Mattndew76 Posted October 29, 2020 Report Share Posted October 29, 2020 lol I love how she has a universal connection and two drive extensions, and a whole lot of side booby. 1 3 Quote Link to comment
Ranman72 Posted October 30, 2020 Report Share Posted October 30, 2020 1 hour ago, Mattndew76 said: lol I love how she has a universal connection and two drive extensions, and a whole lot of side booby. i didnt notice any tools 😁 1 1 1 Quote Link to comment
angliagt Posted November 1, 2020 Report Share Posted November 1, 2020 Where's the big shoehorn? 1 1 Quote Link to comment
goes2fast Posted November 1, 2020 Report Share Posted November 1, 2020 9 hours ago, VFR800 said: My favorite Mustang being built! 😍 4 Quote Link to comment
datzenmike Posted November 2, 2020 Report Share Posted November 2, 2020 A friend traded his year old Baracuda for a '71 Mach One Boss 429. I drove it for an evening and to this day one of the nicest sounding exhausts. He got rid of it... shitty mileage (oil crisis '72) and you couldn't get at to change the spark plugs. He was always wanting to race me, but I didn't want to loose so I said ok if I pick the place. Naturally I picked the one with the worst traction. 3 out of 3. 3 1 Quote Link to comment
ratpatrol66 Posted November 2, 2020 Report Share Posted November 2, 2020 5 hours ago, datzenmike said: A friend traded his year old Baracuda for a '71 Mach One Boss 429. I drove it for an evening and to this day one of the nicest sounding exhausts. He got rid of it... shitty mileage (oil crisis '72) and you couldn't get at to change the spark plugs. He was always wanting to race me, but I didn't want to loose so I said ok if I pick the place. Naturally I picked the one with the worst traction. 3 out of 3. Really? 71 Boss 429? Really? Quote Link to comment
datzenmike Posted November 2, 2020 Report Share Posted November 2, 2020 8 hours ago, ratpatrol66 said: Really? 71 Boss 429? Really? We were young and I was really 'into' the muscle car scene. I had a '70 Dart and he bought a 318 Plymouth Barracuda. Old man automatic. He could see he was missing out on the fun so had a chance to trade and went too far the other way. It was a handful of a car and traction was a problem. 2 Quote Link to comment
MikeRL411 Posted November 2, 2020 Report Share Posted November 2, 2020 My son and his friend ran an auto mod shop in Torrance CA. A customer insisted on stuffing a really big V8 into his Vega. Despite their best efforts to dissuade the customer, he insisted on going ahead with the swap. When finished my son and his partner first got paid. The customer backed out of the garage and proceeded to go on to the road. He reved the engine. Twisted the whole car like an empty beer can. The customer promptly ordered another conversion. Some people don't learn from experience. 3 Quote Link to comment
goes2fast Posted November 3, 2020 Report Share Posted November 3, 2020 9 hours ago, datzenmike said: We were young and I was really 'into' the muscle car scene. I had a '70 Dart and he bought a 318 Plymouth Barracuda. Old man automatic. He could see he was missing out on the fun so had a chance to trade and went too far the other way. It was a handful of a car and traction was a problem. The reason he said "Really" is they only built Boss 429 Mustangs in 69 and 70. 1 1 Quote Link to comment
goes2fast Posted November 3, 2020 Report Share Posted November 3, 2020 8 hours ago, MikeRL411 said: My son and his friend ran an auto mod shop in Torrance CA. A customer insisted on stuffing a really big V8 into his Vega. Despite their best efforts to dissuade the customer, he insisted on going ahead with the swap. When finished my son and his partner first got paid. The customer backed out of the garage and proceeded to go on to the road. He reved the engine. Twisted the whole car like an empty beer can. The customer promptly ordered another conversion. Some people don't learn from experience. The only thing that twisted on my LT1 powered Vega was the stock transmission mount ended up S shaped from the torque. It was not a stock LT1 either, it had a hotter cam and a couple of other tweaks to make around 400hp. 2 Quote Link to comment
datzenmike Posted November 3, 2020 Report Share Posted November 3, 2020 18 minutes ago, goes2fast said: The reason he said "Really" is they only built Boss 429 Mustangs in 69 and 70. Maybe I'm remembering Boss but it wasn't? It had the triangle NACA scoops. Says here the '71 Mach 1 had 2 optional 429 engines.... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Mustang_Mach_1 2 Quote Link to comment
goes2fast Posted November 3, 2020 Report Share Posted November 3, 2020 1 minute ago, datzenmike said: Maybe I'm remembering Boss but it wasn't? It had the triangle NACA scoops. Says here the '71 Mach 1 had 2 optional 429 engines.... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Mustang_Mach_1 The 2 429s were the Cobra Jet and the Super Cobra Jet. The Boss 429 was discontinued after 1970 when NASCAR outlawed them. 2 Quote Link to comment
datzenmike Posted November 3, 2020 Report Share Posted November 3, 2020 Almost 50 years ago. Oh well no 'BOSS' then. 2 Quote Link to comment
goes2fast Posted November 3, 2020 Report Share Posted November 3, 2020 And here is a modern 500+ hp LS3 swapped into a 75 Vega. 3 Quote Link to comment
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