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Originally Posted by sparksandtabs
@Elgin
Are those cars show cars or performance cars?
-John
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John, the Merc is the only car set up now for "show" and also cruising. Customized in the late 60's and then junked, it has been with my Mom's fiance' as long as I have lived. (He picked it up around 79-80 and it was a mess. With gas prices at what they are nowadays, and 12 miles per gallon with the Pontiac flathead, it's kind of hard to enjoy crusing nowadays and just requires a fillup to go to the local show we go a few towns over regularly.
It is pretty though and has won multiple awards at the local shows we take it to.
http://podquard.multiply.com/photos/photo/8/17.jpg
The '65 fastback is a work in progress, as we just picked up the dual carb setup, and dual exhaust & headers as well. It's almost the same color as the Merc there, but lighter and is setup to be a Shelby clone by the previous owner who we purchased from only about 2-3 years ago if I recall coreectly. It is the baby of the family. lol (Btw, it came that light purple color - Whereas the Merc was orginally going to be purple with green flames as one seen in a hot-rod magazine years back, but were swayed to just go ahead and do the Grease style flames from the Merc in that movie. The flames were laid out by a then good friend of ours, who is also the father of 3 team 237 members who came through the program before I even joined the team. (Small world.)
The '70 Mach 1 is a true survivor. Originally Blue, it was painted black after being in one accident since it had to be redone anyways, and since it was painted black has been in 13 accidents. It was purchased in the late 70's as well and has been with my Mom's fiance' ever since.
We are changing that color this year. lol No more blue or black.
More like a deep amethyst probably.
I'll get pics of the 2 mustangs up when I get home.
Sadly I don't own any of these cars, they just sit at my house taking up garage and driveway space.
I can look for now, but can't "play".... Yet.
I was obviously raised a Ford person going by the 3 choices (and the others, 55 Fairlane, 72(?) Maverick, LTD, and others throughout the years), but have gone to the Mopar side lately, and will probably end up picking up a Charger or Demon or a similar Muscle car in the future myself. Something I can have fun with, and do a little more than just cruise around with.