Sly_drums
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- Grenoble, France
- My Car
- 72 Mustang Grande / 351 Clev. 2V + Weiand XCelerator intake + Holley 600 CFM carb
Hello guys,
I need some infos about the Mustang that made me buy my own Mustang
Let me explain (but please excuse my english).
my father-in-law bought a 71 Mustang M-code Coupe in 1980 when he was 20 years old.
He kept the Mustang until early 2000, then he gave the car to his son, who unfortunately sold it a few years ago after he repainted the car in a beautiful modern violet.
I bought my Mustang (a 72 Q code Grande) in august 2011 because of that car.
My father-in-law and me used to talk a lot about his former Mustang and I couldn't stop asking questions about it. I wasn't that much in muscle cars at the time, but my interest in his car and american muscle cars grew a lot in a few months.
He told me that car was really fast and that he had tons of fun driving it. American cars weren't that much spread as today here in France, because the owners had to pay something called "super vignette" at the time which was a very expensive tax on powerful cars like the Mustang was. So expensive that he even couldn't afford it during a few years...
He didn't buy the car new though. He lived in Lyon, France at this time and while he was moving to a new flat, he saw an ad in the local newspaper. The ad was about someone selling a Corvette. He got very interested and decided to go and see the car. My father-in-law was, and still is, a big fan of machines that produce a lots of torque, and owning an american V8 car was kind of a dream for him.
When he arrived at the place, he was surprised to see a Mustang, not a Vette. He didn't really care about that and immediately decided to buy the car as he recently had a good money income, and the price was cool. The guy who owned it was a former rich guy that went bankrupt and needed cash.
First time he drove the car was "oooow my god it's really fast"
Some specs about the car :
71 Coupe with a 351C 4V block, all stock ; the VIN number tells us it was an M-code. It had a toploader four speed transmission with the Hurst shifter. Interior was plain black, with power windows. It had 14 inch steel wheels. The car had been repaint in grey by former owner, and had aftermarket Koni shocks.
It's been sold by Ford France in 1971 and had a "kph speedo".
VIN : 1F01M131429
BODY : 65 D
COLOR : V
TRIM : 3A
DATE : 10/70
DSO : 900150
AXLE : R
TRANS : 5
My father-in-law later added hood pins and the front spoiler.
Some pics from the 80s :
Some pics from 2004 with the beautiful paint and custom grill :
Was that a pretty rare car ? It seems to me M-code Coupes with toploader four speed are pretty rare.
If you have some infos about this particular model, or pics of M-code Coupes, etc. I'm really interested.
Now the car has been sold and belongs to a close neighbor who owns tons of different cars and do not take care of them at all ; motor and transmission have been parted and it's laying in a yard since a few years, winters included... Needless to say I'm very sad when I see her. This guy simply don't deserve to own such a car
(Now I need to find some interior pics)
I need some infos about the Mustang that made me buy my own Mustang
Let me explain (but please excuse my english).
my father-in-law bought a 71 Mustang M-code Coupe in 1980 when he was 20 years old.
He kept the Mustang until early 2000, then he gave the car to his son, who unfortunately sold it a few years ago after he repainted the car in a beautiful modern violet.
I bought my Mustang (a 72 Q code Grande) in august 2011 because of that car.
My father-in-law and me used to talk a lot about his former Mustang and I couldn't stop asking questions about it. I wasn't that much in muscle cars at the time, but my interest in his car and american muscle cars grew a lot in a few months.
He told me that car was really fast and that he had tons of fun driving it. American cars weren't that much spread as today here in France, because the owners had to pay something called "super vignette" at the time which was a very expensive tax on powerful cars like the Mustang was. So expensive that he even couldn't afford it during a few years...
He didn't buy the car new though. He lived in Lyon, France at this time and while he was moving to a new flat, he saw an ad in the local newspaper. The ad was about someone selling a Corvette. He got very interested and decided to go and see the car. My father-in-law was, and still is, a big fan of machines that produce a lots of torque, and owning an american V8 car was kind of a dream for him.
When he arrived at the place, he was surprised to see a Mustang, not a Vette. He didn't really care about that and immediately decided to buy the car as he recently had a good money income, and the price was cool. The guy who owned it was a former rich guy that went bankrupt and needed cash.
First time he drove the car was "oooow my god it's really fast"
Some specs about the car :
71 Coupe with a 351C 4V block, all stock ; the VIN number tells us it was an M-code. It had a toploader four speed transmission with the Hurst shifter. Interior was plain black, with power windows. It had 14 inch steel wheels. The car had been repaint in grey by former owner, and had aftermarket Koni shocks.
It's been sold by Ford France in 1971 and had a "kph speedo".
VIN : 1F01M131429
BODY : 65 D
COLOR : V
TRIM : 3A
DATE : 10/70
DSO : 900150
AXLE : R
TRANS : 5
My father-in-law later added hood pins and the front spoiler.
Some pics from the 80s :
Some pics from 2004 with the beautiful paint and custom grill :
Was that a pretty rare car ? It seems to me M-code Coupes with toploader four speed are pretty rare.
If you have some infos about this particular model, or pics of M-code Coupes, etc. I'm really interested.
Now the car has been sold and belongs to a close neighbor who owns tons of different cars and do not take care of them at all ; motor and transmission have been parted and it's laying in a yard since a few years, winters included... Needless to say I'm very sad when I see her. This guy simply don't deserve to own such a car
(Now I need to find some interior pics)
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