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re: If you had to choose, which one would you restore? '67 Mustang Coupe or Fastback?

Posted on 9/17/19 at 5:42 pm to
Posted by XanderCrews
Member since Mar 2009
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Posted on 9/17/19 at 5:42 pm to
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Posted by Reservoir dawg
Member since Oct 2013
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Posted on 9/17/19 at 5:47 pm to
Fastback would get my balls.
Posted by JohnnyKilroy
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Member since Oct 2012
41887 posts
Posted on 9/17/19 at 5:53 pm to
Ehh I much prefer the fastbacks on the 65 and 66

65-66:



67-68:



GOAT fast back of course is 69-70:

Posted by Gorilla Ball
Az via La
Member since Feb 2006
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Posted on 9/17/19 at 6:39 pm to
Fastback
Posted by N2cars
Member since Feb 2008
40320 posts
Posted on 9/17/19 at 6:42 pm to
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Fastback


All day, every day.
Posted by N2cars
Member since Feb 2008
40320 posts
Posted on 9/17/19 at 6:44 pm to
These guys are doing it right:

Modern Mustangs
This post was edited on 9/17/19 at 6:45 pm
Posted by N2cars
Member since Feb 2008
40320 posts
Posted on 9/17/19 at 6:47 pm to
IIRC, the very first Mustangs were 64 1/2, coupe only. Then in 65 you had coupes and fastbacks.

I've been drinking though, so I could be wrong.
Posted by Panny Crickets
Fort Worth, TX
Member since Sep 2008
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Posted on 9/17/19 at 6:49 pm to
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These guys are doing it right:


Those prices are comical.
Posted by N2cars
Member since Feb 2008
40320 posts
Posted on 9/17/19 at 6:50 pm to
"Right" costs money, but yeah, they're high.
Posted by KingOrange
Mayfair
Member since Aug 2018
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Posted on 9/17/19 at 6:56 pm to
Fastback. The Steve McQueen version in Bullitt.
Posted by troyt37
Member since Mar 2008
14688 posts
Posted on 9/17/19 at 7:01 pm to
Coupe will be less expensive to buy, and less expensive to restore, typically.
Posted by troyt37
Member since Mar 2008
14688 posts
Posted on 9/17/19 at 7:07 pm to
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To be honest that 289 was not that quick.



Doesn’t take much to wake a 289 right up. A decent cam, headers, intake, and carb, and you can run with anything from that era, outrun most.

quote:

Also had front drum brakes, so when it was raining I would have to either stop fully then turn or drive into a curb in the turn back up and then go.


At this point it’s pretty obvious that all you were good for was turning the key, and pushing the gas pedal. Drum brakes aren’t great, but they aren’t anything like you’re describing.

Posted by troyt37
Member since Mar 2008
14688 posts
Posted on 9/17/19 at 7:10 pm to
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The Steve McQueen version in Bullitt.



The Bullitt Mustang was a 1968 with a 390.
Posted by kywildcatfanone
Wildcat Country!
Member since Oct 2012
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Posted on 9/17/19 at 7:14 pm to
This is the color of my neighbors.

Posted by N2cars
Member since Feb 2008
40320 posts
Posted on 9/17/19 at 7:15 pm to
That 390 was slow.

The Charger was killing it so badly that McQueen was having to really over drive the Mustang.
Posted by troyt37
Member since Mar 2008
14688 posts
Posted on 9/17/19 at 7:20 pm to
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That 390 was slow.

The Charger was killing it so badly that McQueen was having to really over drive the Mustang.


You ever ride in an early Mustang with an FE? Pretty sure you haven’t. I have one, and I’ve seen many a 390 ruin a Chevy 396’s day.
Posted by windmill
Prairieville, La
Member since Dec 2005
7838 posts
Posted on 9/17/19 at 7:26 pm to
Fastback and I wouldn't put anything Eleanor
Posted by Kim Jong Ir
Baton Rouge
Member since Jan 2008
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Posted on 9/17/19 at 7:30 pm to
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I’ve seen many a 390 ruin a Chevy 396’s day


I had a 1969 Mach 1 with a 390. The low end torque was incredible. I blew the doors off many GM muscle cars on the road in front of Acadiana High.
Posted by CuyahogaTigerJr
Northeast ohio
Member since Aug 2018
2397 posts
Posted on 9/17/19 at 7:30 pm to
Idk that’s tuff probably reg ... I had a 65 when I was 17
Posted by Vastmind
B Ara
Member since Sep 2013
5322 posts
Posted on 9/17/19 at 7:32 pm to
Fastbacks are for rednecks
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