Re: Ford Tough Trucks
I used to be a blue blooded Ford Man, the sun rose and set on Dearborn<br /><br />Then ... I grew up, realized that the difference between makes is the driver, not the company (granted, chevrolet seems to tolerate idiots better in general, which is why you find so many idiots driving chevys!)<br /><br />my current set of wheels happens to be a 83<br />P i m p a l a, does ok by me, my van is a Ford, most of my vans have been fords, all solid trucks, the 76 E 150 was the strongest best riding truck that I have ever seen in a half tonner<br /><br />But ANY car has the potential to be good, I drove a vega 200,000 miles, it was GT, I loved it<br /><br />One thing ... someone sold ya a bill of goods kenny, Mustangs are a passion with me, ive had a few in my life, and in 73 the top power option was the 351 4V Cobra Jet, but with only 266 net hp you didn't jet too fast. The standard Mach 1 engine was the 302 2V with a low 141 net hp or an optional 351 2V with 177 net hp. Pitiful, but those were the good ol days, even worse was the next year with those Mustang II hunks of crap, the Cobra II was cool looking, but Ford lost me to the Trans Am in mid to late seventies<br /><br />but in late 69 to 71, woo hooo, you certainly could get you a "officially rated" 290 horse boss 302, which actually cranked out something to the order of 350 - 375 horsepower, the reasons are many but Insurance was a killer back then for the high horse jobbers, also kept the Naders off your back<br /><br />to you youngsters out there ... love whatcha got, life is too short<br /><br />to you old f#2ks, well, we found that out the hard way, didnt we?<br /><br />
