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Well, my first car was a '73 Mustang, AKA Rustang. And yes it was a kinda not that
great a car compared to later models..... And the thing I hated most was that if you didn't see it, they didn't paint it. And the frame rails seemed to rust from the inside out Also galvanized outside, but rusted inside.... I also hated the 9mpg it got, 12hwy. I put a VV carb on it and got mpg up to 17, and 21 hwy. I was impressed, and again 55-60 mph, not racing it. So the engines as built were capable of some economy. It was really something, the tail pipe ash went from black, to light grey almost white ash with the VV well tuned. Spark plugs never got dirty...... really freaky..... 351C engine, FMX Auto Trans. I really can't complain about the service I got out of it for the 140K miles it lasted, and I had fun with it too.... I see at car shows that the old cars are capable of running really well, and good fit and finish when restored. They were what they were. If I had to pay $20K or more for a car, I have thought about this a lot, I think I would put it into a '73 mustang, or a 78 TA. I see reasonable looking ones on ebay all the time. I read about how people hate the functionality of new cars, and I hate the idea of all those electronic dashes, knobless radios. It's the overall experience. And the "Start" button really bugs me..... Lee Iacoca was a good guy, a car guy, and did a lot to get the company back on track. I remember reading that the K-cars were the lengh they were so one more row would fit on the train cars that carried them to market. Kinda like the gimmick they had for the Chevy Vega, they packed them on standing on their nose. Growing up my parents had a 70 Coronet 225 six station wagon. Dad had a 74 Dart with a 318 I took my driving test on. They were cool and very tough cars. The Coronet was our pickup truck. And as kids we rode in the cargo area and lived ! .
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