What a Hot Wheels Persons Garage Looked Like in 1975

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10-27-2009, 07:59 PM
pinkbeachbomb

What a Hot Wheels Persons Garage Looked Like in 1975

I saw this cute car yesterday and made a deal for it in 5 minutes! It is a light green 1975 Mustang II Ghia, 302 engine, upgrade interior package, with OliveVinyl half Roof and avocado interior, tell me about 1975 baby! Peace! Only 31,200 miles, and totally mint. Shag carpet too! So in my new garage it comes..........with original Hot Wheels Banners.... Bruce Pascal <img src="http://www.redlineprotos.com/private_pix/75mustang1.jpg" alt="image"> <img src="http://www.redlineprotos.com/private_pix/75mustang2.jpg" alt="image">
10-27-2009, 08:02 PM
PeepingScott

Sweet, Shell Promo green to boot!
10-27-2009, 08:04 PM
with4es

Clean, very clean! I bet that 302 purrs! Congrats, Stephen
10-27-2009, 08:05 PM
Johnnyredline

Need to redline the tires. John
10-27-2009, 08:07 PM
WLFD46

Minty!!!!!!!!!! to boot for sure. Greg
10-27-2009, 08:09 PM
aremer

sweet stang ! i had a buddy in high school that had a pale yellow one like that.man it moved out pretty good as i recall.seems i remember the heads tended towarp on them though if you were too hard on them.
10-27-2009, 08:09 PM
aranjaloca1

Wow, it really is in great condition! They didn't look that nice when they were NEW! Congratulations on the buy. I have to ask about the matching greenpaint can in the passenger's footwell...
10-27-2009, 08:10 PM
redlinemanJK

Very nice Bruce, but is it a Prototype?....j/k....lol. Cheers and far out, JK
10-27-2009, 08:21 PM
camarocrazy2

Wow!! I'm at a loss for words.......just look at that front bumper!!......and those vents on the interior doors!! Congrats!!
10-27-2009, 08:31 PM
redline kid

sweet!!!!! i had a silver hatchback with a 302, i swaped the 2 barrel for a 4 barrel and intake and a hot cam and headers,, <img height="20" src="http://www.ezboard.com/image/posticons/pi_heartbeating.gif" width="20" alt="image"> i'll never forget that car <img height="20" src="http://www.ezboard.com/image/posticons/pi_heartbeating.gif" width="20" alt="image">
10-27-2009, 08:32 PM
TrueIceBlue

Looks awesome with the avocado interior. Actually, great color scheme all around on a tough "stang! Isn't this the first generation body style that is a GT version?
10-27-2009, 08:32 PM
redline kid

<blockquote> camarocrazy2 wrote: <hr> Wow!! I'm at a loss for words.......just look at that front bumper!!......and those vents on the interior doors!! Congrats!!</blockquote> stereo speaker covers on the door panels
10-27-2009, 08:36 PM
Jaybird

Beautiful! What a find!
10-27-2009, 08:36 PM
groggerbug

Ha! My sister had one of those, and I as a teenager was charged with maintaining it for her (as well as all the family cars). I remember it being damned nearimpossible to get to the rearmost spark plugs to change them. Thus, I only changed the front 6 and no-one was ever the wiser!! The way my sister thrashed thepoor little car it didn't much matter anyway...
10-27-2009, 08:44 PM
redline kid

rear spark plugs changed through the wheel wells
10-27-2009, 08:44 PM
CHEVY57

Mustang 2's were the worst of the Mustangs. That's why most of them have been sacrificed so their frames and front ends can make kit cars and HotRods.............. My2Sense
10-27-2009, 08:45 PM
SFT

I could use the front end out of that puppy for my Jeep!
10-27-2009, 08:52 PM
blackbelt308

What a horrible color! <img src="http://static.yuku.com//domainskins/bypass/img/smileys/wink.gif" alt="image"> Hey, show everybody the other car in there,Bruce! Ciao, Rick
10-27-2009, 08:59 PM
wildwilly59

Nice buy,,,you find the good ones, no matter what size....<img src="http://redlinesonlinemessageboard.yuku.com/domain/bypass/images/thumbsup.gif" width="25" height="18" alt="image">
10-27-2009, 09:34 PM
craz4hw

Bummer that it's an automatic, I dont buy anything but manuals. Those years were never the fastest cars on the street, but 302s were bullet-proof motors. Shane
10-27-2009, 09:41 PM
patwheels

Awesome Bruce. Congrats. Pat
10-27-2009, 10:42 PM
ToyLister

Dang nab that thing is butt ugly, next thing we know you'll be buying Pinto Wagons!! LOL
10-27-2009, 11:09 PM
rogervw

Heh heh brings back memories! I had a '75 Mustang II in high school, blue with white interior. It was a 4-banger ... not fast ... and my friends used tomake fun of it as a "fancified pinto" ... but I liked it!
10-28-2009, 12:40 AM
escazu

