New Friends---Windveil Blue & Legend Lime
3/12/05, 03:28 PM
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I made a new friend this afternoon, discovering one of many things we have in common, that being our affinity for the 2005 Mustang.
See the photo below, and the next one. Don't you think the Legend Lime and Windveil Blue look good together? Really retro colors.
Is this a great car, or what?? I've met some really terrific people because of this car--the Mustang, both the 1965 & the 2005. It's timeless, spanning generations.
I love the way it brings people together, on the internet through TMS, or right in your home town.
And in the 65, I feel like Marty McFly in the time machine from "Back To The Future". It is quite an emotional ride.
Enjoy. And thanks to all on TMS, from Brad to the mods to the great members.
Happy Trails, everyone !! See the next pic of the LL below....
See the photo below, and the next one. Don't you think the Legend Lime and Windveil Blue look good together? Really retro colors.
Is this a great car, or what?? I've met some really terrific people because of this car--the Mustang, both the 1965 & the 2005. It's timeless, spanning generations.
I love the way it brings people together, on the internet through TMS, or right in your home town.
And in the 65, I feel like Marty McFly in the time machine from "Back To The Future". It is quite an emotional ride.
Enjoy. And thanks to all on TMS, from Brad to the mods to the great members.
Happy Trails, everyone !! See the next pic of the LL below....
3/12/05, 03:48 PM
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Originally posted by Jaxxon@March 12, 2005, 4:41 PM
Mike,
We are all cool. Our choice of cars tells us that.
Jack
Mike,
We are all cool. Our choice of cars tells us that.
Jack
Amen to that. Mustangers have impeccable taste.
And, you just demonstrated your superior intelligence again, by your astute observation !!
3/12/05, 04:24 PM
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Originally posted by MustangDan@March 12, 2005, 5:24 PM
What is like go 05 to 65 is it about 4.9 seconds.
It’s been so long since I drove a 1965 how different is it from the 2005, around town, highway, the twisties etc…
What is like go 05 to 65 is it about 4.9 seconds.
It’s been so long since I drove a 1965 how different is it from the 2005, around town, highway, the twisties etc…
But the 65 is much more of a nostalgic, emotional ride. It takes you back to a simpler time and place, brings to you a flood of memories that are...priceless !!
The 65 handles surprisingly well, especially with an export brace to tighten up the front end; a Mote Carlo bar would help too but I couldn't fit one between the distributor cap and the Ford factory A/C compressor in the way.
You simply cannot compare one to another, but they are each sweet and special in their own right.
3/12/05, 05:50 PM
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Originally posted by MustangDan@March 12, 2005, 6:04 PM
What a great car love story, for me the 65 would my unrequited car love and the 2005 will be my true car love.
What a great car love story, for me the 65 would my unrequited car love and the 2005 will be my true car love.
Let me qualify my previous post above lest you get the wrong impression---I just returned from running a couple of errands in the 65 (notably 2 stops at 2 different Auto Zones). That is a truly fine, fun car. While perhaps technologically inferior to the 2005, there is nothing like the feel, sound and smell of 4 barrel carbureted, 225 horsepower, 289 cubic inches of historic American muscle (I know, not a lot of muscle, relatively speaking, but you get the picture---no one can take away the Mustang's historic significance).
Both are great cars; different, but great.
3/12/05, 06:30 PM
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Originally posted by Rich@March 12, 2005, 6:59 PM
Looks like you have some pony caps on those bullits too!
Looks like you have some pony caps on those bullits too!
3/12/05, 06:47 PM
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You know what Mike, you are sooooo lucky to still have the 65' while you have the 05 as well. It's been nearly 25 years since I was tooling down the road in my 66' and the one thing I find amazing is that the 05' seems so familiar.
I realize that with all the advancements in the past 40 years, you can't really compare the 2 very fairly, but yet somehow Ford has captured the feel of the old Mustang despite all the new technology.
The 66' was my mom's daily driver for more than a decade before it was handed down to me. When I let her drive the 05' she felt the same way, like the old car never went away at all.
I realize that with all the advancements in the past 40 years, you can't really compare the 2 very fairly, but yet somehow Ford has captured the feel of the old Mustang despite all the new technology.
The 66' was my mom's daily driver for more than a decade before it was handed down to me. When I let her drive the 05' she felt the same way, like the old car never went away at all.
3/12/05, 07:09 PM
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Tony, believe me, I am keenly aware, every single day, how very fortunate and blessed I am to have these 2 cars (and in a lot of other ways, also). And yes, Ford has very definitely captured the spirit of Mustangs of yesteryear. Like one print media ad said, "We captured the spirit, but we didn't try to tame it." Very apropriate.
My very first car, the one I learned to drive on, was a 1965, 6 cyl., 3 speed manual Mustang with factory A/C, that I never quite got out of my system. Maybe because it was unceremoniously taken away from me by a car thief only 4 years after I got my license.
It is such a kick having both of these cars now. Last weekend there were 2 cruises locally, one on Friday night and the other on Saturday night. Both nights my wife asked me, "Which Mustang are you taking?" What a blessing and privilege to be in that position. It is down right humbling.
BTW---I took Rachel (the 65) both nights, but my (almost 18 year old) son drove Roxanne (the 2005) out to the Saturday night cruise, by request of folks there who had not seen the new 05 up close. He had met me out there in his truck but made the "sacrifice" of returning home to pick up Roxanne. That's what he looked like when he drove up: 
[ Last Sunday my wife & I pulled up in Roxanne (the 05) next to a guy and his wife about my age in a new retro T-bird. He rolled down his window and said, "This is the beauty of being an old fart." Then he pointed to the almost 80 year old guy on the other side of him, driving a Porche!!! ]
Very blessed, indeed, Tony. Thanks.
My very first car, the one I learned to drive on, was a 1965, 6 cyl., 3 speed manual Mustang with factory A/C, that I never quite got out of my system. Maybe because it was unceremoniously taken away from me by a car thief only 4 years after I got my license.
It is such a kick having both of these cars now. Last weekend there were 2 cruises locally, one on Friday night and the other on Saturday night. Both nights my wife asked me, "Which Mustang are you taking?" What a blessing and privilege to be in that position. It is down right humbling.
BTW---I took Rachel (the 65) both nights, but my (almost 18 year old) son drove Roxanne (the 2005) out to the Saturday night cruise, by request of folks there who had not seen the new 05 up close. He had met me out there in his truck but made the "sacrifice" of returning home to pick up Roxanne.
That's what he looked like when he drove up: [ Last Sunday my wife & I pulled up in Roxanne (the 05) next to a guy and his wife about my age in a new retro T-bird. He rolled down his window and said, "This is the beauty of being an old fart." Then he pointed to the almost 80 year old guy on the other side of him, driving a Porche!!! ]
Very blessed, indeed, Tony. Thanks.
3/14/05, 08:41 AM
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Originally posted by 03muzzy6@March 14, 2005, 1:03 AM
Very nice! Definitely a Kodak moment! Too bad you didn't have the '65 in the pix too, then it would've been even better.
Very nice! Definitely a Kodak moment! Too bad you didn't have the '65 in the pix too, then it would've been even better.
