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Growing up Gunnison: Part 1 Mustang Touchdown
An ever-growing collection of tales about growing up in Gunnison Colorado.
Mustang Touchdown
Mort had a 69 Mustang fastback that we all liked to cruise around in on Friday and Saturday nights.
On one of those nights, I’m pretty sure it was late fall when we were seniors. We were out cruising Tomichi like most weekends when we saw another friend.
Wilson had just finished working on his 75 Trans Am and had it out cruising.
Since we were young and full of vinegar you can imagine the revving engines, and chirping tires anytime we got close to him with the Mustang.
Finally we pulled up side by side at Main and Tomichi for a red light. The windows promptly rolled down and good natured insults flew back and forth.
You might think you know where this is headed, but even we weren’t stupid enough to drag race at Main and Tomichi.
I seem to remember Wilson saying something like “You think that piece of crap Ford can keep up?” I don’t remember our exact answer but we were…
