my newest toy- classic muscle car
10-27-07, 04:20 PM
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my newest toy- classic muscle car
Just bought this a few months ago. still doing a little restoration on it. but its in great shape.
1967 mustang fastback
as you can see the lex is still by my side. they get along ok, as for the mustang, she's a little tempermental at times.
1967 mustang fastback
as you can see the lex is still by my side. they get along ok, as for the mustang, she's a little tempermental at times.
10-27-07, 04:57 PM
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Great looking ride. Good investment too.
My father and I had some fun in one once https://www.clublexus.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=105229
My father and I had some fun in one once https://www.clublexus.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=105229
10-27-07, 05:49 PM
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Great car. I'm considering on doing the same thing once my friend decides to sell me his '64 Mustang. It's a nice little hobby/project on the side. Keep us updated with any progress.
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10-27-07, 08:44 PM
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What's it got? 289? 302? 351/Cleveland? 390?
That was before the days of the '69 and '70 Mach 1 and Boss Mustang with the big 428 Cobra Jet and 429 Wedges, though in '67 the blue and white Shelby Mustang had the 427, if I remember right.
That was before the days of the '69 and '70 Mach 1 and Boss Mustang with the big 428 Cobra Jet and 429 Wedges, though in '67 the blue and white Shelby Mustang had the 427, if I remember right.
10-27-07, 10:01 PM
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I had a '67 Mustang notchback I bought with my college savings after graduation . . . then I decided to go to grad school . . . . oops! Great car, I remember it fondly. As I recall they were available with a six or a choice of three 289 V8's; a 210 hp 2bbl, a 225 hp 4 bbl, and the "racing engine", 289/273 (273 hp) that was the basis for the Shelby. The "big motor" 390 came late in the model year, lead by the need to homologate the engine for the Shelby 500.
Horsepower figures had to be taken with a grain of salt in those days - many engines were underrated, some over. Marketing beat honesty two out of three falls.
Horsepower figures had to be taken with a grain of salt in those days - many engines were underrated, some over. Marketing beat honesty two out of three falls.
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10-28-07, 07:05 PM
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thanks everyone, i have the original 289 engine for it. but right now it has a 302 5.0 fuel injected motor in it.
i would love the 390 in it, but hey we all would love things we cant have.
i would love the 390 in it, but hey we all would love things we cant have.
10-28-07, 09:51 PM
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The 390/427 was good for bragging rights, but the front end of the car was badly overbalanced, making the thing handle like a pig. The 289 was a lightweight thinwall casting motor that could be tweaked with tons of aftermarket parts to produce plenty of power and still remain within the Shelby spec. There should be Shelby brakes, springs, and other parts available for it as well. Most owners back in the day, preferred the more balanced package of the GT 350 to the dragster GT 500 as a driver.
10-29-07, 06:19 AM
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Overrating was done, at first, primarily to try and sell cars to street racers. Underrating, later, was done primarily for insurance purposes, as policy rates for muscle cars began to climb with horsepower in the late sixties (yet, torque, the real figure, was largely ignored...sometimes not even published).