mustaguar
Well-known member
Hi, firstly I would like to say how good it was to find this site/forum! I am from the UK (Scotland) and until October 2010 had only ever admired American cars but never thought of owning one. I work as a sales manager in a new car dealership and have only really ever owned European cars or motor bikes.
This changed when a customer asked if I knew anyone that would be interested in taking a friends old Mustang off his hands which had been in a garage for the past 16 years.... At the time I said I would ask about but that I was not sure.
I enquired about the age and model getting excited thinking I might have a chance to get a bargain classic Mustang with a big V8 and I suddenly became very interested to take the car myself. Turns out the car is a 1971 Coupe I6 250ci with a 3 speed manual, drum brakes all round and a non-runner. Looking into the cars I found lots of info but could not see too many parts/spares listed! Everything was 64 1/2 - 70 and very little information about 71-73's.
However the cogs had started turning and I went to see the car and in November 2010 became the owner of the car shown in the pics (the pics are of the day I had the car delivered to my bosses yard hence the scrap in the background) I have since had the car stored for the past 14 months and is moving to a new home (workshop) in 2 weeks so thought it time I tell the community about my car as I plan on something very different to the usual restoration and hope it is not too off the wall to be appreciated by everyone here.
It was only last week that after a year of Googling 1971 Mustangs that I finally found this place, the perfect site!
I will update and let you know the plans for the car once I get it to my workshop and stripped back to see the size of the project ahead of me.
Great to see so many 71-73's on here, I am converted and love them!
Stuart
This changed when a customer asked if I knew anyone that would be interested in taking a friends old Mustang off his hands which had been in a garage for the past 16 years.... At the time I said I would ask about but that I was not sure.
I enquired about the age and model getting excited thinking I might have a chance to get a bargain classic Mustang with a big V8 and I suddenly became very interested to take the car myself. Turns out the car is a 1971 Coupe I6 250ci with a 3 speed manual, drum brakes all round and a non-runner. Looking into the cars I found lots of info but could not see too many parts/spares listed! Everything was 64 1/2 - 70 and very little information about 71-73's.
However the cogs had started turning and I went to see the car and in November 2010 became the owner of the car shown in the pics (the pics are of the day I had the car delivered to my bosses yard hence the scrap in the background) I have since had the car stored for the past 14 months and is moving to a new home (workshop) in 2 weeks so thought it time I tell the community about my car as I plan on something very different to the usual restoration and hope it is not too off the wall to be appreciated by everyone here.
It was only last week that after a year of Googling 1971 Mustangs that I finally found this place, the perfect site!
I will update and let you know the plans for the car once I get it to my workshop and stripped back to see the size of the project ahead of me.
Great to see so many 71-73's on here, I am converted and love them!
Stuart
