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So sad to see it go, but need the money and won't be driving the next three years anyways :/  Would be great if a fellow artist got it!! :-)

price?

Don't do it man, I sold my 76 MonteCarlo in similar condition, mine had just bit over 65000 original miles, I was so sorry later on, when I tried to buy it back, I found out that guy wrecked it all the way, and gave it to the junkyard, but if it is your last option, well, it's your baby !!! :D

You are crazy if you sell it. Surely you must have a relative who can store it for you while you are off at school.

It's currently listed on ebvay, top bid so far is 9700. Buy it now for 14000.

Are you F______kidding? A Mustang? Sell your blood to the National Red Cross every week, thats what I use to do when I was in college. Beautiful carhas to be a heartbreak to get rid of it.

P.S. God-damn it! The shipping charges must cost, where are you again? Are the motor and trany in good condition?

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The auction details the engine, it's a comepletely rebuilt 302. We also have the original 289 but it has seen better days :) http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=4542169373&category=6236

Here's the engine makeup as listed:
Engine:
1971 302 Block
MSD 6 High performance Electronic Ignition
MSD Billet Distributor
Flame Thrower 40KV Coil
Edelbrock Aluminum Heads with 2.02 Exhaust Valves
Edelbrock Performer Plus Cam
Edelbrock Performer Plus Intake Manifold
Edelbrock 600CFM Carburator
150 Amp Single Wire Alternator
4 Row Radiator
Ford Racing Reduction Pulleys
Canton Racing High Capacity Oil Pan
JBA Nickel Plated Shorty Headers
Hooker Aeroflo Mufflers
Dr. Gas X-Pipe Crossover Exhaust
Flexilite Fan

Here is an earlier version of the engine:

SInce then the distributor has been replaced along with a few other goodies, and everything was recleaned.

The trans is fine and screams at the low end but since it's a three-speed automatic the top speed tops out at 90 mph due to the large rear ratio (3.89). We HAVE and are INCLUDING the ford T5 manual transmission kit, but my dad has not had time to install it so the next owner will most likely want to do that for maximum performance.

I am currently in school in NYC but the car is in Northern California. I would have liked to drive it some more and sell it over the summer, but since it's tax season and the parents are paying the tuition, it must be done now :(. I was back a few weeks ago but couldn't drive it(!!!) because it needed a new fuel pump and there was no time to install one. Although our time together was short, I feel as if it lasted a lifetime (I feel like I'm writing a eulogy).

Message edited on: 04/10/2005 01:28

I actually have a few friends at school that are very interested in it, but they have to talk to their parents first (some things never change eh?). I also thought about going in with my buddies at 5000 each to buy it from my dad, but I don't even have 500, let alone 5000 dollars to do that. I'd love to find a way to keep it but what it comes down to is that my dad needs money for taxes and tutuion (this is on top of student loans), and we had planned on this happening for a while. Planning, though, is very different from actually seeing it happen.

On the upside, it was a GREAT project and could easily be done again! And not only again, but with the experience now under the belt it can be done even better and faster and most likely cheaper. We know what works and what doesn't. I am thinking convertible for the next project...with an embedded mac mini to serve music :-D Or maybe I'll stick to the ipod.

Here's a before and after shot of the restoration, really puts things in perspective in terms of the amount of work:

P.S. This car's official song is "Baba O'Riley" by The Who, as it was the first song we played on its first drive.

Message edited on: 04/10/2005 01:52

Im impressed as hell!

damn.... are you absolutely sure you're not gunna hate yourself for selling this in a few years?? It looks like a rolling orgasm man! I would so buy it, but I can't bid heigher then $700 which is way too little.

I don't know much about cars, but that is one cool looking machine!

Nice work!! It sucks having to get rid of them after putting so much into it. I did a 71 Barracuda, got it in pieces on a flatbed, had to sell just when it was ready for paint. :( I paid 600 sold her for 4000. Lots of resource for Stangs, not as much for Mopar. Sell it to someone that'll take care of it.

If I had the $ I would jump on it. Sorry man. Great looking ride! Wish ya luck with the sale. I know it must be tough to let it go.

Well, congrats on the sale.. I know its bitter sweet. But you got your price! :-D

Oh you guys, its only a car, I had a 67 mustang once and I don't regret not having it anymore, lol. I still fondly remember the time I hit some slush on the road and got scared out of my wits when it mushroomed up thru the floor board at my feet. And the rock holding up the passenger seat was priceless. Sigh, ok yeah, its gonna hurt for you to sell this car.

You're selling the car for college? If you knew the right people, there's probably good money to be made in car restoration. You've certainly have done a great job there. Seems a shame to let it go... At least now you'll have an extra incentive to do well in school. All that work would be for naught if you don't apply yourself.

I bow to the owner of easily the 3rd nicest Mustang I've ever seen.

Great looking car and nice job on the resto. My first car was a 71 Chevelle SS.....My pop did a great job restoring it. Monte Carlo crushed velour interior, 454 c.i. engine bored out to 496 c.i. Hurst Lightning Rod shifter.....awesome car and great to drive.....walked a 'vette once. Had to sell it....insurance was super high on a gas sucking muscle car...so, I know how ya' feel. Good luck.

Guy who bought it is very nice and seems to have good intentions. I've gotten over it now that it's no longer a tentative issue. Sad to see it go, but yeah, it's one hell of a motivator :-D Thanks for the comments and support. We should start a classic car revivial.

Sweet 'Stang, madmax. Mine was a 69 Camaro z28.

Gorgeous car, do your utmost to keep it, you'll have regrets later if you can't

HHHmmmm, my desire to own a car like this has just taken another hit with the news that petrol (gas) prices are expected to hit 1 a litre (yep that's $2 per litre) in the next couple of weeks......

$2/L * (3.8L/gal)... Approx $7.60 for a gallon? Sheesh! It's a wonder people still drive over there. At least most people there don't have to cover the distances that shortsighted planning in the U.S. has created. (There was a reason for suburban growth back in the early cold war days - sorta a way of decentralizing populations under the shadow of the nuke threat. Nowadays, regional planners don't know any better and it's just counterproductive and wasteful.) But back on the car topic... Too bad the econo-cars just don't ellicit any feelings design wise. Hmmm... I wonder if anyone's ever converted a classic to electric or hybrid?

"I wonder if anyone's ever converted a classic to electric or hybrid?" This is a very real possibility with the coates rotary engine, as the new valve system can be retrofitted onto exisitng engine block, and can run and virually any fuel, including hydrogen. Technologies such as the Millenium Fuel Cell can provide safely stored hydrogen to the engine quickly enough to operate at high velocity.

cool stuff max! Imagine a hydrogen powered classic hotrod B-) that'd be cool

Attached Link: MegaSquirt Electronic Fuel Injection Computer

Actually hydrogen might be one of the easier conversions Rayraz. :) (Either that or LNG/CNG.) You could keep most of the original engine too. The hard part would be manufactuing the custom fittings (probably stainless with teflon seals) to keep the leaks to a minimum. (If there's any hint of a leak, hydrogen will find a way.) Then it's just a matter of properly setting up fuel metering, injection, and ignition. I wonder if MegaSquirt could do the last three? Full elecrtic if done right might not be bad either, but would require gutting most existing hardware and reinventing stuff. And then there's the weight penalty if you plan on getting any range out of it. But the heaps of torque that electric motors have combined with less batteries might make quite a fun runabout car for short trips and errands.

There is a patent involving the distrubution and ignition of hydrogen in a combustion engine: http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=/netahtml/ Included are designs for a new type of spark plug that will ensure complete combustion of the gas while also facilitating fuel/air mixing.