Posts Tagged ‘Mustang’
How Much Does a Restoration Cost
Costs associated with restoring a classic car will be far higher than those associated with upgrading and repainting a modern vehicle. Costs of Purchasing a Vehicle for Restoration Purchase of a vehicle might be as low as $0 or as high as $20,000 or more, depending on the vehicle’s condition. The expense of restoring classic…
Read MoreCurrent Muscle Car Price Trends
The market for muscle cars has fluctuated for decades. They reached their first peak in 1970 when virtually every American manufacturer from AMC to Oldsmobile offered a V-8-powered coupe. Several years later, during the gas shortage, they could no longer be given away. In the 1990s and 2000s, collectors sparked buying frenzy that ultimately led…
Read MoreHow to Buy and Sell Cars
How to Buy and Sell a Car Suggestions Having the right photos of your muscle car for sale will help you sell it more effectively, and they are just as important as the details you provide. Here are the eight most important photos to include in every classified ad listing if you want it to…
Read MoreHow to Buy a Muscle Car
How to Buy a Muscle Car is a question often asked Everyone is aware that muscle cars often have larger engines than your mother’s minivan. Depending on the exhaust configuration, larger engines may have a louder exhaust. While a loud exhaust can be enjoyable when traveling on country roads, if you live in a quiet…
Read MoreWhich Cars From the 70s Were Losers
Star Wars, Roger Moore Bond films…and the gas crisis. The gas crisis killed muscle cars, not disco. Fuel economy, flamboyant paint schemes, and luxury cars became priorities. Not all 1970s and list automobiles are horrible. Some are outstanding and may be projects. Disco and tube socks aged some automobiles. 1978 Chrysler Concorde (Plymouth Volare…
Read MoreWhat are Super 60s Muscle Cars
This muscle car was the Mustang, which received one of its best versions ever in 1969 when Ford launched the Boss 429 to compete with Mopar’s HEMI engine in NASCAR. In order to meet the homologation criteria of 500 units, the brand produced a limited quantity of Mustang Fastbacks. It is a genuine Mustang, ready…
Read MoreA Look at Good, Bad, and Ugly Cars
With the advent of the muscle car in the 1960s, American automobiles were increasingly fast, strong, and loud. American automakers installed the most potent engines they could locate in these models to ensure that the market being courted by muscle cars received the most enticing packages Detroit could provide. 1960s’ Four Most Dependable V8-Powered Automobiles…
Read MoreWhere Do I Start Car Hunting?
This is the first issue you will have to deal with. What car do I build? Most cars from the 60s & early 70s have become so scarce and expensive that it’s just not practical to search them out. If you do find something, you like, it more than likely will be a rust bucket…
Read MoreFord Mustang Mach 1 History
Ford Mustang Mach 1 debuted in 1969 as a performance-oriented model that served as a bridge between a GT and the Shelby GT350. The Mach 1 was not as extreme as the GT350 or GT500 due to its V-8 engine, which was also available in Shelby and Boss versions. While Shelby variants were designed for…
Read MoreA Close look at Shelby Mustangs
THE ORIGINAL: 1965 SHELBY MUSTANG GT350 The GT350’s design stood out among the Mustang herd. Wimbledon White with Guardsman Blue rocker panel stripes was the original Shelby Mustang color. Rare Guardsman Blue Le Mans-style stripes that a contemporary reviewer feared would attract cops and now attract vehicle enthusiasts. The first GT350 had a 1-inch thick…
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