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Aaah, Rustang. That was some car... Made me forget my '69 Z fairly quickly. Bought the '86 GT with 36K on the clock, and paid $4,300. Those were the days. Better than the old days, I'd say. Saturday nights were never the same; many a once-mighty from the muscle car era saw my Rustang's taillights.
I immediately went looking for a Rustang after I got shellac'd by one in my '80 Z. I worked all f-ing fall and winter building a winner engine for that thing, and was quickly and convincingly whipped by a 5-speed LX. I dumped the overweight chump right afterwards, and that was that.
And dusting off that GSX happened in Rustang gears 3 and 4 on the highway; if the GSX would have had overdrive it would have probably flown apart, me would thinks. Unless those GSX spoilers were functional? Ha, no way... Probably as well executed as the hood scoops. And traction-- Maybe that's why the GSX ate my dust? Rustang hooked up pretty good w/o slicks, and once out of first, forget it. Nah, the highway pull says horsepower, so that's probably not the case either. I vividly remember another good one-- My brother was fixing the oil gauge on a friend's '71 Corvette, with a 454 and automatic (3.55's). You know, it had that "Big block Vette" aura to it, and it felt fast. So up against the Rustang it went. Bye bye Vette...
That Mustang was over a second faster in the quarter than my '80 Camullet ever was with 3.73's, and the best I could hustle the '69 to was 14.28. In the '69, I didn't have 4.33's, as I had to drive the stupid thing, and maybe that would have made it a bit closer, though I would probably have just offed myself after driving it a few times. Boy, they both like to rev; the Chevy with no torque at all, but like it was schizo-mad about the lack of torque and would wreck itself just to do it (a la, be careful with the throttle), and the Ford like it was on a strong-arm mission and speaking with the voice of the Gods. Made me a quick believer that modern HP is good HP. Now, where's that $3,500 Z (as it should be)?
It is a value for determining worth, because if it's worth $611K to go slower than a clapped-out Rustang (or whatever stupid thing you said), that in my book makes one a fool. Of course, it will go in some guy's collection and will never be driven, so who cares anyway.
Maybe I can pick up a $1,500 Rustang and run somebody with a '69 Z for pinks; then I don't have to pay the price of admission to have loud pipes and stripes again. I'm throwing down the gauntlet!
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We don't give a crap about 86 Mustangs here...try a Mustang LX site or something.
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