Re: Clippers at the Motor Muster.

Posted by Mahoning63 On 2015/6/22 16:56:35

Thanks and just goes to prove that witnesses can be unreliable... the Fury is tan, not white!

Was very happy to see the '71-73 Mustang well represented, a series that has been derided by some for too long. I think it was a wonderful design and not oversized at all. The Mustang II that replaced it was an eenie weenie teenie tiny little pooh of a car and I remember riding in my friend's mom's when I was in 5th grade and even then thought the back seat was puny. But it was a good car for the post-OPEC times and the Ghia was nicely finished.

Pinto also brought back memories, remember cruising the neighborhood with my friends who knew some "older guy" with a Bobcat (he was probably just 17 but to a 13 year old that's old). Again, sat in the back but at least the suffering was made less bearable by The Cars that had just come out on 8-track. Too bad the Pinto had safety issues, was a good design otherwise. Ford was really on the ball with small and even smaller cars beginning with the '60 Falcon. By 1970 they had a nice looking Maverick coupe and the Pinto, eventually in cool looking wagon form.

Early Sixties Falcon deserved the 600K sales sold first year.

Mid-Seventies Matador face deserved to be gored by a bull.

The Deuce should have bought Packard in mid-'56, am more convinced than ever.

The tan Fury's front and rear footwells were very high while the late-50s Ford/Mercs had low footwells nestled between the frames. Why did one company twiddle dee while the other twiddle dum'd?

'68-69 Riviera rear... so sweet!

'56-57 Continental Mk II... you're beautiful but shouldn't walk the town without skirts.