Paul Goode's 1971 Ford Mustang Boss 351
Abraham Lincoln once advised that it’s not smart to swap horses when crossing streams. Paul Goode obviously didn’t listen to those words of wisdom; he’s forded a lot of waterways over the years and saddled up several ponycars in the process.
Not long after the first Mustang was introduced in the mid-1960s, he acquired a bright-red ’65 hardtop. Then in 1967, when the Shelby G.T. 500 came out, “I knew I needed one of those,” Paul says, “but I couldn’t afford both cars.” Fate intervened, however, and he was forced to switch horses.
“I was at the Rose Bowl flea market,” he recalls, “and when I returned to where my car should have been, I found out it had been stolen — time to buy a ’67 Shelby!” It was partly paid for with money from his insurance claim.
Just a few years later he saw a Boss 302 and had to have one of those as well. “By then I could afford more than one car, so a few years later I added a 1970 Grabber Blue Boss 302 to my garage.” Paul owned that ride for about four years before selling it in the mid-’70s, but he kept the Shelby to ensure that he was never without a Mustang in his stable. Decades later and after a relocation to Hawaii, Paul came across a Pineapple Yellow 2005 Mustang online. The citrus hue fit right in with his new island life, so he purchased it and had it shipped to Hawaii. This color became a recurring theme for Paul — in 2004 he spotted a Grabber Yellow 1971 Boss 351 at Hot August Nights in Reno, Nevada.
