Weird that he brags about taking it on 300 mile road trips with a carb that needs rebuilt and without the kickdown linkage hooked up. Something smells fishy about it.
I saw this tonight and it reminded me of your post and made me laugh. The guy had a stuffed horse in the back seat too just in case some didn’t know a mustang is a horse. Lol!!!! Needless to say he talked my ear off. Lucky me!