Ford sucks...or do they?

[PeteLeathersac]

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Pete I think the beaver(s) must be effecting your mind you know what they can do to you.

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I think Mac's got it figured...and here I was blaming the innocent booze! .

Seriously though and further to my previous posting, it's the older stuff I'm talking about and even though I'd surely enjoy thrashing a new GT40, I just can't help but keep noticing lately what seems like great deals on old Fords...including those 'girlie car' Mustangs! .

Don't get me wrong, I'm not changing teams and I really don't want one to drive or ever love...and surely NEVER be seen in...just to use them as a resource tool to make dollars and help support the real car habit! .

This whole thing is starting to sound like I'm the same old user and prick I was called back in high school when I'd date the girls I didn't really like? .

Rethinkng it all, nahhh...good deals and opportunities aside, I couldn't ever go through with it...could I? .
Oh great...thinking more, that's exactly what I said in 1976 in grade 10 when I first met the Melanski sisters! .

~ Pete

The user and prick is back?

[Verne_Frantz]

Pete,
I've been thinking about your comments and I have to admit, I've been wondering the same thing. Isn't it something how we all grew up with such a Chevy allegiance and a hatred of F-O-R-D-s. And now we can't help but recognize that Chevy (and GM) does just not have the direction or engineering it used to have. That's the feeling about today and the future.
And what about the hobby today as far as the older cars we loved? Chevrolet was, no doubt, the most popular car among performance enthusiasts of all the major makers. But today it is the easiest car to clone and pass off as an original than any of those major makes. Many of us want to know that the car we are interested in has a positive trail of un-disputable authenticity. It's no wonder why all the other makes are becoming more popular, especially Pontiac, where you can receive the holy grail of documentation.

If I was an automotive investment counselor, I'd advise buying as many real Pontiac performance cars as you can afford because they can never be disputed!!! And that means a LOT.

Verne

[PeteLeathersac]

Verne...

- Besides wishing you the best of the season and Ford jokes aside, I've gotta' agree and tell you I've been giving the Pontiacs also the similar Canadian GM documented products some serious thought lately too. .

Those Canada shipped Copo numbers quoted the other day were surprisingly higher than I'd previously thought and that combined with the availablilty of Canadian GM documents, a fella' in the Copo or other bigger-buck GM market would be foolish not to try securing one of these first! .

The biggest thing for me is how important a vehicle's pedigree over condition has become more apparent each and every day...especially considering some of the situations we've been seeing around here lately! .


~ Pete

[3macs1]

Pete do you know the 66 Beaumont SD for sale in the latest canadian classic & antique trader. Picture looks good. L-34 4spd. It is at old [email protected].
I'm not interested but maybe someone is. Has dog dish caps which are nice with the Pontiac emblem.

[PeteLeathersac]

Haven't seen it Mac...my try to find this place online yielded a porno site so I'll have to grab a Trader! .

~ Pete

[3macs1]

Let me see if my daughter (13) can scan it for you. Trader is not worth buying. Did I say that

[69hurstSC]

pete,

i dont think your running a temp?!? boss 302's, shelby mustangs, and 69-71 Mach 1's are the real deal. i was hoping santa would put a 69 wimbledon white boss 302 in my garage christmas morning!

[Canuck]

I agree that proper documentation prevails when purchasing a car today. I just bought a 70 442 W-30 out of Toronto,it was a Canadian sold car and had the GM Vintage letter but it was the other paper work that blew me away starting with the receipt for the $100 deposit left on Aug 8 1969 all the way through to the mirror card with hand written info from the salesman about what breakin procedure to follow.
Fords and Mopars are easy to spot with the correct engine size right in the vin. The diff between docs and no docs is huge in todays collector price market.I have always had Oldsmobiles and Mopars in my camp,so I cant relate to the Chev/Ford fued.

[PeteLeathersac]

Congrats on the '70 W30...is it a post car? .

I bought a '70 442 Post car in Toronto about 25 years ago and drove it the hour home down Hiway 401 w/ a dealer plate flapping, a leaking gastank and no brakes! .
Obviously foolish now but seemed to make perfect sense back then...even took it up over 100 mph on route! .


~ Pete

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........drove it the hour home down Hiway 401 w/ a dealer plate flapping, a leaking gastank and no brakes! .
Obviously foolish now but seemed to make perfect sense back then...even took it up over 100 mph on route! .


~ Pete

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you must be my twin seperated at birth... were your parents named Mom and Dad ?

Chris

Thank goodness you left the country, surely the Police would be at our house every night!!