Noob in Utah

[Sharky]

Those are two from this evening. A few more on the way!









Interesting question JimNiki. I grew up always wanting a 57 Chevy Bel-Aire. I loved how it was curvy and round and kind of looked like a bulldog to me. My dad broke the news to me that by the time I was able to buy a car I probably wouldn't want or even be able to find a 57 Chevy. So I moved on to other cars. The original Mustang Fastback and the California Special were my two favorites after that and I looked for them constantly on the roads of Seattle and saw many.

When I started looking into buying a muscle car seriously it was about five years ago. I wanted something from the era of when I was born (1973) because those were the cars I had seen that had been modified and guys were racing around in and doing cool thing to when I first got interested in cars (age 3 or 4 at the latest). So there were a few Mustangs and T-Birds around my neighborhood. My parents bought a 1973 Maverick right before I was born and we kept it for about 10 years. My brother and I worked on it and he said he wished Dad had just paid the extra dough and bought a Mustang, but with insurance rates and a gas crisis, the Maverick made more sense. But I got my first car work experience on a 73 Ford.

When I got really serious about it two years ago I wanted either a GTO or a Mercury Montego GT. I was also interested in an earlier Mustang fastback or a Cuda. Then reality set in as we looked at prices. I didn't think I would ever be able to afford a Mustang Fastback/Sportsroof. I loved the 69-70 probably the most, with the 71-73 a close second. I was at the doctor's office a few months ago and outside was a totally original 70 Mach I in orange. The paint was faded. It still had the original hubcaps and it looked like a car somebody had driven literally to church and back for 40 years. I waited and waited to see who owned it but they never came out of any other place in the area so I had to go home. I kept on looking, but never found it anywhere around here so I then looked into the 71-73's and found a few that I could actually afford. At that point I locked in and decided I was all in on a 71-73. I finally found the one I wanted on an ebay auction that didn't sell and then had it trucked down to me from Montana. I've driven it once since to get some gas. I go start it up about once a week, but that's about it. I need to do some serious fine tuning because I want it to be perfect. We'll see what the summer brings.

 

[BOSS 351]

Welcome from Washington State. ::welcome::

It looks very nice.

 

[computercarguy]

My parents bought a 1973 Maverick right before I was born and we kept it for about 10 years. My brother and I worked on it and he said he wished Dad had just paid the extra dough and bought a Mustang, but with insurance rates and a gas crisis, the Maverick made more sense. But I got my first car work experience on a 73 Ford.

Welcome! I learned to drive in a Maverick. 3 speed on the column (3 on the tree as we would say). Tough little car but not tough enough to beat the tree my brother pitted it against. Almost made it to 300,000 miles.

 

[Mustang Dynasty]

Hi all! I bought a 1972 Mach 1 last September. I've driven it two miles total (I'm pathetic!). I'm an elementary school teacher who is really needing the year to end so I can enjoy my car!

I've usually worked on SUV's and off-roading vehicles due to our horrible winters here, but always wanted a Mustang. My mom says Mustang was my first word and I could identify all of the different models from about age 4 (1977). I felt it was fitting to get one about my age.

Hopefully I can find some others in the area that know more than I do. This thing just needs some fine tuning and it should be good for many years. The guy I bought it from just had a new Holley carb installed and it obviously wasn't jetted or tuned for mile high altitude. I'm not a novice mechanic, but I would like to pick the brain of some of you who specialize in the 351c. I'd be happy to tell you anything and everything about the Toyota 120 platform vehicles.

::welcome::From 'Ground Zero'! I went from 650 Holley 4bbl to a 700cfm Holley that is integrated into an MIFAEFI(Holley Avenger Multi Injected Forced Air Electronic Fuel Injection to handle up to 400hp) Being at the time, having an Edelbrock 2 Barrel Intake Manifold that gave me 289ft lbs torque that with the 650 Holley incessantly getting too much vibrations with all that torque causing a constant need to readjust the fuel air mixture, is reason for changing over to a solid throttle body but since, gave grown out of that manifold and looking at an Air Gap and then will have that 400hp. It's fast as it is but feel it is being held back for its full potential. (though, got a good deal on an entire turbo system for under $2,000, parts and labor that will give me an ultimate potential of @650hp, my wife said she would divorce me and sue for my car for sole custody. Not LOL) Had it since 2003 and is more of a hobby of seeing what next I want to put on it. LOL Only 2,500 miles on it for a lot of reasons that it has not been driven that you will have to either look on the many categories on ez gallery to find out or some 300 photos on my photo album. As I only paid 2,500. for it back in a day from a highschool shop class student that had it dropped in his lap as the teacher found himself putting too much into it.(think it must have been picked up out of a wrecker yard though it has a functional and clear title. Mostly for reasons of the little miles I put on it, a handful of times it should have taken my life in near accidents, here and there from defective sociopathic mechanics and their bosses of which I can fill you in on the least, the garages NOT to have any dealings with(as well car parts sources between PA and OH anyways, later on. Mikke

 

[Don65Stang]

Welcome from coastal Alabama! Nice story and nice looking car.

 

[Elizabeth73]

The car looks great. I am really diggin' the bright greens lately and with the black, what a combo!

You have a nice taste in cars, GTO's & Cudas. A 71' Cuda is my dream car.

 

[John J]

Very nice car. Welcome from Michigan.

John

 

[ponypastor]

Welcome from Florida. "Grabber Lime"--the color of your 1972 Mach 1--is actually a 1971 only color. Ford dropped "Bright Lime" and changed the color somewhat in 1972 to "Bright Lime"; looks like a yellow highlighter.

Bill from Lakeland, FL, also has a 1972 Mach 1 recently re-painted with the 1971 Grabber Lime color. Looks great in either color. Sure stands out in a crowd.

 

[73MustangCoupe]

Welcome from eastern Tennessee! ::welcome::

 

[Mister 4x4]

Oh my - whatta pile. rofl

Seriously - Nice Car!! ::thumb::

Lehi - wow, I remember when Lehi was just an exit on I-15 and a handful of farm houses. The last time I made it "home" was in 2006, and I was blown away by how much it had all grown in. It seems like a solid belt of "city" from north of Ogden all the way to Spanish Fork. A couple of friends of mine and I went to the top of the Oquirrhs above Kennecott one night (almost froze our butts off) and took a panoramic of the whole Wasatch Front. Nothing but lights... awesome-looking, but a LOT different than when we did that back in the '80s for a school project.