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    6/05/2024 10:45 AM  #1

    6sally6
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    Any of y'all remember this era..........?


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    6/05/2024 11:15 AM  #2

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    Re: Any of y'all remember this era..........?

    I was 16 yrs old, at Green Valley Raceway in Smithfield, Texas, February 14 of 1965. There .Shelby had a King Cobra (Cooper Monaco w/289 Cobra ENGINE ) and a GT 350 driven by Ken Miles.(the scene of the famous hop photo.) it was the first time a GT350R ever turned a wheel and anger and raced. Yeah he kicked -oh no I used a word I shouldn't have- and everybody who drove a Cobra was my Hero.

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    6/05/2024 11:21 AM  #3

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    Sorry, Mike.  That was before my time.

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    6/05/2024 11:25 AM  #4

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    Bullet Bob wrote:

    Sorry, Mike.  That was before my time.

     

    No, not before your time BB. You were just busy being wrapped up in model A  engines.

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    6/05/2024 12:02 PM  #5

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    Well, I was a -2 years old...

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    6/06/2024 8:00 AM  #6

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    Way to busy thinkin about Banana seats, Monkey and, SissyBars N Stingrays!!!!

    Money can't buy happiness. Butt it can buy Car Parts... and that is pretty much the same thing.67 FastBack
     

    6/06/2024 10:47 AM  #7

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    I think I was about 2 or 3...LOL  

     

    6/06/2024 1:45 PM  #8

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    I wasn't even a twinkle in my Dad's eye for those who get the reference

     

    6/06/2024 3:49 PM  #9

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    I was around at the time and other than a friends wife having a 66-6 convertible I paid little attention to Mustangs .
    My head at the time was filled with things that had two wheels or wings.

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    6/07/2024 8:54 AM  #10

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    I was 17 and cruising Southern California with my best friend in his 65 Mustang. 

     

    6/25/2024 11:07 AM  #11

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    True74yamaha wrote:

    I wasn't even a twinkle in my Dad's eye for those who get the reference

    Same for me. 
     

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    6/25/2024 2:25 PM  #12

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    I was 17 and cruising Southern California with my best friend in his 65 Mustang. 

     
    MAN !!!!......Route 66 was still intact then too. (Shoot....that was still the main highway west then)
    I was a 'FoMoCo' guy then butt....not so much Mustangs. Remember seeing ONE Shelby at the time but it belonged to some Dr's kid....
    I was still reading about Smoky Yunick....Jr. Johnson...Mickey Thompson...etc.
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    6/25/2024 2:46 PM  #13

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    https://youtu.be/xtY7OMT49CE?t=200

    MICKEY THOMPSON !!.. some of you youngsters may axe..
    This is one of his inventions(remember this is the early 60's!)      A set of HEMI heads for a 427 FE engine !!
    WHY you may axe...since the 427 light-weight Gal's were the king of the SS/Stocks and NASCAR....
    WHY...cause he could...cause he just wanted to !!
    He was wayyyy outta the box thinker
    N-JOY
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    6/25/2024 2:58 PM  #14

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    Sal - that was difinately a different time, very exciting, seemed every young guy had some hot car that went around tearing up the streets, and/or track.  

    65 Fastback, 351W, 5-speed, 4 wheel discs, 9" rear,  R&C Front End.
     

    6/25/2024 6:47 PM  #15

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    Oh...I remember it well - Didn't Maurice Chevalier sing a song like that?  Stone-Woods-Cook, Bean Bandits, Ivo w/4 Buicks, Duntov cams, the list goes on.  It was great living in SoCal in those days.  Keith Black too.  I even dated his daughter a couple of times.

    I was driving a 59 Austin 850 (precursor to the Mini Cooper) with a built MG1100 engine putting out about 100 hp.  It would do 110mph.  It would beat any sports car of the era.  Unfortunately, I took a corner too fast one day and pranged it.  But you should see burning rubber from the front tires - all 10" of them!

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    Original owner - 351w,T-5, 4whl disks, power R&P
     

    6/25/2024 7:50 PM  #16

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    I just hope the current enthusiast are enjoying today with their performance cars.  With the speed at which all devices (cars especially) are being networked together, I predict it won't be long until the new cars are all being monitored by the MAN 24/7.  The MAN will know where the cars are and how they are being driven.  Unless forced to by the MAN, I don't see myself ever owning one of those cars regardless of how nice they might otherwise be.

    And if you think it won't be allowed because of our freedoms, then perhaps you are still under the idea that our freedoms are safe.  ....sad but true.   Back to my first statement, I just hope the current enthusiast are not taking today for granted.
     

    1968 T-code Coupe with a 302.  Nice car, no show stopper for sure, but I like it.
     

    6/26/2024 7:10 AM  #17

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    Rufus68 wrote:

    I just hope the current enthusiast are enjoying today with their performance cars.  With the speed at which all devices (cars especially) are being networked together, I predict it won't be long until the new cars are all being monitored by the MAN 24/7.  The MAN will know where the cars are and how they are being driven.  Unless forced to by the MAN, I don't see myself ever owning one of those cars regardless of how nice they might otherwise be.

    And if you think it won't be allowed because of our freedoms, then perhaps you are still under the idea that our freedoms are safe.  ....sad but true.   Back to my first statement, I just hope the current enthusiast are not taking today for granted.
     

    Many new vehicles are currently being monitored and some manufacturers provide info back to insurance companies.
    And there is a 'push' for having the vehicle check one's speed against the posted speed limit one is driving in, and warn the driver before taking action to slow the car.  This technology can be applied to the other attributes vehicles monitor today, lane changing, following too close, etc, etc.
    It is a scary thing we could be entering.

     

    65 Fastback, 351W, 5-speed, 4 wheel discs, 9" rear,  R&C Front End.
     

    6/26/2024 8:45 AM  #18

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    Some more info to follow BobE post. My neighbor is a mechanic specialized in electrical. My wife's Grand Cherokee posted some codes so I had him take a look. He fixed the problem and when I asked what happened he said well on January 7th she was going 45 headed north it was 85 degrees and one of the sensors failed. Welcome to the digital age

     

    6/26/2024 9:18 AM  #19

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    lowercasesteve wrote:

      Keith Black too.  I even dated his daughter a couple of times.

    SAY WHAT !!!!!!??......That should go under the One that got away post !!
    Man!! I can almost smell the nitro fumes from a Keith Black Hemi powered Mustang at the Bako Bash !!
    (keyword 'almost' )
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    6/26/2024 10:28 AM  #20

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    I often think I would have enjoyed that period of time to grow in.

     

    6/26/2024 3:40 PM  #21

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    I often think I would have enjoyed that period of time to grow in.

     That era was a blast  but the consequences are being old now.👩‍🦯

    Good work ain't cheap, Cheap work ain't good!   Simple Man
     

     

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