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If you drain the oil—immobilize the motor. Pull out the distributor rotor or something so it won’t run in case someone else tries to start it. I put a handwritten note on my steering wheel when I have “work to do” for my cars in long term storage. You never know what will happen to the car or...

Sheet metal screws for sure. I use a lot of them—i actually switched to 1/4” hex head sheet metal screws as they are easier to remove than the old school Phillips Head. For butt seams I bought Cleco pliers and Cleco’s to hold the panels flush together.

I bought one to use for storage, and felt it best to keep the suspension loaded, so I went with a 4 post BendPak. A 2 post would be far better for undercar service, but you have to look at your intended use. I wouldn’t want to store my car on a 2 post.

Bad movie, just terrible. But the Mustang was nice.

PPG owns SEM, so if you can get PPG, look for PPG Hot Rod Black, that is what I used.

If you want a shinier finish and really want to apply clear over the blackout, do not use Hot Rod black, just use a regular black basecoat and then clear it with clearcoat. With PPG’s clear you can add flattening agents to select the level of gloss you desire. There are color and gloss level...

I use quick detailer, typically Meguiars. Mine has PPG Hot Rod Black.

To add to Chuck’s comment—he cautions against damaging the part or ‘yourself’. That last bit is pretty important as you can get hurt if not careful buffing with a wheel and rouge. that method yields a great result, but be careful in handling the part so the wheel doesn’t grab the part. If the...

If there are four bolts holding the main housing to the bell housing—it’s an FMX. It can be pulled similar to a 4-speed by taking the four bolts out and leaving the bell house connected to the engine.

I used to go regularly, but that was pre-pandemic, pre-kids, and when I was trying to build a basket case early production 64 1/2 convertible. I went about 4 months ago with my ‘72 to put it in the car corral. I was surprised at how much smaller the meet was than in the past. The turnout of...

Been a while—glad to hear the Mustang is running OK. A few pics from your Cars-N-Coffee Orange County adventure.

Just store it in front of the fireplace. Currently it is in our dining room. Wife hasn’t said a word! And yes, my Mountain bike is also in the house as you can see in the lower left of the picture. Where else would I keep it?

I bought a donut from a newer Mustang (2000-2010) from a Pick-A-Part yard. It is smaller (narrower) than a full size spare, bolts on/same pattern, and clears many brake packages. The down side was the diameter of the tire is basically the same as a full size spare, so with a fold down seat it...

Wow, that’s bad! Hope they recover quickly with minimal long term effects. Roughly 35 years ago we came across an accident scene where a ‘69 fastback had a similar meeting with a tree. five months later my Dad and I were working on my ‘69 at the Air Force base auto shop and someone asked if...

So easy to do on a 69-70 (simple bolt in), but the 71-73 requires more work and parts. If I had a 71-73 that I really loved, I would certainly give it a go. The challenge would absolutely be finding all the parts. When I did my 69 many years ago, I found a severely wrecked car and was able to...

You need to go shop the price of paint…. It will easily be $3K to buy the paint, hardeners, reducers, and additives plus the other materials for a complete respray of the entire exterior, jambs, and such. Labor goes on top of that. The typical collision sales mix is 44% Labor, 44% Parts, 10%...

Depending on build date, consider paying close attention to the date codes and parts. I built a 64 1/2 a few years back, my first 64 1/2 but not my first 65-66. I knew the car was early production and was pretty far in when I realized how different it was. By then some really valuable...

As with everything in our world, paint prices continue to rise due to raw material, manufacturing, and transportation costs. Given that, the cost of a paint job is going to go up too. I would expect no less than 15k for a decent, but not great paint job.

If you do replace the brake light switch I would hang on to the old one if it is still working. Some of the newer brake light switches are not of the same quality and do not activate like the old ones.

Had to open this and look. I recall seeing a book when I was in college that had high speed testing and tire contact patch photos at 130mph. The car used was a 71 with a 429CJ.