First new car July 72
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Topic: First new car July 72
Posted By: Sonnydgt
Subject: First new car July 72
Date Posted: 16-September-2018 at 6:10AM
 First new car me and the wife bought after we married ------------- 68 Mercury Cougar Convertible 72 Sport Fastback |
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Posted By: 72FordGTS
Date Posted: 16-September-2018 at 1:20PM
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Great Pic! What were the specs on the car? ------------- Vince 1972 Ford GTS Sportsroof - Survivor, One Family car GTS.org Admin |
Posted By: californiajohnny
Date Posted: 16-September-2018 at 1:43PM
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sonny is that the car you're working on now? ------------- JOHN 74 GRAN TORINO S&H CLONE 74 VETTE CUSTOM 90 S10 BLAZER 4X4 LIFTED 77 CELICA CUSTOM 75 V8 MONZA SUPERCHARGED 79 COURIER VERT. SLAMMED 75 VEGA V6 5 SPD 70 CHEV C10 P/U 68 MUSTANG FB CONVERSION |
Posted By: Sonnydgt
Date Posted: 16-September-2018 at 3:01PM
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Q code buckets console rally dash automatic. Not the one I'm working on now. Loved that car but had to sell it prior to transferring to Jacksonville. Sold in Pensacola in 1980 , kid on the way needed 4 doors ------------- 68 Mercury Cougar Convertible 72 Sport Fastback |
Posted By: fordismyboss
Date Posted: 16-September-2018 at 7:07PM
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Love that picture! looks like factory Firestone's on magnum 500's! Hard to tell the color. Thanks for listing all the specs on your original car...because....... On Saturday, I almost bought a '72 fastback 97k miles ALL original, Q code, buckets, console, 7 gauge cluster, automatic, laser with wheel opening trim and original magnums still there, NO RUST. Atlanta DSO in Ivy Glow 4C paint with medium green interior and a black vinyl top. BUILT IN JULY 1972! Needed restoration and some body work but it was ALL there. There where two people in between the name on the title. The seller said he'd put the title in his name on Monday; a good guy. But I'm sure now he sold it to someone else. Maybe I'll get lucky and he'll call tomorrow. Should have given him the cash, taken the car and title and worked through the issues. Who feels my pain? Your cool vintage picture made me think of how dumb it was to worry about title.
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Posted By: Sonnydgt
Date Posted: 16-September-2018 at 10:49PM
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Sounds like an exact match to the one I sold, it was ivy gold green interior and black vinyl top also ------------- 68 Mercury Cougar Convertible 72 Sport Fastback |
Posted By: normand
Date Posted: 17-September-2018 at 5:54AM
| Love the pic. Was just telling my wife yesterday I wished I had taken a picture with my 72 GTS back in 1978 when I purchased for $1,350 to compare to the almost complete project car now. |
Posted By: Sonnydgt
Date Posted: 17-September-2018 at 7:59AM
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Can hardly believe that was 46 years ago, wish I still had that one. The one I’m workin on now will just be a nice driver when I get it done. H code fastback bench seat rally dash a/c auto on the column. Fresh motor and tranny. Hope to have it done for the turkey rod run in November. ------------- 68 Mercury Cougar Convertible 72 Sport Fastback |
Posted By: 72FordGTS
Date Posted: 17-September-2018 at 12:24PM
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What a cool car and story! That was a very nicely equipped car. My dad also bought my Torino brand new. He owned several cars before but it was his first brand new car. He special ordered it. I grew up with the car and was lucky enough to get it from my dad over 15 years ago now. ------------- Vince 1972 Ford GTS Sportsroof - Survivor, One Family car GTS.org Admin |