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Made by Monkeys Monkeys Like Their Mustangs Hot

My ‘67 Mustang fastback probably wasn’t designed and built by monkeys at Ford, but I think a couple managed to sneak under the hood after it left the factory.

This 289 V8 Mustang was modified in 1970 by a Ford Dealership mechanic that I came to know and respect while in my youth. Wayne Wallace was an NHRA national Pro-stock drag racer in the Denver area who really had a knack for improving GM, Ford, and Chrysler vehicles.

Wayne apparently decided one afternoon that it would be a good idea to pull the small 289 V8 and C4 automatic tranny out of his wife’s pretty little daily driver, and replace it with this new 351 “Cleveland” crate motor laying in the corner of the shop.  The odometer showed approx 9K miles on the car. The 351 was mated to a new C6 automatic plus bigger third member (rear end).  All the engine accessories like air conditioning, power steer, etc, were meticulously put back into place like a factory sleeper Hot Rod should be.

The only thing Wayne and his “monkey” assistants overlooked was the cooling system.  I used to bug Wayne to sell this car to me for years, watching him move it from the alignment rack in his new, private automotive garage in the 80’s, out to the parking lot…then back into the shop - five days a week - for several years.  The story was that he had racked-up a couple big speeding tickets with the car on the streets of Denver, and that was all there was to Wayne (or Betty) driving the Mustang for 10+ years.

I finally managed to purchase the car, it now had 12K miles on it, and as luck would have it, I took a new job in Sacramento, Calif. that required a road trip. Driving thru Nevada while passing an older couple in a Cadillac I heard a loud roar. I thought to myself, “Man, that must be one miserable drive listening to that noise out on the highway all day long.”  Funny thing was, after I passed the Caddy…the noise didn’t stop. Yep, I blew most of the exhaust system off the Mustang…from the mufflers back. So I stopped about an hour later in a small town and had new pipes installed.

As the day went on it had gotten hotter and hotter, and running A/C was over-heating the engine.  So driving thru Utah at 100-degree temps I had to run the Mustang’s heater wide-open, keeping the car’s engine temp down a bit, and managing not to blow coolant all over the road.  There’s nothing like driving thru a desert region with the heater blasting away to make you really appreciate today’s car technology improvements. I rolled into Vegas around midnight - it was still 95-degrees.  The next morning while filling-up the gas tank some guy pointed to my tires and asked “what the heck happened?”  The side walls on both passenger side steel belted radial tires were showing cords - but they were holding air just fine.  So a new set of four tires and I was on the way to Southern California (to visit with my future bride) before heading to Sacramento.

2011 Ford Mustang For Sale Denver | CO Ford Dealership

Ford is bringing you a hole new driving experience with the 2011 Ford Mustang. Mustang’s modern 5.0-liter 32-valve DOHC V-8 uses advanced engineering with features like Twin Independent Variable Camshaft Timing (Ti-VCT) and all-aluminum construction to deliver 412 horsepower and 390 ft.-lb. of torque. Here at Groove Ford we count with the entire selection of new and used Ford vehicles including the 2011 Ford Mustang for sale near Denver.

At the same time, fuel economy is class-leading: up to 26 mpg highway. Every aspect of the engine was designed to lower weight and improve durability while ensuring power output exceeded the demands of Mustang buyers. Lightweight aluminum cylinder block aids optimum front/rear weight distribution and fuel economy.

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Ford’s MyKey system, designed to encourage safer teen driving and seat belt use, is newly available on Mustang. MyKey allows owners to program the vehicle key using the driver’s message center to incorporate features such as limited top vehicle speed and audio volume, a traction control system that cannot be deactivated, a persistent Belt-Minder seat belt reminder and various speed alert chimes.

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