Hey Bruce is that silver car a Maserati it kind looks like it.<img src="http://mmb.maverick.to/images/smilies/hmmm.gif" alt="image">
10-28-2009, 07:38 AM
chriscris.redlineshoptalk

That is like a time warp!!! Too cool, congrats. There is no such thing as a bad Mustang!!! If it wasnt for the Mustang 2 the car wouldnt exist today!!!
10-28-2009, 08:49 AM
HD DON

How bout a base shot.....j/k....CONGRATS! DON
10-28-2009, 10:13 AM
1Perry

That is certainly one of the nicer ones left today. I almost bought my wife one just like that but I could never get the owner to answer their phone. LOL
10-28-2009, 10:45 AM
groggerbug

"rear spark plugs changed through the wheel wells" Heh! Just out of curiosity, kid, was there an access panel or something? Either way, I wish I'd known about it.... I was just a teenage kid trying tofigger it out on my own!
10-28-2009, 11:58 AM
redline kid

yeah if you raise the front end off the ground and pull the front wheels off there is a opening threw the wheel well and with an extention on your ratchet youcan pull them right out, kinda seems like extra work but at least your tune up is complete,,
10-28-2009, 12:00 PM
SHOerwin

Wow, Bruce, that thing is awesome!<img src="http://static.yuku.com//domainskins/bypass/img/smileys/pimp.gif" alt="image"> Congratulations on your score.
10-28-2009, 12:15 PM
Charger68

It looks "toned" and from six miles away it looks as if it might have a microspeck on the headlight bezel. Whew...............And people give me ahard time about my screamin' yellow AZTEK?????
10-28-2009, 12:45 PM
McGoose

Very nice find.
10-28-2009, 01:30 PM
Jerry46765

That Stang II is in amazing condition. You won't see another at a car show. Congrats.
10-28-2009, 06:02 PM
MINGOTOY

Nice car. Wasn't that Mustang II based on the Pinto? I hope not. By the way, Tomica makes a nice casting of this car. There is a variation that istan with an olive green vinyl top. I know that variation is harder to find than the silver/black one. maribell
10-29-2009, 05:35 PM
escazu

Whats definitely kool about the car is its originality you just cant duplicate that when you restore a vehicle. Congratulations.
10-29-2009, 11:29 PM
Iamredliner

Bruce....... I am restoring my 1975 Mustang II right now. I was and am the second owner of it. I bought it in 1977 and have had it ever since. I had to laugh at the"Worst Mustang ever" comment! I just wrote back to last Saturday's Fort worth paper where the guy that does the reviews said "that awfulMustang from the 70's" is the only blemish or something like that. It is now the rarest of Mustangs to find. You see way more Boss 302's thanthese. Yes, most of them got cut up to grab the steering and front end........"worst Mustang" ??? I guess not since they still make reproductionMustang II front ends for anybody that wants a car that handles beautifully! You see, I raced mine. I'll corner with the best of todays cars! It'sgreat! yes........the poor 302 in stock form was choked down so bad to 140hp that it wouldn't stay running with the A/C on. You see.......that's whenthe EPA stuff was just getting started. They have learned allot in the last 34 years. Once I modified the heck out of the engine, tranny, and rearend......tryto keep up! It's a screamer. Chris is dead-on too.......it kept the Mustang alive for 5 years. The "popular" stance is to make fun of these cars but I think it's because theyjust don't know anything about them or have ever witnessed the potential that they have. come and take a ride in mine someday when I finish it and hold on!400HP in one of these is awesome. Take a look at my personal........you'll see some pics of mine! Bruce's must like these things! Cool find! Hang on to it! Rare as all get out now! Jointhe Mustang II Network......... <a target="_blank" href="http://www.mustangii.net/">http://www.mustangii.net/</a> I can tell you anything about your car..........including the engine, body, colors...etc. I have the Shop manuals, and the salesman samples book for theinterior fabrics, colors, etc. It also has the sales book for exterior colors and other 1975 Fords! You have a question about that beauty, I will answer it. sincerely, Bruce Kalapach "Wow".......can't believe you got one, let alone a 1975! Oh yeah! Check the hose for the "extra" tank capacity tank above the main gas tank. There is a 4 gallon extra tank on top of the main one. Thehose leading from one tank to the other gets old (34 years old) and will start to leak. check it for leaks when you fill the car up.
10-29-2009, 11:37 PM
Iamredliner

Another thing.......it was not a form of the Pinto. This car was designed from the ground up on it's own platform. the Bobcat and the Pinto were the same.There "were" some parts that the Mustang shared with the Pinto but not many. My Stack of Shop Manuals proves it.
11-04-2009, 06:25 PM
Beach bomb

Tough to find anything that clean anymore. My sisters boyfriend had a 74 that was metallic brown with a 289 and a four speed. We went and did everything withthat car. He was the oldest in the bunch and the first to have a car and license. (what memories) Congrats Bruce. Tim