It’s the late 70’s.  There was a yard in our area, Wades, that mostly sold rebuilders. There was a woody wagon I was interested in visible from the road. When I was there looking it over I spotted a ‘65 Mustang convertible. The grease pen price on the window was $175. WOW! When I approached Wade about it “I don’t have any $175 Mustang out there.” He checked his inventory,“Oh, that’s $575.” I explained that the price on the window was clearly $175. “Well people are always rubbing off numbers and changing our prices .”  Don’t know how you make a 5 into a 1 but ok.  I went home and decided that $575 WAS still a good deal so it came to live in my garage.  One day I was thumbing thru my Mustangs Forever book waiting for guests to arrive for my son’s birthday party. It stated that ALL ‘65s had alternators. Another place it stated that the early ‘65s (‘64 1/2) had generators. I ran out to the garage and popped the hood. Sure enough, I had bought  a ‘64 1/2 Mustang convertible for $575.  ... View more

It’s the mid 70’s. I’m pulling off the street into a pull in parking spot when a gal in a Fiat x1/9 drops a gear to pass my ‘68 GTO on the right. Say goodbye to the passenger door.  I’m calling all the local yards and one of them tells me they just got in a Tempest with a good passenger door. “You’re gonna have to paint it, it’s a really ugly green.”  Turns out it’s a dark olive metallic color.  Perfect match to my GTO! ... View more

1955 Belair convertible  1964.5 Mustang conv’t 1965 GTO convertible  or would it be my 1948 Ford 1 1/2 ton 1950 GMC 1 1/2 ton 1955 Ford COE or my  1930 Ford Tudor  1988 Bronco II 2001 BMW Z3 roadster or my 1948 Plymouth  194? John Deere LA 1966 Ford F-250 or, well, three? ONLY 3? ... View more