The Road Ahead

     With the world we live in today, and every car company moving toward electric vehicles, it makes me wonder what the future will look like for us old time car enthusiasts. Will all these coming changes mean the cool performance models we see today will be moving to electric too?

     All the latest automotive news we see is filled with every company moving to new hybrid and electric power, even for some of their top performance models. When I look over all the beautiful photos of the latest Shelby GT 500 Mustang, I now wonder if we’re looking at the last of this type of car. Will everything be electric in our future?

                        ( Twitter photo)

Greatest Mustangs

      Those of us who have been long time Mustang fans know there have been many great models over the years.  Each of us has a favorite, and sometimes many favorites, making it very hard to choose just one. I have a few that I have mentioned many times before on this blog, but one that has always been near the top of my favorites is the awesome BOSS 429. 

     The first one I remember seeing on a regular basis was a black 69 model that I often saw parked on the edge of a parking lot that I passed every weekend.  It belonged to someone who worked in a nearby store, maybe the store owner. That was way back in 1970 when I was first married, and was in the Air Force, and living in the Phoenix area.

     There have been many Mustangs in my life over the years, and I have owned many high performance models myself.  I could name several different models, and particular model years, that are high on my list of favorites, but the 69 and 70 BOSS 429’s will always be somewhere near the top.

    Those interested can find my book at; Grab Some Gears

     1970 BOSS 429  (Twitter photo). 

1967 Shelby GT 500

      The very first Shelby Mustangs I remember seeing were at a Ford dealership in Rapid City, South Dakota, in the fall of 1967.  They had a few Shelbys on the lot, most were 67’s , and they had one 68 model as well.  I spent a quite a bit of time looking those cars over, and comparing what changes were made between the 67 and 68 model years. There were several styling features that I preferred on the 67 models, and those preferences haven’t changed in all these years since.

     A lot of years have passed since my first Shelby experience, and I have owned many Mustangs myself, including a 2007 Shelby GT 500, and two Mustang Cobras. But, in all these years, and all these many performance Mustangs I’ve owned, the 1967 Shelby GT 500’s are still my favorite. I would have loved to have owned one.

      1967 Shelby GT 500   ( Twitter photo )