On June 12th, 1981, 1 month before my 16th birthday, my mom and stepdad took me to look at a car that they had found in the local paper. We pulled into the driveway and drove around to the back of the house. The 1969 Mustang coupe, maroon with a white Starsky and Hutch style stripe, took my breath away. I drove her all through high school and she brought my 2nd child home from the hospital in 1989. Fast forward to the present: My husband and I have been in the process of a complete restoration for the last 2 years and are getting close to being finished. I can’t wait to be behind the wheel of my first love again and hear the roar of the fuel injected 351W stroker engine. When we are finished she will look just like she did the first time I laid eyes on her. We will be together until death do us part.