'76 Mustang

[Denis]

I was expecting one of these. =P

 I would have driven all over Durham had the ad been for everything in this photo.

[drbassman]

Hey, I'm gonna start a car thread in the Cafe.  We haven't done that for awhile!

[gearHed289]

keep your z car. it's not like mustang ll's are real mustangs...

So the Mustang II was a Pinto... The original was a Falcon! 

[dadagoboi]

So the Mustang II was a Pinto... The original was a Falcon! 

I owned a '61 Falcon, it was a much better car than the '72 Pinto I took on a 700 mile round trip to Miami.

[nofi]

who said pinto? btw you could get a 260 V8 option in some of those early falcons. suprisingly fast.

[drbassman]

who said pinto? btw you could get a 260 V8 option in some of those early falcons. suprisingly fast.

My best friend in high school had one with that big engine and it rocked!

I had a Mustang II and it was a fun car to drive but not the real deal in my mind.

[gearHed289]

Not a Mustang II fan boy by any means, but I like to play Devil's advocate. 

The II DID take the Mustang back to its original roots - a fun little car that most anyone could afford, and that could be optioned in a wide variety of styles. By '71, they turned into hulking gas hogs built on the Torino platform. Not really what Lee had envisioned. My first car was a brown, '75 Pinto with a silly putty tan vinyl interior. 

[drbassman]

Not a Mustang II fan boy by any means, but I like to play Devil's advocate. 

The II DID take the Mustang back to its original roots - a fun little car that most anyone could afford, and that could be optioned in a wide variety of styles. By '71, they turned into hulking gas hogs built on the Torino platform. Not really what Lee had envisioned. My first car was a brown, '75 Pinto with a silly putty tan vinyl interior. 

I wasn't a big fan, but I bought it brand new from the dealer at the end of the model year cuz it was that ugly metallic green with matching interior.  i got it for practically nothing and drove the crap out of it.  I actually traded in  (I hate to admit this) a Gremlin on it!  It was a fun car to drive, it didn't have any balls really, but it could get up and go with the manual tranny it had in it.

[Pilgrim]

I wasn't a big fan, but I bought it brand new from the dealer at the end of the model year cuz it was that ugly metallic green with matching interior.  i got it for practically nothing and drove the crap out of it.  I actually traded in  (I hate to admit this) a Gremlin on it!  It was a fun car to drive, it didn't have any balls really, but it could get up and go with the manual tranny it had in it.

That would have been about the same time I bought my only new car - a 1977 Chevy Monza Spyder with 305 V8, 4-speed and positrac.  A bit nose heavy with the V8, but a great handling vehicle with good scoot. Cost me $3700.

It was this exact color combo (found this shot online, not my car but 100% identical...)

[drbassman]

I liked those Monzas, but a little too pricey for me at the time.  I can't believe I found a picture online of my II.

[Pilgrim]

That Monza stayed in my family for about 25 years; it went from me to my dad, to my sister, to my brother, and finally he and his wife sold it to a Chevy collector in the Seattle area.  They were afraid to let their oldest son (a very wild child at that time) drive it, and they sold it before he got his driver's license.  That was a very good call, as he was no respecter of cars.

[gearHed289]

Nice Monza! Hatchbacks ruled back in the day...

[drbassman]

Nice Monza! Hatchbacks ruled back in the day...

That's what I liked about the Mustang II

[gearHed289]

My first new car, when I was 21. 1985 Plymouth Turismo. 

[Pilgrim]

My first new car, when I was 21. 1985 Plymouth Turismo. 

Well, dang!!  My wife had the same car - Plymouth Turismo Duster, Garnet red, manual transmission.  Pretty quick car.