'79 Magnum GT
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Lol, Somehow I was not expecting that!!!. I love it! I hope it stays in your family forever.Rick, at the moment it is packed away. Looks something like this guy:
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Rick
Lol, Somehow I was not expecting that!!!. I love it! I hope it stays in your family forever.Rick, at the moment it is packed away. Looks something like this guy:
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Just DON'T turn your back on him. I'm much the same way after someone wakes me up from my nap.Dug him out and woke him up for a photo shoot. He wasn't much amused, as you can see.
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Never owned a GT 350 or 500 But back in the day you could rent one from Hertz rent a car...on the weekends you would see one or two at the drag strip on weekends. ....
I heard stories of the cars being returned with holes from where the roll cage was mounted or just with the engines swapped out for a standard mill.I wonder how many of those at the drag strip were Hertz rentals??![]()
When I was stationed in Orange County, Ca. The "Orange County Register" ran an article on T-Bird 1. It seems a guy bought it from a body shop in O.C. and bought a trashed T-Bird, it was a 1955. He wanted to restore it to original condition. So he contacted Ford to see if he could find out how it left the factory. Ford came back wantting to buy the T-Bird. They went back and forth before Ford finally admitted it was the first T-Bird off the production line. He kept it and restored it, his license plate was T-BIRD 1. https://www.ocregister.com/2009/01/09/first-production-ford-thunderbird-set-for-auction/
I've been looking for a plastic or cast model of my Magnum GT since I got it in 1979, At the age of 69 I'm still looking.72 Dodge Challenger Ralleye, 73 Formula 400 Firebird,75 280z. 3 kids. Used 86 RX7 Masda, Used 1987 Corvette and finally, used and Current garage resident1999 Corvette Hardtop. Wish I still had first three, the three kids are great and I fell in love with 99 vette will let kids fight over it when I croak. lol
Maybe someday I will find Cast models of those first three in the right colors.
I would hurt myself.My next door neighbor has a 2014 Shelby GT500 with 805HP. More power than I need.
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