Your talking to the old school kid here. And I dont mean 80's Mustangs. I'm very familiar with the 71 - 73 Mustangs. Not a big fan of them but yours I would make an exception. They made the fuckers so big to fit the big blocks and then the oil embargo came along, smog rules and the rest is history. We ended up with a Pinto with a prancing pony on the front of it and no V8 Mustang for 74. Go figure. I was born in 66. I still remember the days when 60's muscle cars were just gas guzzling used cars. You could by them cheap. My first car was a 69 325hp SS 396 Chevelle. Traded that for a 70 GTO RAIII car. I bought a 69 GT500 in 1990 for $9000. My friends said I was stupid to pay that much for the car. I sold it in 2002 for $65k to a collector in Canada to cover attorney fees while fighting my ex-wife for custody of my daughter. I've also had a 69 428 Mach1 4 spd car which I stupidly sold in 94 for much less then what they are worth today. 67 Fairlane GT 390 convertible, 77 Cobra II, Too many Camaros and Mustangs to even remember them all.

Doing a 65 Fury Sport slowly over the last 5 years. My father inlaw has a 49 Chevy Business coupe street cruiser that he's owned since 1968. He's owned some wicked cars over the years. The coupe rarely goes out anymore. Have to charge the battery anytime we want to take it out. I borrow it from time to time to take my wife to a drive-in movie. Other then that it just sits.

You want to talk about heavy beasts?
I've got a story for you.
1984,.. my buddy buys a 1970 Fury. Big ole bohemoth. Paid $600 for the car. I laughed at him. But under the hood was an honest to God 426 Hemi. The car was a pig from a standing start. G60's would just roast up in smoke the second you laid into it. But from a 30 mph roll it could hold its own. He sold the car a year later. I think he got his $600 back out of it. We beat the snot out of that car. I was watching a Barret Jackson auction on TV and what comes up on the block but a 1970 blue Fury just like what he had with the 426 Hemi. Turns out that there were only 5 1970 Fury Sports with a Hemi and only 2 known to be left. It sold for $90k. I nearly choked on my chips. My 69 Shelby was 1 of 7 with a 4 spd and the 3.91 drag pack option. I cry thinking about that car. The looks I used to get pulling into Dairy Queen in that car. And always 1 dumb ass that says,.. nice Shelby clone. Read the door tag smart guy. And the now plaque on the dash with Carrol Shelby's signature. Now piss off.

And finding late 60's early 70's big block anything in the salvage yards these days is nearly impossible. Not like it used to be. Used to come across 421 and 455 Pontiac motors like there was no end to them. The mid 70's 8:1 cr smog motor 455 were fantastic. Crappy old 72 camaro with spare tire falling through a rusted trunk,.. 455 motor, cheap Hooker headers, stock Trans Am intake with a tweaked Quadrajet spraying a 150 shot of nitrous,.. man those were fun times. Capitol Raceway Capitol Heights Md (Wash DC) 1985,.. they didnt want to let me race because the car didnt have seat belts. My buddy takes some rope and ties me into the seat. There now your secure,.. they said ok,.. go race. Good times.

Hurst