Back in 1976 I had a 1966 Mustang Fastback GT with the Hi/Po 289. It was dark blue with a light blue and white Pony interior. The seat centers were white and there was a there was a running pony embossed on each seat back.
I had saved some money working at Jim Davenport's Pizza Palace in Mountain Brook Village. I was 15 and wanting to buy my first car. My Dad and I had been looking and found out about this car at a dealership on Bessemer Super Highway. We get there and it's jacked up on the back with air shocks, wide tires, and has had some less than stellar bodywork, but it was all there. The dude wanted $900 for it. My Dad talked the guy down to $600. I forked the money over and drove it home without a license, just a learner's permit.
We started with the suspension and fixed all that in the garage. New Monroe Radialmatic shocks, we had the springs re-bent at Birmingham Spring, we took it to Lee Rodgers Tire and they went over the brakes and the bushings. We went to a few junk yards and found some GT wheels, trim rings and center caps. After all that we had a pretty nice Mustang. My Dad helped me a lot with that car. I had no Idea what I had back then. Had I known i would still have that car now. It did help me win over a knockout blonde gal my junior year in high school. She and I were thick as thieves that year. I had no idea what I had with her either, but I'm much better off now with Boho.
It was a great car, but it was still a 1966 car. A new Mustang GT now is 10,000 times a better automobile in every way except nostalgia.
I'll tell y'all the story about the 1971 Olds 442 later...
