof, that's not even that bad.
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Graverobber
11/11/08

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Mustang's always were a bit bi-polar (no, not that POLAR) available as both rip-snorting pony cars and as sporty secretary's rides. This one appears to fall into the latter category, and it is a very clean example thereof. I can almost see the original owner, a flight attendant, all up hairdo, mini skirt and go go boots. Very Mod Squad.

Those wheels are the one discordant note, feeling like a kazoo interlude in the middle of the Brandenburg Concerto. Easily rectified however.
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Serious Mopar Jones- Incurable
11/11/08

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I've always prefered the '67-'70 nose to the earlier model, and I'm almost always a fan of vinyl tops, but this one looks too "busy".

It also should go without saying that fastback > notchback.
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jasper911
11/11/08

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Throw on some knobby tires a grille guard, a winch and a bunch of switches and it could be akin to the Melanie Griffith "Cherry 2000" 'Stang. I truly loved that car. Always thought the treatment would lend so well to an 80s Chrysler Filth Ave. Didn't Mary Tyler Moore have a Mustang like this?

Yeah, that Ford truck in the background looks like one of those Super Camper Specials with the long wheel base and all.

As for the survivorship of Mustangs v. Camaros. Just about anyone can adapt and fit into Mustang ownership. But it takes a certain, somewhat more dangerous moxie to drive a Camaro. You know...a bitchin' Camaro.
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MushyHeirloom
11/11/08

@jasper911: I do think a Mustang that could run over your neighbors would be freakin' cool (so would an M-body).
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Rican5.0
11/11/08

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One of the very few 'Stangs I don't like, overly squared and, is that a vinyl roof? ...ugh, just ugh.
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OctaneBoaster
11/11/08

@Rican5.0: Have to agree with Rican. This was the year that all the pony cars got bloated. Then the HP's started shrinking. Give me the smaller, lighter ones any day.
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scroggzilla raids again
11/11/08

@OctaneBoaster: But 69/70 was also the Boss 302/Trans-Am Mustang era....and I l-u-v love those cars.
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layabout
11/11/08

@Rican5.0: I agree,it's not the best bodystyle,much prefer the fastback.
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mechimike
11/11/08

@SCROGGS!: Agreed, 69/70 was the best two years of the 'stang. Not too bloated, but more Powah! than the earlier secretaries' rides. Also, the feminine lines had been hardened _just enough_ by this point.

Of course, take all this with a heavy dose of "IMHO".
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LTDScott
11/11/08

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I'm no early Mustang expert, but isn't the side "scoop" behind the door backwards?
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Serious Mopar Jones- Incurable
11/11/08

@LTDScott, Porcubimmer pilot: It is backwards, but that's Ford's fault.
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