What did you do today instead of working on your Mustang?

[Steve McMahan]

I found this tool box sitting in a So Cal alley, in the rain. Five days earlier, I saw it sitting there and thought, someone must be coming by to pick it up, like a thrift store. Also, it was sitting next to the trash cans. So, with some of the drawers opened and full of water, I decided it would be a shame to see it taken to the dump.

So, I took it home, spent five days to disassemble it and unrust it. And this is what it now looks like:



I decided to give it to my son. It will be his first tool box. I feel good that I saved it. Now, back to my 73 Stang.

 

[Sheriff41]

I found this tool box sitting in a So Cal alley, in the rain. Five days earlier, I saw it sitting there and thought, someone must be coming by to pick it up, like a thrift store. Also, it was sitting next to the trash cans. So, with some of the drawers opened and full of water, I decided it would be a shame to see it taken to the dump.

So, I took it home, spent five days to disassemble it and unrust it. And this is what it now looks like:

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I decided to give it to my son. It will be his first tool box. I feel good that I saved it. Now, back to my 73 Stang.

Nice save! Many more years of service left in that set!

 

[Steve McMahan]

Yea, felt good to give it a second life. And don’t tell me Karma isn’t real, when I picked it up, the upper drawers were rusted shut, and the thing was very heavy. Once I got the first drawer to move, I realized it had a complete 1/2” Craftsman socket set in it; SAE and metric, short and long sockets, 4 extensions, all covered in muck. My newly found ultrasound cleaner make it all look as good as new.

 

[tpj71mach]

I thought I posted this and realized I hadn't yet. Last month my wife and I went to New Orleans with three of my best friends from high school and their wives. One of the wives saw an "old car like you have" down a side street and I of course went to check out a 63-ish Continental four door convertible with the suicide doors. Cool enough in it's own right, but it was a car show filming. Ride of your Life with Courtney Hanson was filming the reveal to the owner there right off of Bourbon street. Two of the guys from the Royl Garage from the show that work on the cars were there. They were really nice and opened the hood and one of them explained all of the things they did while performing the make over. It was interesting to learn that they finish the car after they film. They dull down the paint and chrome and they re-plate the chrome after the filming so you don't see the cameras and crew in the reflection.

 

[tpj71mach]

Yesterday, I replaced the valve covers and replaced a few leaking A/C O-rings on my son's Xterra 4.0 liter V6. I really don't care for working on newer metric fastener cars, but I will when I need to. I prefer older, simpler, SAE fastener cars that I can get my old brain to understand, It was clear to me that he actually listened to the old man when he was told to keep the oil changed regularly. The inside of the engine looked really clean for a 17 year old, 165,000 mile engine. This engine had never been opened up before yesterday, we have never had a need to before the valve covers started leaking. Overall it went smoothly and no more oil leaks and the A/C blows cold again. The best part was closing the metric wrench drawer hoping not to have to open it again for a while, LOL.