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Mail From: (email redacted) (Frank Marrone)



>> I was wondering if anybody had any tips for
>> a prospective buyer (shopper only probably). Opinions on options, colors,
>> trim, $$$, or just DON'T would be great.

>I'd say get an old Mustang from a rust-free part of the country, ship it
>to...

Whoa, wait a minute now! I've got a '64 Sunbeam Tiger in about 1000
little boxes patiently awaiting my attention, a '60 Sunbeam Alpine with
a 2.3L OHC about 1/2 way swaped into it and my daily driver is a '66
LTD with a 225,00 mi 390 which keeps making little noises to suggest
that I might want to give it a bit of attention too. I'm genuinely looking
for a replacement for the wifes car and absolutely do not need another
project!!

I've owned as daily drivers 2 '63 Galaxies (one an XL), one '63 1/2 Merc
Marauder and both a '67 and '68 XR7 Cougar over the last 18 years. I
could list all the pre '70 non-fords but some of you might think I was
unfaithful. As you can probably tell, I definitly agree with what you
suggest, it sounds like the kind of advice I might give, but my project
plate is full these days.

P.S. I'm in Geyserville, CA. located near the top of Sonoma county.
There are lots of almost rust free ~'65 'stang project cars available here if
I change my mind.
Frank Marrone at (email redacted)

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Mail From: "Fontana Peter" <(email redacted)>

> > > Opinions on options, colors, trim, $$$, or just DON'T would be great.
> >I'd say get an old Mustang from a rust-free part of the country, ship it

> Whoa, wait a minute now! I've got a '64 Sunbeam Tiger in about 1000
> little boxes patiently awaiting my attention, a '60 Sunbeam Alpine
> ...
> I'm genuinely looking
> for a replacement for the wifes car and absolutely do not need another
> project!!

Yes - I can see your project plate is full - but just take a step back please.
Your projects are part of your hobby, and your biggest investment is usually
time. Your current inquiry is about transportation, you're talking about
spending money to get a (somewhat) reliable new car - not time. Maybe I'm
naive, but my dad got 13 years and 140,000 good miles from a '67 Mustang
convertible - these cars were designed for transportation (clearly not for
road racing <g>. This doesn't have to be YOUR project - buy a good starting
point, farm out anything else that has to be done to a qualified shop (I know
- frequently an oxymoron) and save your time for YOUR projects.

Of course (I'm sure most of you already know this), the best value is found by
buying someone else's completed "project" - you want to find a car that is
already as close to "100%" done/reliable as possible. This is usually much
cheaper than paying someone to build this for you from a tired junker.

The point is use the new car $ to save your time.