[RKDinOKC]

Brother's idea of a cool Ford was the 57 t-bird his son's got him. All restored some high class concours quality restoration for $130K. He sold it a couple years ago for $60K. He didn't like it once he got one because it drove like...well...a 57 T-bird. Now he drives and Escapé. Thinks I ought to sell my 928 when I get it back instead of enjoying it. Actually getting his dream car soured him on being an automotive enthusiast. Thinks all older cars are crap like that.

Company cars were crown vics or F series Pickups until Ford started coming out with the nicer appointed SUV's. Something about a USA oil production products company had to drive USA cars and supposedly in the oil patch Ford is King. Which was BS, the founder liked the Honda Prelude so that's what he drove.

Still kick myself. When 18, 1978 the shop I took my muscle car to offered to trade me for an original GT40 that had been all restored except for the upholstery. The GT40 was all blacked out. Pretty radical for 1978. You just didn't see black rims and light lenses back then. I was an idiot, I thought it was one of those VW kit cars, besides was stoplight racing my 71 Plymouth and it was really quick. That's why they wanted to trade, their shop was into drag racing mopar.

Don't know what it was about the setup on that car. Out of the hole the rear would sink down, then raise up and as it started raising up the car would just take off like a sling shot. Didn't even spin the tires. Did a neutral slam to try to spin the tires once and it busted the motor mounts instead of spinning the tires. They were just regular street tires too. My Dad wouldn't let me get wide tires or anything "racey" looking for it. Kinda felt bad around my hot rod friends not being able show off and smoke the tires, well, until I beat them at the stoplights.