A total trailer queen, but...

Man oh man...

It would have creases in the top
And a little dirt on the paint
And my forever ****-eating grin behind its wheel

(Wipes drool from bottom lip)

http://www.cars-on-line.com/17262.html

--
Wound Up

1967 Mustang Coupe, restored & modified

"A pessimist is just a well-informed optimist." - Anonymous

****-eating grin behind the wheel forever? Would you like to be buried in
in?

--
Mark C. Jack of all trades, master of none. (well, maybe a couple)





"Wound Up" > wrote in message
...
> Man oh man...
>
> It would have creases in the top
> And a little dirt on the paint
> And my forever ****-eating grin behind its wheel
>
> (Wipes drool from bottom lip)
>
> http://www.cars-on-line.com/17262.html
>
> --
> Wound Up
>
> 1967 Mustang Coupe, restored & modified
>
> "A pessimist is just a well-informed optimist." - Anonymous
>
>

Mark C. wrote:
> ****-eating grin behind the wheel forever? Would you like to be buried in
> in?

Is that a threat, or just a bad joke?



--
Wound Up

1967 Mustang Coupe, restored & modified

"A pessimist is just a well-informed optimist." - Anonymous

I take requests.

--
Mark C. Jack of all trades, master of none. (well, maybe a couple)





"Wound Up" > wrote in message
...
> Mark C. wrote:
>> ****-eating grin behind the wheel forever? Would you like to be buried in
>> in?
>
> Is that a threat, or just a bad joke?
>
>
>
> --
> Wound Up
>
> 1967 Mustang Coupe, restored & modified
>
> "A pessimist is just a well-informed optimist." - Anonymous
>
>

Mark C. wrote:
> I take requests.

Must..exercise..restraint....left..himself..wide.. open....(deep breath)

I have no requests at this time, but thanks anyway.



--
Wound Up

1967 Mustang Coupe, restored & modified

"A pessimist is just a well-informed optimist." - Anonymous

"Wound Up" > wrote in message
...
> Man oh man...
>
> It would have creases in the top
> And a little dirt on the paint
> And my forever ****-eating grin behind its wheel
>
> (Wipes drool from bottom lip)
>
> http://www.cars-on-line.com/17262.html
>
> --
> Wound Up
>
> 1967 Mustang Coupe, restored & modified
>
> "A pessimist is just a well-informed optimist." - Anonymous
>
>

How about a '69 Mach I R code?
http://www.volocars.com/showroom/sho...g/T-Bird&show=

Oh, my head. I wish I had the money. If you're ever in the area, this is a
great place to visit. Wear a bib.

Dan

Dan wrote:
> "Wound Up" > wrote in message
> ...
>
>>Man oh man...
>>
>>It would have creases in the top
>>And a little dirt on the paint
>>And my forever ****-eating grin behind its wheel
>>
>>(Wipes drool from bottom lip)
>>
>>http://www.cars-on-line.com/17262.html
>>
>>--
>>Wound Up
>>
>>1967 Mustang Coupe, restored & modified
>>
>>"A pessimist is just a well-informed optimist." - Anonymous
>>
>>
>
> How about a '69 Mach I R code?
> http://www.volocars.com/showroom/sho...g/T-Bird&show=
>
> Oh, my head. I wish I had the money. If you're ever in the area, this is a
> great place to visit. Wear a bib.

That's simply gorgeous. What a ride!

Yes, on our next trip to Chicago, I will have to check that place out.
Baseball games are fine, but there are priorities!

Thanks!

>
> Dan
>
>


--
Wound Up

1967 Mustang Coupe, restored & modified

"A pessimist is just a well-informed optimist." - Anonymous

"Wound Up" > wrote in message
...
> Dan wrote:
>> "Wound Up" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>
>>>Man oh man...
>>>
>>>It would have creases in the top
>>>And a little dirt on the paint
>>>And my forever ****-eating grin behind its wheel
>>>
>>>(Wipes drool from bottom lip)
>>>
>>>http://www.cars-on-line.com/17262.html
>>>
>>>--
>>>Wound Up
>>>
>>>1967 Mustang Coupe, restored & modified
>>>
>>>"A pessimist is just a well-informed optimist." - Anonymous
>>>
>>>
>>
>> How about a '69 Mach I R code?
>> http://www.volocars.com/showroom/sho...g/T-Bird&show=
>>
>> Oh, my head. I wish I had the money. If you're ever in the area, this is
>> a great place to visit. Wear a bib.
>
> That's simply gorgeous. What a ride!
>
> Yes, on our next trip to Chicago, I will have to check that place out.
> Baseball games are fine, but there are priorities!
>

