One thing that I discovered over the years is to know what you’re selling so I drove the Mustang to a local Hot Rod gathering on a Saturday afternoon and asked some muscle car guys to show me the features. They were great. They explained that the VIN showed the engine to be correct for the car and that the AC unit was Factory installed. I sounded like an expert in no time.
I thought that given its ready to show condition maybe Kate Hudson, the actress in the Movie, “A Little Bit of Heaven” would want it as a keepsake. If not, maybe Goldie Hawn, her mother, might buy it as a gift, Christmas is coming and those folks are hard to buy for. I needed to take a look at the movie and see if the car had a positive role or not. Ebay produced a copy for only $7 and it was in my mailbox in just a few days.
The movie cost me an hour that I’ll never get back and showed me that in the 4 seconds of screen time all the Mustang did was run her off the road while she was riding her bike. Not a great memory, she’s probably not a buyer. I’ll include the CD with the trunk full of Show trophies but not make a big deal of the movie connection. This car was no Christine.
This car is a hoot to drive around town. Like 356’s, people point and wave and getting gas always draws someone over from the next aisle to talk about the one their uncle had years ago.
I do remember these cars all those years ago. Just a year after this car was built Bullet was filmed in San Francisco with probably the best chase scene ever seen. That green Mustang fastback was on every kids wish list. To this day I can still hear the throttle blip between upshifts as Steve McQueen chased that Dodge Charger down to the gas station. I still do that myself if the car I’m driving is loud enough and most of them are.
The automatic is a three speed and the brakes are drums all around so it definitely feels at home in my garage but I can’t keep them all. It’s been a great summer. Give me a call if you want to go back to the ’60’s for short money.
