That's definitely some nice work, for sure. I skimmed thru a couple of posts and pics and in all honesty, I was curious about how to reinforce some of the suspension areas in the shock towers, motor bay and under the car. My concerns were that my welding skills might be a tad insufficient and it would look more like a "what if Mr. Magoo tried this" type appearance. The only goal behind my thoughts was to stiffen the car up some because I still like to play with corners. Even with my '66 and while I didn't realize that it was making a difference, I made a couple changes outlined by Hot Rod and Car Craft magazines back in the day. I also never did the whole 70's front and 60's rear for tires like my friends, mine was 60's on all four corners. Not that there's anything wrong with that, I really liked the look of the car squatted some with the wider rubber all around.
As I digress, even when I stepped out of the Mustang/Cougar part of my life in '84, and purchased an EXP. For what it's worth, while that was a huge mistake in the engine dept., I stepped up the handling with the TRX wheels and tires as well as improving the struts and that little four banger with a 5spd. was pretty quick in the corners for the mall parking lot sets. Had I gone with the turbo version, it really would have something. Unfortunately, I still believed I would end up with the same block porous casting and cracked heads that this 1.6ltr. 4 was plagued with. 3 blocks and 4 heads for me.