Volo is just a short ride from my house. I could live there. I don't have a
Mustang anymore but I've had the Jones pretty bad lately. I can't decide if
I want a late 60's Mach I or wait for the '06 Cobra. Every now and then I
think about a late '80's - early 90's 5.0 project car. They all have their
plusses and minuses. The '06 SVT Cobra has the advantage of being the
perfect car since it hasn't been built yet. The vintage 'stangs to me are
the best looking, prolly cause of my age. But they can't hold a candle to
the new cars performance wise. The Fox body 5.0's are kinda ugly, but I know
the car inside out, and I regret selling my '88 5.0 LX notchback. I paid
$11,700.00 for it and with a few cheapo mods, it was a lot of bang for the
buck. Decisions, decisions. I'm going to wait until I see the SVT. I figure
word will be out by mid summer.
So you play baseball or watch?

Dan

>>Dan wrote:
>>
>>>"Wound Up" > wrote in message
...
>>>
>>>
>>>>Man oh man...
>>>>
>>>>It would have creases in the top
>>>>And a little dirt on the paint
>>>>And my forever ****-eating grin behind its wheel
>>>>
>>>>(Wipes drool from bottom lip)
>>>>
>>>>http://www.cars-on-line.com/17262.html
>>>>
>>>>--
>>>>Wound Up
>>>>
>>>>1967 Mustang Coupe, restored & modified
>>>>
>>>>"A pessimist is just a well-informed optimist." - Anonymous
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>How about a '69 Mach I R code?
>>>http://www.volocars.com/showroom/sho...g/T-Bird&show=
>>>
>>>Oh, my head. I wish I had the money. If you're ever in the area, this is
>>>a great place to visit. Wear a bib.
>>
>>That's simply gorgeous. What a ride!
>>
>>Yes, on our next trip to Chicago, I will have to check that place out.
>>Baseball games are fine, but there are priorities!
>>
>
>
> Volo is just a short ride from my house. I could live there. I don't have a
> Mustang anymore but I've had the Jones pretty bad lately. I can't decide if
> I want a late 60's Mach I or wait for the '06 Cobra.

That would be an easy decision for me, at least...

Every now and then I
> think about a late '80's - early 90's 5.0 project car. They all have their
> plusses and minuses. The '06 SVT Cobra has the advantage of being the
> perfect car since it hasn't been built yet.

Hmm... I know what you mean, but I would prefer to wait a year or two
and see what happens with any new model. Of course, there are things
like the R models (like the 95 351R), but even if I were going to drop
that on a new Cobra I'd want to see some independent review.

The vintage 'stangs to me are
> the best looking, prolly cause of my age. But they can't hold a candle to
> the new cars performance wise.

Again, we differ in opinion here. Performance to me doesn't -just- mean
road test numbers. And I'm quite sure an R-code, 4-speed Mach would run
that Cobra in the 1/4 quite handily. My carbureted, pushrod small block
can edge stock pre-05 GTs. And it wasn't $25,000 with the taxes and the
insurance and all that. Much more fun IMO. With the five-speed, I
dared 130 once, but it got floaty so I shut it down. Then I did it in
the other direction to verify New Mustangs are very watered down in
terms of visceral experience. I like the wail of 4 barrels on WOT. I
like the ability to fling the ass end out in a cloud of tire smoke when
I want to. I don't like tires at $250 each. I like the feel, the
smell, the sound, the stance and the presence of my '67. I like to tune
it, improve it, and to know it stem-to-stern from having worked on it...
it's just my preference, I'm not saying there's a right and wrong.
There's a lot to be said for simplicity IMO.

The Fox body 5.0's are kinda ugly, but I know
> the car inside out, and I regret selling my '88 5.0 LX notchback. I paid
> $11,700.00 for it and with a few cheapo mods, it was a lot of bang for the
> buck. Decisions, decisions. I'm going to wait until I see the SVT. I figure
> word will be out by mid summer.

79-93 Foxes... I like 'em, but not enough to lust for one. I went to
Bondurant in 91 and wrung the snot out of them for four days, so I do
have an appreciation. And yeah, they were definitely a lot of bang for
the buck. I wish there were cars priced and equipped like that now.
Unfortunately auto prices have outpaced inflation for far too long now.
It's a damned shame. Everything got overbundled and complicated. The
5.0LX was one of the last "basic car with the good engine" models you
could get, anywhere. And they do have potential.

