ya, but wouldnt you spank trhem. It only takes one time for them to get it in there heads. lol

ps- my 65 stang isnt done yet. maybe in the winterg it will be driveable. i wuld like to drive it a little bit b4 we drop the 351 in it.

 

I mostly get the nods and the thumbs up when I am driving the '72 coupe around. It needs somework, but it looks pretty good for a 33 year old car. I have a list to get done this winter, so hopefully when I get all that done it will get a little more love on the street.

 

I have guys walk up my driveway all the time when I'm working on my car.

 

I get it from people of all walks of life. All seem to have a meaningful story involving a mustang. It's neat to hear. About the only time it wasn't entertaining was when I had someone argue to me that the wheels on my car (17 x 7' Boyd Coddington Smoothie's) WERE the factory wheels and that he didn't care for them. I simply told him that was the great thing about building a classic Mustang was that you could build it however you liked and politely walked away. Still kinda funny though.

 

Yep, I do get a lot of that too. I usually get it in town or at the gas station.

I have one particular incident that you may find funny though. Have you ever been in town in traffic and have someone in a car or truck pulls up and wants to race? While that in itself is expected driving while driving a classic Mustang, it's hard not to laugh sometimes whenever someone driving a 18yo car using about a quart of oil to the mile and missing pretty badly, is rusted badly, & has collision damage (you know the pic I'm trying to make here) all of a sudden thinks they have a ride that’s going to beat you in a race.

While I never make fun of someone’s ride, you have to know your limitations. Well after one such incident with a ricer loaded with 4 teenagers where they wanted to race from light to light, and I obliged them, they kept wanting to race at each light. Well I got bored and really left them! I pulled in to a gas station and they pulled in a bit later when they seen me there. They were putting gas in their car when one of the guys came over & was really curious and he was telling me how much he liked my car. His buddies told him to get back there (the driver was pissed cause I made him look bad). He said in a minute. The driver said F*** you and took off! Well, I felt bad for the kid so I gave him a ride home. I had the pleasure of dusting off the same ricer again! The kid was so impressed he said he was going to get a Mustang. As it turns out, I did see him later in the summer at a local cruise-in. Guess what he was driving? He found himself a 73 Mach and bought it! He is working on getting it restored but thanked me for getting him interested!

 

Yep, the old man on the block. But, I am retiring.....and can say I have lived almost 62 years (October 27) on this earth. You younguns can't guarantee you will live that long. AND still be able to drive a hot rod Mustang.

 

ill just have a 2003 mach 1 and fix it up in 40 years.
Glen, you have my mach. I love the 2003 mach 1.

 

Yeah, Glen, my birthday is on October 23rd. Ill be turning 17.

 

I have had my 65 since i was 14 .... bought it off of my uncle who spent 12 years resoring the driveline & interior. The body was left to me. once i got it painted, all the Chevy pukes at school would talk chit, but i knew who had what ... damn dime a dozen chevy's.

Unfortunately, I got the most attention from the Dublin, CA Poilce Dept, actually had to park the car & get a new one so they would forget about me for a while, They would stop me for the dumbest stuff, but i always got a ticket for something. Tinted rear window with only 1 side mirror, noise pollution, Ect. First time i broke into the 3 digit bracket was in that car. She hasnt seen the street in about 5 years .. FINALLY got the motor back into it & hope to fire it up tonite or tomarrow.

 

My favorite reaction is from kids..."nice mustang, mister"...how many other 40-year-old cars can be identified by 11-year-olds as you drive by?