my first experience was when I was hiching a ride in 1981 and a 69 350 ho 4spd stopped to pick me up. it was stock with standard interior. man, that thing ran nice and had such a sweet sound. we talked about it and he said that he didn't like it because it was too powerful. i offered a trade for a 63 econoline step side truck. he came out to look said yes. i was in heaven. the funny thing was that he came back the next day with a 65 mustand fastback factory 298 hipro 4spd and offer to trade it for the bird because his brother wanted it. I said no thanks i did not like fords. slight regrets; yes, but that bird was a nice fast car.