What The Hell Happened To This Forum?

I think it went downhill after a site layout change hid the Tech section. You had to know Tech is there and navigate to it. After that there was no real difference (tech is posted in talk) and we have 2 subs splitting the chats. VMF also got off it's high horse about modding and a lot of traffic went over there. And lastlly there are just less 1st gen Mustangs.

Forums in general are losing traffic to FaceBook and the like and it's been noticeable for that last several years.

Apparently I joined Sept 8, 2000. I can't remember if i still had my '65 notchback at the time or had the '89 GT by then. Don't have either anymore, but got my '68 in April of 2004 and 13 years is the longest I've owned a car.

It's been neglected since I got a '72 Pinto about three years ago, but not forgotten. Honestly, I think the Pinto gets more attention.

When I stop for gas, I almost always get the comment "I/someone I knew had a Pinto when I was a kid/in high school/college/the past!" Then I tell them mine is actually fast and what's been done to it and their eyes glaze over.

There aren't any gear heads where I work. A few that like cars, but none that know anything about 'em. There was a guy that had a mostly restored '66 notchback, but he didn't do any work himself. (on the car or on the job.)

CochinoFilipino said:

And lastlly there are just less 1st gen Mustangs.

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They've also climbed out of the casual hotrodder's price range. Good for those of us that have one, I suppose.

The story of '67 actually starts over 20 years ago with a '66.

I was in high school when my dad bought my mom a '66 coupe. It was rusted out in the usual places and the engine was blowing smoke. It was a 289 with the 3 speed. Dad had the rust cut out and new metal welded in and had it repainted the original color. The original spare was in it, with the trunk mat, cover, and tools. I would often steal it when they went out of town. My buddy a '67 fastback and another friend had a '67 Camaro. I ended up joining the Army and leaving for a bit. While I was gone my folks sold the '66 to my sister and brother-in-law. He had the engine bored .030 over and a mild cam put in it. I begged him to sell it to me. After a couple of years he finally did. It was the first car my wife and I owned after we got married in 1997. I drove it from Montana to Alabama. My wife and I were both there for schools that the Army sent us too. I was supposed to go back to Ft. Bragg when I was done. So, commuting to Alabama to see my wife while she finished her course wasn't a big deal.

Plans changed. The Army sent me to Germany instead. I had the '66 shipped over to join me. That was in early 1998. Then I got deployed to Kosovo, right after Christmas 1999. I put the car in storage while I was gone. A retired E-6 saw it in storage and tracked me down while I was deployed. He begged me to sell it to him. When I got back from Kosovo in 2000, I sold it to him. I cried. I paid off bills. I cried some more. My wife and I agreed that we would get another one when the time was right.

April 2016, a new girl was hired on in my office. She had a '67...almost the same color as my '66. She was not good at driving a 3 speed so the 'Stang sat a lot. However, her husband had the car repainted and was slowly restoring it. I told her I wanted it. She wouldn't sell. Then she said her husband wanted to sell, then he would change his mind. That lasted a year. Early April of this year he sent me text and offered it to me first, saying it would go in an auction if I said no. A few days earlier we had gotten the official test results saying my wife did not have cancer. Our 20th anniversary is this year. It took all of 2 minutes to decide we would buy it. It is our 20th anniversary/ celebration that my wife does not have cancer gift to ourselves.

Life is too short to not buy that dream car when you have the chance.

zookeeper said:

Great story! Now how about some pics?

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Thank you.

I don't know why they keep getting turned sideways. That's not how I took the pictures.

Noobz347 said:

Your first two images were taken in portrait mode (notice the aspect ratio). The other in portrait mode.

My guess is that you're using an i-phone?

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I am. I didn't change anything between pics. They don't always post that way.

zookeeper said:

Beautiful coupe indeed!

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Thank you.

I posted this same answer in other thread on the board here, but it's just the way my life has worked out. I am spending most of my time trying to finish my 69 Cougar, drive my 68 at least a little bit, and get the 71 mustang ready to sell. I need the money now to help cover the cost of my wife moving from NY back here to Co.
I used to visit this site much more often, but I had my own life to deal with, as is so common among we classic car folk. I retired from the military in October of 12, ended up spending a couple years in NY, and finally was able to get a job back out west, where everything I own sat in storage, and suffered some damage, from the non climate controlled facility. The cars suffered obvious sun damage, and the indoor storage stuff also suffered!! Anyway, I was able to buy a home, with a garage, and so now I am unpacking, and trying to remember where I was at, in the process, of my Cougar's and the mustang restoration process!