I got up early and left for Charlotte to go to the MOM, Mustang Owner's Museum, for show and check on the Mach 1. I left at 6:00 am this morning, too early. The car ran fine for the over 100 mile trip down and 100 back. No heating issues ran some areas 70 mph and some stop and go. It was in the 90's on the way back temp gage did not move climbing back up the mountains. Burned a little over 16 gallons of the 90 octane no ethanol fuel with the Lucas gas additive. That stuff is $3.60 a gallon here.
I did have one issue. About a mile before the exit to the Charlotte Speedway car developed a big shake. I slowed down and when I got off interstate pulled in burger joint parking lot. The steel belts had broken on the right front and were sticking out. I eased on the last three miles to the MOM and got out and watched it go flat.
The spare in the car is an original never used that luckily I took out and put another in.
I ask at the MOM about tire store and when I got through giving the Mach 1 a dusting and applying polish to the vinyl roof I went to find one. There was no tires the size needed anywhere. They do not keep at the store has to be ordered. So I got back on I-85 and ran 55 mph most of the way back and made it home. I think that is first flat I have had in probably 35 years. Do not know how old the tires were they came off the crashed vert I bought and are Kelly Springfield brand made in South Africa, lol. I was planning on polishing another set of the 73 slots and get new tires anyway so this moves that along.
Got some prospects of buyers for some of my other cars while there.
Couple pics of some new car they brought in. Also the nice 72 351 CJ air cleaner a member sold me came this past week.
Now to go find a different tire to put on the vert. Does look odd with one aluminum wheel and three spott wheel covers. Just noticed I did not even take a pic of the vert at the MOM today.
There was a 72 coupe also showed up. I think they will be doing an all Ford show at the MOM the last Saturday of each month.
Also a couple pictures of the fan cooled transmission cooler I installed to take some more heat out of the radiator. I made the two brackets and use Ford fender nuts and bolts and used existing holes and fasteners to install. No new holes had to be added. It does work great when I got home I opened hood and the return line is barely warm and incoming is hot.
I did have to make up new metal lines from the transmission to the radiator support and then rubber hose to the cooler to absorb any vibration. Only one 90 deg. bend to get out the front of the transmission and only slight bend near shock tower.
They still have the bad side of my car toward the isle but still up front third car in the door.
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