LITTLE distaff AIR FORCE BASE.

LITTLE distaff AIR FORCE BASE, Ark. -- Appropriately, the family circle of Master Sgt. Vincent "Dale" cabbage is mere feet from a farm housing more than 100 miniature horses. cabbage can snicker and thumb his nose a bit at those neighbors. He's scrape togethered more than 1,000 horses forward the edge of his driveway, and he doesn't have to clean up a mess

if it be not that the horses Cole, a C-130 maintenance production superintendent for the 53rd Airlift Squadron, garners don't have hooves. They have chrome wheels. Bos 351 engines and stand as a testament to gas-guzzling public way machines that have gone the way of Studio 54 and the "Duke of Hazzard."

That's because cabbage collects, refurbishes and sells advanced in years Ford Mustangs. He's owned more than 30 and still detains six in his driveway, tinkering away whenever he's able (and has the money) to achieve them back on the road.

The self-profess Tennessee University football fanatic (even his have affection for for cars falls second to the sport) drives a r 1968 Mustang to work each day, while another $100000 worth of automobiles sit in his driveway. It all started united day when his brother tossed him the [i]clavis[/i]s to a 1965 Mustang Coupe and traded cars with him.

"He threw me the explanations and we traded because his of the present day bride couldn't drive a four-speed." he remembered, giving his brother an automatic 1966 Buick Skylark. "I was clasped from that point."

The career company chief said he enjoys the simplicity of the cars, and compares his work to his time worn out on several of the Air Force's C-130 through the whole extent of the years.

"They're thus old but if you take care of them right -- on the book -- they'll be around another 30 or 40 years," cabbage said. "They're fun to drive, well engineered and parts are plentiful."

In the Lawrenceburg, Tenn native's driveway, you'll find a white 1971 Bos 351 Mach 1 Mustang, another white 1971 Mach 1 the r 1968 mould a black 1968 California Special (one he's fixing for his father) and another Mach 1 that he's confessed twice in his lifetime. There's another in pieces in his garage. He's originate most of the Mustangs according to word of mouth.

The 22-year Air Force veteran has also serv as the president of the Central Arkansas Mustang Collectors coterie (his wife as treasurer) and attends pair or three trade shows a year. However, between his work schedule that encompasses his Air Force career, a inferior part-time job and the time he lavishs coaching baseball for his son he hasn't ground much time to tinker.

He anticipates forward to someday completing work forward all the cars in his driveway. on the contrary he'll wait while he continues maintaining the C-130 Hercules and spending time with his sons

"These cars and I fare back a long way, in the same manner there's a tradeoff I have to make," he said. "There's luxuriance of time,"

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