Gen1 1965 Notchback #369 Build Thread Profile - Gen 1 Mustangs

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[Bill Pemberton]

Great looking First Gen, but we are very demanding here on TMO, and that means we need many more pictures , ha! Great looking and love the old style wheels , she is a beauty!

 

[blacksheep-1]

The only thing that could get me out of my Shelby would be finding my mom's 65 notch.

 

[302BOB]

My buddy bought a 65 289 4 spd fastback in our sr yr in high school....that baby could move!!!!!!!!!!!!............bad ending tho....................could have been worse............

 

[Bill Pemberton]

Bob, what is so funny is those vehicles we thought were so fast back when we were young would all get whipped by a bunch of 4 poppers ---including Mustang Ecoboosts.

We all are so lucky to live today with numerous vehicles able to easily run the quarter in the 12 second range and a wide range of ones that run in the 11s right out of the Dealership showrooms.

The cars we thought were fast in the 60s and 70s ran low 14s or 15s, and not the 12s we told our kids and grandkids. Sure there were the cars at the dragstrip with big slicks and tons of engine mods that got there , but we are talking street cars to street cars.

I marvel that I have not owned a car in the last 25 years that would not run in the 11s or 12s through the quarter mile. The early Muscle Car period many feel was barely over a decade, and this time around there are those who view it as a 3 decade run!

 

[blacksheep-1]

Bob, what is so funny is those vehicles we thought were so fast back when we were young would all get whipped by a bunch of 4 poppers ---including Mustang Ecoboosts.

We all are so lucky to live today with numerous vehicles able to easily run the quarter in the 12 second range and a wide range of ones that run in the 11s right out of the Dealership showrooms.

The cars we thought were fast in the 60s and 70s ran low 14s or 15s, and not the 12s we told our kids and grandkids. Sure there were the cars at the dragstrip with big slicks and tons of engine mods that got there , but we are talking street cars to street cars.

I marvel that I have not owned a car in the last 25 years that would not run in the 11s or 12s through the quarter mile. The early Muscle Car period many feel was barely over a decade, and this time around there are those who view it as a 3 decade run!

I had a 56 Chevy 2 door wagon that ran 13.9s on street tires and I thought I was Don Garlits.

 

[blacksheep-1]

Speaking of Garlits..