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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;huntsman53, post: 516133, member: 1242&quot;]Wow! This thread brings back a lot of old memories and much regret!</p><p><br /></p><p>I gave my first love, the 1963 1/2 Mercury Comet Caliente to my brother-in-law after I went into the U.S. Army because I owed him so much money and have regretted it ever since. Maybe I can track it down someday if it wasn&#039;t wrecked and junked, restore the car and get a bundle for it someday. Since it was a Test (Experimental) car, I was told that if restored to mint condition, it would bring six figures at a big Auto Auction. My second love was my 1969 Ford Fairlane that I bought in Germany. It originally came with a 351 Windsor motor and 3 speed on the column but had a 429 with a Holley 4 barrel and 4 speed Hurst shifter transmission when I bought it. The car was yellow with a black vinyl top, had L60-14 tires on the rear with air-shocks and P195-70-14 (if my memory serves me correctly) tires on the front. It would turn 120 in the quarter mile and the top speed was about 200 mph based on what a Warrant Officer told me that was running along side of me on the Autobahn in his&#039; 1974 Ford Detamaso Pantera GTS on a trip I took to Bad Durkheim. I later had the opportunity to trade my 1969 Ford Fairlane towards the purchase of the 1974 Ford De Tomaso Pantera GTS and pay the balance in payments. If I had not just ordered a new 1978 Ford F-100 before I left Germany, I would have purchased the car. It was sweeeetttt!!!! It had a 351 Cleveland engine, mounted slightly rear of the middle of the car, had a (I think) a 6 Speed (5 Speed with overdrive) transmission and the speedometer registered up to 300 mph.</p><p><br /></p><p>And if you ever wonder, yes my butt hurts all of time since and &#039;til this very day as I still go around kicking myself in the butt for not keeping my first and second loves and for not purchasing the Ford De Tomaso Pantera GTS. If they ever build a Time Machine I have dibs on the first trip and I plan on going back to 1973 and 1977 and undo my stupid mistakes.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Frank[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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