tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-612801744889562315.post7085510686166071185..comments2023-12-30T12:31:14.482-08:00Comments on The Lonely Libertarian: It's enough to make you cryhiswiserangelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13823260651306838495noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-612801744889562315.post-70106027811547980312015-08-19T21:21:41.678-07:002015-08-19T21:21:41.678-07:00i always had faulty "car DNA"...vehicles...i always had faulty "car DNA"...vehicles were just transportation...a way to fetch and return girlfriends, get to school and football practice, and pull trailers to haul horses and cows.... metal, plastic, glass and rubber...never could wax poetic about inorganic materials....always thought I was a retro born 100 years late....<br /><br />vaquero viejoAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-612801744889562315.post-51358525878076823372015-08-19T09:43:48.406-07:002015-08-19T09:43:48.406-07:00If that 68 LeMans is a rag top it's just like ...If that 68 LeMans is a rag top it's just like my first car. Bought it in 78 for $300. Nice car, when I got it anyway. I was a lot harder on equipment back then. I ended up trading it to my cousin for a 69 Cutlass, he still has the Pontiac. Everyone should own at least one convertible in their life.<br /><br />David MartinAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-612801744889562315.post-61694542641189633072015-08-18T19:25:45.615-07:002015-08-18T19:25:45.615-07:00When dad came back from Vietnam he had a 69 Camarr...When dad came back from Vietnam he had a 69 Camarro for 2000 bucks. grandpa picked it up at the dealership newAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13454840266464118131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-612801744889562315.post-79077829165329359292015-08-18T17:11:28.849-07:002015-08-18T17:11:28.849-07:00Dad bought a '67 Mustang fastback in '69.
...Dad bought a '67 Mustang fastback in '69.<br />Yes, he still has it.<br />85 years old and still going to shows and cruse ins.Stretchnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-612801744889562315.post-83264668539945398122015-08-18T15:32:31.706-07:002015-08-18T15:32:31.706-07:00Then I bought my first XJ12.... Single digit gas m...Then I bought my first XJ12.... Single digit gas mileage was painful, but the drive was so nice...It was under a grand, under 10 years old....Nice car for a long haired kid...Jesse in DChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13476405390310290790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-612801744889562315.post-28784779053039948672015-08-18T15:14:05.501-07:002015-08-18T15:14:05.501-07:00Don't forget the $1000 *pristine* big-block Co...Don't forget the $1000 *pristine* big-block Corvettes!drjimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05647484115197408897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-612801744889562315.post-40714321963970242015-08-18T15:10:46.654-07:002015-08-18T15:10:46.654-07:0050 dollar GTOs during the gas crisis...Electra con...50 dollar GTOs during the gas crisis...Electra converts at 100... No one wanted to feed them when gas got up to a buck a gallon!!! Those WERE the days.Jesse in DChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13476405390310290790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-612801744889562315.post-90996611529358865772015-08-18T15:09:15.837-07:002015-08-18T15:09:15.837-07:00When I bought my '65 Mustang back in 1984, it ...When I bought my '65 Mustang back in 1984, it had spent its entire life in the arid Texas Panhandle. I paid $1600 cash for it, money I'd been saving since I was 12. There wasn't a spot of rust on it. 289 V6 automatic (shut up, I never learned how to drive a stick). Some sadistic bastard had painted the body a metallic brown and installed a tan vinyl top. The seats were covered with crushed velvet Indian blanket print seat covers. I loved that car.hiswiserangelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13823260651306838495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-612801744889562315.post-91195230026000087682015-08-18T15:02:14.136-07:002015-08-18T15:02:14.136-07:00Heh =) I'll be over in the corner talking to m...Heh =) I'll be over in the corner talking to myself. Keadshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09982258812373127063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-612801744889562315.post-60377318721215022522015-08-18T14:39:04.344-07:002015-08-18T14:39:04.344-07:00Mine was so bad my buddies all called it my "...Mine was so bad my buddies all called it my "RUSTang"!<br /><br />The other scary thing about them is the top of the gas tank is the floor of the trunk.<br /><br />Drop the tank, and you no longer have a trunk, just a large square hole!<br /><br />I didn't believe it until I lifted up the trunk mat the first time and saw what was under it.<br /><br />I used to carry big, heavy, pointy stuff in there, so I cut a sheet of 1/2" marine plywood to fit the trunk and protect the tank.<br /><br />Still, I loved that little car. 289 2V, C4 auto, and with the dual exhaust I put on it after the OEM system fell apart I got 20MPG in it.drjimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05647484115197408897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-612801744889562315.post-65031508062757518022015-08-18T14:18:05.936-07:002015-08-18T14:18:05.936-07:00@drjim, truer words have not been posted. We'...@drjim, truer words have not been posted. We're restoring a 68 Mustang - the engineering by Ford should be considered a crime against humanity. Love the lines and the car is fun but boy howdy, did those pony cars rust!Bobo the Hobonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-612801744889562315.post-40164946655151659602015-08-18T13:42:01.046-07:002015-08-18T13:42:01.046-07:001967 Ford Mustangs came pre-rusted as standard equ...1967 Ford Mustangs came pre-rusted as standard equipment.<br /><br />If you lived where it was damp, rained a lot, or they salted the roads when it snowed, you'd be lucky to get 5 or 6 years out of one as a daily driver.<br /><br />I'll be the one for $195 was more iron oxide than iron.....drjimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05647484115197408897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-612801744889562315.post-34090572040194357212015-08-18T11:24:18.443-07:002015-08-18T11:24:18.443-07:00I should have been buying and storing some of thos...I should have been buying and storing some of those cars back in the early 70's. Some of them are worth a small fortune now. Robert Fowlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03475193874676131196noreply@blogger.com