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Living a saga at the moment to find a tail light bulb that fits the 65 fastback. I tried a Sylvania 1157 made in Slovakia of all places. Fits but the pins on the bulb don't go doan far enough to allow that twist to lock them in place. Returned them and went with NAPA 1157 and same issue though they are made in Taiwan. Ironically the burned out bulb fits perfectly and that too is made in Taiwan. I believe the socket and base to be OEM but I will let you decide based upon the photograph attached. It's rare to have to replace a burnt out tail light bulb on any car. But when it happens on a 65 and perhaps 66 too, watch out! Problems can follow. Sykvania is heavily pushed at Walmart and Autozone FYI. Any suggestions?

Enjoy as the case may be.

My favorite day.

It looks very intact from the pics.  The car is waking up from a half century slumber.  Many changes it will notice when it hits the roads.  Keep forging ahead.

wonder how much value is added by associating it with Ken Miles, seems to be the objective IMHO.

One hundred percent agreed.

We all know that cars are inanimate objects (though my fantasy fiction writing may suggest otherwise).  However, the real flying Mustang has a divine connection to Ken Miles that can never be broken save for the entire destruction of that car.  The car that is up for sale is a celebration of Ken Miles as I see it, a peak into the past without actually visiting the past of the original flying Mustang.  It will never be superior to the original if one subscribes to gestalt reasoning that the whole is greater than the sum of the parts.  The flying Mustang original is the whole while the tribute is the sum of the parts minus several parts here and there.  I still like the car that they are offering and trust it will end up in the hands of an enthusiast who may not have the deep pockets to buy a real R but can enjoy this car every time they turn that ignition key.

In the words of Bill O'Reilly formerly of Fox News "I report, you decide."

But to answer your inquiry in earnest, about the only thing I can see that makes the car remotely similar to the Ken Miles Flying Mustang is the door, hood and trunk number of 98.  Other than that, little else.  It is missing the pop riveted unmovable passenger side door Plexiglas, it has a five speed instead of a T-10 four speed.  The backlight does not dip and appears to be the standard Ford Carlite glass.  The trunk lid does not have the click pin release.  And many other things.  That said, I think the car will be enjoyed by some enthusiast out there.  If you parked the car side by side with the original, you would still have to do a double take at twenty feet or so to begin noticing the differences.  I like the car.  It's the anti-matter version of Ken Miles's original car.  Or parallel universe version.  Would I buy the car?  No, I have enough projects to keep me busy, one being to R Modelize my father's 65 blue A code fastback.  Do I appreciate the work someone put into that car to make it like Ken Miles's car without being a mirror image? Absolutely.  Cheers gentlemen!

Nice Mustang - but c'mon squeeky hood springs on an "r" lose them and put a correct prop rod on it. I wonder how the guy can call that PU in the background a #1 or 2 car??

Squeeeeeek.....Well it does have a certain haunt about it if nothing else.

As a caveat, I have no affiliation with this seller.  Just a cool looking Ken Miles R model tribute.  Yes, it is not exact to the original hence the word "tribute" versus "clone."

what time?

T'was the hour of 12:56 pm on a balmy afternoon of Septemeber 8th, 2024 when we discussed the issue by means of electronic communication.  The wind blew a room temperature breeze through my little office and you mentioned later on in the conversation that the Bears had won.  And that the Vikings beat the Giants 28-6.

That car is a stunner!  Congratulations!

I would get a storage drum for your pure gas and make the occasional run to that gas station with your daily driver when you need gas for it and at the same time fill up a few gas cans with the pure stuff and bring back with you to use on an as needed basis.

Beautiful car!  Hey Little Cobra...

I won't be able to do it myself.

I thought that we talked about this?

We did talk about this ex parte. But I posted said topic about one month to the day before our ex parte discussion about the conversion and that I could do it myself.  Yes, going through my records now it looks like we discussed the topic on or about September 8th.