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    12/14/2020 7:05 PM  #1

    Cab4word67
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    Lucky people

    My neighbor who is 37 years young just received a mint 71/72 mustang because his grandfather passed and this was his wish. Here's the deal the car has 001621 original miles on it and sat in a showroom for ever 

    Slammed Big Blue, ran over the varmints that messed with the Stang. Now all is good in the NW
     

    12/14/2020 7:33 PM  #2

    MS
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    Re: Lucky people

    Back in 1973, the San Antonio Ford dealer couldn’t sell a gold 73 convertible, loaded out.  It sat in the showroom for many years.

    Money you enjoy wasting is NOT wasted money... unless your wife finds out.
     

    12/15/2020 6:43 AM  #3

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    Re: Lucky people

    In college I knew a guy who ran a Ford performance shop.  He had a BOSS 429 he bought during the gas crunch.  It sat on a Ford dealer's lot for a year.  Finally he went in and shot them a lowball offer which they immediately took.  I think he paid $1,500 for it if memory serves. 

     

    12/15/2020 4:06 PM  #4

    Chaplin
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    Re: Lucky people

    Right place at the right time.

    And I never seem to be.

     

    12/15/2020 4:35 PM  #5

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    Re: Lucky people

    I wish I was that lucky.

     

    12/15/2020 9:51 PM  #6

    Cab4word67
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    Re: Lucky people

    Here is the only pic I got tell the car is trucked down from Mt Vernon WA

    Slammed Big Blue, ran over the varmints that messed with the Stang. Now all is good in the NW
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    12/16/2020 12:05 AM  #7

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    Re: Lucky people

    I wonder if he ever trailered the car to any MCA shows? Mustangs Northwest has held Judged shows at their Roundup event in Bellevue every July for 32 years. I'll bet if he did I might have seen it there. Mt. V  is only about 80 miles north of Bellevue.
    I wonder what that car could pull in a Mecum or Barrett-Jackson auction? That is, if he wants to sell it.

    68 coupe - 351W, 4R70W, 9" 3.25 -- 65 convertible - 289 4v, C4, 8" 3.00
     

    12/16/2020 1:33 AM  #8

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    Re: Lucky people

    I think from what I have been told by the son of the dad who owned it is that it sat in a garage all this time and looks as good as the picture. We will see when it arrives next month. He said the factory battery died and they kept it in the work bench.

    Slammed Big Blue, ran over the varmints that messed with the Stang. Now all is good in the NW
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    12/16/2020 6:53 AM  #9

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    Re: Lucky people

    RTM wrote:

    I wish I was that lucky.

    I always tell my son that luck is a poor substitute for skill.  I mostly believe it...

     

    12/16/2020 8:09 AM  #10

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    Re: Lucky people

    The harder I worked, the luckier I got. 

    That's a concept that has pretty well been eradicated by modern political think, I think.

    "you get what you pay for, good work isn't cheap, and there are NO free lunches...PERIOD!"
     

    12/16/2020 8:26 AM  #11

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    Re: Lucky people

    Bullet Bob wrote:

    The harder I worked, the luckier I got. 

    That's a concept that has pretty well been eradicated by modern political think, I think.

    Prostitutes don't need luck.  They get paid for a service.  At least a hooker is smart enough to know she's being screwed...

     

    12/16/2020 11:57 AM  #12

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    Re: Lucky people

    TKOPerformance wrote:

    RTM wrote:

    I wish I was that lucky.

    I always tell my son that luck is a poor substitute for skill.  I mostly believe it...

    Branch Ricky, owner of the Brooklyn Dodgers stated … “Luck is the residue of design”
     

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

    12/16/2020 2:58 PM  #13

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    Re: Lucky people

    Remember that old saying...luck favors the prepared.

     

     

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