Your first mustang ?

[4280]

At what age did you get your first mustang ? I was 14 and it was a 69 fb,302,auto.$700.00 Dad drove it home.

Troy ::

[c6fastback]

19 years old ( 1984 ) and still own it . 1966 fastback paid $1800

[71resto]

I was 21 (1977) and bought a 1969 Mach 1 w/ 351W that was fully loaded and bought it for $2300.

[bbenthin]

'87 GT...I think I was 21. Can't remember what I paid, somewhere around $5500.

[Dean]

My first mustang was a 65 Convertible, I was (I think) 19. Owned it for a couple of weeks before I traded it for a '55 Chevy. I've had a few more 65 verts since then....they have always been my favorites!

[65Topless]

I was 39. I've only had one, but lusted after many. I've always loved 67 fastbacks too.

[A_65_Myself]

35. A ratty green '66 coupe with a hot, built 302/351 heads, BIG cam, flowmasters, and a 5-speed tranny. You could hear the rumble coming from almost a mile away before you saw the car. I was having one of my "teenaged boy" wanna-be flashbacks at the time, now I drive a stock, quiet (and even rattier) '64.5 coupe.

[geet500]

Kim - you got my first clunker... 69 FB.... 17 yrs old..."branded" for life. Now that clunker is in long gone and overseas.

[blkstlln]

Hmmm thanks for this post! :: :: :: First I actually bought.49..Damn that hurts....

[pfund98]

I was 26, it was love at first sight, It quickly turned into ghastly horror at second and third sight when I learned where to look for mustang rust and found an abundance....


-Dan

[6t5fastback]

Great post Troy I was 19, it was a 70 fastback with no motor or tranny, I paid 300 (all I could afford). Took the 351C out of my dads 71 torino station wagon (after I bought it from him 150)
Mike

[ken_schall]

1983 Vert....bought it out of a wrecking yard...T boned! rebuilt it...ground effects ,hood scoop,Big black stripe! really came out look'n nice. ::
Think I was maybe 26-27. Fun little car...but the little 6 banger just didn't cut it.
Had it about a year and a half and moved on...

[ChezDaJez]

My first Mustang was a 1969 Fastback, 302 w/ 3 spd manual tranny that I bought in Jacksonville, Florida in 1974 for $1700. It had about 54000 miles on it. Not knowing anything about buying a car then, I had it financed at 29% interest by the local Fly-By-Night loan outfit. :p
I drove that for about 6 months before I blew it up.
Not having the money to buy another 302, I found a guy at the Navy base auto hobby shop that had a 73 Pinto 4 cylinder engine and automatic for sale. I got that for $50 and had a friend fabricate some mounts. Had a major hassle finding a driveshaft for it but we managed to get it in and it actually ran half decent.
I drove that for about a month then traded it for a 71 Fastback w/ 351C 4V and 4 speed with the deluxe ginger interior. I got really soaked on the trade but I loved that 71 so much I didn't care what it ended up costing me.
I can only imagine what the dealer thought when he finally opened the hood ::
Steve

71 Mach 1 M Code

"Honest, honey, just a couple more parts and she'll be ready to go!"

[MarkMach1]

OK, OK. 18 yrs old 69 winter blue coupe w/302 C4. Paid $1200.

Then in 1988 I bought the Mach for $600. ::


WOW Troy, if I didn't know better, I think you and Ken could be related, at least from the looks of your 2 cars anyway... ::

[66CoupeNW]

Easy! I remember it fondly. I bought my 71 coupe on my 40th birthday 5 years ago. Mustang Times published my story about it, pg 19 of the April 2002 issue. Concidentally, that's also about the time I came on board VMF!