We started a trivia thread over at another forum and it has been a lot of fun.
Here are the ground rules. It starts with one question. The first reply with the right answer gets the floor for a new question. It continues like that unless, A) the person who has the floor doesn't ask a new question, or B) no one gets the correct answer. In that case, the person with the floor asks a new question. No more than one question on the floor at a time, and discussion/clarification is welcome until the floor is taken over by a new question.
First question: In the 1952 Indy 500, what type of fuel was burned in the record-setting pole-position #28 car? Hint: it won pole position by a full 4 mph over the second-place Ferrari
It's a 71 or 72 Mustang Mach I. It's darn hard to tell a 71 from a 72 but really difficult with that view since there are so few differences between 71 and 73.
I say it's a 71 or two because I believe you could see the bigger front bumper on a 73 even from this angle and the 73's had a different stripe.
The rarest thing I see on this picture is the ram air hood that was available on any Mustang equipped with a 351 2-barrel or bigger engine. I don't know how many ram air equipped Mustangs were sold from 71 to 73 but my brother owns a couple of 71's so equipped.
I got all excited when I saw the little picture thinking it was a Boss 351 which I bet is much rarer. I'm still kicking myself for not buying the one I looked at years ago at the Ford Dealer in Griswold, Iowa. It was that same color by the way. :spank::boxing:ain:
P.S. My brother swears my mistake was not taking it for a test drive. He claims if I would have driven it I would have bought it but it was the middle of harvest and I had driven to Griswold for parts for the combine and I thought that had to get back to combining corn. I had intended to drive back to Griswold after harvest but you know how that goes.
Don't know if you could get a 428 after 1970 as the 428 and 429 were comp;etly different engines ,,428 was a FE based nngine the 429 & 460 were 385 based separate heads and intake ,if I remember correct
the 428 and 429 were comp;etly different engines ,,428 was a FE based nngine the 429 & 460 were 385 based separate heads and intake ,if I remember correct
The 66 and 67 Fairlanes were 5th gen Fairlanes. Whereas the 62-65 were fourth gen cars. Yes the engine compartment was larger but it was a whole new model change. The Thunderbolt was quite different from the factory 1964 Fairlane but it was a purpose built race car and not really for the general public.
I have ridden in a True Thunderbolt back in the late 60s,that was when we thought a 390 63 Galaxy was fast, that particular car was Blue ,I think Most were white,,im sure ut was not as fast as I remember it ,we thought 300 hp was fast then,
I know you are kinda new to the forum Harpo. Go to the first entry to this thread and you will find the rules to the game. Most of us have hung around here so long we kind of have them memorized but when you first start it is good to understand the ground rules.
Did this auto have its engine compartment shunk with the redesign from the previous model run only to have it enlarged the second year of the new design?
We are talking about a normal production made during a normal factory run correct? Not something like the 1968 Dodge Dart GTS with a 426 built expressly for the strip and only 80 made and was built in a non-factory shop.
Yes! Mustang went from having optional engines up to a 429 big block in 1973 to the largest available engine in 1974 being a 2.8 V6. In 1975 Ford offered a 302 in the Mustang II which meant they had to enlarge the engine compartment!
I first ran across this in the 70's when I was thinking about buying a couple of wrecked Mustangs to make one out of, a 1975 that was front ended and a 1974 that was rear ended. I talked to a body man friend that told me that I would nothing much would fit on the front of the 75 from the 74. He told me the fenders wouldn't even fit due to engine bay change to allow for a V8.
I was surprised at this but I was glad I had talked to him before buying them.
Surprising ,,you are right on all 3 options,, a friend in jasper has 2 of these 1 is a 6 cyl and the other is a 265 power pac, the rear windows are held in with metal clips and ahs a cardboard Type material where the back seat should be
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. I always thought the Mustang II was the best looking Mustang by far... but, then, I like small cars...
. Pintos and Mustang II's looked OK on the outside, but the interiors went to hell in a hurry... door handles and window handles broke off in normal usage... upholstery tore up fast... compared to GM vehicles...
I remember the sedans were used on short tracks and the RARE hatdtop Blackwidows were used on the superspeedeays ,don't remember any problems with power ,but there was in handling,
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