Once-in-a-Lifetime Find: 1969 Ford Mustang 428 Drag Pack Convertible Is 1 of 8

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5. We see a lot of the old cars up here too. Some are pristine & from shows but

many are used as every day transportation.

Hubby and I are seriously considering getting an older car as our second car. He grew up as a 'shade tree' mechanic fixing and tweaking the older cars (not to mention farm equipment), even one of his degrees is as a transportation engineer, and I learned how to do a lot on the older cars because hubby #1 was also a 'shade tree' mechanic, etc so although we 'can' work on the newer ones, we really prefer the older ones for their simplicity and durability and, often, beauty.

In 1979/80 I had a dark green '69 Mustang... I LOVED that thing but the frame cracked and my FIL at the time wouldn't help us fix an 'old car' only get us a newer used one (which ended up being a big lemon). We were young, struggling and had a young child and one on the way so I didn't feel that I had a choice. I loved the man but to this day I still miss that car and get upset thinking about it.

My adoptive dad was the same way about a '72 Le Mans I had, loved and needed help to fix in 1985/86. Old = bad... Newer = good. :sigh: and unfortunately being female, even though I knew more about cars than him and a lot of men back then, didn't help my case any.