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Originally Posted by BADRACR1
I'll tell ya one I missed because I didn't know what it was back in the mid eighties. 1969 Mercury Cyclone Spoiler II Cale Yarborough Special. It was a 351 4v, auto. Red interior, bench seat. It was in a salvage yard. It was missing the carburetor and right front spindle. I thought it was some custom paint job and had no idea what it really was. Fairly straight and the paint was still good. Could have bought it for $500. Damn.
Looked about the same shape as this one (top pic). I did buy the Boss Ford OEM hood scoop off of it.
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I would ramble through every junk yard within 50 miles of me in the early 80s, before 'restoration' and repro parts turned into a billion dollar biz. People wouldn't believe today what I crawled over and discovered. Never had enough money or room to buy and store much of it. They were packed with muscle cars. It all would be worth it's weight in gold these days. People only cared about 30s/50s cars back then. Everything else was just a used car not worth a repair bill. I guess that is why it's worth so much now.
Cale was one of my favs. We went to Daytona every year for the race and I remember him well. Cool car.