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It's the memories we get from our cars. My mom had a '76 Pontiac Gran Prix. 455 V-8, power everything. Fastest I've ever been in a car, 140+. May have been more than that, but the speedo wouldn't go any further. My late brother "borrowed" it and totaled it. Mom's reaction was, "Well, as long as he's okay..." He always did have a horseshoe "strategically located".
My dads first car out of med school was a black on black 95 gt. As life went on he put the car away in storage from 2004 to 2019. We got the car out of storage last summer, went through the fuel system did some needed maintenance, put on some cobra wheels, and got it back on the road giving it to me as my first car. Although the styling in 2020 leaves a bit to be desired and the issues....I mean features associated with it being a Ford I can not help myself from loving it. It isn't the fasted car on the block but it will break the tires free at a red light, cruises great, and leaves you with a smile. The car and what it represents to my father giving it to me means more than the dodgy build quality and styling. Thank you Mr. Pitts for sharing your story of the Mustang that holds a place in your heart as you realize it's never really about the car itself it's the memories made with it.
Absolutely agree I actually just picked up a 95 vert with a 3.8 with a automatic and if I can get it legal and on the road before summer hits I'm gonna be cruising down the road with the top down and my Wonderful boyfriend riding shotgun and maybe lighting the tire at red lights (she's a one wheel peel)
SN95's bring on one of those feelings that you can't get rid of. My stepdad recently bought a 2001 Coupe with the 3.9L V6 and that thing is a joy to ride. Love it!!
I had a 95 ragtop w a salvage title. I drove her rain, shine, and snow for 4 years in Montana. Never an issue. Bought an 05 used and Lil red sat. My daughter drove it in HS. Wound up smacking it up on a phone box after a nasty ice storm. Still ran and drove. Moved and she sat for about 5 years until a guy bought her and another car w the oppist side smacked up and a blown engine and new top. 2 cars made one. All he has left is paint. I miss her but i have had the 05 for going on 13 years now. Not driven as much since i ride the harley all summer and park her when it snows. The break out the ol faithful wintet beater Honda
There is something about your high-school car. I bought and fixed a wrecked 04 rcsb 5.3 truck in 07 and fixed it and drove it through junior and senior year. Put a cam, built trans and lowered, to this day still my favorite truck I owned.
Damn,just found out about WinWiki and Rabbit about a month ago...aaaand im hooked,watched majority of the videos on both channels ,love them...love from Croatia ,say hello to Doug and Ed and keep rocking the stories!
"Mass Hysteria!" I love that reference! I am the obligatory "Had a foxbody Mustang GT in high school" guy. I have had a lot of them over the years. Right now I have an 88 GT sunroof and an 88 GT T-Top. I am on the hunt for a decent 88 GT hardtop and an 88 GT convertible
Such great stories - really enjoy your demeanor and your content - great stuff and so honest and down earth. Really feel like what you see is what you get !!!
Kind of funny, but I spent a lot of my later high school years riding around in a 95 GT that was also black, but it was not a convertible. There were many late nights working on that thing just to have a ride to school in the morning, but I wouldn’t trade that time for anything. Definitely not a Mustang person, but those were some good times. That’s the great thing about cars, they are like little Time Machines. Thanks for the video #RabbitForWorldPresident
Mr. Pitts. Thank you for telling us this story. It reminds me of my first car. My 1996 v6 5-speed beauty. Originally Rio red and missing a tail light bucket. Now house of restoration lemans blue. Me and my pops did all of the work to fix her up. This car is my Christine. I've had her for almost 4 years and I just crashed her on Friday. 4 days after I turned 19. She still going but some stuff needs to be checked out some more and I'm still figuring stuff out. Again I just wanted to thank you for taking the time to tell us this story. It hits
i had a 1984 s10 blazer as my first car. worked on it and got it good. i put about 130,000 miles on it when i got it. it had 171,000 when i bought it off my mom. drove it all over michigan many times and had a blast in it. last i saw it was 10 years ago at local high school. i hope its still going and some kid is also having fun in it now like i did.
