My younger brother had a 68 Stang with a 390, though it wasn't a California Special. It would "git it". He drove it to Colorado when he moved out there from MA. Neat cars. Thanks Rich
Hey George, The 390's have some decent torque, I suppose your little brother likely had a 4 barrel car though. That X code is an odd ball for sure. Thanks for watching, hope you are well.
Great video! /thumbs up My Grandmother had a '66 with similar lime-gold paint. We were very close and I spent a LOT of time with her in that car! I was just a kid, but I remember it well. Dad bought a red '69 R code 428cj Mach 1 with stripe delete and I really loved that one! I think the '69 was the best looking of the older bunch. However, the new GTs with those wide and sexy hips might beat it. Later in life I had a couple of my own fully loaded black Fox body GTs. 1982 and 1987. A little bit of trivia: Surprisingly, the 1982 GT was the fastest American production car available with all 157 hp. When mine arrived my senior year in high school I had the engine out in the first few weeks and made a 350+ hp little monster out of it. When I was done with it, it looked like a 1960s engine with all of the crap pulled off of it, but I did keep all of the factory accessories like A/C, power steering and all but got rid of the air pump and a bunch of worthless vacuum lines. Then I lowered it all the way around and put a nice set of Enkei wheels with the same size wider tires all of the way around. I ran it in SCCA F prepared back then. I still can't recall what I did with those TRX wheels. I've heard they are pretty valuable these days. Oops!
@@MustangConnection1 pops got it torn apart already. Found a crown vic front end too. End result should be pretty decent. I really want to use a coyote but it will probably get a 302 and a c4. We shall see.
Rich, thanks for all your work and bevy of knowledge. I appreciate the restraint used when dealing with owners of the cars your covering that may not have their facts 100% correct. You’re patience is deafening. How nice to hear Alan’s enjoying his Pony too! How nice for an owner to you there making a video about their love, not having a clue as to who they’re actually talking to and the wealth of knowledge you possess. I’m 51. My brother is the oldest of us 5 and was given a ‘70.5 429SCJ Falcon Ranchero in ‘72 and he put cut-outs on it and I remember dad hearing him drive up through the valley and dad sitting on the porch, with ‘Bat-in-hand’ awaiting his arrival, me sneaking a peek out our bedroom window when I shoulda been in bed, lol. Dad purchased it off of a PA State Cop, then soon had it disappear at a Wedding I was told years later. Sad as it was my favorite of my brothers, (we had a Body-Shop so he was given GTO’s a Challenger and a ‘53 Bel-Air) and knew it was special . That tiny tach the scrolled left to right and that Shaker I’d struggle to see when he took me for a ride, (bench seat 4 speed, red, laser, black steel wheels, dog-dish, black hood, 4 headlights being the Falcon and a black vinyl top if I’m remembering correctly). Anyways, I quickly became a Chevy guy after exploding the 351m dad put in the ‘67 Galaxie XLT, (-390) Yellow-Gold with the most beautiful black interior-ever. Too many tools and being given my older brothers Nova and needing few tools at all-ya’d think I had been disowned, lol! Never went back to Ford, (aside from a Silver ‘88 Turbo Coupe 5 Speed till mid ‘90) but admit none of my Chevelles closed as solid as a Ford. Thanks again and please Keep up the great work!
Rihcard, Great stories from your youth! That 429 SCJ Ranchero is pretty rare! Thanks for the kind words and thank you for watching and commenting, means a lot especially coming from a now self pronounced Chevy guy ! Take care and I hope you watch some of the other vids.
Hey! Nice video; thanks! I wrote the book on the 1968 GT/CS, and in my 2011 edition, there were 919 J Code 302s, and 75 390 X code 390s, (not incl. HCS) which were a Cougar motor that were dropped into Mustangs at the last minute at the San Jose plant. Those were smogged 390s, to meet the 1968 Fed. Production Standards. Each '68 GT/CS has it's own unique and special history!!
I remember a couple at a local Mustang show some years back had a Gulfstream Aqua '68 GT/CS 390! Factory S-code, really cool car. They were talking about how some California Specials DIDN'T have the GT option, i.e. 200 & 289-equipped cars. I guess the 200/6cyl California Specials were even equipped with the Wire Wheelcovers since they couldn't be fitted with Styled Wheels (4 lug). Another great vid, Rich!
My younger brother had a 68 Stang with a 390, though it wasn't a California Special. It would "git it". He drove it to Colorado when he moved out there from MA. Neat cars. Thanks Rich
Hey George, The 390's have some decent torque, I suppose your little brother likely had a 4 barrel car though. That X code is an odd ball for sure. Thanks for watching, hope you are well.
Nice cars
Hey Joe!
