Oklahoma and 51 here, our first Mustang ever 05 v6 convertable. Always fighting with hubby on who gets to drive it! Nice to see my fellow "baby boomers" on board here. I wanted a MachII for my first new car but my Dad say NO! He didn't like the back window being so hard to see out of on that Mustang. He was co-signing my loan so I didn't have much say in it.

My hubby's co-worker went to lunch with him in our 05 Stang one day and he decided he had to have one too! I think he got a red 05 GT coupe.

Our dealer had to go to Kansas to get the Sonic Blue as there were none in the state at the time we bought ours.

 

47 Here.. My wife tells me I've been in a mid-life crisis all my life... I love performance cars. I had a 1973 455 Formula Firebird in High School. Since then, I've owned 3 Vets, 5 Mustangs, 2004 SRT10 Viper (Sold an miss that car the most). I now have an 06 Vert. I always liked the Boss/Mach 1 Mustangs that had shaker hoods so I just added that as well as a Paxton S/C (450 RWHP).

 

53 HERE HAVE A 70 BOSS 429 BOUGHT IN 1971 NEVER SOLD IT AND A 2005 05 GT VERT ,O WHAT A FEELING NOW LETS BRING BACK HAPPY DAYS AND FONZI!!!!

 

I'll be hitting the big 50 in November also.

I've owned or shared driving rights with friends who've owned muscle cars.

I had the privilege of driving '60's and '70s era Cuda's, Chargers, Demons, Chevelles, Mustangs and even Caddies.

I owned a '72 Chevelle with the only factory 4 speed I'd ever seen. I bought it used and gave $2200 for it.

That and the '66 Mustang I owned make me regret ever selling them.

What we know now, right guys?[:@]

I, too, was disheartened when the Mustang took it's metamorphises over the course of the '70's and '80's. I never liked the Mustang II and that was the end of my interest in Mustangs until the retro body style came out for the '05 series. I was still too into motorcycling to care about the car then but this year my survival instincts took over and I trade the bike in on my '06 Mustang GT convertible. No regrets or second thoughts.

 

sst06vert - In response to your questions. The new technology is MUCH easier to work with. I used to spend days fooling around with jets, metering rods, secondary air valve spring tension, ect. Now I don't even have to lift the hood. I just plug my Diablosport Predator into the car and tell the computer exactly what I mixture I want at what RPM range I want. Same with ignition. Also I would spend days messing around grinding and filing advance weights, messing around with springs ect. in the distributor. With the newer tehcnology all I do is use the Predator to tell the computer what I want and it's done in 5 minutes without even lifting the hood.
In terms of power and old vs. new. well my '05 Mustang runs only 3 tenths slower than my buddys 1970 Monte Carlo. He's got 460 ci big block with a full roller set up, a TH700R4 trans with 3.90 gears and drag radials. He's got upgraded upper and lower control arms and a crap load of other stuff and he's only 3 tenths quicker than I am and during normal driving his car uses twice the fuel that mine does. I suspect that when I get my long tube headers and x-pipe I should be able to keep up with him. I also have MUCH better drivability, handling and braking.

 

Agree with the new technology being better. Having sold my 1968 Mustang coupe, I always wanted that "look" of the '68 and '69 but had no interest (or money) in restoring an old car. I wanted the retro look but all new technology. When the latest Stang came out it was exactly what I was looking for. I am a fan of Overhaulin and Wrecks to Riches shows where they take the older cars but give them all the latest technology, but I would not want to do that. I am pleased to see in this thread that many others felt the same of me, when they saw the latest Mustang - gotta have one.

 

58 on October 13th. I am an abosolute fan of the S197 platform. In all my years of driving I've owned 22 cars and all but one has been from the Big Three. American Iron and, to me, the Mustang is the most representative of all.

 

I LIKE THE NEW TECH STUFF FOR RELIABILTY AND POWER PER CUBIC IN. BUT THEIR NO MATCH FOR BIG BLOCK POWER AND SOUND WHEN I FIRE THE BOSS EVERTHING IN THE GARAGE VIBRATES!!!

 

Again guys, I cant begin to say how cool it is to hear from all of you. Allmost to a man, we have identical ideas and feelings about our cars. I posted this thread to start with, and hope that someone in the San Antonio Texas area is out there and wants to have some fun with the cars.

Im heading out to San Antonio Raceway right after breakfast to test out my 93 octane tune and C&L intake. By all means let us hear from you and all about your new GT. Whos the oldest bad *** out there? I love this s###!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Some of you may enjoy the Mustang Monthly magazine. All age groups are represented there. This month a reader sent in his latest ride and he is 78 years old - his '05 V6 deluxe with racing mods. 78 - Still crazy after all these years.