I’m beginning to believe Rob has the damn pandemic fever with all this love for fords and dodges! So when do we get to hear Hotrods and Happy Hour again I’m going through withdrawals!!!
That's a great story Rabbit ... The 1995 Mustang GT was always an interesting Mustang to me because it was the first year of the new design aka non-fox-body but it was the last year of the old 5.0 H.O. push-rod engine. (And it kinda helped that I graduated in 95 too ;-) I can always tell when I see one because the tail-lights run horizontally instead of vertically like the 1996.
Nothing like a story about a story. Two great years, Graduated H/S in 89, a good buddy of mine Sugar Momma bought him the exact same Salen except in the White version, sweet ass ride. We didn't call him Donkey Boy for nothing! 94 a good friend of mine called me up on a Friday evening said asshole has gone out of town,AKA her boyfriend, so she rides over that evening in her 94 red 5.0 convertible tan interior, ask so what can we get into,told her grab a over night bag we're headed south, PCB! So after a couple night of grudge ---/ing on the way back to Ga got to meet the huge slave actor from the Green Mile except he was wearing a AL State Patrol Uniform! 106mph ticket! Man those were the good ole days!
Steve Saleen had an entire display of Saleen Mustangs including the "MollyPop" he built for his daughter at LeMay America's Car Museum in Tacoma, Washington in 2019. He also had a Saleen F-150 Raptor on display that I was in love with. I work as a volunteer docent there so I was around them every day for several days.
93 Mustang GT was the first car I bought. I had it for 11 years but eventually sold it to my uncle for a couple hundred bucks. His son was just hitting driving age and wanted to fix it up together with his son and give it to him. Well it didn't excite his son like he hoped and he ended up trading it to another one of my uncles and my other uncle drove it for a few years but unfortunately we live in the midwest and after 21 years the car was just to rusted out to drive and it was scraped. I heard about it and was bummed but I knew it didn't have many year left in it if there weren't serious repairs done to the body/frame. A little while later the uncle who last he my old Mustang came to me and told me he had something for me. He walks to his car and comes back with my old vanity plate, framed. One of my favorite things anyone has ever given me. I have it hanging on my wall and it puts a smile on my face every time I look at it.
Still have my highschool sweetheart, my 97 Mustang GT, it just now has a ton of mods and 220,000 miles now. I also now have a 96 Cobra that I drift and a 97 convertible GT that has joined it so this was an especially great story for me
1994 mustang gt. My first car and the first car I ever bought. I also have a 93 Z/28. Been thinking about selling the mustang because it’s at 90k miles and I live in Ohio so I pretty much need a practical daily driver. But I have to say regardless of any issues I’ve fixed on it and the things I could fix now I know when it’s gone I’ll miss it.
Been trying to reach out to you to help me find a restoration 1979 f350 my dad and me built a few years ago. Cummins rotary swapped with a 6 speed trans. Great story behind the truck as well. But love the videos rob!!!!
I bought a red 98 in May of this year formula red on black leather. They are really cool cars to roll around in 5 speed v8 with low miles. Not the fastest car but still enough to make you feel good driving
I doubt Rob will ever see this but I had a triple black '94 convertible. GT.last yr of the 5.0 the only thing done to it was full exhaust,intake,and 3.73 rear gears.
Steve Saleen was way ahead or Ford Performance and the other tuners in the day. Not the same since he's out of the company. His S7 sports car is crazy.
He’s been in back in charge of Saleen since 2014. He got in bed with a Chinese company and that took a bad turn, but the company is still a float at the moment.
I know all 17 digits of the vins of my 3 Thunderbirds. When I get my tag renewed at the DMV, I don't hand them my paperwork, I recite the vins from memory. It's the only time that skill ever comes in handy.
Funny thing, as an 80s child, I was looking a few years ago for a clean Fox body and I couldn’t find one for less than $8000. While looking, I found a gorgeous, brand new interior 66 mustang for way less than the foxes. I picked it up and love it. I have yet to find one person that absolutely hates my 66. There is something universal about these cars that command respect. I’ll still always love the foxes from my childhood though! It was my first experience in a fast car at 8 years old around.
