1) A friend of my car's original owner liked the Cuda so much he bought a '67 GTX convertible in 1971. A few years later he wanted to sell it to me for $800 with a rebuilt 440 but I wanted a car that was better on gas. They only made about 400 of the convertibles I'm told.
2) Saw an ad for a '63 Country Squire with the NASCAR 427 (side oiler with dual 4-bbl) 4-speed car, supposedly "factory". Went out in my Dad's '67 Continental to check it out with no intent to buy. Turns out the original owner was a friend of one of the Ford family and wanted the 427 to haul horses on his horse farm. Edsel had Ford ship the 427 and swap it for the 406 that came with the car and all the paperwork was corrected. I pulled up, he offered me an even swap. This car was mint mint, only about 24,000 miles. We took it for a ride and it was hardly controllable. He was selling because his wife hated getting into races all the time. I had to pass because the Continental wasn't mine but I ended up with it 2 years later anyway.
Gotta wonder what that car is worth now!!