Great video! /thumbs up
My Grandmother had a '66 with similar lime-gold paint. We were very close and I spent a LOT of time with her in that car! I was just a kid, but I remember it well. Dad bought a red '69 R code 428cj Mach 1 with stripe delete and I really loved that one! I think the '69 was the best looking of the older bunch. However, the new GTs with those wide and sexy hips might beat it. Later in life I had a couple of my own fully loaded black Fox body GTs. 1982 and 1987. A little bit of trivia: Surprisingly, the 1982 GT was the fastest American production car available with all 157 hp. When mine arrived my senior year in high school I had the engine out in the first few weeks and made a 350+ hp little monster out of it. When I was done with it, it looked like a 1960s engine with all of the crap pulled off of it, but I did keep all of the factory accessories like A/C, power steering and all but got rid of the air pump and a bunch of worthless vacuum lines. Then I lowered it all the way around and put a nice set of Enkei wheels with the same size wider tires all of the way around. I ran it in SCCA F prepared back then. I still can't recall what I did with those TRX wheels. I've heard they are pretty valuable these days. Oops!
Some great Mustang heritage in your past! Thanks for watching and yes you are right those early fox body GT's were hulla fun to drive.
A CT/CS is never boring to see. Thanks for the video Rich.
Yes these are kinda cool, so many configurations too. Looking forward to your truck build.
@@MustangConnection1 pops got it torn apart already. Found a crown vic front end too. End result should be pretty decent. I really want to use a coyote but it will probably get a 302 and a c4. We shall see.
Rich, thanks for all your work and bevy of knowledge. I appreciate the restraint used when dealing with owners of the cars your covering that may not have their facts 100% correct. You’re patience is deafening. How nice to hear Alan’s enjoying his Pony too! How nice for an owner to you there making a video about their love, not having a clue as to who they’re actually talking to and the wealth of knowledge you possess. I’m 51. My brother is the oldest of us 5 and was given a ‘70.5 429SCJ Falcon Ranchero in ‘72 and he put cut-outs on it and I remember dad hearing him drive up through the valley and dad sitting on the porch, with ‘Bat-in-hand’ awaiting his arrival, me sneaking a peek out our bedroom window when I shoulda been in bed, lol. Dad purchased it off of a PA State Cop, then soon had it disappear at a Wedding I was told years later. Sad as it was my favorite of my brothers, (we had a Body-Shop so he was given GTO’s a Challenger and a ‘53 Bel-Air) and knew it was special . That tiny tach the scrolled left to right and that Shaker I’d struggle to see when he took me for a ride, (bench seat 4 speed, red, laser, black steel wheels, dog-dish, black hood, 4 headlights being the Falcon and a black vinyl top if I’m remembering correctly). Anyways, I quickly became a Chevy guy after exploding the 351m dad put in the ‘67 Galaxie XLT, (-390) Yellow-Gold with the most beautiful black interior-ever. Too many tools and being given my older brothers Nova and needing few tools at all-ya’d think I had been disowned, lol!
Never went back to Ford, (aside from a Silver ‘88 Turbo Coupe 5 Speed till mid ‘90) but admit none of my Chevelles closed as solid as a Ford. Thanks again and please Keep up the great work!
Rihcard, Great stories from your youth! That 429 SCJ Ranchero is pretty rare! Thanks for the kind words and thank you for watching and commenting, means a lot especially coming from a now self pronounced Chevy guy ! Take care and I hope you watch some of the other vids.
Interesting combinations. This is how you get "1 of" cars.
Barry, so true!
Very unique Stangs. Never seen those before. Thanks Rich
They made them in a bunch of configurations, thanks for watching Lloyd!
Hey! Nice video; thanks! I wrote the book on the 1968 GT/CS, and in my 2011 edition, there were 919 J Code 302s, and 75 390 X code 390s, (not incl. HCS) which were a Cougar motor that were dropped into Mustangs at the last minute at the San Jose plant. Those were smogged 390s, to meet the 1968 Fed. Production Standards. Each '68 GT/CS has it's own unique and special history!!
Thanks for the info!
Another nice job Rich, I always learn something from you, thanks
Thanks Terry for watching hope you are good!
I sure like the color on that 302 car! Thanks for the video!
Hey Conner, I know great color, hope all is great.
I remember a couple at a local Mustang show some years back had a Gulfstream Aqua '68 GT/CS 390! Factory S-code, really cool car. They were talking about how some California Specials DIDN'T have the GT option, i.e. 200 & 289-equipped cars. I guess the 200/6cyl California Specials were even equipped with the Wire Wheelcovers since they couldn't be fitted with Styled Wheels (4 lug). Another great vid, Rich!
Thanks John always appreciate you watching and commenting!
Gold is my favorite colour :)
It looks great on this one for sure! Thanks for watching!
A truck motor 390 basically, 2 barrel and not GT heads. A heavy weight to drop over those front wheels and not a lot of get up and go, torque yes.
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