I had a triple black fox that was my car that got away! That I had the times of my life in as well! Thinking it was the fastest car on the street hahaha! Gotta love that 5 liter sound tho! I still search for that fox to this day!
When I was 17 my dad came home from a trip and I was bolting a wooden hood scoop on my 73 C10. We all do dumb shit when we have a lil hot rod as a teenager.
Love the Fox bodies, but not the Mustangs. I loved my '78 Fairmont (4cyl. 4-speed), stop laughing. And all the Mustang parts fit on these things. I never had the money to build one but a buddy dumped a 5.0 and a 5-speed out of a wrecked Mustang into a Fairmont wagon. What a sleeper! Embarrassed tons on quick cars in my town. Hey Rabbit, how about a segment on sleepers?
I remember the serial number of a 67 C-10 Navy truck that I sold when I got married in 1991. CS147T130246. Hurts to think about! No longer have the truck or the wife. Want the truck back.
I had a 1993 ford Thunderbird SC from 2000-2005 before I bought my 95 trans am in 2004. I once took it in for a recall and for some reason I had memorized the VIN. Not sure how or why but I did. The lady at the dealership asks me for the VIN and I rattle it off 1FAPP64R7PH101740 she types it in and it comes up 1993 Ford thunderbird SC. She says "you know that's the first time I've ever had someone give me a VIN from memory like that and it actually be correct." Like I said, I sold that car in 2005 and I just typed out that VIN from memory here. I put it on Vinwiki as well last year although the car was junked in 2010. It was a red crimson red with red interior.
I live in anderson sc and I see a car like this one every once in a while. Don't know if it's the same one but I'll be look in for the dent if I can catch it parked
Just got my third Ford and first mustang she's a 1995 mustang convertible with a 3.8 and a automatic she's a tad rough but I already love it but the entire time I was looking at it I was thinking about rob and his triple black gt all mine needs is a passager side wheel bearing, back window and a driver's seat other than that it seems to be a decent daily driver ... The kicker is I traded a 700$ shitbox Honda civic for it that was worth maybe 400$ lol I made off like a bandit and didn't lie with the issues with my Honda
I miss my sn95 mustang so much I tattooed it on my back. That car was the worst relationship i was ever in I beat the hell out of it until it had enough and Damn near killed me 🤣🤣🤣 hit a culvert hard enough to move it twisted the whole car like a silly straw so bad one tire wouldn't touch the ground. The owners of the driveway I hit 3 years later still tell me when they find parts in the woods by their house, first time I'd ever heard of the keys being ejected from a car also
My wife's GT is Legend Lime and tan top. The first thing I thought was how much is this gonna cost to spray black. Glad I didn't, rarest color on any mustang.
ill be 27 this year and my first car was a 95 red gt convertible 5.0 and i miss that car everyday paid a guy 700 bucks for it back in the day needed workj on the top rear main was leaking suspension squeeked but ill tell u what the damn car ran out it was a throw back engine
I was always under the impression that if u shave the door handles, u would shave th gas filler door, i had a crx i did that on , and won nope in 2003 crx conservative class,
gotta have that full time all wheel drive, and nobody does it the way subaru does.. source: live in michigan, and drive rebaged subaru(saab 92x), it gets through snow that other cars with more ground clearance cannot. like hell I've driven it in 15+ inch snow higher than the door bottoms and it plows right through because it has the traction to keep momentum up.
@@tennysonjames2969 you just proved my point. I'm so sick of you subie junkies. Do they sell those things with crack in the trunk? Is that why you're all so addicted?
@@paulcarmi8130 No, but it does come with an autographed picture of Glenda the Good Witch signed "Ignore the haters". I'm sorry your experiences with Subaru owners have been so (less than pleasant). I'd like to think that the results from an appreciation a good, honest, and safe car. You can't pigeon-hole people. Not everyone from Maryland hogs the left lane. Not everyone fom Florida is a terrible driver. Oh, wait, yes they are. My bad. (I keed, I keed). Your mileage/experience may vary.
