1968 1968 GT/CS or HCS?

[classicsguy]

if you had to choose only one car and you have an opportunity to buy a 1968 California Special and a High Country Special which one will you rather own and why?

Assuming that both cars have the same engine transmission and options....

 

[speedy02]

Well if you include same colors and interior I would have to say HCS due to only 251 being made.

 

[hookedtrout]

Well if you include same colors and interior I would have to say HCS due to only 251 being made.

I'd agree with that logic!

 

[Ruppstang]

I would choose the HCS and I have one, but I realy like the GT-CS stripe and quarter script. Marty

 

[Midnight Special]

...Having both is nice, but I really don't have the preference of GT/CS vs HCS.
The S-code /R-code options on either would be my preference

 

[robert campbell]

I like the 12 pounds of boost blower option on my GNS!

Rob

 

[Midnight Special]

I like the 12 pounds of boost blower option on my GNS!

Rob

Ya got a Marti for that, Rob??

(sorry... I couldn't resist;-))

 

[aemoo28]

I like the 12 pounds of boost blower option on my GNS!
Rob

I second that Uncle Rob!

 

[di81977]

Certainly the HCS is rarer, but as mentioned above, the GT/CS decal on the sides and the rear script set the Cal Special off.

 

[Midnight Special]

...I would also add that the HCS spawns a lot of great and curious conversation over the better-known GT/CS, much like the GT/CS did itself several years ago.

I don't show my HCS much, as it's too customized to do deserved justice. But everyone including the garbage man, UPS / Fed-X drivers, neighbors, Mormons, Jehovas...and other visitors always ask about the colorful badge and its significance

 

[ari guy]

If all things were equal, hands down I would choose the hcs. Im talking 1968 hcs, not impressed with the 66 or 67s, the colors dont impress me. Ive chased a couple of hcs's but never owned one, even though I came close. People that look at gt/cs's often think shelby immediately, look at hcs's and say "What is that, Ive never seen one before" As folks become more familiar with the late model gt/cs mustangs it helps recognition of the 68 gt/cs mustang, however ford hasnt decided to make a modern hcs mustang, ie it adds to the "what the heck is that one? Looks like a cal special but it isnt."
I vote hcs.

 

[classicsguy]

I wonder if the HCS were made with a Script like the GT/CS that read HIGH COUNTRY SPECIAL and the HCS lettering on scoop how it would look??

 

[Midnight Special]

I wonder if the HCS were made with a Script like the GT/CS that read HIGH COUNTRY SPECIAL and the HCS lettering on scoop how it would look??

...That's not hard to imagine. I like the badge better.

 

[68HCS289]

I love both but the 1968 HCS is so rare and unique to me. I just bought one too!!!