As a matter of fact he told me how much be missed that car this morning, evening though he's been without it since the mid-70's. I guess you never forget a car like that. It had the six pack carbs on it and the 440 engine...he said you could watch the gas gauge move when you really got on it.
The '67 Mustang GT is a beautiful car too..one of the best of the era. I bet you could find another of those for the right price. The Chargers, in good shape, are priced near $100k and more. That's a pretty good return considering his was around $3k new.
It could have been a premonition. I could've taken my driving test in that car! I might have shortened the life of the instructor that day.
There is a place down here in Sealy, Texas called the "Hemi Hideout" they have a whole slew of the late 60's and 70's Dodge and Chrysler cars that came with Hemi engines. Quite a little private collection the owner has, and he rents the place out for banquets and weddings.
That 440 / six pack was a beast for sure, but with gas at $0.25 a gallon it didn't matter how fast the gauge dropped, what mattered was where the next gas station was.
That Mustang came with the 390 cubic inch motor, but I got it in a trade. I traded a running 65 Mustang coupe for the 67 because the motor was blown in it. I had neighbors that raced Ford stock car, with 427 cubic in motors, same block as the 390 but bigger heads and bigger bore and stroke. They were switching over and going to run Chevy's so I bought one of their back up race motors and put it in the GT, it was one bad ass little car. Jet black with the red stripes along the bottom, and black interior, the guy I eventually sold it to ended up wrapping it around a big oak tree, he didn't survive the wreck.
I knew if I had kept the thing that would have probably been me, I had a little drinking problem back then and I'll just leave it at that...
But I sure would love to have it today.
The Hemi Hideout sounds like a nice place to go rummaging. A few months ago I was online looking for a '68 (I'm partial to the round tail lights of that year) and noticed there were a lot of them in Texas.
That Mustang sounds like it was a true beast. It's great that you were wise enough to sell it. Sometimes youth and insanely high horsepower don't mix. I've never owned what could be considered a fast car but do plan on picking up a Tesla 3 in a few years. With a 0-60 time in the 3 second range I'll be enjoying some G-force induced chiropractic. : )
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