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Re: Seven Mustangs
"CobraJet" <coiled@basking.hiss> wrote in message
news:150120061650103577%coiled@basking.hiss...
> I hate morning phone calls that start with, "You gotta get over here
> right now!"
>
> Aargh. It's Sunday at the crack of dawn, which I'm pretty sure is
> about 10:15 or so. It's my Shivvy buddy Don, parts guy extraordinaire.
> "Blah blah blah old guy died blah blah blah sold two-acre plot blah
> blah blah Joe's clearing it off blah blah blah I bought all the cars
> and trucks left behind blah blah blah and there's seven Mustangs over
> there."
>
> One of the eyelids pops open. "What kind of Mustangs?" "Old ones,
> your kinda shit. Goin' over there now. Git movin'".
>
> Crap. I need more cars like I need herpes. By the time I get over he
> already has a '69 on the trailer. F-code 302 with a top loader behind
> it, coupe. Dried weeds in every cranny, even in some nooks, too.
> Factory scoop on non-ram hood with 302 badges still on it. Hmm. Mighta
> been a Grande.
>
> Amidst an overgrown back yard replete with Shivvy trucks and a Baja
> Bug and all kinds of weird things is a row of Mustangs. Joe is clearing
> off ground with a bulldozer. He casually shayshays up to a Versailles
> and flings it out of the way. I check it out. 9-inch disc brake rear,
> complete 302, and a burned-up interior.
>
> The next Mustang is a '66 GT coupe, ain't a straight panel on it
> except the trunk. A-code engine, auto, power steering, disc brakes, all
> badging, and the grille/fog light stuff are there. Next to it is a '67
> coupe, a 289 automatic car sporting a perfect turn-signal deluxe hood,
> the exact one that's missing from my GT/CS. Another '67 next to it,
> this time a straight-six car.
>
> Three Mustang II's followed. Two are V6's with power racks, one is a
> 2300 with a manual rack and disc brakes. Visions of race car front
> clips go through my head. Slowly, I realize I could also wing the
> Versailles rear end and one of the power disc racks into the Falcon.
>
> I'm on parts overload. Don gives me a price for the four 60's cars.
> I'm undecided if I can turn a profit, seeing as how I'd be wanting to
> keep some stuff. Lots of scrap metal there. Three more SB's and a 6. He
> wants 100 bucks for the Versailles rear, and we haven't discussed the
> MII parts yet.
>
> Did I mention I want to move to Mexico?
>
> CobraJet
>
Was you around here when I mentioned Pat sold a 67 Mustang, six automatic,
AC, white, plain Jane for $3,000? Had a new front end and no rust. Was
complete, right down to the original radio, hub caps, jack and lug wrench.
Was an everyday driver owned by an 80 year old lady. He had a hard time
getting anyone to look at it. I helped him clean it up. Was damned tempted
to buy it.
Al # 35
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