> So you play baseball or watch?

Just watch. Cards fan. Aching to forget last season. Played as a kid,
but beer-league softball is all now.

>
> Dan
>
>


--
Wound Up

1967 Mustang Coupe, restored & modified

"A pessimist is just a well-informed optimist." - Anonymous

"Wound Up" > wrote in message
...
>>>Dan wrote:
<snip>

>> Volo is just a short ride from my house. I could live there. I don't have
>> a Mustang anymore but I've had the Jones pretty bad lately. I can't
>> decide if I want a late 60's Mach I or wait for the '06 Cobra.
>
> That would be an easy decision for me, at least...
>
> Every now and then I
>> think about a late '80's - early 90's 5.0 project car. They all have
>> their plusses and minuses. The '06 SVT Cobra has the advantage of being
>> the perfect car since it hasn't been built yet.
>
> Hmm... I know what you mean, but I would prefer to wait a year or two and
> see what happens with any new model. Of course, there are things like the
> R models (like the 95 351R), but even if I were going to drop that on a
> new Cobra I'd want to see some independent review.

I remember standing at the dealer with my wife looking at the 351R and she's
saying let's buy it. We had just sold the '88 and we both missed it. I don't
know WTF, I was thinking that day. Actually, I was thinking it was too much
money for what you were getting. It looks like a great deal today.

>
> The vintage 'stangs to me are
>> the best looking, prolly cause of my age. But they can't hold a candle to
>> the new cars performance wise.
>
> Again, we differ in opinion here. Performance to me doesn't -just- mean
> road test numbers. And I'm quite sure an R-code, 4-speed Mach would run
> that Cobra in the 1/4 quite handily. My carbureted, pushrod small block
> can edge stock pre-05 GTs. And it wasn't $25,000 with the taxes and the
> insurance and all that. Much more fun IMO. With the five-speed, I dared
> 130 once, but it got floaty so I shut it down. Then I did it in the other
> direction to verify New Mustangs are very watered down in terms of
> visceral experience. I like the wail of 4 barrels on WOT. I like the
> ability to fling the ass end out in a cloud of tire smoke when I want to.
> I don't like tires at $250 each. I like the feel, the smell, the sound,
> the stance and the presence of my '67. I like to tune it, improve it, and
> to know it stem-to-stern from having worked on it... it's just my
> preference, I'm not saying there's a right and wrong. There's a lot to be
> said for simplicity IMO.

No doubt. And there's no substitute for a big block. But, the old cars don't
handle like a new one. But the new ones don't bring back any memories. Every
time I see a '67 Fastback, I think about a buddy of mine that got killed on
a bike. We spent a fair amount of time wrenching on that '67 in his
driveway, and he loved that car. I came really close to buying a 69 R code
at Volo. It wasn't all original, had some performance mods, numbers didn't
match, and had a few small cosmetic issues, so in other words, I could
afford it. I thought about it for a couple of days and it was gone. That's
the other advantage of new I suppose, you can get what you want.

>
> The Fox body 5.0's are kinda ugly, but I know
>> the car inside out, and I regret selling my '88 5.0 LX notchback. I paid
>> $11,700.00 for it and with a few cheapo mods, it was a lot of bang for
>> the buck. Decisions, decisions. I'm going to wait until I see the SVT. I
>> figure word will be out by mid summer.
>
> 79-93 Foxes... I like 'em, but not enough to lust for one. I went to
> Bondurant in 91 and wrung the snot out of them for four days, so I do have
> an appreciation. And yeah, they were definitely a lot of bang for the
> buck. I wish there were cars priced and equipped like that now.
> Unfortunately auto prices have outpaced inflation for far too long now.
> It's a damned shame. Everything got overbundled and complicated. The
> 5.0LX was one of the last "basic car with the good engine" models you
> could get, anywhere. And they do have potential.

I agree. Who ever would have thought that a $25,000.00 car would be
considered "bang for the buck". Plus all of this extra stuff adds weight.

>
>> So you play baseball or watch?
>
> Just watch. Cards fan. Aching to forget last season. Played as a kid,
> but beer-league softball is all now.

I'm originally from out east. I'm a Yankee fan and the wife is a Red Sox
fan. You don't know nothing about aching to forget last season. Payback is a
bitch.

Dan