So here's the update. 250 miles on it and I've met the seargent in charge of park police in SF randomly. She said it's a little loud and smiled when she gave me her business card.
Drove up above the Golden gate bridge this past weekend and as soon as I parked a 72 year old woman came over and told me a story about how she drove an original, and RENTED a Mustang GT350 back in the day. Renting a GT350 from Hertz, lol
The motor has just started to break in and it's starting to sound like it's a beast. I really try and drive mellow, I do, but I still end up ahead of everything I line up against (ok-sure there's a little of that going on here)
I remember being 6 years old, in 19xx, and seeing an original crusing down Hollywood blvd, back when they were $7k. I thought to myself, yep, I'm going to have one of those one day. For the last 30 years, I have rolled down my window and turned the stereo off when one was next to me. Trolled the sites, e-bay, etc to find 'my' car.
Now I smile when I roll up and see that window roll down.
I had a girl in the haight propose marriage this past weekend, thought I'm not sure what she looked like, it was still a smiler. The fiancee didn't like the story near as much as I did. She thought the car was a car when I bought it. Little did either of us know.
So here I am at my 250 mile blog, far far behind most of the crew here. But I'm totally stoked to be part of a very small group of pepole that owns a singular vehicle that not only inspires their owners, but everyone who seems to come into contact with it to have a smile and a good time/story.
Thanks for the well wishes guys, and right back at you. Look forward to meeting you in our travels....
-Sean